diff --git a/collector/.env.example b/collector/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..91d0e10a55fa8a7b60c5888c3cb712720430d9fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Placeholder .env file for collector runtime
\ No newline at end of file