diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Blog Writer.json b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Blog Writer.json
index bce00e87e..2fe44faae 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Blog Writer.json	
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Blog Writer.json	
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
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               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Document Q&A.json b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Document Q&A.json
index a81ef81e5..4fda31463 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Document Q&A.json	
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Document Q&A.json	
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Financial Report Parser.json b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Financial Report Parser.json
index 28f32071f..22ca87e52 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Financial Report Parser.json	
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Financial Report Parser.json	
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Image Sentiment Analysis.json b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Image Sentiment Analysis.json
index e79aef8e2..c1b5a7d85 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Image Sentiment Analysis.json	
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Image Sentiment Analysis.json	
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/LoopTemplate.json b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/LoopTemplate.json
index e27519e0c..5e488ada9 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/LoopTemplate.json
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/LoopTemplate.json
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "base_url": {
                 "_input_type": "MessageTextInput",
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Market Research.json b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Market Research.json
index 27b3ba167..10ad5eea1 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Market Research.json	
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Market Research.json	
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "TAVILY_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
@@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Meeting Summary.json b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Meeting Summary.json
index 82787062c..ccec772f3 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Meeting Summary.json	
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Meeting Summary.json	
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
                 "input_types": [
                   "Message"
                 ],
-                "load_from_db": false,
+                "load_from_db": true,
                 "name": "api_key",
                 "password": true,
                 "placeholder": "",
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "ASSEMBLYAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
@@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
@@ -3161,7 +3161,7 @@
                 "input_types": [
                   "Message"
                 ],
-                "load_from_db": false,
+                "load_from_db": true,
                 "name": "api_key",
                 "password": true,
                 "placeholder": "",
@@ -3169,7 +3169,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "ASSEMBLYAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "audio_file": {
                 "_input_type": "FileInput",
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/News Aggregator.json b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/News Aggregator.json
index c00785bd2..ddd569a3b 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/News Aggregator.json	
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/News Aggregator.json	
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "AGENTQL_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Portfolio Website Code Generator.json b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Portfolio Website Code Generator.json
index 7cef8db3b..4bf71ced4 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Portfolio Website Code Generator.json	
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Portfolio Website Code Generator.json	
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"
               },
               "base_url": {
                 "_input_type": "MessageTextInput",
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"
               },
               "base_url": {
                 "_input_type": "MessageTextInput",
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Price Deal Finder.json b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Price Deal Finder.json
index a47157ba5..bc95b21ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Price Deal Finder.json	
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Price Deal Finder.json	
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "TAVILY_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "AGENTQL_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
@@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Search agent.json b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Search agent.json
index 4a83540ce..ce4af6938 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Search agent.json	
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Search agent.json	
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
                 "input_types": [
                   "Message"
                 ],
-                "load_from_db": false,
+                "load_from_db": true,
                 "name": "api_key",
                 "password": true,
                 "placeholder": "",
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "SCRAPEGRAPH_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@
                 "input_types": [
                   "Message"
                 ],
-                "load_from_db": false,
+                "load_from_db": true,
                 "name": "api_key",
                 "password": true,
                 "placeholder": "",
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Simple Agent.json b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Simple Agent.json
index d051da51c..73450b576 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Simple Agent.json	
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Simple Agent.json	
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@
                 "input_types": [
                   "Message"
                 ],
-                "load_from_db": false,
+                "load_from_db": true,
                 "name": "api_key",
                 "password": true,
                 "placeholder": "",
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Text Sentiment Analysis.json b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Text Sentiment Analysis.json
index 1a4872e4d..cf8921f35 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Text Sentiment Analysis.json	
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Text Sentiment Analysis.json	
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
@@ -1828,7 +1828,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Vector Store RAG.json b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Vector Store RAG.json
index 93d246671..4fc73d731 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Vector Store RAG.json	
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Vector Store RAG.json	
@@ -2856,7 +2856,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
@@ -3271,7 +3271,7 @@
                 "info": "The API Endpoint for the Astra DB instance. Supercedes database selection.",
                 "list": false,
                 "list_add_label": "Add More",
-                "load_from_db": false,
+                "load_from_db": true,
                 "name": "api_endpoint",
                 "placeholder": "",
                 "required": false,
@@ -3280,7 +3280,7 @@
                 "tool_mode": false,
                 "trace_as_metadata": true,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "ASTRA_DB_API_ENDPOINT"
               },
               "astradb_vectorstore_kwargs": {
                 "_input_type": "NestedDictInput",
@@ -3860,7 +3860,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN"
               }
             },
             "tool_mode": false
@@ -4002,7 +4002,7 @@
                 "info": "The API Endpoint for the Astra DB instance. Supercedes database selection.",
                 "list": false,
                 "list_add_label": "Add More",
-                "load_from_db": false,
+                "load_from_db": true,
                 "name": "api_endpoint",
                 "placeholder": "",
                 "required": false,
@@ -4011,7 +4011,7 @@
                 "tool_mode": false,
                 "trace_as_metadata": true,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "ASTRA_DB_API_ENDPOINT"
               },
               "astradb_vectorstore_kwargs": {
                 "_input_type": "NestedDictInput",
@@ -4578,7 +4578,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN"
               }
             },
             "tool_mode": false
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Youtube Analysis.json b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Youtube Analysis.json
index 3ac84f397..6ab52efe5 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Youtube Analysis.json	
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/starter_projects/Youtube Analysis.json	
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@
                 "input_types": [
                   "Message"
                 ],
-                "load_from_db": false,
+                "load_from_db": true,
                 "name": "api_key",
                 "password": true,
                 "placeholder": "",
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "YOUTUBE_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@
                 "show": true,
                 "title_case": false,
                 "type": "str",
-                "value": ""
+                "value": "OPENAI_API_KEY"
               },
               "code": {
                 "advanced": true,