Environment Variable Explanation

System parameters can be controlled through environment variables. For the community Docker deployment, use docker/env.example as the reference; if you are already inside the docker/ directory, run cp env.example .env and then adjust the values as needed.

Some parameter explanations are as follows:

Environment Variable	Description
API_BASE_URL	API service address (needs modification)
CLIENT_BASE_URL	Web client base URL (recommended to update together for server deployments)
WEB_PORT	Port of website
DB_NAME	Database name
DB_USER	Database username
DB_PASS	Database password
DB_PORT	Database port
DB_HOST	Database address
REDIS_PASSWORD	Cache service password
NODE_ENV	Operating environment: development or production
LOG_LEVEL	Log level
DEFAULT_LATITUDE	Default latitude
DEFAULT_LONGITUDE	Default longitude
DEFAULT_CURRENCY	Default currency
DEMO	Demo system

Organization Bootstrap and Templates

The following variables are mainly used when a new organization is created. They control the default workspace bootstrap flow, analytics seed data, and external xpert templates:

Environment Variable	Purpose	How to configure
ORG_DEFAULT_XPERT_TEMPLATE_KEYS	Automatically import specific templates into each new organization’s default workspace	Provide template IDs separated by commas; leave empty to disable automatic import
ORG_ANALYTICS_BOOTSTRAP_MODE	Controls analytics bootstrap mode for new organizations	Supported values are semantic-only and full-demo; unset or invalid values fall back to semantic-only
XPERT_TEMPLATE_DIR	External xpert template directory	Point this to a persistent directory; on first startup the API seeds any missing baseline template files into it

Example:

ORG_DEFAULT_XPERT_TEMPLATE_KEYS=af7133cb-32b3-47ff-90c1-b144c4d4887e,af7133cb-32b3-47ff-90c1-b144c4d48872
ORG_ANALYTICS_BOOTSTRAP_MODE=semantic-only
XPERT_TEMPLATE_DIR=/var/lib/xpert/data/xpert-template

Notes:

• ORG_DEFAULT_XPERT_TEMPLATE_KEYS uses template IDs, not display names. The two example IDs above correspond to ChatBI with Sales Analysis Expert and Text2SQL-ChatDB.
• ORG_ANALYTICS_BOOTSTRAP_MODE=semantic-only initializes only the semantic-model prerequisites; full-demo also imports demo indicators and demo stories.
• If XPERT_TEMPLATE_DIR is not set, the service falls back to the default data directory. In Docker this is typically /var/lib/xpert/data/xpert-template.
• These settings affect newly created organizations only. Existing organizations are not backfilled automatically.

Permissions and Handoff Routing

Environment Variable	Purpose	How to configure
ALLOW_SUPER_ADMIN_ROLE	Controls whether SUPER_ADMIN can bypass tenant-level and organization-level permission guards	Defaults to true; only set it to false if you want to disable this bypass
HANDOFF_ROUTING_CONFIG_PATH	Points to the handoff routing YAML file	You can use an absolute or relative path; relative paths are resolved from the API server root

Example:

ALLOW_SUPER_ADMIN_ROLE=true
HANDOFF_ROUTING_CONFIG_PATH=/var/lib/xpert/data/config/handoff-routing.yaml

The routing file structure can follow the sample in docker/handoff-routing.example.yaml from the Xpert source repository. A minimal example looks like this:

version: 1
defaultQueue: handoff
defaultLane: main
routes:
  - match:
      typePrefix: channel.lark.
    target:
      queue: integration
      lane: normal

Notes:

• ALLOW_SUPER_ADMIN_ROLE does not create or remove roles. It only controls whether SUPER_ADMIN automatically passes certain tenant and organization permission checks.
• If HANDOFF_ROUTING_CONFIG_PATH is not set, the service logs a warning and falls back to built-in defaults.
• The handoff routing file is loaded during module initialization, so API restart is required after editing the YAML file.

Plugins and Default Skill Repositories

Environment Variable	Purpose	How to configure
PLUGINS	Adds extra global plugin packages at deployment time	Separate plugin package names with commas or semicolons; the list is appended to the built-in global plugins rather than replacing them
AI_DEFAULT_SKILL_REPOSITORIES	Automatically registers default skill repositories when a new tenant is created	Pass a JSON string; the recommended shape is { "repositories": [...] }; each entry must include at least name and provider, with optional options and credentials

Example:

PLUGINS=@xpert-ai/plugin-openrouter,@xpert-ai/plugin-gemini
AI_DEFAULT_SKILL_REPOSITORIES={"repositories":[{"name":"anthropics/skills","provider":"github","options":{"url":"https://github.com/anthropics/skills","branch":"main"}},{"name":"acme/internal-skills","provider":"github","options":{"url":"https://github.com/acme/internal-skills","path":"skills","branch":"main"},"credentials":{"token":"<github-token>"}}]}

Notes:

• PLUGINS is read during service startup, so API restart is required after changes.
• AI_DEFAULT_SKILL_REPOSITORIES also accepts a raw JSON array, but the wrapped repositories format from docker/env.example is recommended for future extensibility.
• The provider field in AI_DEFAULT_SKILL_REPOSITORIES must match a supported skill repository provider, such as github or clawhub.
• Invalid JSON is ignored and a warning is logged.
• These default repositories are only auto-registered for newly created tenants. Existing tenants need manual registration and sync through the skill repository APIs.

Email related configuration

To customize the SMTP mail server configuration, you need to configure the following environment variables:

Environment variable	Description
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS	Sender’s email address
MAIL_HOST	Mail service host
MAIL_PORT	Mail service port number
MAIL_USERNAME	Mail account
MAIL_PASSWORD	Mail password

File Storage

Custom File Storage Providers

Environment Variable	Description
FILE_PROVIDER	File storage provider (LOCAL | S3 | OSS)
ALIYUN_ACCESS_KEY_ID	Alibaba Cloud Access Key ID
ALIYUN_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET	Alibaba Cloud Access Key Secret
ALIYUN_REGION	Alibaba Cloud Region
ALIYUN_OSS_ENDPOINT	Alibaba Cloud OSS Endpoint
ALIYUN_OSS_BUCKET	Alibaba Cloud OSS Bucket
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID	Amazon Cloud Access Key ID
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY	Amazon Cloud Secret Access Key
AWS_REGION	Amazon Cloud Region
AWS_S3_BUCKET	Amazon Cloud S3 Bucket