diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 12342be..5375ff4 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.0-alpha.5"
+  ".": "0.1.0-alpha.6"
 }
diff --git a/.stats.yml b/.stats.yml
index 3b0a5f2..1a7891f 100644
--- a/.stats.yml
+++ b/.stats.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 configured_endpoints: 4
 openapi_spec_url: https://storage.googleapis.com/stainless-sdk-openapi-specs/kernel%2Fkernel-d168b58fcf39dbd0458d132091793d3e2d0930070b7dda2d5f7f1baff20dd31b.yml
 openapi_spec_hash: b7e0fd7ee1656d7dbad57209d1584d92
-config_hash: c2bc5253d8afd6d67e031f73353c9b22
+config_hash: 2d282609080a6011e3f6222451f72237
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c7d13ba..35747ce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.0-alpha.6 (2025-05-10)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.1.0-alpha.5...v0.1.0-alpha.6](https://github.com/onkernel/kernel-node-sdk/compare/v0.1.0-alpha.5...v0.1.0-alpha.6)
+
+### Features
+
+* **api:** update via SDK Studio ([4f6bb37](https://github.com/onkernel/kernel-node-sdk/commit/4f6bb3761722ad4ff471a5b60837cba6b4533c8e))
+
 ## 0.1.0-alpha.5 (2025-05-10)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.1.0-alpha.4...v0.1.0-alpha.5](https://github.com/onkernel/kernel-node-sdk/compare/v0.1.0-alpha.4...v0.1.0-alpha.5)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d8e06f7..9373ffc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import Kernel from '@onkernel/sdk';
 
 const client = new Kernel({
   apiKey: process.env['KERNEL_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
+  environment: 'development', // defaults to 'production'
 });
 
 async function main() {
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ import Kernel from '@onkernel/sdk';
 
 const client = new Kernel({
   apiKey: process.env['KERNEL_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
+  environment: 'development', // defaults to 'production'
 });
 
 async function main() {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ec153c2..2f6d32a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@onkernel/sdk",
-  "version": "0.1.0-alpha.5",
+  "version": "0.1.0-alpha.6",
   "description": "The official TypeScript library for the Kernel API",
   "author": "Kernel <>",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index 56f7f1d..ccee8be 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -34,12 +34,27 @@ import { formatRequestDetails, loggerFor } from './internal/utils/log';
 import { isEmptyObj } from './internal/utils/values';
 import { KernelApp, appRegistry } from './core/app-framework';
 
+const environments = {
+  production: 'https://api.onkernel.com/',
+  development: 'https://localhost:3001/',
+};
+type Environment = keyof typeof environments;
+
 export interface ClientOptions {
   /**
    * Defaults to process.env['KERNEL_API_KEY'].
    */
   apiKey?: string | undefined;
 
+  /**
+   * Specifies the environment to use for the API.
+   *
+   * Each environment maps to a different base URL:
+   * - `production` corresponds to `https://api.onkernel.com/`
+   * - `development` corresponds to `https://localhost:3001/`
+   */
+  environment?: Environment | undefined;
+
   /**
    * Override the default base URL for the API, e.g., "https://api.example.com/v2/"
    *
@@ -129,7 +144,8 @@ export class Kernel {
    * API Client for interfacing with the Kernel API.
    *
    * @param {string | undefined} [opts.apiKey=process.env['KERNEL_API_KEY'] ?? undefined]
-   * @param {string} [opts.baseURL=process.env['KERNEL_BASE_URL'] ?? http://localhost:3001] - Override the default base URL for the API.
+   * @param {Environment} [opts.environment=production] - Specifies the environment URL to use for the API.
+   * @param {string} [opts.baseURL=process.env['KERNEL_BASE_URL'] ?? https://api.onkernel.com/] - Override the default base URL for the API.
    * @param {number} [opts.timeout=1 minute] - The maximum amount of time (in milliseconds) the client will wait for a response before timing out.
    * @param {MergedRequestInit} [opts.fetchOptions] - Additional `RequestInit` options to be passed to `fetch` calls.
    * @param {Fetch} [opts.fetch] - Specify a custom `fetch` function implementation.
@@ -151,10 +167,17 @@ export class Kernel {
     const options: ClientOptions = {
       apiKey,
       ...opts,
-      baseURL: baseURL || `http://localhost:3001`,
+      baseURL,
+      environment: opts.environment ?? 'production',
     };
 
-    this.baseURL = options.baseURL!;
+    if (baseURL && opts.environment) {
+      throw new Errors.KernelError(
+        'Ambiguous URL; The `baseURL` option (or KERNEL_BASE_URL env var) and the `environment` option are given. If you want to use the environment you must pass baseURL: null',
+      );
+    }
+
+    this.baseURL = options.baseURL || environments[options.environment || 'production'];
     this.timeout = options.timeout ?? Kernel.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT /* 1 minute */;
     this.logger = options.logger ?? console;
     const defaultLogLevel = 'warn';
@@ -180,7 +203,8 @@ export class Kernel {
   withOptions(options: Partial<ClientOptions>): this {
     return new (this.constructor as any as new (props: ClientOptions) => typeof this)({
       ...this._options,
-      baseURL: this.baseURL,
+      environment: options.environment ? options.environment : undefined,
+      baseURL: options.environment ? undefined : this.baseURL,
       maxRetries: this.maxRetries,
       timeout: this.timeout,
       logger: this.logger,
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index 66c10e6..9b7cfeb 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = '0.1.0-alpha.5'; // x-release-please-version
+export const VERSION = '0.1.0-alpha.6'; // x-release-please-version
diff --git a/tests/index.test.ts b/tests/index.test.ts
index 3e6bf88..b452e0f 100644
--- a/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -302,13 +302,26 @@ describe('instantiate client', () => {
     test('empty env variable', () => {
       process.env['KERNEL_BASE_URL'] = ''; // empty
       const client = new Kernel({ apiKey: 'My API Key' });
-      expect(client.baseURL).toEqual('http://localhost:3001');
+      expect(client.baseURL).toEqual('https://api.onkernel.com/');
     });
 
     test('blank env variable', () => {
       process.env['KERNEL_BASE_URL'] = '  '; // blank
       const client = new Kernel({ apiKey: 'My API Key' });
-      expect(client.baseURL).toEqual('http://localhost:3001');
+      expect(client.baseURL).toEqual('https://api.onkernel.com/');
+    });
+
+    test('env variable with environment', () => {
+      process.env['KERNEL_BASE_URL'] = 'https://example.com/from_env';
+
+      expect(
+        () => new Kernel({ apiKey: 'My API Key', environment: 'production' }),
+      ).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
+        `"Ambiguous URL; The \`baseURL\` option (or KERNEL_BASE_URL env var) and the \`environment\` option are given. If you want to use the environment you must pass baseURL: null"`,
+      );
+
+      const client = new Kernel({ apiKey: 'My API Key', baseURL: null, environment: 'production' });
+      expect(client.baseURL).toEqual('https://api.onkernel.com/');
     });
   });