diff --git a/src/react_agent/context.py b/src/react_agent/context.py
index 8ccfa75..a78bc16 100644
--- a/src/react_agent/context.py
+++ b/src/react_agent/context.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import os
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field, fields
-from typing import Annotated
+from typing import Annotated, Any, get_type_hints
 
 from . import prompts
 
@@ -36,11 +36,45 @@ class Context:
         },
     )
 
+    temperature: float = field(
+        default=0.1,
+        metadata={
+            "description": "The temperature setting for the language model (0.0 to 1.0)."
+        },
+    )
+
+    enable_debug: bool = field(
+        default=False,
+        metadata={"description": "Enable debug mode for verbose logging."},
+    )
+
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
-        """Fetch env vars for attributes that were not passed as args."""
+        """Fetch env vars for attributes that were not passed as args, with type conversion."""
+        type_hints = get_type_hints(self.__class__)
         for f in fields(self):
             if not f.init:
                 continue
 
-            if getattr(self, f.name) == f.default:
-                setattr(self, f.name, os.environ.get(f.name.upper(), f.default))
+            current_value = getattr(self, f.name)
+            env_value = os.environ.get(f.name.upper(), None)
+            if current_value == f.default and env_value is not None:
+                # Convert env_value to the correct type
+                target_type = type_hints.get(f.name, str)
+                converted_value: Any = env_value  # Default to string value
+                try:
+                    if target_type is int:
+                        converted_value = int(env_value)
+                    elif target_type is float:
+                        converted_value = float(env_value)
+                    elif target_type is bool:
+                        converted_value = env_value.lower() in (
+                            "true",
+                            "1",
+                            "yes",
+                            "on",
+                        )
+                    # str type requires no conversion
+                except (ValueError, AttributeError):
+                    # If conversion fails, keep the original default value
+                    converted_value = current_value
+                setattr(self, f.name, converted_value)
diff --git a/src/react_agent/tools.py b/src/react_agent/tools.py
index 4ce1eb6..7afd11b 100644
--- a/src/react_agent/tools.py
+++ b/src/react_agent/tools.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from typing import Any, Callable, List, Optional, cast
 
-from langchain_tavily import TavilySearch  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
+from langchain_tavily import TavilySearch
 from langgraph.runtime import get_runtime
 
 from react_agent.context import Context
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_configuration.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_configuration.py
index f180b62..4ee05e0 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/test_configuration.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_configuration.py
@@ -18,3 +18,164 @@ def test_context_init_with_env_vars_and_passed_values() -> None:
     os.environ["MODEL"] = "openai/gpt-4o-mini"
     context = Context(model="openai/gpt-5o-mini")
     assert context.model == "openai/gpt-5o-mini"
+
+
+def test_context_int_type_conversion() -> None:
+    """Test that integer environment variables are properly converted."""
+    # Clean up environment
+    os.environ.pop("MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS", None)
+
+    # Test int conversion
+    os.environ["MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS"] = "20"
+    context = Context()
+    assert context.max_search_results == 20
+    assert isinstance(context.max_search_results, int)
+
+    # Clean up
+    os.environ.pop("MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS", None)
+
+
+def test_context_int_type_conversion_invalid() -> None:
+    """Test that invalid integer environment variables keep default value."""
+    # Clean up environment
+    os.environ.pop("MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS", None)
+
+    # Test invalid int conversion - should keep default value
+    os.environ["MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS"] = "not_a_number"
+    context = Context()
+    # Should keep default value when int conversion fails
+    assert context.max_search_results == 10  # default value
+    assert isinstance(context.max_search_results, int)
+
+    # Clean up
+    os.environ.pop("MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS", None)
+
+
+def test_context_string_type_conversion() -> None:
+    """Test that string environment variables work correctly."""
+    # Clean up environment
+    os.environ.pop("MODEL", None)
+
+    # Test string conversion (no conversion needed)
+    os.environ["MODEL"] = "test/model-name"
+    context = Context()
+    assert context.model == "test/model-name"
+    assert isinstance(context.model, str)
+
+    # Clean up
+    os.environ.pop("MODEL", None)
+
+
+def test_context_env_vars_only_used_for_defaults() -> None:
+    """Test that environment variables are only used when field has default value."""
+    # Clean up environment
+    os.environ.pop("MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS", None)
+    os.environ.pop("MODEL", None)
+
+    # Set environment variables
+    os.environ["MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS"] = "99"
+    os.environ["MODEL"] = "env/model"
+
+    # Pass explicit values - should override env vars
+    context = Context(max_search_results=5, model="explicit/model")
+    assert context.max_search_results == 5
+    assert context.model == "explicit/model"
+
+    # Clean up
+    os.environ.pop("MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS", None)
+    os.environ.pop("MODEL", None)
+
+
+def test_context_float_type_conversion() -> None:
+    """Test that float environment variables are properly converted."""
+    # Clean up environment
+    os.environ.pop("TEMPERATURE", None)
+
+    # Test float conversion
+    os.environ["TEMPERATURE"] = "0.5"
+    context = Context()
+    assert context.temperature == 0.5
+    assert isinstance(context.temperature, float)
+
+    # Clean up
+    os.environ.pop("TEMPERATURE", None)
+
+
+def test_context_float_type_conversion_invalid() -> None:
+    """Test that invalid float environment variables keep default value."""
+    # Clean up environment
+    os.environ.pop("TEMPERATURE", None)
+
+    # Test invalid float conversion - should keep default value
+    os.environ["TEMPERATURE"] = "not_a_float"
+    context = Context()
+    # Should keep default value when float conversion fails
+    assert context.temperature == 0.1  # default value
+    assert isinstance(context.temperature, float)
+
+    # Clean up
+    os.environ.pop("TEMPERATURE", None)
+
+
+def test_context_bool_type_conversion() -> None:
+    """Test that boolean environment variables are properly converted."""
+    # Clean up environment
+    os.environ.pop("ENABLE_DEBUG", None)
+
+    # Test various true values
+    for true_value in ["true", "True", "TRUE", "1", "yes", "YES", "on", "ON"]:
+        os.environ["ENABLE_DEBUG"] = true_value
+        context = Context()
+        assert context.enable_debug is True
+        assert isinstance(context.enable_debug, bool)
+
+    # Test various false values
+    for false_value in [
+        "false",
+        "False",
+        "FALSE",
+        "0",
+        "no",
+        "NO",
+        "off",
+        "OFF",
+        "anything_else",
+    ]:
+        os.environ["ENABLE_DEBUG"] = false_value
+        context = Context()
+        assert context.enable_debug is False
+        assert isinstance(context.enable_debug, bool)
+
+    # Clean up
+    os.environ.pop("ENABLE_DEBUG", None)
+
+
+def test_context_multiple_type_conversions() -> None:
+    """Test multiple type conversions at once."""
+    # Clean up environment
+    os.environ.pop("MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS", None)
+    os.environ.pop("TEMPERATURE", None)
+    os.environ.pop("ENABLE_DEBUG", None)
+    os.environ.pop("MODEL", None)
+
+    # Set multiple environment variables
+    os.environ["MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS"] = "25"
+    os.environ["TEMPERATURE"] = "0.8"
+    os.environ["ENABLE_DEBUG"] = "true"
+    os.environ["MODEL"] = "test/model"
+
+    context = Context()
+    assert context.max_search_results == 25
+    assert isinstance(context.max_search_results, int)
+    assert context.temperature == 0.8
+    assert isinstance(context.temperature, float)
+    assert context.enable_debug is True
+    assert isinstance(context.enable_debug, bool)
+    assert context.model == "test/model"
+    assert isinstance(context.model, str)
+
+    # Clean up
+    os.environ.pop("MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS", None)
+    os.environ.pop("TEMPERATURE", None)
+    os.environ.pop("ENABLE_DEBUG", None)
+    os.environ.pop("MODEL", None)