adds env checker for character

.env.example

@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 # Required environment variables
 DISCORD_APPLICATION_ID=
-DISCORD_API_TOKEN= # Bot token
-OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-* # OpenAI API key, starting with sk-
-REDPILL_API_KEY= # REDPILL API Key
-GROK_API_KEY= # GROK API Key
-GROQ_API_KEY=gsk_*
+DISCORD_API_TOKEN=                     # Bot token
+OPENAI_API_KEY=                        # OpenAI API key, starting with sk-
+REDPILL_API_KEY=                       # REDPILL API Key
+GROK_API_KEY=                          # GROK API Key
+GROQ_API_KEY=                          # Starts with gsk_
 OPENROUTER_API_KEY=
-GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY= # Gemini API key
+GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY=          # Gemini API key
+ELEVENLABS_XI_API_KEY=                 # API key from elevenlabs
 
-ELEVENLABS_XI_API_KEY= # API key from elevenlabs
-
-# ELEVENLABS SETTINGS
+# ElevenLabs Settings
 ELEVENLABS_MODEL_ID=eleven_multilingual_v2
 ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID=21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM
 ELEVENLABS_VOICE_STABILITY=0.5
@@ -20,72 +19,65 @@ ELEVENLABS_VOICE_USE_SPEAKER_BOOST=false
 ELEVENLABS_OPTIMIZE_STREAMING_LATENCY=4
 ELEVENLABS_OUTPUT_FORMAT=pcm_16000
 
+# Twitter/X Configuration
 TWITTER_DRY_RUN=false
-TWITTER_USERNAME= # Account username
-TWITTER_PASSWORD= # Account password
-TWITTER_EMAIL= # Account email
-TWITTER_COOKIES= # Account cookies
-
+TWITTER_USERNAME=                       # Account username
+TWITTER_PASSWORD=                       # Account password
+TWITTER_EMAIL=                         # Account email
+TWITTER_COOKIES=                       # Account cookies
 X_SERVER_URL=
 XAI_API_KEY=
 XAI_MODEL=
 
-#POST INTERVAL RANDOM MIN-MAX MINUTES
-POST_INTERVAL_MIN=  #90 #Default
-POST_INTERVAL_MAX= #180 #Default
-
-
-#USE IMAGE GEN
-IMAGE_GEN= #TRUE
+# Post Interval Settings (in minutes)
+POST_INTERVAL_MIN=                     # Default: 90
+POST_INTERVAL_MAX=                     # Default: 180
 
-#Leave blank to use local embeddings
-USE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING=  #TRUE
+# Feature Flags
+IMAGE_GEN=                            # Set to TRUE to enable image generation
+USE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING=                 # Set to TRUE for OpenAI, leave blank for local
 
-#OpenRouter (Use one model for everything or set individual for small, medium, large tasks)
-#leave blank to use defaults hermes 70b for small tasks & 405b for medium/large tasks
-OPENROUTER_MODEL=
+# OpenRouter Models
+OPENROUTER_MODEL=                     # Default: uses hermes 70b/405b
 SMALL_OPENROUTER_MODEL=
-MEDIUM_OLLAMA_MODEL=
-LARGE_OLLAMA_MODEL=
+MEDIUM_OPENROUTER_MODEL=
+LARGE_OPENROUTER_MODEL=
 
-
-#Set to Use for New OLLAMA provider
-OLLAMA_SERVER_URL=   #Leave blank for default localhost:11434
+# Ollama Configuration
+OLLAMA_SERVER_URL=                    # Default: localhost:11434
 OLLAMA_MODEL=
-OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_MODEL=     #default mxbai-embed-large
-#To use custom model types for different tasks set these
-SMALL_OLLAMA_MODEL=         #default llama3.2
-MEDIUM_OLLAMA_MODEL=        #default herems3
-LARGE_OLLAMA_MODEL=         #default hermes3:70b
+OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_MODEL=               # Default: mxbai-embed-large
+SMALL_OLLAMA_MODEL=                   # Default: llama3.2
+MEDIUM_OLLAMA_MODEL=                  # Default: hermes3
+LARGE_OLLAMA_MODEL=                   # Default: hermes3:70b
 
-# For asking Claude stuff
-ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=
+# API Keys
+ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=                    # For Claude
+HEURIST_API_KEY=                      # Get from https://heurist.ai/dev-access
 
-# Heurist API (Get API Key at https://heurist.ai/dev-access)
-HEURIST_API_KEY=
+# Heurist Models
 SMALL_HEURIST_LANGUAGE_MODEL=
 MEDIUM_HEURIST_LANGUAGE_MODEL=
 LARGE_HEURIST_LANGUAGE_MODEL=
 HEURIST_IMAGE_MODEL=
 
+# Wallet Configuration
 WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY=EXAMPLE_WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY
 WALLET_PUBLIC_KEY=EXAMPLE_WALLET_PUBLIC_KEY
-
 BIRDEYE_API_KEY=
 
+# Solana Configuration
 SOL_ADDRESS=So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112
 SLIPPAGE=1
 BASE_MINT=So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112
 RPC_URL=https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com
 HELIUS_API_KEY=
 
-
-## Telegram
+# Other Services
 TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=
-
 TOGETHER_API_KEY=
 SERVER_PORT=3000
 
-# Starknet
+# Starknet Configuration
 STARKNET_ADDRESS=
 STARKNET_PRIVATE_KEY=

agent/src/index.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
     IAgentRuntime,
     ModelProviderName,
     elizaLogger,
+    validateCharacterConfig,
 } from "@ai16z/eliza";
 import { bootstrapPlugin } from "@ai16z/plugin-bootstrap";
 import { solanaPlugin } from "@ai16z/plugin-solana";
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ export async function loadCharacters(
             try {
                 const character = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path, "utf8"));
 
+                validateCharacterConfig(character);
+
                 // is there a "plugins" field?
                 if (character.plugins) {
                     console.log("Plugins are: ", character.plugins);