If no coaia.json found, use environment variable

[jgwill]

If no coaia.json found in $HOME/coaia.json or ./coaia.json use the environment variables :

try to load them from .env first, if no .env, try to load from the current environment variables

LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY=__LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY__
LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY=__LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY__

LANGFUSE_HOST="https://us.cloud.langfuse.com"

LANGFUSE_AUTH3="Basic __base64 string encoded__"

[jgwill]

@claude Implement this simple work. The github repository has a "dev" environment with the variables above so hopefully you will execute in that environment otherwise please add comment or whatever talk with me in some way....

[claude]

Claude finished @jgwill's task —— View job • claude/issue-26-20250805-2250 • Create PR ➔

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Environment Variable Fallback Implementation Complete! 🎉

All tasks completed successfully:

• Analyze current codebase to understand coaia.json loading
• Identify where configuration is loaded and parsed
• Check for existing environment variable handling
• Implement .env file support (check Python 3.6 compatibility)
• Implement environment variable fallback logic
• Test the implementation
• Run linting/testing as needed
• Commit and push changes
• Provide PR creation link

🚀 What was implemented:

1. Simple .env file parser (load_env_file())

• Python 3.6 compatible, no external dependencies
• Handles comments, empty lines, quoted values
• Graceful error handling

2. Enhanced environment variable fallback

• Priority order: .env file → system environment → coaia.json → defaults
• Uses get_env_value() helper for consistent lookups
• Maintains all existing functionality

3. Langfuse environment variables (as requested):

• LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY → config['langfuse_secret_key']
• LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY → config['langfuse_public_key']
• LANGFUSE_HOST → config['langfuse_base_url'] (defaults to "https://us.cloud.langfuse.com")
• LANGFUSE_AUTH3 → config['langfuse_auth3']

📝 Usage Examples:

Option 1: .env file

# Create .env file in your project
echo 'LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY=sk-lf-...' > .env
echo 'LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY=pk-lf-...' >> .env
echo 'LANGFUSE_HOST=https://us.cloud.langfuse.com' >> .env

Option 2: Environment variables

export LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY=sk-lf-...
export LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY=pk-lf-...
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