---
title: "NeMo Customizer Prerequisites"
description: ""
---
<Accordion title="Platform Setup Requirements and Environment Variables">

Before starting, make sure you have:

- NeMo Platform installed and deployed (see [Setup](/documentation/get-started))
- The `nemo-platform` Python SDK installed (`pip install nemo-platform[all]`)
- (Optional) Weights & Biases account and API key for enhanced visualization

**Set up environment variables:**

```bash
# Set the base URL for NeMo Platform
export NMP_BASE_URL="http://localhost:8080" # Or your deployed platform URL

# Optional: Weights & Biases for experiment tracking
export WANDB_API_KEY="<your-wandb-api-key>"
```

**Initialize the SDK:**

```python
import os
from nemo_platform import NeMoPlatform

client = NeMoPlatform(
    base_url=os.environ.get("NMP_BASE_URL", "http://localhost:8080"),
    workspace="default",
)
```

</Accordion>
