diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2fb5524..f0b3600 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Tag naming: `0.y.z` (no `v` prefix). Align `cmd/version.go` with the tag before
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- **code_files RAG**: populate `rag_for_content` when `fields.content.rag` is enabled so the control plane indexes GitLab file text (schema `usable_in_rag` expects `rag_for_<field>`); omit raw `content` from ingest to keep payload size bounded.
+
 ## [0.1.0] - 2026-05-23
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/config/schema.yml b/config/schema.yml
index f146438..73a6064 100644
--- a/config/schema.yml
+++ b/config/schema.yml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ entities:
         description: "Path relative to the repository root"
       content:
         type: "string"
-        description: "Text content (RAG when fields.content.rag is enabled on the code_files entity)"
+        description: "Raw file text in snapshots (RAG corpus uses rag_for_content when fields.content.rag is enabled)"
         usable_in_rag: true
       title:
         type: "string"
diff --git a/internal/models/code_file.go b/internal/models/code_file.go
index f108297..b6a8363 100644
--- a/internal/models/code_file.go
+++ b/internal/models/code_file.go
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ package models
 
 // CodeFile is a text file under a cloned repository, pushed for RAG indexing on the control plane.
 type CodeFile struct {
-	ID        string `json:"id"`
-	RepoURL   string `json:"repo_url"`
-	FilePath  string `json:"file_path"`
-	Content   string `json:"content"`
-	Title     string `json:"title,omitempty"`
-	SourceURL string `json:"source_url,omitempty"`
+	ID       string `json:"id"`
+	RepoURL  string `json:"repo_url"`
+	FilePath string `json:"file_path"`
+	Content  string `json:"content"`
+	// RagForContent is indexed for RAG (control plane: usable_in_rag on schema field content).
+	RagForContent string `json:"rag_for_content,omitempty"`
+	Title         string `json:"title,omitempty"`
+	SourceURL     string `json:"source_url,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/internal/probe/entities/code_files_entity.go b/internal/probe/entities/code_files_entity.go
index d06c3bb..7096035 100644
--- a/internal/probe/entities/code_files_entity.go
+++ b/internal/probe/entities/code_files_entity.go
@@ -60,9 +60,14 @@ func (e *CodeFilesEntity) Refresh(client core.Client) (interface{}, error) {
 			log.Printf("code_files: scan %s: %v", r.URL, err)
 			continue
 		}
-		if !ragEnabled {
-			for i := range files {
+		for i := range files {
+			if ragEnabled {
+				files[i].RagForContent = files[i].Content
+				// RAG text is sent once as rag_for_content; omit content to keep ingest payload bounded.
 				files[i].Content = ""
+			} else {
+				files[i].Content = ""
+				files[i].RagForContent = ""
 			}
 		}
 		all = append(all, files...)
diff --git a/internal/probe/entities/code_files_entity_test.go b/internal/probe/entities/code_files_entity_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb8b41f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/probe/entities/code_files_entity_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package entities
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"fluid/probes/core"
+	"fluid/probes/gitlab/internal/config"
+	"fluid/probes/gitlab/internal/models"
+)
+
+type stubConfig struct {
+	entities []core.EntityConfig
+}
+
+func (s *stubConfig) GetEntities() []core.EntityConfig { return s.entities }
+func (s *stubConfig) GetProbeName() string             { return "test" }
+func (s *stubConfig) GetProbeVersion() string          { return "0.0.0" }
+func (s *stubConfig) GetStateDir() string              { return "state" }
+func (s *stubConfig) GetCleanupInterval() int          { return 60 }
+
+func TestCodeFilesRAGPayload(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cfg := &config.Config{
+		Data: config.DataConfig{
+			Entities: []core.EntityConfig{
+				{
+					Name: "code_files",
+					Fields: map[string]core.EntityFieldConfig{
+						"content": {RAG: true},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	files := []models.CodeFile{{Content: "resource \"x\" {}"}}
+	ragEnabled := codeFilesRAGEnabled(cfg)
+	for i := range files {
+		if ragEnabled {
+			files[i].RagForContent = files[i].Content
+			files[i].Content = ""
+		} else {
+			files[i].Content = ""
+			files[i].RagForContent = ""
+		}
+	}
+
+	if files[0].RagForContent != `resource "x" {}` {
+		t.Fatalf("expected rag_for_content payload, got %q", files[0].RagForContent)
+	}
+	if files[0].Content != "" {
+		t.Fatal("expected content omitted when RAG is enabled")
+	}
+}