diff --git a/frontend/.env.example b/frontend/.env.example
index f1175c7..076865c 100644
--- a/frontend/.env.example
+++ b/frontend/.env.example
@@ -11,5 +11,12 @@ NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=http://localhost:8521/api/v1
 # Production:
 # NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=https://api-dev.gohorsejobs.com/api/v1
 
+# Seeder API URL (for admin operations)
+NEXT_PUBLIC_SEEDER_API_URL=http://localhost:3001
+
+# Production:
+# NEXT_PUBLIC_SEEDER_API_URL=https://seeder-dev.gohorsejobs.com
+
 # Vercel Analytics (optional)
 NEXT_PUBLIC_VERCEL_ANALYTICS=false
+
diff --git a/frontend/.gitignore b/frontend/.gitignore
index 4f7e0a5..a3f8abc 100644
--- a/frontend/.gitignore
+++ b/frontend/.gitignore
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ yarn-error.log*
 .pnpm-debug.log*
 
 # env files (keep .env.example for documentation)
-.env*
-!.env.example
+#.env*
+#!.env.example
 
 # vercel
 .vercel
diff --git a/job-scraper-multisite/.env.example b/job-scraper-multisite/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1478338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/job-scraper-multisite/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# =============================================================================
+# GoHorse Jobs Scraper - Environment Variables Example
+# =============================================================================
+# Copy this file to .env and update the values
+
+# Output Configuration
+OUTPUT_DIR=./output
+OUTPUT_FORMAT=csv
+
+# API Configuration (to send scraped data to backend)
+BACKEND_API_URL=http://localhost:8521/api/v1
+API_TOKEN=your-api-token-here
+
+# Scraping Configuration
+SCRAPE_DELAY_SECONDS=2
+MAX_PAGES_PER_SITE=10
+USER_AGENT=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36
+
+# Logging
+LOG_LEVEL=INFO
diff --git a/job-scraper-multisite/.gitignore b/job-scraper-multisite/.gitignore
index 08676c4..1384c0a 100644
--- a/job-scraper-multisite/.gitignore
+++ b/job-scraper-multisite/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ output/*.csv
 # Environment
 .env
 .env.*
+!.env.example
 
 # IDE
 .idea/
diff --git a/seeder-api/.env.example b/seeder-api/.env.example
index 367cdf5..77aea58 100644
--- a/seeder-api/.env.example
+++ b/seeder-api/.env.example
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
+# =============================================================================
+# GoHorse Jobs Seeder API - Environment Variables Example
+# =============================================================================
+# Copy this file to .env and update the values
+
+# Database Configuration
 DB_HOST=localhost
 DB_PORT=5432
 DB_USER=postgres
 DB_PASSWORD=yourpassword
 DB_NAME=gohorsejobs
+DB_SSLMODE=disable
+
+# Server Configuration
+PORT=3001
+NODE_ENV=development
+
+# Backend API URL (to sync data)
+BACKEND_API_URL=http://localhost:8521/api/v1