diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7d8d1da..8e04472 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ onboard: link ## Onboard an existing project (run from the project directory)
 seo-connect: ## Connect a Google account for /seo FULL (creates venv, OAuth consent)
 	@python3 -m venv "$$HOME/.claude/.venv-seo-data"
 	@"$$HOME/.claude/.venv-seo-data/bin/pip" install -q -r lib/seo-data/requirements.txt
-	@bash -c 'read -r -p "Label for this account (e.g. client-a): " label; \
+	@bash -c 'set -a; [ -f "$$HOME/.claude/.env" ] && . "$$HOME/.claude/.env"; set +a; \
+	 read -r -p "Label for this account (e.g. client-a): " label; \
 	 "$$HOME/.claude/.venv-seo-data/bin/python3" lib/seo-data/connect.py --label "$$label"'
 
 test: ## Run deterministic tests (lib/tests/*.test.sh + lib/gitflow-test.sh + lib/tests/run-*.sh)
diff --git a/lib/seo-data/seo-data.test.sh b/lib/seo-data/seo-data.test.sh
index 4efc1b5..7e9a068 100644
--- a/lib/seo-data/seo-data.test.sh
+++ b/lib/seo-data/seo-data.test.sh
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ tf() { if grep -qF -- "$3" "$2" 2>/dev/null; then ok "$1"; else no "$1" "missing
 tf "env.example client id"    "$REPO/.env.example"    "GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID="
 tf "env.example crux key"     "$REPO/.env.example"    "CRUX_API_KEY="
 tf "makefile seo-connect"     "$REPO/Makefile"        "seo-connect:"
+tf "seo-connect sources env"  "$REPO/Makefile"        ".claude/.env"
 tf "makefile discovers test"  "$REPO/Makefile"        "lib/seo-data/*.test.sh"
 tf "install prompts connect"  "$REPO/install.sh"      "make seo-connect"
 tf "doctor checks seo-data"   "$REPO/doctor.sh"       "seo-data"