Environment Variables

Configure Inkog behavior using environment variables. Command-line flags take precedence over environment variables.

Available Variables

Priority Order

Configuration values are resolved in this order (highest to lowest):

1. Command-line flags (highest priority)
2. Environment variables
3. Default values (lowest priority)

Examples

Setting Default Output Format

# Always output JSON
export INKOG_OUTPUT_FORMAT=json
inkog .

Using Enterprise Server

# Point to self-hosted instance
export INKOG_SERVER_URL=https://inkog.internal.company.com
export INKOG_API_KEY=your-enterprise-key
inkog .

CI/CD Environment

The CI variable is automatically set by most CI platforms:

When CI is set:

• Progress spinners are disabled
• ANSI colors are suppressed
• Output is optimized for log files

Manual Quiet Mode

# Force quiet mode outside CI
CI=true inkog .

Shell Configuration

Add to your shell profile for persistent configuration:

Bash (~/.bashrc):

export INKOG_OUTPUT_FORMAT=json
export INKOG_SERVER_URL=https://inkog-api.fly.dev

Zsh (~/.zshrc):

export INKOG_OUTPUT_FORMAT=json
export INKOG_SERVER_URL=https://inkog-api.fly.dev

Fish (~/.config/fish/config.fish):

set -x INKOG_OUTPUT_FORMAT json
set -x INKOG_SERVER_URL https://inkog-api.fly.dev

Network Configuration

Timeouts

• HTTP timeout: 60 seconds
• Retry attempts: 3 with exponential backoff (2s, 4s, 8s)
• Rate limit handling: Respects Retry-After header (default 30s)

Proxy Support

Inkog respects standard HTTP proxy environment variables:

export HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.company.com:8080
export HTTPS_PROXY=http://proxy.company.com:8080
export NO_PROXY=localhost,127.0.0.1