From f2a046ff24e9ff02c1194bfe95c58a34033c5b2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vikhyath Mondreti <vikhyath@simstudio.ai>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 11:01:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] improvement(docs): readme.md to mention .env setup for
 copilot setup

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 Copilot is a Sim-managed service. To use Copilot on a self-hosted instance:
 
 - Go to https://sim.ai → Settings → Copilot and generate a Copilot API key
-- Set `COPILOT_API_KEY` in your self-hosted environment to that value
+- Set `COPILOT_API_KEY` environment variable in your self-hosted apps/sim/.env file to that value
 
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