passing initial tests

agent/config.py

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
 
+PROJECT_ROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+
 
 class Settings(BaseSettings):
     anthropic_api_key: str
@@ -7,4 +11,8 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     safedir: str = "./workspace"
     max_tokens: int = 500
 
-    model_config = {"env_file": ".env"}
+    model_config = {"env_file": PROJECT_ROOT / ".env"}
+
+
+# create singleton instance, causes validation
+settings = Settings()