Optional Environment Variables
Use these only after the core stack is already healthy. They extend the platform with better search, media generation, billing, external databases, and research-specialized flows.
Categories
Billing and payments
Search and browsing
Media generation
Tool-server specialization
Research workflows
Rule of thumb
Start with:
- one working
MODEL_CONFIGSentry - valid auth secrets
- one healthy storage path
- a successful
make stack-build
Then layer optional provider keys only for the surfaces you actually plan to use.