changess

packages/backend/src/agent.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import OpenAI from 'openai';
 import * as dotenv from 'dotenv';
-dotenv.config();
+dotenv.config({ path: ['.env.local', '.env'] });
 
 export const openai = new OpenAI({
   apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,

packages/backend/src/db.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/postgres-js';
 import postgres from 'postgres';
 import * as dotenv from 'dotenv';
 
-dotenv.config();
+dotenv.config({ path: ['.env.local', '.env'] });
 
 const connectionString = process.env.DATABASE_URL || 'postgres://user:password@iris.haven:5432/recommender';
 export const client = postgres(connectionString);

packages/backend/src/index.ts

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ import * as dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import recommendationsRoute from './routes/recommendations.js';
 import feedbackRoute from './routes/feedback.js';
 
-// Load .env first, then .env.local
-// env vars set on the container take precedence over both files
-dotenv.config();
-dotenv.config({ path: '.env.local', override: true });
+// Load .env.local first, then .env.
+// dotenv 17+ supports array of paths, where the first path has the highest priority.
+// Env vars set on the container (system) will take precedence over both.
+dotenv.config({ path: ['.env.local', '.env'] });
 
 const fastify = Fastify({ logger: true });
 

packages/backend/src/pipelines/recommendation.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ import { runRanking } from '../agents/ranking.js';
 import { runCurator } from '../agents/curator.js';
 import type { CuratorOutput, SSEEvent } from '../types/agents.js';
 
+/* -- Agent pipeline --
+[1] Interpreter -> gets user input, transforms into structured data
+[2] Retrieval -> gets shows from OpenAI (high temperature)
+[3] Ranking -> ranks shows based on user input
+[4] Curator -> curates shows based on user input
+*/
+
 type RecommendationRecord = typeof recommendations.$inferSelect;
 
 function log(recId: string, msg: string, data?: unknown) {