diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ingest.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ingest.yml
index 5053483..991bf1d 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ingest.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ingest.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ jobs:
       # scripts/runner-config.yaml for the rationale.
       network: ${{ vars.COMPASS_NETWORK || 'compass_default' }}
     env:
-      # Pgvector chunk store.
+      # Pgvector chunk store. The CLI reads DATABASE_URL (ottomator
+      # legacy name); POSTGRES_RAG_DSN is kept for symmetry with the
+      # long-running app service env and the runbook.
+      DATABASE_URL: ${{ secrets.POSTGRES_RAG_DSN }}
       POSTGRES_RAG_DSN: ${{ secrets.POSTGRES_RAG_DSN }}
       # Raw Graphiti graph (7688). These are NOT the structured-graph
       # write creds — those only exist in compass/migrations.