diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a754c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Randomly generated secret key for cookies signing
+REMIX_COOKIE_SECRET="sEcReT"
+GOMMERCE_GRPC_ENDPOINT="http://localhost:50050"
+GOMMERCE_AUTH_REALM="admin"
+# Client basic auth token, calculated as btoa(secret_key + ':' + secret_code)
+GOMMERCE_CLIENT_TOKEN="Og=="
+# https://www.prisma.io/docs/orm/overview/databases/postgresql#connection-details
+PRISMA_DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:root@local@localhost:5432/gommerce?schema=public"
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 3007003..42d2cbc 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     "public/build": true
   },
   "files.associations": {
-    "*.css": "tailwindcss"
+    "*.css": "tailwindcss",
+    ".env.*": "properties"
   },
   "editor.quickSuggestions": {
     "strings": "on"