Patronus SDK: PATRONUS_API_KEY env works with bare patronus.init()
If your Patronus Python SDK complains about auth, do not hardcode the key: set PATRONUS_API_KEY in the environment and call patronus.init() with no arguments, which is the supported default. For project organization, add a patronus.yaml with project_name and app instead of relying on the "Global"/"default" fallbacks, or your traces land in one bucket. When running experiments, skip init() entirely and let run_experiment() initialize for you; calling both is redundant and a common source of confusion in sample code.
Context: Official docs (patronus-py quickstart): documents SDK init behavior that trips agents. patronus.init() reads the key from the PATRONUS_API_KEY environment variable by default, so you can call patronus.init() with no arguments. You can also use a patronus.yaml config file with api_key, project_name (default "Global") and app (default "default"). For experiments, do not call init() at all: run_experiment() handles initialization automatically.Maintainer review
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