ReferenceReference · Information-oriented

Configuration

Every environment variable BINA reads, its default and its effect.

Configuration is the process environment. The API also loads an optional, gitignored .env.local from the repository root; variables already set in the process win. Never commit an env file.

#Server

Variable	Default	Effect
`PORT`	`8787`	API port. Also the Vite proxy target.
`CLEARY_DATA_DIR`	`./data`	Root for `events.jsonl`, `raw/` and `reference.db`. One API process per directory.
`CLEARY_OFFLINE`	off	`1` disables outbound fetches and the scheduler; ingest and extraction routes answer `409`. Tests set this.
`CLEARY_REFRESH_HOURS`	`6`	Scheduled refresh window. `0` or negative disables the timer.
`CLEARY_REFRESH_COMPETITION`	off	`1` includes DG COMP datasets in the scheduled refresh.
`CLEARY_WEB_PORT`	`5173`	Console dev-server port used by `npm run dev`.

#Security

Variable	Default	Effect
`CLEARY_ALLOWED_HOSTS`	loopback	Extra comma-separated `Host` values.
`CLEARY_ALLOWED_ORIGINS`	Vite origins	Extra comma-separated browser origins.
`CLEARY_OPERATOR_TOKENS`	unset	`operator:token` pairs, comma-separated. When set, writes must authenticate.
`CLEARY_REQUIRE_AUTH`	off	`1` requires operator auth on every `POST`/`DELETE`.
`BINA_REVIEW_PASSWORD`	unset	Shared password checked against the `X-Bina-Password` header.
`CLEARY_WEBHOOK_ALLOW_PRIVATE`	off	`1` allows `http://` and private-address webhook targets. Local testing only.

#Extraction

Variable	Default	Effect
`CLEARY_LLM_PROVIDER`	`auto`	`auto`, `gateway`, `openrouter`, `mistral`, `openai`, `openai-compatible` or `off`.
`CLEARY_LLM_BASE_URL`	unset	Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, e.g. `http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1`. Pair with `CLEARY_LLM_MODEL`.
`CLEARY_LLM_API_KEY`	unset	Key for `CLEARY_LLM_BASE_URL`, or override for a preset.
`OPENROUTER_API_KEY`	unset	OpenRouter preset. Also needed for claimant research.
`MISTRAL_API_KEY`	unset	Mistral preset.
`OPENAI_API_KEY`	unset	OpenAI preset.
`AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY`	unset	Vercel AI Gateway. `VERCEL_OIDC_TOKEN` also works.
`CLEARY_LLM_MODEL`	`anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5` (gateway)	Model ID. Restart after changing.
`CLEARY_EXTRACTOR`	AI SDK	`dspy` routes extraction through the Python sidecar.
`CLEARY_DSPY_MODEL`, `CLEARY_DSPY_API_BASE`, `CLEARY_DSPY_PYTHON`	sidecar defaults	DSPy sidecar overrides.

#Signal sources

Variable	Effect
`JUDILIBRE_CLIENT_ID`, `JUDILIBRE_CLIENT_SECRET`	Enable Judilibre (PISTE) as the court-search source in the DMA method.
`JUDILIBRE_OAUTH_URL`, `JUDILIBRE_API_URL`	Override endpoints, e.g. the PISTE sandbox.

#npm scripts

Command	What it does
`npm run dev`	API and console together.
`npm run dev:api`	API only.
`npm run dev:web`	Console only.
`npm run ingest [lists\|competition\|extra\|all]`	One-shot snapshot ingest. Do not run against a data directory the API is ingesting into.
`npm test`	Node's built-in test runner over `test/*.test.mjs`.
`npm run typecheck`	`tsc --noEmit` for the console.
`npm run check`	Typecheck, tests and console build.