diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/image-only.yml b/.gitea/workflows/image-only.yml
index 2085c7d..abe60b2 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/image-only.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/image-only.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ env:
   IMAGE: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ github.event.repository.name }}
   OLLAMA_URL: http://<gpu-host>:11434
   EMBED_MODEL: nomic-embed-text
-  PRODUCT_NAME: <product>
+  # PRODUCT_NAME defaults to the repo name so a clone works without
+  # editing. Override here if you want a different identifier (e.g.
+  # repo "my-product-docs" → PRODUCT_NAME "myproduct"). Used as the
+  # Chroma collection name, BM25 db filename, and MCP server name —
+  # see docs_mcp/server.py.
+  PRODUCT_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/refresh.yml b/.gitea/workflows/refresh.yml
index ee24d97..ef7f504 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/refresh.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/refresh.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ env:
   OLLAMA_URL: http://<gpu-host>:11434
   EMBED_MODEL: nomic-embed-text
 
-  PRODUCT_NAME: <product>
+  # PRODUCT_NAME defaults to the repo name so a clone works without
+  # editing. Override here if you want a different identifier (e.g.
+  # repo "my-product-docs" → PRODUCT_NAME "myproduct"). Used as the
+  # Chroma collection name, BM25 db filename, and MCP server name —
+  # see docs_mcp/server.py.
+  PRODUCT_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
 
 jobs:
   refresh: