docs: mention dotenv support in Quickstart (#262)

Add a note in Quickstart that you can drop your API key into a `.env`
file
(since dotenv support was introduced in 40266be #122).

 Ran `npm test && npm run lint && npm run typecheck` locally

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Signed-off-by: Dan Lewis <dglewi@gmail.com>
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Dan Lewis
2025-04-17 12:29:57 -08:00
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@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"
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> **Note:** This command sets the key only for your current terminal session. To make it permanent, add the `export` line to your shell's configuration file (e.g., `~/.zshrc`).
>
> **Tip:** You can also place your API key into a `.env` file at the root of your project:
> ```env
> OPENAI_API_KEY=your-api-key-here
> ```
> The CLI will automatically load variables from `.env` (via `dotenv/config`).
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