Load local .env file for Django settings

.env.example

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Copy this file to .env and fill in SECRET_KEY.
+# Generate one with:
+#   python -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(50))"
+SECRET_KEY=
+
+# Optional overrides (defaults shown):
+# DEBUG=True
+# ALLOWED_HOSTS=*
+# CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS=http://*

CLAUDE.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ A Django-based cloud translation management system. Manages translation projects
 Local dev uses SQLite by default — no database setup needed.
 
 ```bash
+cp .env.example .env                        # then fill in SECRET_KEY
 uv sync                                     # or: pip install --group dev
 python manage.py migrate
 python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8080

kaplancloud/settings.py

@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
+load_dotenv(BASE_DIR / ".env")
+
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/deployment/checklist/

pyproject.toml

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ prod = [
     "psycopg2-binary>=2.9,<3.0",
     "django-tailwind>=4.4,<5.0",
     "gunicorn>=25.0,<26.0",
+    "python-dotenv>=1.0,<2.0",
 ]
 dev = [
     {include-group = "prod"},