diff --git a/nmdc_ontology/mixs_environments_extensions_to_envo_envirnmental_materials_by_claude.py b/nmdc_ontology/mixs_environments_extensions_to_envo_envirnmental_materials_by_claude.py
index 8e9bada..d2df64e 100644
--- a/nmdc_ontology/mixs_environments_extensions_to_envo_envirnmental_materials_by_claude.py
+++ b/nmdc_ontology/mixs_environments_extensions_to_envo_envirnmental_materials_by_claude.py
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@
 
 from anthropic import Anthropic
 
-# Set up the Anthropic API client
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+load_dotenv("../local/.env")
+
 api_key = os.environ["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"]
+
+# Set up the Anthropic API client
+# api_key = os.environ["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"]
 MODEL_NAME = "claude-3-opus-20240229"
 
 client = Anthropic(api_key=api_key)
@@ -35,9 +41,11 @@ def get_completion(client, prompt):
 completion = get_completion(client,
     f"""Here are the definitions of environments, according to MIxS: {mixs_environments} 
 and the definitions of environmental materials, according to EnvO: {envo_materials}.
-Generate an exhasutive YAML-formatted report of all environmental materials that could reasonalby be found in the Soil environment.
+Generate an exhaustive YAML-formatted report of all environmental materials 
+that could reasonably be found in the Soil environment.
 When associating an environmental material with an environment, 
-report both the environmental material id and the environmental material label for every associated environmental material.
+report both the environmental material id 
+and the environmental material label for every associated environmental material.
 """
 )
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index a2327b2..e10282c 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -2142,6 +2142,20 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 six = ">=1.5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "python-dotenv"
+version = "1.0.1"
+description = "Read key-value pairs from a .env file and set them as environment variables"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "python-dotenv-1.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e324ee90a023d808f1959c46bcbc04446a10ced277783dc6ee09987c37ec10ca"},
+    {file = "python_dotenv-1.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f7b63ef50f1b690dddf550d03497b66d609393b40b564ed0d674909a68ebf16a"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+cli = ["click (>=5.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pytrie"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -3343,4 +3357,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "d9441720a39010428ac0167bf8b24a47dea68d8d222367827807c55a0ca50ebb"
+content-hash = "8459450b9ef059b1b14cb83f6dd6c370aa1530fc55cda20db65a843b1f3a2fa4"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ad5bcf8..340fb31 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ python = "^3.10"
 oaklib = "^0.5.25"
 pyarrow = "^15.0.0"
 anthropic = "^0.21.1"
+python-dotenv = "^1.0.1"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]