Environment Variables & Keys

The selectools library uses the following keys, organized by capability.

Core LLM Providers

1. OpenAI

   • OPENAI_API_KEY: Required for OpenAIProvider.

2. Anthropic

   • ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: Required for AnthropicProvider.

3. Gemini (Google)

   • GEMINI_API_KEY: Primary key for GeminiProvider.
   • GOOGLE_API_KEY: Fallback key if GEMINI_API_KEY is not set.

4. Ollama (Local)

   • No key required. Connects to localhost:11434 by default.

Embeddings & Vector Stores

1. Cohere

   • COHERE_API_KEY: Required for CohereEmbeddingProvider.

2. Voyage AI (Anthropic Partner)

   • VOYAGE_API_KEY: Required for AnthropicEmbeddingProvider (uses Voyage models).

3. Pinecone

   • PINECONE_API_KEY: Required for PineconeVectorStore.
   • PINECONE_ENVIRONMENT: Required for PineconeVectorStore (legacy, optional for serverless).

Example .env

See .env.example in the project root for a template.