From 0ddd1a38f38e4f81e041f0f5485c15ab94b75e82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niel Thiart <niel@thiart.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:28:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add environment configuration and update README instructions

---
 .env.example |  1 +
 .gitignore   |  2 +-
 README.md    | 13 +++++++++++++
 src/index.ts |  4 ++--
 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .env.example

diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36b8cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MISTRAL_API_KEY="YOUR_MISTRAL_API_KEY"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f106e9..7b02baa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 node_modules/
 build/
 *.log
-.env*
\ No newline at end of file
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 333340e..dec8de4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,19 @@ This repository is part of a blog post by Speakeasy: [Building a Mistral MCP Ser
 
 To interact with the Mistral AI platform, you'll need an API key. You can get one by signing up at [mistral.ai](https://mistral.ai/).
 
+Set your API key as an environment variable. Create a copy of `.env.example` and rename it to `.env`.
+
+```bash
+cp .env.example .env
+open .env
+```
+
+Then update the `.env` file with your API key:
+
+```bash
+MISTRAL_API_KEY="YOUR_MISTRAL_API_KEY"
+```
+
 ## Tools
 
 This server provides two tools:
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 32bbe51..47c02d4 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-
+import path from "path";
 import { Server } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/index.js";
 import { StdioServerTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js";
 import {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
 } from "./schema.js";
 
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
-dotenv.config();
+dotenv.config({path: path.join(import.meta.dirname, "..", ".env")});
 
 const server = new Server(
   {