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Environment Variables Reference

All supported environment variables for agent configuration.

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Recommended variables

The API itself needs only your key; these are the conventional names to keep your integration configurable:

VariableRequiredDescription
BOTONOM_API_KEYYesYour bk_live_ key (identifies your workspace - no separate workspace id is needed)
BOTONOM_API_BASENoAPI base URL; defaults to https://api.botonom.com/en/api/v1
BOTONOM_WEBHOOK_SECRETNoYour whsec_ signing secret, for verifying incoming webhook deliveries
# .env example
BOTONOM_API_KEY=bk_live_abc123...
BOTONOM_API_BASE=https://api.botonom.com/en/api/v1
BOTONOM_WEBHOOK_SECRET=whsec_def456...
Never commit your .env file to version control. Use a secrets manager in production, and rotate keys from Dashboard → Developers → Credentials (create the new key first, then revoke the old one).
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