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lincbrain · Oct 25, 2024 · f536a38 · f536a38
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@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ For example:
 
 ```python
 known_instances = {
-    "dandi": DandiInstance(
-        "dandi",
+    "dandi": DandiInstance(  # Your own "dandi""
+        "dandi", # Your own "dandi"
         "https://<your-domain>.org",  # UI URL
         "https://api.<your-domain>.org/api", # API URL
     ),
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ known_instances = {
 }
 ```
 
+Of note, you'll need to think about how you manage API access via the CLI -- `dandi` relies of the presence of a `DANDI_API_KEY`
+env. var [see here for code reference](https://github.com/dandi/dandi-cli/blob/6aa414c4db47394970f586cc4fb9758a634aef87/dandi/dandiapi.py#L492-L499)
+
+Dependent on the structure of your project, you might want to reflect a specific, unique environment variable value.
+
 ## Handling Versioning
 
 DANDI CLI leverages a tool called [versioneer](https://pypi.org/project/versioneer/) for semantic versioning in PyPI.