diff --git a/utils/__pycache__/tweet_generator.cpython-312.pyc b/utils/__pycache__/tweet_generator.cpython-312.pyc
index 0cb53a4..e68f878 100644
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diff --git a/utils/tweet_generator.py b/utils/tweet_generator.py
index a52ef87..0d0c3b5 100644
--- a/utils/tweet_generator.py
+++ b/utils/tweet_generator.py
@@ -259,7 +259,17 @@ def prepare_topic_generation(
     # 创建AI Agent (still create agent here for the topic generation phase)
     try:
          print("Initializing AI Agent for topic generation...")
-         ai_agent = AI_Agent(config["api_url"], config["model"], config["api_key"])
+         # --- Read timeout/retry from config ---
+         request_timeout = config.get("request_timeout", 30) # Default 30 seconds
+         max_retries = config.get("max_retries", 3)         # Default 3 retries
+         # --- Pass values to AI_Agent ---
+         ai_agent = AI_Agent(
+             config["api_url"],
+             config["model"],
+             config["api_key"],
+             timeout=request_timeout,
+             max_retries=max_retries
+         )
     except Exception as e:
          print(f"Error initializing AI Agent for topic generation: {e}")
          traceback.print_exc()