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Summary

#15 added ${VAR:-} interpolation for four API-key vars into dotty-behaviour/docker-compose.yml, but .env.example only documented two of them (OPENROUTER_API_KEY, VISION_API_KEY). A user reading .env.example to learn what's available misses the two finer-grained overrides.

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  • Append commented templates for VLM_API_KEY and AUDIO_CAPTION_API_KEY to .env.example.
  • Document the fallback chain in a short preamble so the common case (one OPENROUTER_API_KEY) is obviously sufficient and the overrides are only for users who route vision or audio captioning to a different provider.

Pure additive change — no existing var was modified or removed. The broader .env.example cleanup (post-#36 stale ZEROCLAW_*, dead SPEAKER_* / GREETER_* sections) is a follow-up best done after #95 merges, since which env vars are still consumed by surviving code depends on which dead consumers #95 removes.

Refs #15.

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#15 wired these into dotty-behaviour/docker-compose.yml as
${VAR:-} interpolation, but .env.example only documented
OPENROUTER_API_KEY and VISION_API_KEY. A user reading .env.example
to learn what's available misses the two finer-grained overrides.

Documents the fallback chain (OPENROUTER_API_KEY → VISION_API_KEY →
VLM_API_KEY / AUDIO_CAPTION_API_KEY) so the common case (one key)
is obviously sufficient.

Refs #15.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull request overview

Updates the repo’s .env.example to document two additional API key environment variables used for modality-specific overrides (vision VLM and audio captioning), clarifying that a single OPENROUTER_API_KEY is typically sufficient due to the existing fallback chain.

Changes:

  • Add a short preamble explaining the API key fallback behavior and when overrides are useful.
  • Add commented templates for VLM_API_KEY and AUDIO_CAPTION_API_KEY.

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