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dotenv

Load environment variables from a .env file into process.env for Node.js applications. Use when configuring apps with environment-specific secrets, setting up local development environments, managing API keys and database URLs, parsing .env file contents, or populating environment variables programmatically. Triggers on requests involving .env files, process.env, environment variable loading, twelve-factor app config, or Node.js secrets management.

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Installation and usage

Load environment variables from a .env file into process.env for Node.js applications. Use when configuring apps with environment-specific secrets, setting up local development environments, managing API keys and database URLs, parsing .env file contents, or populating environment variables programmatically. Triggers on requests involving .env files, process.env, environment variable loading, twelve-factor app config, or Node.js secrets management.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use dotenv