Environment Variables

Configure API keys and settings via environment variables.

Required API Keys

Set up at least one:

export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk-ant-..."

export GOOGLE_API_KEY="AIza..."

export AZURE_API_KEY="your-key"
export AZURE_API_BASE="https://your-resource.openai.azure.com"
export AZURE_API_VERSION="2024-02-01"

export OLLAMA_API_BASE="http://localhost:11434"

# Optional LiteLLM settings
export LITELLM_DROP_PARAMS=true
export LITELLM_MAX_PARALLEL_REQUESTS=100
export LITELLM_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=60

Create a .env file in your project:

# .env
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...

md-evals will automatically load from .env if present.