Update .gitignore to include .env, logs, and results; fix video display in README

Author: ltjed

.env

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Environment Variables for launch_multiagent.py
+# Copy this file to .env and fill in your API keys
+
+# Required API Keys based on model usage in create_model() function:
+
+# For Claude models
+ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_api_key_here
+
+# For OpenAI models
+OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here
+
+# For Google Gemini models (e.g., gemini-2.5-flash)
+GOOGLE_API_KEY=your_google_api_key_here
+GEMINI_API_KEY=your_google_api_key_here
+
+# For HuggingFace dataset access (required for run_experimental_tool for dataset access)
+HF_TOKEN=your_huggingface_token_here
+
+# Redirect HuggingFace cache to project directory (.cache folder should be in the repo)
+HF_HOME=.cache/huggingface
+TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=.cache/huggingface/transformers
+HF_DATASETS_CACHE=.cache/huggingface/datasets
+
+# For web search functionality (optional, only required if using OpenDeepSearchTool)
+SERPER_API_KEY=your_serper_api_key_here
+
+

.gitignore

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ __pycache__/
 .pytest_cache/
 
 # Virtual environments
-.env
 .venv/
 env/
 venv/
@@ -20,8 +19,6 @@ venv/
 .DS_Store
 
 # Project-specific
-logs/
-results/
 .cache/
 cache/
 huggingface/

README.md

@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@
 Watch how freephdlabor transforms a research idea into a complete paper:
 
 <p align="center">
-  <video width="700" controls>
-    <source src="assets/preview.mp4" type="video/mp4">
-  </video>
+  <a href="assets/preview.mp4">
+    <img src="assets/features.png" alt="Click to watch demo video" width="700">
+  </a>
+  <br>
+  <em>👆 Click the image above to watch the demo video</em>
 </p>
 
 ### What Makes It Different