docs: document AI_WRITEBACK_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY env variable#722
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Summary
Documents the new
AI_WRITEBACK_ANTHROPIC_API_KEYenvironment variable that self-hosted operators must set to run the AI writeback feature.Changes
AI_WRITEBACK_ANTHROPIC_API_KEYto the Anthropic configuration table in the self-host environment variables reference, noting it is kept separate fromANTHROPIC_API_KEYso writeback and AI Analyst have independent spend caps and fail independently.Context
Upstream PR lightdash/lightdash#23616 splits AI writeback off the shared
ANTHROPIC_API_KEYonto a dedicated key. Operators running writeback must provision and setAI_WRITEBACK_ANTHROPIC_API_KEYbefore that change lands; otherwise writeback fails at runtime. Data Apps continue to useANTHROPIC_API_KEYunchanged.cc @sdolidze