generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://docs.stackmachine.com/getting-started/installation
summary: StackMachine documents a demo key for local experimentation, distinct from
  a production key exported from the dashboard.
modes:
- name: demo
  description: A demo key used for local experiments without a dashboard account,
    supplied via the STACKMACHINE_API_KEY environment variable.
  key_env: STACKMACHINE_API_KEY
- name: live
  description: A production key exported from the StackMachine dashboard.
  key_source: https://dashboard.stackmachine.com/
notes: The published docs do not enumerate specific test resource identifiers or
  fixture values; no test values are invented here.