diff --git a/mcp_server/.env.example b/mcp_server/.env.example
index b184f4e1..9decb6c7 100644
--- a/mcp_server/.env.example
+++ b/mcp_server/.env.example
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ FALKORDB_PASSWORD=
 OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here
 MODEL_NAME=gpt-4.1-mini
 
+# Optional: OpenAI model name to use for embedding operations.
+# EMBEDDER_MODEL_NAME=text-embedding-3-small
+
 # Optional: Only needed for non-standard OpenAI endpoints
 # OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.openai.com/v1
 
diff --git a/mcp_server/README.md b/mcp_server/README.md
index e43dc1d5..3024a1c4 100644
--- a/mcp_server/README.md
+++ b/mcp_server/README.md
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ The server supports both Neo4j and FalkorDB as database backends. Use the `DATAB
 - `OPENAI_BASE_URL`: Optional base URL for OpenAI API
 - `MODEL_NAME`: OpenAI model name to use for LLM operations.
 - `SMALL_MODEL_NAME`: OpenAI model name to use for smaller LLM operations.
+- `EMBEDDER_MODEL_NAME`: OpenAI model name to use for embedding operations.
 - `LLM_TEMPERATURE`: Temperature for LLM responses (0.0-2.0).
 - `AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT`: Optional Azure OpenAI LLM endpoint URL
 - `AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME`: Optional Azure OpenAI LLM deployment name