From 2247df24df6cf105e252bc76aa5944f85cb8ef57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Badri Narayanan S <s.badrinarayanan791@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 14:46:11 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] updated instructions to load environment variables

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 README.md | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

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 ```
 
+### Load Environment Variables
+
+Add the proxy settings to your shell profile:
+
+**macOS / Linux:**
+
+```bash
+echo 'export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="http://localhost:8080"' >> ~/.zshrc
+echo 'export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="test"' >> ~/.zshrc
+source ~/.zshrc
+```
+
+> For Bash users, replace `~/.zshrc` with `~/.bashrc`
+
+**Windows (PowerShell):**
+
+```powershell
+Add-Content $PROFILE "`n`$env:ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL = 'http://localhost:8080'"
+Add-Content $PROFILE "`$env:ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = 'test'"
+. $PROFILE
+```
+
+**Windows (Command Prompt):**
+
+```cmd
+setx ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL "http://localhost:8080"
+setx ANTHROPIC_API_KEY "test"
+```
+
+Restart your terminal for changes to take effect.
+
 ### Run Claude Code
 
 ```bash