diff --git a/paperqa/agents/env.py b/paperqa/agents/env.py
index c080b6c88..8c33a1cdf 100644
--- a/paperqa/agents/env.py
+++ b/paperqa/agents/env.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 from typing import cast
 
-from aviary.env import Environment as _Environment
-from aviary.env import Frame
+from aviary.env import Environment, Frame
 from aviary.message import Message
 from aviary.tools import Tool, ToolRequestMessage, ToolResponseMessage
 
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ def settings_to_tools(
     return tools
 
 
-class Environment(_Environment[EnvironmentState]):
+class PaperQAEnvironment(Environment[EnvironmentState]):
     """Environment connecting paper-qa's tools with state."""
 
     def __init__(
diff --git a/paperqa/agents/main.py b/paperqa/agents/main.py
index fa1d4fd3d..7443b15ce 100644
--- a/paperqa/agents/main.py
+++ b/paperqa/agents/main.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 from paperqa.types import Answer
 from paperqa.utils import pqa_directory
 
-from .env import Environment
+from .env import PaperQAEnvironment
 from .helpers import litellm_get_search_query, table_formatter
 from .models import AgentStatus, AnswerResponse, QueryRequest, SimpleProfiler
 from .search import SearchDocumentStorage, SearchIndex
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ async def run_fake_agent(
     ) = None,
     **env_kwargs,
 ) -> tuple[Answer, AgentStatus]:
-    env = Environment(query, docs, **env_kwargs)
+    env = PaperQAEnvironment(query, docs, **env_kwargs)
     _, tools = await env.reset()
     if on_env_reset_callback:
         await on_env_reset_callback(env.state)
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ async def run_aviary_agent(
     ) = None,
     **env_kwargs,
 ) -> tuple[Answer, AgentStatus]:
-    env = Environment(query, docs, **env_kwargs)
+    env = PaperQAEnvironment(query, docs, **env_kwargs)
     done = False
 
     try:
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ async def run_ldp_agent(
     ) = None,
     **env_kwargs,
 ) -> tuple[Answer, AgentStatus]:
-    env = Environment(query, docs, **env_kwargs)
+    env = PaperQAEnvironment(query, docs, **env_kwargs)
     done = False
 
     try:
diff --git a/paperqa/agents/task.py b/paperqa/agents/task.py
index aaa218331..bb4c7c9fb 100644
--- a/paperqa/agents/task.py
+++ b/paperqa/agents/task.py
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
+__all__ = [
+    "ENV_NAME",
+    "TASK_DATASET_NAME",
+    "GradablePaperQAEnvironment",
+    "LitQATaskDataset",
+    "LitQAv2TaskDataset",
+    "LitQAv2TaskSplit",
+]
+
 from abc import ABC
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Sequence
 from enum import StrEnum
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, assert_never
 
-from aviary.env import ENV_REGISTRY, TASK_DATASET_REGISTRY, Frame
-from aviary.env import (
-    TaskDataset as _TaskDataset,
-)
+from aviary.env import ENV_REGISTRY, TASK_DATASET_REGISTRY, Frame, TaskDataset
 from aviary.message import Message
 from aviary.tools import ToolRequestMessage, ToolResponseMessage
 
@@ -29,8 +35,7 @@ class ComputeTrajectoryMetricsMixin:  # type: ignore[no-redef]
 from paperqa.llms import EmbeddingModel, LiteLLMModel, LLMModel
 from paperqa.types import Answer
 
-from .env import POPULATE_FROM_SETTINGS
-from .env import Environment as _Environment
+from .env import POPULATE_FROM_SETTINGS, PaperQAEnvironment
 from .models import QueryRequest
 from .tools import GenerateAnswer
 
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ class ComputeTrajectoryMetricsMixin:  # type: ignore[no-redef]
     from ldp.data_structures import Trajectory
 
 
-class GradableEnvironment(_Environment):
+class GradablePaperQAEnvironment(PaperQAEnvironment):
     """Extended environment that can grade answers."""
 
     def __init__(
@@ -96,11 +101,14 @@ def export_frame(self) -> Frame:
 
 
 ENV_NAME = "paperqa-local"
-ENV_REGISTRY[ENV_NAME] = GradableEnvironment.__module__, GradableEnvironment.__name__
+ENV_REGISTRY[ENV_NAME] = (
+    GradablePaperQAEnvironment.__module__,
+    GradablePaperQAEnvironment.__name__,
+)
 
 
 class LitQATaskDataset(
-    _TaskDataset[GradableEnvironment], ComputeTrajectoryMetricsMixin, ABC
+    TaskDataset[GradablePaperQAEnvironment], ComputeTrajectoryMetricsMixin, ABC
 ):
     """
     Abstract base class for a task dataset of LitQA v1 or v2 questions.
@@ -127,7 +135,7 @@ def _make_gradable_environment(
         distractors: str | list[str],
         question: str,
         use_unsure: bool = True,
-    ) -> GradableEnvironment:
+    ) -> GradablePaperQAEnvironment:
         qa_prompt, evaluation_from_answer = LitQAEvaluation.from_question(
             ideal=ideal,
             distractors=distractors,
@@ -137,7 +145,7 @@ def _make_gradable_environment(
         )
         query_request = self._base_query_request.model_copy()
         query_request.query = qa_prompt
-        return GradableEnvironment(
+        return GradablePaperQAEnvironment(
             query=query_request,
             evaluation_from_answer=evaluation_from_answer,
             rewards=self._rewards,
@@ -183,7 +191,7 @@ def __init__(
         else:
             assert_never(split)
 
-    def get_new_env_by_idx(self, idx: int) -> GradableEnvironment:
+    def get_new_env_by_idx(self, idx: int) -> GradablePaperQAEnvironment:
         return self._make_gradable_environment(
             ideal=self.data.iloc[idx].ideal,
             distractors=self.data.iloc[idx].distractors,
diff --git a/tests/test_task.py b/tests/test_task.py
index b99d8a169..5f8fb17bd 100644
--- a/tests/test_task.py
+++ b/tests/test_task.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from paperqa import Docs, QueryRequest, Settings
 from paperqa.agents.task import (
-    GradableEnvironment,
+    GradablePaperQAEnvironment,
     LitQATaskDataset,
     LitQAv2TaskDataset,
     LitQAv2TaskSplit,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             ),
         ]
 
-    def get_new_env_by_idx(self, idx: int) -> GradableEnvironment:
+    def get_new_env_by_idx(self, idx: int) -> GradablePaperQAEnvironment:
         return self._make_gradable_environment(
             ideal=self.data[idx][0],
             distractors=self.data[idx][1],