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Configuring

oaustegard/claude-configuring

Universal environment variable loader for AI agent environments. Loads secrets and config from Claude.ai, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Jules, and standard .env files.

This is a copy. The original lives at oaustegard/configuring.

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills --skill configuring

The instruction itself

8 sections, as written by the author

Configuring

Unified configuration management across AI coding environments. Load environment variables, secrets, and other opinionated configuration setups from any AI coding platform.

Quick Start

import sys
sys.path.insert(0, '/path/to/claude-skills')  # or wherever skills are installed
from configuring import get_env, detect_environment

# Get a variable (searches all sources automatically)
token = get_env("TURSO_TOKEN", required=True)

# With default
port = get_env("PORT", default="8080")

# What environment are we in?
env = detect_environment()  # "claude.ai", "claude-code-desktop", "codex", "jules", etc.

Supported Environments

| Environment | Config Sources |

|-------------|----------------|

| Claude.ai Projects | /mnt/project/*.env, /mnt/project/*-token.txt |

| Claude Code | ~/.claude/settings.json (env block), .claude/settings.json |

| OpenAI Codex | ~/.codex/config.toml, setup script → ~/.bashrc, shell_snapshots/*.sh |

| Jules | Environment settings UI, .env in repo |

| Universal | os.environ, .env, .env.local |

API Reference

# Core
get_env(key, default=None, *, required=False, validator=None) -> str | None
load_env(path) -> dict[str, str]           # Load specific file
load_all(force_reload=False) -> dict       # Load all sources

# Utilities
detect_environment() -> str                 # Current platform
mask_secret(value, show_chars=4) -> str    # Safe logging
debug_info() -> dict                        # Troubleshooting
get_loaded_sources() -> list[str]          # What was checked

Credential File Formats

.env files (KEY=value):

TURSO_TOKEN=eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSI...
EMBEDDING_API_KEY=sk-svcacct-...

Single-value files (*-token.txt, *-key.txt):

eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSI...

Filename becomes key: turso-token.txt → TURSO_TOKEN

Claude Code settings.json:

{
  "env": {
    "TURSO_TOKEN": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSI..."
  }
}

Priority Order

Later sources override earlier:

  • OS environment variables
  • Platform-specific sources (detected automatically)
  • .env files in cwd
  • OS environment variables (again - explicit exports always win)

Debugging

import sys
sys.path.insert(0, '/path/to/claude-skills')
from configuring import debug_info
print(debug_info())
# {'environment': 'claude.ai', 'sources': ['os.environ', 'claude.ai:/mnt/project/'], ...}

CLI:

cd /path/to/claude-skills/configuring
python scripts/getting_env.py                    # Show debug info
python scripts/getting_env.py TURSO_TOKEN        # Get specific key

Migration from api-credentials / getting-env

Replace:

# Old (api-credentials)
from credentials import get_anthropic_api_key
key = get_anthropic_api_key()

# Old (getting-env)
from getting_env import get_env
key = get_env("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY")

# New (configuring)
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, '/path/to/claude-skills')
from configuring import get_env
key = get_env("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY", required=True)

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take oaustegard/claude-configuring from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.