diff --git a/cluster/platform/openviking/externalsecret.yaml b/cluster/platform/openviking/externalsecret.yaml
index 5afd2ea..5a93108 100644
--- a/cluster/platform/openviking/externalsecret.yaml
+++ b/cluster/platform/openviking/externalsecret.yaml
@@ -34,24 +34,24 @@ spec:
 
   data:
     # OpenViking root API key - server administration
-    # Source: 1Password item "openviking-root-api-key", field "root-api-key"
+    # Source: 1Password item "openviking", field "root-api-key"
     - secretKey: OPENVIKING_ROOT_API_KEY
       remoteRef:
-        key: openviking-root-api-key
+        key: openviking
         property: root-api-key
 
     # Embedding model endpoint token (nomic-embed-text-v1.5 at astro-orbiter:8002)
-    # Source: 1Password item "openviking-embedding-api-key", field "api-key"
+    # Source: 1Password item "openviking", field "embedding-api-key"
     # Phase 0 recommendation: placeholder token for local endpoint
     - secretKey: OPENVIKING_EMBEDDING_API_KEY
       remoteRef:
-        key: openviking-embedding-api-key
-        property: api-key
+        key: openviking
+        property: embedding-api-key
 
     # VLM endpoint token (Llama-3.1-8B at astro-orbiter:8002)
-    # Source: 1Password item "openviking-vlm-api-key", field "api-key"
+    # Source: 1Password item "openviking", field "vlm-api-key"
     # Phase 0 recommendation: placeholder token for local endpoint
     - secretKey: OPENVIKING_VLM_API_KEY
       remoteRef:
-        key: openviking-vlm-api-key
-        property: api-key
+        key: openviking
+        property: vlm-api-key
diff --git a/cluster/platform/openviking/values.yaml b/cluster/platform/openviking/values.yaml
index bbf7578..89055ee 100644
--- a/cluster/platform/openviking/values.yaml
+++ b/cluster/platform/openviking/values.yaml
@@ -144,9 +144,7 @@ config:
       api_key: "${OPENVIKING_EMBEDDING_API_KEY}"  # Placeholder: "local-nomic" or similar
       model: "nomic-embed-text-v1.5"
       dimension: 768
-      encoding_format: "float"  # Required: avoid base64 encoding issues with OpenAI-compatible gateways
       input: "text"
-      max_concurrent: 5
     max_concurrent: 5
 
   # ============================================================================