diff --git a/mcp_server/.env b/mcp_server/.env
index dd4677b2..42e9b8be 100644
--- a/mcp_server/.env
+++ b/mcp_server/.env
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ NEO4J_PASSWORD=demodemo
 
 # OpenAI API Configuration
 # Required for LLM operations
-OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here
-MODEL_NAME=gpt-4.1-mini
+OPENAI_API_KEY=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
+MODEL_NAME=qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking
 
 # Optional: Only needed for non-standard OpenAI endpoints
-# OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.openai.com/v1
+OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://openrouter.ai/api/v1
 
 # Optional: Group ID for namespacing graph data
 # GROUP_ID=my_project