diff --git a/src/tai/ai_client.py b/src/tai/ai_client.py
index a50457f..c411fd3 100644
--- a/src/tai/ai_client.py
+++ b/src/tai/ai_client.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from openai import OpenAI
 
 DEFAULT_AI_HOST = "http://localhost:11434/v1"
 DEFAULT_MODEL = "gemma3:4b"
+DEFAULT_EMBED_MODEL = "nomic-embed-text"
 
 
 @dataclass(slots=True)
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ class AIConfig:
     api_key: str = "ollama"  # Ollama ignores this; required by the openai client
     timeout_seconds: float = 120.0
     max_tokens: int = 4096
+    embed_model: str = DEFAULT_EMBED_MODEL
     extra_headers: dict[str, str] = field(default_factory=dict)
 
 
@@ -106,3 +108,11 @@ class AIClient:
     def summary(self) -> str:
         """Human-readable description of the AI config."""
         return f"host={self._config.host} model={self._config.model}"
+
+    def embed(self, text: str) -> list[float]:
+        """Embed *text* using the configured embedding model via the OpenAI-compatible endpoint."""
+        response = self._client.embeddings.create(
+            model=self._config.embed_model,
+            input=text,
+        )
+        return list(response.data[0].embedding)