diff --git a/Quorum/checks/new_listing.py b/Quorum/checks/new_listing.py
index a665f1b..551bf37 100644
--- a/Quorum/checks/new_listing.py
+++ b/Quorum/checks/new_listing.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from Quorum.checks.check import Check
 import Quorum.utils.pretty_printer as pp
+import Quorum.config as config
 from Quorum.llm.chains.first_deposit_chain import FirstDepositChain, ListingArray
 
 
@@ -15,6 +16,15 @@ def new_listing_check(self) -> None:
         functions = self._get_functions_from_source_codes()
         if functions.get("newListings", functions.get("newListingsCustom")):
             pp.pretty_print(f"New listings detected for {self.proposal_address}", pp.Colors.WARNING)
+            
+            # Check if Anthropic API key is configured
+            if not config.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY:
+                pp.pretty_print(
+                    "First deposit check is skipped. If you have a LLM API key, you can add it to your environment variables to enable this check",
+                    pp.Colors.WARNING
+                )
+                return
+            
             proposal_code = self.source_codes[0].file_content
             proposal_code_str = '\n'.join(proposal_code)
             listings: ListingArray | None = FirstDepositChain().execute(proposal_code_str)
diff --git a/Quorum/config.py b/Quorum/config.py
index f82d4a0..6ccce67 100644
--- a/Quorum/config.py
+++ b/Quorum/config.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import Quorum.utils.pretty_printer as pp
 
 main_path = os.getenv("QUORUM_PATH")
 if not main_path:
@@ -19,4 +20,10 @@
     shutil.copy(DEFAULT_REPOS, GROUND_TRUTH_PATH)
 
 ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = os.getenv('ANTHROPIC_API_KEY')
+if not ANTHROPIC_API_KEY:
+    pp.pretty_print(
+        "Warning: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY environment variable is not set. All dependent checks will be skipped.",
+        pp.Colors.WARNING
+    )
+
 ANTHROPIC_MODEL = os.getenv('ANTROPIC_MDOEL', 'claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022')
diff --git a/Quorum/ipfs_validator.py b/Quorum/ipfs_validator.py
index d51ad53..96960fb 100644
--- a/Quorum/ipfs_validator.py
+++ b/Quorum/ipfs_validator.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import Quorum.utils.arg_validations as arg_valid
 from Quorum.apis.block_explorers.chains_api import ChainAPI
 from Quorum.llm.chains.ipfs_validation_chain import IPFSValidationChain
+import Quorum.config as config
 
 from pathlib import Path
 import argparse
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ def get_raw_ipfs(proposal_id: int) -> str:
 
 
 def main():
+    # Check if the Anthropic API key is set in environment variables
+    if not config.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY:
+        raise ValueError("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY environment variable is not set. Please set it to use this functionality.")
     args = parse_args()
 
     # Initialize Chain API and fetch source codes