diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9415d92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+DB_URL=postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/chirpy?sslmode=disable
+PLATFORM=dev
+JWT_SECRET=replace-with-a-long-random-secret
+POLKA_KEY=replace-with-your-polka-api-key
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9a71d42..882aeb6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 bin/
 *.env*
+!.env.example
+.sqls.yml