API Keys

For remote LLM tasks, you need to provide an API key to authenticate.

You can provide the API key in the following ways:

Get your API key from https://console.silk-labs.com

silk login <api-key>

Options reference

Option	Type	Description	Default
apiKey	string	API key for remote LLM services	null
model	string	Default language model to use	"gpt-3.5-turbo"
temperature	number	Creativity/randomness of model responses	0.0
maxTokens	number	Maximum tokens in model response	4000
timeout	number	API request timeout in milliseconds	30000

Config resolving

Most of Silk's configuration is done through a config.mjs file.

Silk will look for this file in the following locations:

• Your home directory ~/.config/silk
• A folder called .silk in your project directory
• Arguments supplied in the command line

NOTE If the files above exist, they will be loaded in that order. NOTE Files loaded last will take priority.

You can also specify the --config <filename> parameter, which will only load the one config file.

Config with .env

Use a .env file to store sensitive information like API keys. Silk will look search for a .env file on these locations:

• Your home directory config at ~/.config/silk
• The root of your project