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+# Example environment variables for kalshi-starter-code-python
+
+# API credentials for Kalshi
+KALSHI_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
+KALSHI_API_SECRET=your_api_secret_here
+
+# Environment: "demo" or "prod"
+KALSHI_ENV=demo