Claude-skill-registry-data managing-env-vars

Name: managing-env-vars
Author: majiayu000

Manages environment variables and security. Distinguishes between public and secret keys. Use when setting up project configuration or adding API keys.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry-data

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry-data "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/data/managing-env-vars" ~/.claude/skills/majiayu000-claude-skill-registry-data-managing-env-vars && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: data/managing-env-vars/SKILL.md

source content

Environment and Security Variables

When to use this skill

During project setup.
When adding new Appwrite services (Storage, Databases).
When deploying to production.

Workflow

Create
```
.env.local
```
for local development.
Distinguish between
```
NEXT_PUBLIC_
```
(Client access) and secret keys (Server access).
Add
```
.env*
```
to
```
.gitignore
```
.
Use
```
process.env.VARIABLE_NAME
```
with fallback or validation.

Required Variables

```
NEXT_PUBLIC_APPWRITE_ENDPOINT
```
: Your Appwrite API endpoint.
```
NEXT_PUBLIC_APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID
```
: Your project ID.
```
APPWRITE_API_KEY
```
: Secret key for server-side operations (DO NOT prefix with NEXT_PUBLIC).

Instructions

Leak Prevention: Never commit
```
.env
```
files.
Validation: Use a
```
env.ts
```
file with Zod to validate variables at runtime if possible.