Environment

Environment variables

Ask a maintainer for a Truth Sleuth .env / .env.local. Caffeine: copy .env.caffeine.example to .env.caffeine.local.

This page lists names and roles only. Production/study values (including agency document ids) are not published here — study ops: private misinfo-dashboard-ops.

Client Firebase (NEXT_PUBLIC_*)

Variable	Role
NEXT_PUBLIC_FIREBASE_API_KEY	Web API key
NEXT_PUBLIC_FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN	Auth domain
NEXT_PUBLIC_FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID	Project id
NEXT_PUBLIC_FIREBASE_STORAGE_BUCKET	Storage bucket
NEXT_PUBLIC_FIREBASE_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID	Messaging sender
NEXT_PUBLIC_FIREBASE_APP_ID	App id
NEXT_PUBLIC_FIREBASE_MEASUREMENT_ID	Analytics (optional)
NEXT_PUBLIC_FIREBASE_RECAPTCHA_ENTERPRISE_SITE_KEY	App Check (Enterprise)
NEXT_PUBLIC_FIREBASE_RECAPTCHA_V3_SITE_KEY	App Check (v3; Caffeine)
NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL	Canonical site URL (auth email links, etc.)
NEXT_PUBLIC_BRAND	misinfo (default) or caffeine
NEXT_PUBLIC_USE_EMULATORS	Wire client to emulators when developing
NEXT_PUBLIC_FIREBASE_APPCHECK_DEBUG_TOKEN	Local App Check debug

Study copy markers

Variable	Role
NEXT_PUBLIC_FIXED_REPORT_AGENCY_ID	Fixed agency doc id for this deploy
NEXT_PUBLIC_FIXED_REPORT_AGENCY_NAME	Must match agency doc name; both required for a study copy
STUDY_AGENCY_ID	Local npm run dev:live study targets only (not NEXT_PUBLIC_); script copies into the fixed-agency pair

See Sites.

Server / scripts / functions

Variable	Role
GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS	Path to Admin SDK JSON (local scripts / SSR)
FIREBASE_ADMIN_CLIENT_EMAIL / FIREBASE_ADMIN_PRIVATE_KEY	Alternate Admin credentials
SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL	Help-request Slack notify (Functions secret)
SENDGRID_API_KEY	Help-request email (Functions secret)
BRAND_NAME	Functions env for email sender naming

Never commit filled .env files or service account JSON.