.env.example

# Copy this file to .env and fill in real values. Never commit .env.

# Required. Get one at https://console.anthropic.com/settings/keys
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...

# Optional. Defaults to claude-opus-4-7 (see docs/adr/002-narrative-model-choice.md).
# MODEL=claude-opus-4-7

# Optional. Where rendered HTML and carousels are written. Defaults to ./output
# OUTPUT_DIR=./output

# Optional. DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR. Defaults to INFO.
# LOG_LEVEL=INFO

# Optional. Model used by the paid LLM-as-judge eval layer
# (`make eval-live`). Defaults to claude-sonnet-4-6 — see
# docs/adr/003-narrative-eval-suite.md for why we use a different
# family from the writer.
# EVAL_JUDGE_MODEL=claude-sonnet-4-6

# Optional. Drop in any judge axis ≥ this value vs the golden judge
# baseline is treated as a regression. Float on the 0-5 scale; default
# 1.0 absorbs typical sampling noise without masking real regressions.
# EVAL_REGRESSION_THRESHOLD=1.0

# Optional. Longest edge in pixels for resized photos. Larger values produce
# bigger HTML files (photos are base64-embedded); smaller values lose detail.
# PHOTO_MAX_EDGE=1800

# Optional. JPEG quality (1-95) used when re-encoding resized photos.
# PHOTO_QUALITY=90

# Optional. JPEG quality (1-95) used for Instagram carousel slides.
# INSTAGRAM_QUALITY=90

# Optional. Upper bound on tokens requested for the narrative completion.
# NARRATIVE_MAX_TOKENS=4096

# Optional. Total Anthropic API attempts (including the first) before giving
# up on rate-limit retries.
# NARRATIVE_MAX_RETRIES=3