diff --git a/agent/src/index.ts b/agent/src/index.ts
index db7f9889ea..4217b97a7d 100644
--- a/agent/src/index.ts
+++ b/agent/src/index.ts
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ export async function createAgent(
     }
 
     let goatPlugin: any | undefined;
-    if (getSecret(character, "ALCHEMY_API_KEY")) {
+    if (getSecret(character, "EVM_PROVIDER_URL")) {
         goatPlugin = await createGoatPlugin((secret) =>
             getSecret(character, secret)
         );
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ export async function createAgent(
             getSecret(character, "COINBASE_NOTIFICATION_URI")
                 ? webhookPlugin
                 : null,
-            getSecret(character, "ALCHEMY_API_KEY") ? goatPlugin : null,
+            getSecret(character, "EVM_PROVIDER_URL") ? goatPlugin : null,
             getSecret(character, "FLOW_ADDRESS") &&
             getSecret(character, "FLOW_PRIVATE_KEY")
                 ? flowPlugin
diff --git a/packages/plugin-goat/README.md b/packages/plugin-goat/README.md
index 4baa1bd150..6dca2160d5 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-goat/README.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-goat/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ const tools = getOnChainActions({
 })
 ```
 
+## Environment Variables Setup
+
+To set up your environment variables, you will need to provide the following information:
+
+* `EVM_PRIVATE_KEY`: Your EVM wallet private key.
+* `EVM_PROVIDER_URL`: Your RPC provider URL (e.g. Infura, Alchemy, etc.).
+
 ## Wallets
 GOAT supports many different wallets from key pairs to [Crossmint Smart Wallets](https://docs.crossmint.com/wallets/smart-wallets/overview) and Coinbase.