From cc9faccbebb3ea3562118d5b98488f8181defeb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Angela Liu <angela@cleanlab.ai>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:05:41 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add info about specifying API base url to dev guide

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 DEVELOPMENT.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
index 298566f..15048a8 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ Testing, type checking, and formatting/linting is [checked in CI][ci].
 
 [ci]: .github/workflows/ci.yml
 
+## Developing against different environments
+
+To target a different Codex backend environment (i.e. staging or local), set the `CODEX_BASE_URL` environment variable. Example: `export CODEX_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8080`.
+
 ## Style guide
 
 ### Adding integrations with external libraries