Environment Variables

All environment variables can be set in a .env file in the project root, which is loaded automatically on startup.

Core

Variable Type Default Description
DATABASE_DSN string weos.db Database connection string. File paths or file: URIs use SQLite; host=... or postgres://... URIs use PostgreSQL.
LOG_LEVEL string info Logging level: debug, info, warn, error. debug uses Zap’s development config; others use production config.

Server

Variable Type Default Description
SERVER_PORT int 8080 HTTP server port
PORT int   Alternative port variable (overrides SERVER_PORT in serve command)
SERVER_HOST string 0.0.0.0 HTTP server bind address
SESSION_SECRET string change-me-in-production Secret key for session cookie encryption

Authentication (OAuth)

OAuth is enabled when both GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID and GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET are set. When disabled, the server runs in development mode.

Variable Type Default Description
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID string   Google OAuth 2.0 client ID
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET string   Google OAuth 2.0 client secret
FRONTEND_URL string   Frontend URL for OAuth redirect callbacks

MCP Server

Variable Type Default Description
MCP_SERVICES string (all) Comma-separated list of MCP tool groups to enable: person, organization, resource-type, resource

LLM Integration

Variable Type Default Description
GEMINI_API_KEY string   Google Gemini API key
GEMINI_MODEL string gemini-2.0-flash Gemini model identifier

Analytics (Optional)

Variable Type Default Description
BIGQUERY_PROJECT_ID string   Google BigQuery project ID. When set, enables dual-write event store (events written to both primary DB and BigQuery).
BIGQUERY_DATASET_ID string   BigQuery dataset ID
BIGQUERY_TABLE_ID string   BigQuery table ID

Example .env File

# Database
DATABASE_DSN=weos.db
LOG_LEVEL=debug

# Server
SERVER_PORT=8080
SESSION_SECRET=my-super-secret-key

# OAuth (comment out for dev mode)
# GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your-client-id.apps.googleusercontent.com
# GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=your-client-secret
# FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:3000

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