trying several things to correct the PAT inclusion. things are broken and I'm trying to resolve that.

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
           "command": "bash",
           "args": [
             "-c",
-            "source ${containerWorkspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/library-scripts/load-env.sh && docker run -i --rm -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=\"$GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN\" ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server"
+            "source ${containerWorkspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/library-scripts/load-env.sh && if [ -n \"${GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN}\" ]; then docker run -i --rm -e GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=\"${GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN}\" ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server; else echo 'Error: GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN not set' >&2; exit 1; fi"
           ],
           "env": {}
         }

.devcontainer/library-scripts/load-env.sh

@@ -8,37 +8,53 @@ set -o errtrace
 set -o nounset
 # Catch the error in case mysqldump fails (but gzip succeeds) in `mysqldump |gzip`
 set -o pipefail
-# Turn on traces, useful while debugging but commented out by default
-# set -o xtrace
 
-# Load environment variables from .env file
-readonly ENV_FILE="/workspaces/finance/.devcontainer/.env"
+# Try to get PAT from environment first
+pat="${GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN:-}"
 
-if [[ ! -f "${ENV_FILE}" ]]; then
-    echo >&2 "Error: Environment file not found: ${ENV_FILE}"
-    exit 1
+# If not in environment, try to get from GitHub CLI
+if [[ -z "${pat}" ]] || [[ "${#pat}" -lt 30 ]]; then
+    if command -v gh &> /dev/null; then
+        if gh auth status &> /dev/null; then
+            pat=$(gh auth token)
+            if [[ -n "${pat}" ]] && [[ "${#pat}" -gt 30 ]]; then
+                # Save the token to .env file if it's valid
+                ENV_FILE="/workspaces/finance/.devcontainer/.env"
+                echo "# GitHub Finance Devcontainer Configuration" > "${ENV_FILE}"
+                echo "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=${pat}" >> "${ENV_FILE}"
+                chmod 600 "${ENV_FILE}"
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
 fi
 
-echo "Loading environment variables from ${ENV_FILE}"
+# If still not found, try .env file
+if [[ -z "${pat}" ]] || [[ "${#pat}" -lt 30 ]]; then
+    ENV_FILE="/workspaces/finance/.devcontainer/.env"
+    if [[ -f "${ENV_FILE}" ]]; then
+        # Try to extract PAT from .env file
+        env_pat=$(grep -E '^GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=.+' "${ENV_FILE}" | cut -d'=' -f2-)
         
-# Read the env file line by line to handle special characters correctly
-while IFS= read -r line || [[ -n "${line}" ]]; do
-    # Skip comments and empty lines
-    [[ "${line}" =~ ^[[:space:]]*# ]] && continue
-    [[ -z "${line}" ]] && continue
+        # Clean up the extracted PAT
+        env_pat="${env_pat#\"}"
+        env_pat="${env_pat%\"}"
+        env_pat="${env_pat#\'}"
+        env_pat="${env_pat%\'}"
+        env_pat="${env_pat%%[[:space:]]}"
+        env_pat="${env_pat##[[:space:]]}"
         
-    # Export the variable
-    if [[ "${line}" =~ ^[[:alpha:]][[:alnum:]_]*= ]]; then
-        export "${line}"
-    else
-        echo >&2 "Warning: Skipping invalid line: ${line}"
+        if [[ -n "${env_pat}" ]] && [[ "${#env_pat}" -gt 30 ]]; then
+            pat="${env_pat}"
+        fi
+    fi
 fi
-done < "${ENV_FILE}"
 
-# Verify PAT loaded correctly (without printing the actual token)
-if [[ -n "${GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN:-}" ]]; then
+# Export the PAT if valid
+if [[ -n "${pat}" ]] && [[ "${#pat}" -gt 30 ]]; then
+    export GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN="${pat}"
     echo "GitHub Personal Access Token loaded successfully"
+    exit 0
 else
-    echo >&2 "ERROR: GitHub Personal Access Token not loaded"
+    echo >&2 "ERROR: Could not find valid GitHub Personal Access Token"
     exit 1
 fi