diff --git a/agents-api/agents_api/activities/embed_docs.py b/agents-api/agents_api/activities/embed_docs.py
index 924424881..4a2611892 100644
--- a/agents-api/agents_api/activities/embed_docs.py
+++ b/agents-api/agents_api/activities/embed_docs.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import asyncio
+from itertools import batched
+
 from beartype import beartype
 from temporalio import activity
 
@@ -8,26 +11,41 @@
 
 
 @beartype
-async def embed_docs(payload: EmbedDocsPayload, cozo_client=None) -> None:
+async def embed_docs(
+    payload: EmbedDocsPayload, cozo_client=None, max_batch_size: int = 100
+) -> None:
     indices, snippets = list(zip(*enumerate(payload.content)))
-    embed_instruction: str = payload.embed_instruction or ""
-    title: str = payload.title or ""
-
-    embeddings = await litellm.aembedding(
-        inputs=[
-            (
-                embed_instruction + (title + "\n\n" + snippet) if title else snippet
-            ).strip()
-            for snippet in snippets
-        ]
+    batched_indices, batched_snippets = (
+        batched(indices, max_batch_size),
+        batched(snippets, max_batch_size),
     )
 
-    embed_snippets_query(
-        developer_id=payload.developer_id,
-        doc_id=payload.doc_id,
-        snippet_indices=indices,
-        embeddings=embeddings,
-        client=cozo_client or cozo.get_cozo_client(),
+    async def embed_batch(indices, snippets):
+        embed_instruction: str = payload.embed_instruction or ""
+        title: str = payload.title or ""
+
+        embeddings = await litellm.aembedding(
+            inputs=[
+                (
+                    embed_instruction + (title + "\n\n" + snippet) if title else snippet
+                ).strip()
+                for snippet in snippets
+            ]
+        )
+
+        embed_snippets_query(
+            developer_id=payload.developer_id,
+            doc_id=payload.doc_id,
+            snippet_indices=indices,
+            embeddings=embeddings,
+            client=cozo_client or cozo.get_cozo_client(),
+        )
+
+    await asyncio.wait(
+        [
+            embed_batch(indices, snippets)
+            for indices, snippets in zip(batched_indices, batched_snippets)
+        ]
     )
 
 
diff --git a/agents-api/tests/test_activities.py b/agents-api/tests/test_activities.py
index 6f65cd034..6a6594453 100644
--- a/agents-api/tests/test_activities.py
+++ b/agents-api/tests/test_activities.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from uuid import uuid4
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from ward import test
 
@@ -40,6 +41,34 @@ async def _(
     )
 
 
+@test("activity: call direct embed_docs with batching")
+async def _(
+    cozo_client=cozo_client,
+    developer_id=test_developer_id,
+    doc=test_doc,
+):
+    title = "title"
+    content = ["content 1", "content 2", "content 3", "content 4", "content 5"]
+    include_title = True
+
+    with patch("agents_api.activities.embed_docs.embed_snippets_query") as embed_query:
+        embed_query.return_value = None
+
+        await embed_docs(
+            EmbedDocsPayload(
+                developer_id=developer_id,
+                doc_id=doc.id,
+                title=title,
+                content=content,
+                include_title=include_title,
+                embed_instruction=None,
+            ),
+            cozo_client,
+            max_batch_size=2,
+        )
+    
+        embed_query.call_count == 3
+
 @test("activity: call demo workflow via temporal client")
 async def _():
     async with patch_testing_temporal() as (_, mock_get_client):