Environment Variables

The CLI reads four environment variables. Command-line flags take precedence over all of them.

Variable	Description	Default
`INKOG_API_KEY`	API key for cloud scans. If unset, the CLI looks in `~/.inkog/config.json` (saved on first run).	None
`INKOG_SERVER_URL`	Override the API endpoint, for self-hosted deployments	`https://api.inkog.io`
`CI`	When set, spinners and interactive prompts are disabled. Most CI platforms set it automatically.	Auto-detected
`NO_COLOR`	Disables colored output (same as `-no-color`)	Unset

Output format, policy, severity, and paths are flags only. See Configuration.

Priority Order

Command-line flags (highest)
Environment variables
~/.inkog/config.json (API key only)
Defaults

Examples

Local development


export INKOG_API_KEY="sk_live_..."
inkog .

Self-hosted server


export INKOG_SERVER_URL=https://inkog.internal.example.com
export INKOG_API_KEY="sk_live_..."
inkog .

CI pipeline


# CI=true is set by GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Jenkins, and Buildkite.
INKOG_API_KEY="$INKOG_API_KEY" inkog -path . -output sarif > inkog.sarif

Plain output for logs


NO_COLOR=1 inkog . > scan.log