📦 new: add environment variables for railway

Author: warengonzaga

.env.railway

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+PLATFORM_REDIS_URL="${{"Redis (Platform)".REDIS_URL}}" # Auto-configured Redis for bot data storage
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD="${{"Postgres (Platform)".POSTGRES_PASSWORD}}" # Auto-configured database password
+POSTGRES_USER="${{"Postgres (Platform)".POSTGRES_USER}}" # Auto-configured database username
+POSTGRES_URL="${{"Postgres (Platform)".DATABASE_URL}}" # Auto-configured PostgreSQL connection URL
+NODE_ENV="production" # Environment mode (keep as production for Railway)
+WEBHOOK_POLL_INTERVAL="1000" # How often to check for agent replies (milliseconds)
+DATABASE_SSL_VALIDATE="true" # Enable secure database connections (recommended)
+TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN="" # Get from @BotFather on Telegram - REQUIRED
+UNTHREAD_API_KEY="" # Get from Unthread dashboard API settings - REQUIRED
+UNTHREAD_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID="" # Target Slack channel ID from Unthread - REQUIRED
+UNTHREAD_WEBHOOK_SECRET="" # Webhook secret from Unthread dashboard - REQUIRED
+WEBHOOK_REDIS_URL="" # Redis URL for webhook processing (optional for basic bot)
+COMPANY_NAME="" # Your company name (optional - used in ticket formatting)

.gitignore

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 # =============================================================================
 
 # ======= Environment & Configuration =======
-# Ignore all .env files except the example template
+# Ignore all .env files except templates
 .env*
 !.env.example
+!.env.railway
 
 # ======= Build Output & Dependencies =======
 # Node.js

src/config/env.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * - TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN: Telegram Bot API authentication token
  * - UNTHREAD_API_KEY: Unthread platform API key for ticket creation
  * - UNTHREAD_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID: Target Slack channel for ticket routing
- * - UNTHREAD_WEBHOOK_SECRET: Secret for webhook signature verification
+ * - UNTHREAD_WEBHOOK_SECRET: Secret for webhook signature verification (required for full integration)
  * - PLATFORM_REDIS_URL: Redis connection for bot state management
  * - WEBHOOK_REDIS_URL: Redis connection for webhook event processing
  * - POSTGRES_URL: PostgreSQL database connection for persistent storage