From bf5c8f218f34bda235dae321061c4337de2c2aba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: luccast <2213102+luccast@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 18:04:30 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md to enhance configuration instructions for
 gateway authentication, providing two options for setting the
 CLAWDBOT_API_TOKEN environment variable.

---
 README.md | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 47bc090..e379388 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,14 @@ Requires clawdbot gateway running on `ws://127.0.0.1:18789`.
 
 ## Config
 
-Set `CLAWDBOT_API_TOKEN` env var for gateway authentication.
+```bash
+# Option 1: command line
+CLAWDBOT_API_TOKEN=your-token npm run dev
+
+# Option 2: env file
+echo "CLAWDBOT_API_TOKEN=your-token" > .env.local
+npm run dev
+```
 
 ## Stack