diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec23b95..2309cfa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ web_modules/
 
 # dotenv environment variable files
 .env*
+!.env.example
 
 # parcel-bundler cache (https://parceljs.org/)
 .cache
diff --git a/control-plane/.env.example b/control-plane/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..962d80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/control-plane/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Provisioning queues locally via ElasticMQ
+#
+# SQS_RUN_PROCESS_QUEUE_URL='http://localhost:9324/dev-run-process'
+# SQS_RUN_GENERATE_NAME_QUEUE_URL='http://localhost:9324/dev-run-generate-name'
+# SQS_LEARNING_INGEST_QUEUE_URL='http://localhost:9324/dev-learning-ingest'
+# SQS_CUSTOMER_TELEMETRY_QUEUE_URL='http://localhost:9324/dev-customer-telemetry'
+# SQS_EXTERNAL_TOOL_CALL_QUEUE_URL='http://localhost:9324/dev-external-tool-call'
+#
+# curl -X POST \
+#   'http://localhost:9324/dev-run-generate-name' \
+#   -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
+#   --data-urlencode 'Action=CreateQueue' \
+#   --data-urlencode 'QueueName=dev-run-generate-name'
+
+# curl -X POST \
+#   'http://localhost:9324/dev-run-process' \
+#   -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
+#   --data-urlencode 'Action=CreateQueue' \
+#   --data-urlencode 'QueueName=dev-run-process'
+
+# curl -X POST \
+#   'http://localhost:9324/dev-learning-ingest' \
+#   -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
+#   --data-urlencode 'Action=CreateQueue' \
+#   --data-urlencode 'QueueName=dev-learning-ingest'
+
+# curl -X POST \
+#   'http://localhost:9324/dev-customer-telemetry' \
+#   -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
+#   --data-urlencode 'Action=CreateQueue' \
+#   --data-urlencode 'QueueName=dev-customer-telemetry'
+
+# curl -X POST \
+#   'http://localhost:9324/dev-external-tool-call' \
+#   -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
+#   --data-urlencode 'Action=CreateQueue' \
+#   --data-urlencode 'QueueName=dev-external-tool-call'