minor changes

README.md

@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ OPENAI_API_KEY="<OPENAI_API_KEY>"
 INDEX_NAME_SUFFIX="test-index-1"
 ```
 
+or set them in your shell
+
+```bash
+export PINECONE_API_KEY="<PINECONE_API_KEY>"
+export PINECONE_ENVIRONMENT="<PINECONE_ENVIRONMENT>"
+export OPENAI_API_KEY="<OPENAI_API_KEY>"
+export INDEX_NAME_SUFFIX="test-index-1"
+```
+
 > NOTE -- the INDEX_NAME_SUFFIX and the index name you use in the CLI operaions should match (i.e. if you use `context-engine new test-index-1` in the CLI, then the INDEX_NAME_SUFFIX should be `test-index-1`). AGAIN THIS IS TEMPORARY AND WILL BECOME OBSOLETE SOON!
 
 3. install the dependencies

context_engine/service/cli.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def cli():
 
 
 @cli.command()
-@click.argument('index-name-suffix', nargs=1)
+@click.argument('index-name-suffix', nargs=1, envvar="INDEX_NAME_SUFFIX", type=str, required=True)
 @click.option('--tokenizer-model', default="gpt-3.5-turbo", help='Tokenizer model')
 def new(index_name_suffix, tokenizer_model):
     click.echo(f"Context Engine is going to create a new index: {INDEX_NAME_PREFIX}{index_name_suffix}")