diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index e8943b8..c748760 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -44,16 +44,22 @@ STATEWAVE_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=stub
 # STATEWAVE_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=litellm
 # STATEWAVE_LITELLM_API_KEY=sk-...
 # STATEWAVE_LITELLM_MODEL=gpt-4o-mini
+# STATEWAVE_LITELLM_COMPILE_MODEL=          # empty = use STATEWAVE_LITELLM_MODEL
 # STATEWAVE_LITELLM_EMBEDDING_MODEL=text-embedding-3-small
 # STATEWAVE_LITELLM_API_BASE=                 # e.g. http://host.docker.internal:11434 for Ollama
+# STATEWAVE_LITELLM_EMBEDDING_API_BASE=       # empty = use STATEWAVE_LITELLM_API_BASE
 # STATEWAVE_LITELLM_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=60
 # STATEWAVE_LITELLM_MAX_RETRIES=2
+# STATEWAVE_LITELLM_SLOW_CALL_SECONDS=10
 # STATEWAVE_LITELLM_TEMPERATURE=0.1
+# STATEWAVE_LITELLM_REASONING_EFFORT=         # e.g. minimal, low, medium, high
+# STATEWAVE_LITELLM_COMPILE_MAX_TOKENS=16000
 
 # ── Database ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # Docker compose overrides this to point at the `db` service. Set this
 # only if you're running the API against a database OUTSIDE compose.
 # STATEWAVE_DATABASE_URL=postgresql+asyncpg://statewave:statewave@localhost:5432/statewave
+# STATEWAVE_DATABASE_ECHO=false
 
 # ── Docker Compose — Host Port Overrides ────────────────────
 # For local development: override the default host ports to resolve
@@ -65,10 +71,15 @@ STATEWAVE_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=stub
 # STATEWAVE_ADMIN_HOST_PORT=8080
 
 # ── Server ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# STATEWAVE_DEBUG=true
+# STATEWAVE_APP_NAME=statewave
+# STATEWAVE_DEBUG=false
 # STATEWAVE_HOST=0.0.0.0
 # STATEWAVE_PORT=8100
 
+# ── Context assembly ─────────────────────────────────────────
+# STATEWAVE_TIKTOKEN_MODEL=cl100k_base
+# STATEWAVE_DEFAULT_MAX_CONTEXT_TOKENS=4000
+
 # ── Authentication ───────────────────────────────────────────
 # Set a key to require X-API-Key auth. Leave empty for open access.
 # STATEWAVE_API_KEY=
@@ -76,6 +87,7 @@ STATEWAVE_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=stub
 # ── Rate Limiting ────────────────────────────────────────────
 # Requests per minute per client IP. 0 = disabled.
 # STATEWAVE_RATE_LIMIT_RPM=0
+# STATEWAVE_RATE_LIMIT_STRATEGY=memory       # memory | distributed
 
 # ── Embedding dimensions ─────────────────────────────────────
 # STATEWAVE_EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS=1536
@@ -84,6 +96,13 @@ STATEWAVE_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=stub
 # HTTP endpoint for event notifications. Empty = disabled.
 # STATEWAVE_WEBHOOK_URL=
 # STATEWAVE_WEBHOOK_TIMEOUT=5.0
+# Comma-separated allowlist. Empty = deliver every event.
+# STATEWAVE_WEBHOOK_EVENTS=
+
+# ── Receipt signing ───────────────────────────────────────────
+# JSON object of key IDs to base64-encoded HMAC keys (minimum 32 bytes).
+# Empty JSON object = unsigned receipts.
+# STATEWAVE_RECEIPT_SIGNING_KEYS={}
 
 # ── Multi-tenant (app-layer isolation — see README limitations) ──
 # STATEWAVE_TENANT_HEADER=X-Tenant-ID
@@ -93,6 +112,67 @@ STATEWAVE_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=stub
 # JSON array of allowed origins. ["*"] for local dev.
 # STATEWAVE_CORS_ORIGINS=["*"]
 
+# ── Compilation ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Batch and retention limits.
+# STATEWAVE_COMPILE_BATCH_SIZE=500
+# STATEWAVE_COMPILE_MAX_ITERATIONS=2000
+# STATEWAVE_COMPILE_JOB_RETENTION_HOURS=168
+# STATEWAVE_COMPILE_MAX_EPISODE_CHARS=60000
+# STATEWAVE_COMPILE_WINDOW_CHARS=6000
+# STATEWAVE_COMPILE_WINDOW_OVERLAP=200
+# STATEWAVE_COMPILE_MAX_CONCURRENCY=4
+
+# Message-level extraction and recall controls.
+# STATEWAVE_COMPILE_MESSAGE_LEVEL=false
+# STATEWAVE_COMPILE_MESSAGES_PER_CHUNK=6
+# STATEWAVE_COMPILE_MESSAGE_OVERLAP=1
+# STATEWAVE_COMPILE_RECALL_SWEEP=false
+# STATEWAVE_COMPILE_COMPOSE_UNIT=false
+
+# ── Compile-time reconciliation ───────────────────────────────
+# STATEWAVE_RECONCILE_COMPILE_ENABLED=true
+# STATEWAVE_RECONCILE_CUMULATIVE_MERGE=false
+# STATEWAVE_RECONCILE_CHUNK_SIZE=40
+# STATEWAVE_RECONCILE_CHUNK_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=30
+# STATEWAVE_RECONCILE_MAX_CANDIDATES=4000
+# STATEWAVE_RECONCILE_MAX_EXISTING=60
+# STATEWAVE_RECONCILE_TOP_K_PER_CANDIDATE=5
+
+# ── Deduplication and reranking ───────────────────────────────
+# STATEWAVE_DEDUP_COMPILE_ENABLED=true
+# STATEWAVE_DEDUP_SEMANTIC_ENABLED=true
+# STATEWAVE_DEDUP_SIM_THRESHOLD=0.95
+# STATEWAVE_DEDUP_MAX_CANDIDATES=4000
+# STATEWAVE_RERANK_MAX_POOL=100
+# STATEWAVE_RERANK_MODEL=                  # empty = use the compile model
+
+# ── Entity extraction ─────────────────────────────────────────
+# STATEWAVE_ENTITY_POPULATION_ENABLED=true
+# STATEWAVE_ENTITY_EXTRACT_BATCH_SIZE=10
+# STATEWAVE_ENTITY_EXTRACT_CONCURRENCY=8
+
+# ── Snapshots and labeling ────────────────────────────────────
+# STATEWAVE_ENABLE_SNAPSHOTS=false
+# STATEWAVE_AUTO_LABELING_ENABLED=false
+# STATEWAVE_AUTO_LABELING_PROVIDER=heuristic
+
+# ── Deployment safeguards ─────────────────────────────────────
+# Set REGION for multi-region deployments; empty keeps single-region mode.
+# STATEWAVE_REGION=
+# Refuse startup when the database schema revision does not match.
+# STATEWAVE_STRICT_SCHEMA=false
+
+# ── Bundled support memory ────────────────────────────────────
+# STATEWAVE_SUPPORT_SUBJECT_ID=statewave-support-docs
+# STATEWAVE_SUPPORT_STARTER_PACK_ID=statewave-support-agent
+
+# ── Memory import limits ──────────────────────────────────────
+# Guardrails applied to starter-pack, clone, and bulk imports.
+# STATEWAVE_MEMORY_IMPORT_MAX_BYTES=52428800
+# STATEWAVE_MEMORY_IMPORT_MAX_EPISODES=50000
+# STATEWAVE_MEMORY_IMPORT_MAX_MEMORIES=50000
+# STATEWAVE_MEMORY_IMPORT_MAX_SUBJECTS=100
+
 # ── Memory TTL / expiry (v0.7.2+) ────────────────────────────
 # Per-kind global expiry windows. JSON object keyed by MemoryKind:
 #   profile_fact | episode_summary | procedure | artifact_ref
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 5bd7814..f29524a 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -2,11 +2,32 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
 import pytest
 
 from server.core.config import Settings
 
 
+def test_env_example_documents_every_setting():
+    """Keep the operator-facing environment inventory in sync with Settings —
+    BOTH directions: a missing entry hides a setting from operators, and a
+    stale entry documents a knob that no longer exists."""
+    env_example = (Path(__file__).parents[1] / ".env.example").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    documented = set(re.findall(r"^#?\s*(STATEWAVE_[A-Z0-9_]+)\s*=", env_example, re.MULTILINE))
+    expected = {f"STATEWAVE_{name.upper()}" for name in Settings.model_fields}
+    # Compose-only host-port vars are legitimately not Settings fields.
+    documented -= {"STATEWAVE_API_HOST_PORT", "STATEWAVE_DB_HOST_PORT", "STATEWAVE_ADMIN_HOST_PORT"}
+
+    assert expected <= documented, "Settings missing from .env.example: " + ", ".join(
+        sorted(expected - documented)
+    )
+    assert documented <= expected, ".env.example documents settings that no longer exist: " + ", ".join(
+        sorted(documented - expected)
+    )
+
+
 # ── rate_limit_strategy ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────