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17.4.2 (2026-04-12)

Changed

• Improved skill files - tightened up details (#1009)

17.4.1 (2026-04-05)

Changed

• Change text injecting to injected (#1005)

17.4.0 (2026-04-01)

Added

• Add skills/ folder with focused agent skills: skills/dotenv/SKILL.md (core usage) and skills/dotenvx/SKILL.md (encryption, multiple environments, variable expansion) for AI coding agent discovery via the skills.sh ecosystem (npx skills add motdotla/dotenv)

Changed

• Tighten up logs: ◇ injecting env (14) from .env (#1003)

17.3.1 (2026-02-12)

Changed

• Fix as2 example command in README and update spanish README

17.3.0 (2026-02-12)

Added

• Add a new README section on dotenv’s approach to the agentic future.

Changed

• Rewrite README to get humans started more quickly with less noise while simultaneously making more accessible for llms and agents to go deeper into details.

17.2.4 (2026-02-05)

Changed

• Make DotenvPopulateInput accept NodeJS.ProcessEnv type (#915)

• Give back to dotenv by checking out my newest project vestauth. It is auth for agents. Thank you for using my software.

17.2.3 (2025-09-29)

Changed

• Fixed typescript error definition (#912)

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• 3a81612 fix visual order of faq
• 13f55a8 Merge branch 'skill'
• 4bbbf73 reorganize faq
• c3da64b Merge pull request #1009 from motdotla/skill
• 6f743b1 update source
• fc2c624 update skill
• 972315b Tighten up skill
• 2795fce reorganize faq
• d5495d4 adjust skill
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