Vscode at Gitpod to authorize the Cody extension

How to set the Cody extension at Gitpod vscode to authorize the extension by the api automatically everytime I load the Gitpod? Vscode at Gitpod is in cloud platform, so it is not saving the Cody extension’s api key. I need to use the Gitpod variable for the repository at the Gitpod dashboard, SOURCEFORGE_API_KEY = [sourceforge api key value] to load the api key everytime I load the Gitpod vscode to use Cody extension. The Gitpod vscode does not load the Gitpod repository environmental variable from the Gitpod repository environmental variable to the workspace. echo $SOURCEFORGE_API_KEY does return a blank line and does not load the api key.