feat: use dotenv to import environment variables in application

Author: ThisIsDemetrio

README.md

@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ npm ci
 npm run build
 ```
 
-These commands will install all the dependencies and then transpile the typescript code in the `build` folder.  
+These commands will install all the dependencies and then transpile the typescript code in the `build` folder.
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> The server automatically loads environment variables from a `.env` file if present in the project root. 
+> You can create one by copying `default.env` to `.env` and updating the values as needed.
+
 Once these steps are completed you can setup the MCP server using the `node` command like the following:
 
 ```json
@@ -66,6 +71,9 @@ Once these steps are completed you can setup the MCP server using the `node` com
 }
 ```
 
+> [!TIP]
+> If you have a `.env` file configured with your credentials, you can omit the `env` section from the configuration above as the server will automatically load the environment variables.
+
 ## Local Development
 
 To help with the development of the server you need Node.js installed on your machine.  
@@ -78,7 +86,7 @@ following command:
 npm ci
 ```
 
-Once has finished you will have all the dependencies installed on the project, then you have to prepare an environent
+Once has finished you will have all the dependencies installed on the project, then you have to prepare an environment
 file by copying the default.env file and edit it accordingly.
 
 ```sh
@@ -88,7 +96,6 @@ cp default.env .env
 Finally to verify everything works, run:
 
 ```sh
-set -a && source .env
 npm run local:test
 ```
 

package-lock.json

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     "commander": "^14.0.0",
     "fastify": "^5.5.0",
     "undici": "^7.15.0",
+    "dotenv": "^17.2.2",
     "zod": "^3.25.76"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -48,4 +49,4 @@
     "typescript": "^5.9.2",
     "typescript-eslint": "^8.42.0"
   }
-}
+}

package.json

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import { httpServer } from './server/httpserver'
 import { runStdioServer } from './server/stdio'
 import { description, version } from '../package.json'
 
+import 'dotenv/config'
+
 const program = new Command()
 
 program.
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ program.
   description('start the Mia-Platform Console MCP Server').
   option('--stdio', 'run the server in stdio mode (default when using npx)', false).
   option('--server-host <serverHost>', 'host to expose the server on', '0.0.0.0').
-  addOption(new Option('-p, --port <port>', 'port to run the server on').default('3000').env('HTTP_PORT')).
+  addOption(new Option('-p, --port <port>', 'port to run the server on').env('HTTP_PORT').default('3000')).
   addOption(new Option('--host <host>', 'Mia-Platform Console host').env('CONSOLE_HOST')).
   action(({ host, stdio, port, serverHost }) => {
     const clientID = process.env.MIA_PLATFORM_CLIENT_ID || ''