# Perplexica Backend Configuration
PERPLEXICA_BACKEND_URL=http://perplexica-app-1:3000/api/search
# For host-local testing (not in Docker), use:
# PERPLEXICA_BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:3000/api/search
# Default Model Configuration (Required)
# The Perplexica API requires both chatModel and embeddingModel to be specified.
# These will be used as defaults when no model is explicitly provided in the search request.
# Chat Model Configuration
PERPLEXICA_CHAT_MODEL_PROVIDER=openai
PERPLEXICA_CHAT_MODEL_NAME=gpt-oss-120b
# Embedding Model Configuration
PERPLEXICA_EMBEDDING_MODEL_PROVIDER=openai
PERPLEXICA_EMBEDDING_MODEL_NAME=text-embedding-3-small
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