diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 8f4ffff1..ac8aaca5 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # ── Common Platform Environment Variables ──────────────────────
 # Copy to .env and fill in real values.
 
+# ── Azure Key Vault (optional — secrets fall back to env vars) ─
+# Set this to resolve secrets from AKV instead of .env:
+AZURE_KEYVAULT_URL=https://kv-mywisprai.vault.azure.net
+
 # ── Azure Cosmos DB ────────────────────────────────────────────
 COSMOS_ENDPOINT=https://cosmos-mywisprai.documents.azure.com:443/
 COSMOS_KEY=your-cosmos-key
diff --git a/scripts/seed-keyvault.sh b/scripts/seed-keyvault.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b4db170b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/seed-keyvault.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# seed-keyvault.sh — Populate Azure Key Vault with all LysnrAI secrets.
+#
+# Prerequisites:
+#   1. az login
+#   2. A .env file with all secret values (or set them as env vars)
+#
+# Usage:
+#   ./scripts/seed-keyvault.sh                          # uses default vault
+#   AZURE_KEYVAULT_URL=https://kv-mywisprai.vault.azure.net ./scripts/seed-keyvault.sh
+#
+set -euo pipefail
+
+VAULT_NAME="${AZURE_KEYVAULT_NAME:-kv-mywisprai}"
+
+# Load .env if present
+if [ -f .env ]; then
+  set -a; source .env; set +a
+fi
+
+echo "🔐 Seeding Azure Key Vault: $VAULT_NAME"
+echo ""
+
+# Map: KV secret name → env var name
+declare -A SECRETS=(
+  ["lysnr-cosmos-endpoint"]="COSMOS_ENDPOINT"
+  ["lysnr-cosmos-key"]="COSMOS_KEY"
+  ["lysnr-jwt-secret"]="JWT_SECRET"
+  ["lysnr-stripe-secret-key"]="STRIPE_SECRET_KEY"
+  ["lysnr-stripe-webhook-secret"]="STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET"
+  ["lysnr-billing-internal-key"]="BILLING_INTERNAL_KEY"
+  ["lysnr-blob-connection-string"]="AZURE_BLOB_CONNECTION_STRING"
+  ["lysnr-blob-account-key"]="AZURE_BLOB_ACCOUNT_KEY"
+  ["lysnr-gemini-api-key"]="GEMINI_API_KEY"
+  ["lysnr-seed-secret"]="SEED_SECRET"
+  ["lysnr-azure-speech-key"]="AZURE_SPEECH_KEY"
+  ["lysnr-azure-openai-key"]="AZURE_OPENAI_KEY"
+  ["lysnr-azure-openai-endpoint"]="AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT"
+)
+
+ok=0
+skip=0
+fail=0
+
+for kv_name in "${!SECRETS[@]}"; do
+  env_var="${SECRETS[$kv_name]}"
+  value="${!env_var:-}"
+
+  if [ -z "$value" ]; then
+    echo "  ⚠️  SKIP  $kv_name ($env_var not set)"
+    ((skip++))
+    continue
+  fi
+
+  if az keyvault secret set \
+    --vault-name "$VAULT_NAME" \
+    --name "$kv_name" \
+    --value "$value" \
+    --output none 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "  ✅  SET   $kv_name"
+    ((ok++))
+  else
+    echo "  ❌  FAIL  $kv_name"
+    ((fail++))
+  fi
+done
+
+echo ""
+echo "Done: $ok set, $skip skipped, $fail failed"