Environments - Earth Care Network

Environment	Frontend	API	Purpose
Local	`http://localhost:3000`	`http://localhost:8000/api/v1`	Development
Test	`https://test.earthcare.network`	`https://test.earthcare.network/api/v1`	Integration / QA (real AI + data)
Production	`https://earthcare.network`	`https://earthcare.network/api/v1`	Live

Deployment mode

ECN_DEPLOYMENT_MODE selects how the platform behaves:

hosted — the managed product. Provider keys are ECN-managed, usage is metered in credits, and there is no customer BYOK.
self-host / Community — you run ECN and configure your own provider keys via environment variables, paying providers directly. See BYOK & self-host.

Key environment variables

Variable	What it controls
`ECN_DEPLOYMENT_MODE`	Hosted vs self-host behavior
`DATABASE_URL`	Postgres (with pgvector) connection
`OPENROUTER_API_KEY`	Managed LLM access
`APIFY_API_TOKEN`	Managed paid-data (buying-signal) access
`AI_MOCK_MODE`	`1` to stub AI in tests/CI
`ECN_CREDIT_USD_VALUE`	Credit peg (default `0.10`)
`MANAGED_AI_MARGIN_PCT`	Cost-plus markup percentage

Postgres must have the pgvector extension — embeddings (1536-dim) are stored on Business, ContextPack, ContextDocument, and RecruitRole.