In the context of my AI notes, here is what you need to know about the .env file
Any file that starts with a . is a hidden file according to linux, windows is a bot funny about such files, it allows their existance, as long as you don’t try to use windows explorer to name or rename into them.
On linux, if you want the ls command to show such files, you would execute the command “ls -a“
Now, with that out of the way, let me start with a few variables for various providers
# Open AI (ChatGPT)
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-proj-xxxx
# Google AI (Gemeni)
GOOGLE_API_KEY=xxxx
# Anthropic (Claude)
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=xxxx
# Huging face (HF_TOKEN is short for hugging face token)
HF_TOKEN=xxxx