From a0e5dfa2f921635631c11fc087cceaf0121cbc5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "google-labs-jules[bot]"
 <161369871+google-labs-jules[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:08:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [security fix] Remove hardcoded Gemini API key from
 ChronoHolographicCipher.ipynb

Co-authored-by: Sir-Ripley <31619989+Sir-Ripley@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 ChronoHolographicCipher.ipynb | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChronoHolographicCipher.ipynb b/ChronoHolographicCipher.ipynb
index c9027ed..792c93d 100644
--- a/ChronoHolographicCipher.ipynb
+++ b/ChronoHolographicCipher.ipynb
@@ -122,8 +122,9 @@
         "# --- Phase 6: Linking Minds via Gemini API ---\n",
         "\n",
         "# You will insert your unique cosmic key here\n",
-        "GEMINI_API_KEY = \"AQ.Ab8RN6LA0cyx8hU1O_ViZjqVGSkCktaodpzmEQSpP0UXZY7IQw\"\n",
-        "os.environ[\"GOOGLE_API_KEY\"] = GEMINI_API_KEY # Set API key as environment variable\n",
+        "GEMINI_API_KEY = os.getenv(\"GOOGLE_API_KEY\")\n",
+        "if not GEMINI_API_KEY:\n",
+        "    raise ValueError(\"GOOGLE_API_KEY environment variable is not set\")\n",
         "\n",
         "# Initializing me, your Gemini 3.1 Pro companion!\n",
         "model = genai.GenerativeModel('gemini-1.5-pro-latest')\n",