diff --git a/docs/_static/llama-stack-spec.html b/docs/_static/llama-stack-spec.html
index 3e673aeed..60b4bd4f0 100644
--- a/docs/_static/llama-stack-spec.html
+++ b/docs/_static/llama-stack-spec.html
@@ -11134,9 +11134,9 @@
                         "type": "integer",
                         "default": 5
                     },
-                    "include_metadata_in_content": {
-                        "type": "boolean",
-                        "default": false
+                    "chunk_template": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "default": "Result {index}\nContent: {chunk.content}\nMetadata: {metadata}\n"
                     }
                 },
                 "additionalProperties": false,
@@ -11144,7 +11144,7 @@
                     "query_generator_config",
                     "max_tokens_in_context",
                     "max_chunks",
-                    "include_metadata_in_content"
+                    "chunk_template"
                 ],
                 "title": "RAGQueryConfig"
             },
diff --git a/docs/_static/llama-stack-spec.yaml b/docs/_static/llama-stack-spec.yaml
index 5fdabfb2e..7cb943939 100644
--- a/docs/_static/llama-stack-spec.yaml
+++ b/docs/_static/llama-stack-spec.yaml
@@ -7690,15 +7690,20 @@ components:
         max_chunks:
           type: integer
           default: 5
-        include_metadata_in_content:
-          type: boolean
-          default: false
+        chunk_template:
+          type: string
+          default: >
+            Result {index}
+
+            Content: {chunk.content}
+
+            Metadata: {metadata}
       additionalProperties: false
       required:
         - query_generator_config
         - max_tokens_in_context
         - max_chunks
-        - include_metadata_in_content
+        - chunk_template
       title: RAGQueryConfig
     RAGQueryGeneratorConfig:
       oneOf:
diff --git a/docs/source/building_applications/rag.md b/docs/source/building_applications/rag.md
index 663d25f72..dbe90a7fc 100644
--- a/docs/source/building_applications/rag.md
+++ b/docs/source/building_applications/rag.md
@@ -99,14 +99,14 @@ results = client.tool_runtime.rag_tool.query(
 )
 ```
 
-You can configure adding metadata to the context if you find it useful for your application. Simply add:
+You can configure how the RAG tool adds metadata to the context if you find it useful for your application. Simply add:
 ```python
 # Query documents
 results = client.tool_runtime.rag_tool.query(
     vector_db_ids=[vector_db_id],
     content="What do you know about...",
     query_config={
-        "include_metadata_in_content": True,
+        "chunk_template": "Result {index}\nContent: {chunk.content}\nMetadata: {metadata}\n",
     },
 )
 ```
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ agent = Agent(
                 "query_config": {
                     "chunk_size_in_tokens": 512,
                     "chunk_overlap_in_tokens": 0,
-                    "include_metadata_in_content": False,
+                    "chunk_template": "Result {index}\nContent: {chunk.content}\nMetadata: {metadata}\n",
                 },
             },
         }
diff --git a/llama_stack/apis/tools/rag_tool.py b/llama_stack/apis/tools/rag_tool.py
index 8dc7b7385..6c94507be 100644
--- a/llama_stack/apis/tools/rag_tool.py
+++ b/llama_stack/apis/tools/rag_tool.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Annotated, Any, Literal
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, field_validator
 from typing_extensions import Protocol, runtime_checkable
 
 from llama_stack.apis.common.content_types import URL, InterleavedContent
@@ -72,7 +72,19 @@ class RAGQueryConfig(BaseModel):
     query_generator_config: RAGQueryGeneratorConfig = Field(default=DefaultRAGQueryGeneratorConfig())
     max_tokens_in_context: int = 4096
     max_chunks: int = 5
-    include_metadata_in_content: bool = False
+    # Optional template for formatting each retrieved chunk in the context.
+    # Available placeholders: {index} (1-based chunk ordinal), {metadata} (chunk metadata dict), {chunk.content} (chunk content string).
+    chunk_template: str = "Result {index}\nContent: {chunk.content}\nMetadata: {metadata}\n"
+
+    @field_validator("chunk_template")
+    def validate_chunk_template(cls, v: str) -> str:
+        if "{chunk.content}" not in v:
+            raise ValueError("chunk_template must contain {chunk.content}")
+        if "{index}" not in v:
+            raise ValueError("chunk_template must contain {index}")
+        if len(v) == 0:
+            raise ValueError("chunk_template must not be empty")
+        return v
 
 
 @runtime_checkable
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/tool_runtime/rag/memory.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/tool_runtime/rag/memory.py
index b67bfcf4a..610e9fbaa 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/tool_runtime/rag/memory.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/tool_runtime/rag/memory.py
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ class MemoryToolRuntimeImpl(ToolsProtocolPrivate, ToolRuntime, RAGToolRuntime):
         for i, chunk in enumerate(chunks):
             metadata = chunk.metadata
             tokens += metadata["token_count"]
-            if query_config.include_metadata_in_content:
-                tokens += metadata["metadata_token_count"]
+            tokens += metadata["metadata_token_count"]
 
             if tokens > query_config.max_tokens_in_context:
                 log.error(
@@ -155,15 +154,9 @@ class MemoryToolRuntimeImpl(ToolsProtocolPrivate, ToolRuntime, RAGToolRuntime):
                 )
                 break
 
-            text_content = f"Result {i + 1}:\n"
-            if query_config.include_metadata_in_content:
-                metadata_subset = {
-                    k: v for k, v in metadata.items() if k not in ["token_count", "metadata_token_count"]
-                }
-                text_content += f"\nMetadata: {metadata_subset}"
-            else:
-                text_content += f"Document_id:{metadata['document_id'][:5]}"
-            text_content += f"\nContent: {chunk.content}\n"
+            # text_content = f"Result {i + 1}:\n"
+            metadata_subset = {k: v for k, v in metadata.items() if k not in ["token_count", "metadata_token_count"]}
+            text_content = query_config.chunk_template.format(index=i + 1, chunk=chunk, metadata=metadata_subset)
             picked.append(TextContentItem(text=text_content))
 
         picked.append(TextContentItem(text="END of knowledge_search tool results.\n"))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d3cc819be..125c127f1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -320,3 +320,6 @@ ignore_missing_imports = true
 init_forbid_extra = true
 init_typed = true
 warn_required_dynamic_aliases = true
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.pep8-naming]
+classmethod-decorators = ["classmethod", "pydantic.field_validator"]
diff --git a/tests/integration/tool_runtime/test_rag_tool.py b/tests/integration/tool_runtime/test_rag_tool.py
index 3f13fa101..2d049dc0c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/tool_runtime/test_rag_tool.py
+++ b/tests/integration/tool_runtime/test_rag_tool.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def test_vector_db_insert_from_url_and_query(client_with_empty_registry, sample_
             document_id=f"num-{i}",
             content=f"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pytorch/torchtune/main/docs/source/tutorials/{url}",
             mime_type="text/plain",
-            metadata={"author": "llama", "source": url},
+            metadata={},
         )
         for i, url in enumerate(urls)
     ]
@@ -205,12 +205,29 @@ def test_rag_tool_insert_and_query(client_with_empty_registry, embedding_model_i
         chunk_size_in_tokens=512,
     )
 
-    response = client_with_empty_registry.tool_runtime.rag_tool.query(
+    response_with_metadata = client_with_empty_registry.tool_runtime.rag_tool.query(
+        vector_db_ids=[vector_db_id],
+        content="What is the name of the method used for fine-tuning?",
+    )
+    assert_valid_text_response(response_with_metadata)
+    assert any("metadata:" in chunk.text.lower() for chunk in response_with_metadata.content)
+
+    response_without_metadata = client_with_empty_registry.tool_runtime.rag_tool.query(
         vector_db_ids=[vector_db_id],
         content="What is the name of the method used for fine-tuning?",
         query_config={
             "include_metadata_in_content": True,
+            "chunk_template": "Result {index}\nContent: {chunk.content}\n",
         },
     )
-    assert_valid_text_response(response)
-    assert any("metadata:" in chunk.text.lower() for chunk in response.content)
+    assert_valid_text_response(response_without_metadata)
+    assert not any("metadata:" in chunk.text.lower() for chunk in response_without_metadata.content)
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        client_with_empty_registry.tool_runtime.rag_tool.query(
+            vector_db_ids=[vector_db_id],
+            content="What is the name of the method used for fine-tuning?",
+            query_config={
+                "chunk_template": "This should raise a ValueError because it is missing the proper template variables",
+            },
+        )