diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9d80c04..a2aee7e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ package-lock.json
 code_records/
 scratch.js
 bots/**/action-code/**
-bots/**/
\ No newline at end of file
+bots/**/
+keys.json
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fc74ed0..79a8616 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ This project allows an AI model to write/execute code on your computer that may
 
 ## Installation
 
-Add the environment variable for the model you want to use:
-
-| API | Env Variable | Example Model name | Docs |
+Rename `keys.example.json` to `keys.json` and fill in your API keys, and you can set the desired model in `andy.json` or other profiles.
+| API | Config Variable | Example Model name | Docs |
 |------|------|------|------|
 | OpenAI | `OPENAI_API_KEY` | `gpt-3.5-turbo` | [docs](https://platform.openai.com/docs/models) | (optionally add `OPENAI_ORG_ID`)
 | Google | `GEMINI_API_KEY` | `gemini-pro` | [docs](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini) |
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@ Add the environment variable for the model you want to use:
 | Replicate | `REPLICATE_API_KEY` | `meta/meta-llama-3-70b-instruct` | [docs](https://replicate.com/collections/language-models) |
 | Ollama (local) | n/a | `llama3` | [docs](https://ollama.com/library) |
 
-⭐[How do I add the API key as an environment variable?](https://phoenixnap.com/kb/windows-set-environment-variable)⭐
-
 If you use Ollama, to install the models used by default (generation and embedding), execute the following terminal command:
 `ollama pull llama3 && ollama pull nomic-embed-text`
 
diff --git a/keys.example.json b/keys.example.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e4037c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keys.example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "OPENAI_API_KEY": "",
+    "OPENAI_ORG_ID": "",
+    "GEMINI_API_KEY": "",
+    "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "",
+    "REPLICATE_API_KEY": ""
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/models/claude.js b/src/models/claude.js
index e189a38..46691d5 100644
--- a/src/models/claude.js
+++ b/src/models/claude.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk';
-
+import { getKey } from '../utils/keys.js';
 
 export class Claude {
     constructor(model_name, url) {
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ export class Claude {
         let config = {};
         if (url)
             config.baseURL = url;
-        if (process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY)
-            config.apiKey = process.env["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"];
-        else
-            throw new Error('Anthropic API key missing! Make sure you set your ANTHROPIC_API_KEY environment variable.');
+        
+        config.apiKey = getKey('ANTHROPIC_API_KEY');
 
         this.anthropic = new Anthropic(config);
     }
diff --git a/src/models/gemini.js b/src/models/gemini.js
index 61f4f1a..7d652d5 100644
--- a/src/models/gemini.js
+++ b/src/models/gemini.js
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 import { GoogleGenerativeAI } from '@google/generative-ai';
 import { toSinglePrompt } from '../utils/text.js';
+import { getKey } from '../utils/keys.js';
 
 export class Gemini {
     constructor(model_name, url) {
         this.model_name = model_name;
         this.url = url;
 
-        if (!process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY) {
-            throw new Error('Gemini API key missing! Make sure you set your GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable.');
-        }
-        this.genAI = new GoogleGenerativeAI(process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY);
+        this.genAI = new GoogleGenerativeAI(getKey('GEMINI_API_KEY'));
     }
 
     async sendRequest(turns, systemMessage) {
diff --git a/src/models/gpt.js b/src/models/gpt.js
index 0889c31..061596b 100644
--- a/src/models/gpt.js
+++ b/src/models/gpt.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import OpenAIApi from 'openai';
-
+import { getKey, hasKey } from '../utils/keys.js';
 
 export class GPT {
     constructor(model_name, url) {
@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@ export class GPT {
         let config = {};
         if (url)
             config.baseURL = url;
-        if (process.env.OPENAI_ORG_ID)
-            config.organization = process.env.OPENAI_ORG_ID
-        if (process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY)
-            config.apiKey = process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY
-        else
-            throw new Error('OpenAI API key missing! Make sure you set your OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable.');
+
+        if (hasKey('OPENAI_ORG_ID'))
+            config.organization = getKey('OPENAI_ORG_ID');
+
+        config.apiKey = getKey('OPENAI_API_KEY');
 
         this.openai = new OpenAIApi(config);
     }
diff --git a/src/models/replicate.js b/src/models/replicate.js
index ea5a4a9..e0c7d6c 100644
--- a/src/models/replicate.js
+++ b/src/models/replicate.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Replicate from 'replicate';
 import { toSinglePrompt } from '../utils/text.js';
+import { getKey } from '../utils/keys.js';
 
 // llama, mistral
 export class ReplicateAPI {
@@ -11,12 +12,8 @@ export class ReplicateAPI {
 			console.warn('Replicate API does not support custom URLs. Ignoring provided URL.');
 		}
 
-		if (!process.env.REPLICATE_API_KEY) {
-			throw new Error('Replicate API key missing! Make sure you set your REPLICATE_API_KEY environment variable.');
-		}
-
 		this.replicate = new Replicate({
-			auth: process.env.REPLICATE_API_KEY,
+			auth: getKey('REPLICATE_API_KEY'),
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/utils/keys.js b/src/utils/keys.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..745ae6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/keys.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+
+let keys = {};
+try {
+    const data = readFileSync('./keys.json', 'utf8');
+    keys = JSON.parse(data);
+} catch (err) {
+    console.warn('keys.json not found. Defaulting to environment variables.'); // still works with local models
+}
+
+export function getKey(name) {
+    let key = keys[name];
+    if (!key) {
+        key = process.env[name];
+    }
+    if (!key) {
+        throw new Error(`API key "${name}" not found in keys.json or environment variables!`);
+    }
+    return keys[name];
+}
+
+export function hasKey(name) {
+    return keys[name] || process.env[name];
+}