diff --git a/ai/compose.yml b/ai/compose.yml
index 8697395..7d1c8c4 100644
--- a/ai/compose.yml
+++ b/ai/compose.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ services:
     environment:
       - OLLAMA_HOST=http://ollama:11434
       - HERMES_DASHBOARD=1
+      # Multi-profile: comma-separated list of profiles to run as gateways.
+      # The entrypoint reads this and starts one gateway per profile.
+      # Add profiles here when they exist on disk (e.g. default,researcher,writer)
+      - HERMES_PROFILES=default
       - API_SERVER_ENABLED=true
       - API_SERVER_PORT=8642
       - API_SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0