From 390428539146eb43726db7cda9abc092779fa649 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victoria Fischer <tdfischer@hackerbots.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 11:29:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] main: bail at startup if we don't have an openai api key

---
 src/main.rs | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b93804b..f81a8ac 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -509,6 +509,12 @@ enum AudioRecordRequest {
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     color_eyre::install().unwrap();
+
+    if option_env!("OPENAI_API_KEY").is_none() {
+        eprintln!("Error: OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable not set. The application will not function without it.");
+        return;
+    }
+
     let mut terminal: Terminal<CrosstermBackend<std::io::Stdout>> = ratatui::init();
 
     let (prediction_in, mut prediction_out) = tokio::sync::watch::channel(None);