Merge pull request #472 from ksylvan/kayvan/persist-env-api-keys

fix(install): Persist ElevenLabs API key to ~/.env during setup

Author: ksylvan

Releases/v2.3/.claude/install.ts

@@ -1090,12 +1090,35 @@ function generateSettingsJson(config: Config): string {
     "max_tokens": 4096
   };
 
-  // API keys go in ${PAI_DIR}/.env, not settings.json
+  // API keys go in ~/.env, not settings.json
   // Voice ID is stored in daidentity.voiceId above
 
   return JSON.stringify(settings, null, 2);
 }
 
+function generateEnvFile(config: Config): string {
+  const lines: string[] = [
+    '# PAI Environment Variables',
+    '# Generated by install.ts',
+    '',
+  ];
+
+  if (config.apiKeys.elevenlabs) {
+    lines.push(`ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=${config.apiKeys.elevenlabs}`);
+  } else {
+    lines.push('# ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=your_api_key_here');
+  }
+
+  if (config.apiKeys.anthropic) {
+    lines.push(`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=${config.apiKeys.anthropic}`);
+  } else {
+    lines.push('# ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_api_key_here');
+  }
+
+  lines.push('');
+  return lines.join('\n');
+}
+
 function createDirectoryStructure(targetDir: string): void {
   const dirs = [
     'skills/CORE/USER',
@@ -1436,6 +1459,16 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
   writeFileSync(join(CLAUDE_DIR, 'settings.json'), settingsJson);
   printSuccess('Created settings.json with full permissions');
 
+  // Write .env file with API keys to home directory (~/.env)
+  const envFile = generateEnvFile(config);
+  const envPath = join(HOME, '.env');
+  writeFileSync(envPath, envFile);
+  if (config.apiKeys.elevenlabs || config.apiKeys.anthropic) {
+    printSuccess('Created ~/.env with API keys');
+  } else {
+    printSuccess('Created ~/.env template (add API keys later)');
+  }
+
   // Perform migration if needed
   if (source && (mode === 'migrate' || mode === 'merge')) {
     await performMigration(source, CLAUDE_DIR);