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+# .env — OSVauco OPAX runtime config
+# Usage: source .env
+# NEVER commit this file to version control (it is in .gitignore)
+
+# ── Required ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+export PROJECT_ID="propane-will-491900-m5"
+export REGION="us-central1"
+export BILLING_ACCOUNT_ID="0171F6-057E6B-A260BA"
+export ALERT_EMAIL="chris.christiansen@vauco.no"
+
+# ── Service Account ──────────────────────────────────────────
+export AGENT_SA="vertex-agent-sa@propane-will-491900-m5.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
+
+# ── Cloud Run ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+export CLOUD_RUN_SERVICE="osvauco-agent"
+export ARTIFACT_REPO="agent-images"
+
+# ── Vertex AI RAG Engine ─────────────────────────────────────
+export RAG_CORPUS_DISPLAY_NAME="osvauco-corpus"
+# Populated by 07-rag-setup.sh — copy corpus ID here after running:
+export RAG_CORPUS_NAME=""
+
+# ── Memory Bank (Agent Engine) ────────────────────────────────
+export MEMORY_INSTANCE_DISPLAY_NAME="propane-will-491900-m5-memory-bank"
+# Populated by 08-memorybank-setup.sh — copy engine ID here after running:
+export MEMORY_ENGINE_NAME=""
+
+# ── Agent Models ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+export ORCHESTRATOR_MODEL="gemini-2.0-flash-001"
+export SUBAGENT_MODEL="gemini-2.0-flash-001"
+
+# ── CI/CD ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+export GITHUB_OWNER="chrischristiansen-glitch"
+export GITHUB_REPO="OSVauco"