diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
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index 0000000..5dc394d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Database
+DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/leader
+
+# Auth Secret
+BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=replace-me-with-a-long-random-secret
+BETTER_AUTH_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5173
+
+# API Keys
+GOOGLE_PLACES_API_KEY=replace-me
+BRAVE_API_KEY=optional
+OPENROUTER_API_KEY=optional
+OPENROUTER_MODEL=openai/gpt-4o-mini
+
+# Email (SMTP)
+SMTP_HOST=localhost
+SMTP_PORT=1025
+SMTP_USER=
+SMTP_PASS=
+EMAIL_FROM=noreply@example.com
+
+# Telemetry (set to false to disable remote log reporting)
+LEADER_TELEMETRY=true
+
+# Bootstrap (first-run only — customize initial admin user and organization)
+BOOTSTRAP_USER_NAME=Admin
+BOOTSTRAP_USER_EMAIL=admin@leader.local
+BOOTSTRAP_ORGANIZATION_NAME=Leader
+BOOTSTRAP_ORGANIZATION_SLUG=leader
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5d795fc..91e4ee8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ build/
 dist/
 .env
 .env.*
+!.env.example
 **/*.db
 **/*.sqlite
 **/*.sqlite3
diff --git a/jean.json b/jean.json
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+++ b/jean.json
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+{
+  "scripts": {
+    "setup": "bun install",
+    "teardown": null,
+    "run": "bun dev"
+  }
+}