Configuration

Verel is configured by a few environment variables — there is no config file.

Env var	Default	Purpose
VEREL_LLM_PROVIDER	ollama	LLM provider for agents — ollama or openai.
VEREL_CODER_MODEL	provider default	Override the code-fixer model.
OPENAI_API_KEY	—	Required when VEREL_LLM_PROVIDER=openai.
VEREL_REGISTRY_SECRET	dev value	Signing secret for the skill registry — set a real one in production.
VEREL_RUNNER_SECRET	dev value	Grader-runner signing identity — set a real one in production.

LLM keys

• Ollama Cloud (default): key at ~/.config/ollama/key, model qwen3-coder:480b.
• OpenAI: set VEREL_LLM_PROVIDER=openai and OPENAI_API_KEY.

The eyes (AgentVision) read their own provider keys — see the AgentVision configuration.

Production secrets

VEREL_REGISTRY_SECRET and VEREL_RUNNER_SECRET ship with development defaults so the examples run out of the box. Set real, secret values in any shared or production environment — they sign skill-registry artifacts and grader run-receipts.