{"record":{"id":"45d4beb183836819","repo":"Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm","slug":"cohere-api-key-must-be-provided-to-use-agents","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Cohere API key must be provided to use agents.","messagePattern":"Cohere API key must be provided to use agents\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"server/utils/agents/index.js","lineNumber":261,"sourceCode":"      case \"moonshotai\":\n        if (!process.env.MOONSHOT_AI_MODEL_PREF)\n          throw new Error(\"Moonshot AI model must be set to use agents.\");\n        break;\n      case \"cometapi\":\n        if (!process.env.COMETAPI_LLM_API_KEY)\n          throw new Error(\"CometAPI API Key must be provided to use agents.\");\n        break;\n      case \"foundry\":\n        if (!process.env.FOUNDRY_BASE_PATH)\n          throw new Error(\"Foundry base path must be provided to use agents.\");\n        break;\n      case \"giteeai\":\n        if (!process.env.GITEE_AI_API_KEY)\n          throw new Error(\"GiteeAI API Key must be provided to use agents.\");\n        break;\n      case \"cohere\":\n        if (!process.env.COHERE_API_KEY)\n          throw new Error(\"Cohere API key must be provided to use agents.\");\n        break;\n      case \"docker-model-runner\":\n        if (!process.env.DOCKER_MODEL_RUNNER_BASE_PATH)\n          throw new Error(\n            \"Docker Model Runner base path must be provided to use agents.\"\n          );\n        break;\n      case \"privatemode\":\n        if (!process.env.PRIVATEMODE_LLM_BASE_PATH)\n          throw new Error(\n            \"Privatemode base path must be provided to use agents.\"\n          );\n        break;\n      case \"sambanova\":\n        if (!process.env.SAMBANOVA_LLM_API_KEY)\n          throw new Error(\"SambaNova API key must be provided to use agents.\");\n        break;\n      case \"lemonade\":","sourceCodeStart":243,"sourceCodeEnd":279,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/blob/3aec848f2885144aa8f1e53b9731a04310d5d558/server/utils/agents/index.js#L243-L279","documentation":"Setup check in the agent workspace provider switch: when the selected agent provider is 'cohere', the COHERE_API_KEY environment variable is empty, so agent invocations cannot authenticate to Cohere and setup is aborted before an agent run starts.","triggerScenarios":"Cohere was selected as the agent provider but no API key is configured.","commonSituations":"This error is raised at runtime in server/utils/agents/index.js. It occurs when the required configuration for this provider is missing or invalid (unset environment variables, empty API key or base path), when the external service is unreachable or returns an unexpected response, or when invalid input reaches the call site. To prevent it, validate the relevant provider settings and environment variables at startup and confirm the service is reachable before this code path executes.","solutions":["Set the COHERE_API_KEY environment variable.","Or select a different agent provider."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"3aec848f2885144aa8f1e53b9731a04310d5d558","analyzedAt":"2026-08-18T10:02:21.017Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-08-18T10:02:21.017Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-23T08:17:48.524Z"}