diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f04560d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+LLM_API_BASE_URL = "http://localhost:1234/v1"
+LLM_API_KEY = "not-relevant"
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 4bccf30..2d212da 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install uv
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: uv sync --frozen
+      - name: copy .env
+        run: cp .env.template .env
       - name: Run pytest
         run: uv run pytest .
       - name: Check formatting (black)