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app.py

@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@ import streamlit.components.v1 as components
 # --- Configuration ---
 # TogetherAI API key (env var name pilotikval)
 TOGETHER_API_KEY = os.environ.get("pilotikval")
+if not TOGETHER_API_KEY:
+    st.error("Missing pilotikval environment variable.")
+    st.stop()
+
 # Initialize TogetherAI client
-client = Together(api_key=TOGETHER_API_KEY)
+os.environ['TOGETHER_API_KEY'] = TOGETHER_API_KEY  # Set for Together to read
+client = Together()
 
 # Embeddings setup
 EMBED_MODEL_NAME = "BAAI/bge-base-en"