Environment Variables

AIChat supports the following environment variables:

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

• {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 needing a configuration file.
• AICHAT_LIGHT_THEME: Enable a light theme.
• AICHAT_NO_DANGEROUSLY_FUNCTIONS: Set dangerously_functions_filter: null

• AICHAT_CONFIG_DIR: Customize the location of the config dir. Defaults to <user_config_dir>/aichat.
• AICHAT_CONFIG_FILE: Customize the location of the config.yaml file.
• AICHAT_ROLES_FILE: Customize the location of the roles.yaml file.
• AICHAT_MESSAGES_FILE: Customize the location of the messages.md file.
• 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_AGENTS_FUNCTIONS_DIR: Customize the location of the functions/agents dir.
• AICHAT_AGENTS_CONFIG_DIR: Customize the location of the agents dir.