Configuration Reference¶

HireMinds configuration is driven entirely by environment variables. No secrets are committed to the codebase.

Environment Variables¶

Variable	Required	Description	Example
`DATABASE_URL`	Yes	Postgres connection string	`postgresql+asyncpg://user:pass@localhost:5432/hiremind`
`SUPABASE_URL`	Yes	Supabase project URL	`https://xyz.supabase.co`
`SUPABASE_KEY`	Yes	Supabase anonymous key	`<anon_key>`
`SUPABASE_JWT_SECRET`	Yes	Secret to decode auth tokens	`<jwt_secret>`
`GEMINI_API_KEY`	Yes*	LLM Provider Key	`<api_key>`
`DEEPGRAM_API_KEY`	No	STT key used only by the legacy WebSocket fallback pipeline	`<api_key>`
`LIVEKIT_URL`	No	LiveKit Server URL	`wss://...`
`REDIS_URL`	Yes	Redis connection string	`redis://localhost:6379`
`RESEND_API_KEY`	Yes	Resend API key for emails	`<api_key>`
`FRONTEND_URL`	Yes	Allowed CORS origin	`http://localhost:3000`
`RECRUITER_EMAILS`	No	Comma-separated list for auto-promotion	`admin@hireminds.com`

* Required unless using an alternative local provider setup.

Variable	Required	Description	Example
`NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL`	Yes	Supabase project URL	`https://xyz.supabase.co`
`NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY`	Yes	Supabase anonymous key	`<anon_key>`
`NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL`	Yes	Backend REST API endpoint	`http://localhost:8000/api/v1`

Danger

Never expose secrets beginning with SUPABASE_JWT_SECRET or any API keys on the frontend or commit them to source control.