Environment Variables

Env file

AIChat supports env file (<aichat-config-dir>/.env) for managing environment variables.

You can put all your secret environment variables in the .env file.

Config-Related Envs

All config items have their related env variables to override its values. Check config.example.yaml for all config items.

Below are some commonly used configuration items and their corresponding environment variables:

model: openai:gpt-4o              # env: AICHAT_MODEL
temperature: null                 # env: AICHAT_TEMPERATURE
top_p: null                       # env: AICHAT_TOP_P

stream: true                      # env: AICHAT_STREAM
save: true                        # env: AICHAT_SAVE
editor: null                      # env: AICHAT_EDITOR
wrap: no                          # env: AICHAT_WRAP
wrap_code: false                  # env: AICHAT_WRAP_CODE

save_session: null                # env: AICHAT_SAVE_SESSION
compress_threshold: 4000          # env: AICHAT_COMPRESS_THRESHOLD
function_calling: true            # env: AICHAT_FUNCTION_CALLING
use_tools: null                   # env: AICHAT_USE_TOOLS

rag_embedding_model: null         # env: AICHAT_rag_embedding_model
rag_reranker_model: null          # env: AICHAT_rag_reranker_model
rag_top_k: 4                      # env: AICHAT_rag_top_k
rag_chunk_size: null              # env: AICHAT_rag_chunk_size
rag_chunk_overlap: null           # env: AICHAT_rag_chunk_overlap

highlight: true                   # env: AICHAT_HIGHLIGHT
light_theme: false                # env: AICHAT_LIGHT_THEME

serve_addr: 17.0.0.1:8000         # env: AICHAT_SERVE_ADDR

Client-Related Envs

• {client}_API_KEY: Provide API keys for specific clients, e.g. OPENAI_API_KEY, GEMINI_API_KEY.
• AICHAT_PLATFORM: Combined with {client}_API_KEY to run aichat without a configuration file (it will be ignored if a configuration file exists).

  AICHAT_PLATFORM=openai OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-xxx
  

• AICHAT_PATCH_{client}_CHAT_COMPLETIONS: Patch chat completions api request url, headers and body.

  AICHAT_PATCH_OPENAI_CHAT_COMPLETIONS='{"gpt-4o":{"body":{"seed":666,"temperature":0}}}'
  

• AICHAT_SHELL: Specify the shell; it will override the automatically detected one.

  AICHAT_SHELL="C:\\Program Files\\Git\bin\\bash.exe"
  

Files/Dirs Envs

• AICHAT_CONFIG_DIR: Customize the location of the config dir. Defaults to <user-config-dir>/aichat.
• AICHAT_ENV_FILE: Customize the location of the .env file.
• AICHAT_CONFIG_FILE: Customize the location of the config.yaml file.
• AICHAT_ROLES_DIR: Customize the location of the roles dir.
• AICHAT_SESSIONS_DIR: Customize the location of the sessions dir.
• AICHAT_RAGS_DIR: Customize the location of the rags dir.
• AICHAT_FUNCTIONS_DIR: Customize the location of the functions dir.
• AICHAT_MESSAGES_FILE: Customize the location of the messages.md file.

Agent-Related Envs

• {agent}_FUNCTIONS_DIR: Customize the location of the agent's config dir. e.g. CODER_FUNCTIONS_DIR.
• {agent}_DATA_DIR: Customize the location of the agent's data dir. e.g. CODER_DATA_DIR.

Logging Envs

• AICHAT_LOG_LEVEL=debug: Enable debug logging.
• AICHAT_LOG_FILE: Custom the location of the log file, defaults to <aichat-config-dir>/aichat.log

Generic Envs

• HTTPS_RPOXY/ALL_PROXY: Specify a globally proxy server.
• NO_COLOR: Disable the use of color.
• EDITOR: Specify the default editor.
• XDG_CONFIG_HOME: Locate the config dir.