diff --git a/assets/helix-forge.png b/assets/helix-forge.png
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fad1ba0
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/helix-forge.png differ
diff --git a/presence/assets/README.md b/presence/assets/README.md
index 85883e3..1527548 100644
--- a/presence/assets/README.md
+++ b/presence/assets/README.md
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 # Brand assets
 
-## helixforge-avatar.png — MISSING
+The avatar lives at `assets/helix-forge.png` in this repository's root, which is
+what `presence/telegram.yaml` declares. Paths in the spec are repo-relative.
 
-`presence/telegram.yaml` references `presence/assets/helixforge-avatar.png`.
-It does not exist yet, and `provision apply` will fail on `/setuserpic` until
-it does.
+Requirements, enforced by `provision preflight`: PNG, at least 512x512, under
+10 MiB. Telegram crops a profile picture to a circle, so a square image loses
+nothing and a rectangular one loses its longer edges.
 
-Requirements: square, at least 512×512, PNG. Telegram crops to a circle, so
-keep the mark clear of the corners.
+The current asset is 907x885 -- close to square, and it will be centre-cropped
+to 885x885. That is a 22px trim, which is unlikely to matter, but a square
+export would remove the question.
 
-Deliberately not generated. This is the first thing a stranger sees of
-HelixForge on Telegram, and it should be a considered choice rather than a
-placeholder that quietly becomes permanent.
-
-Provisioning is content-addressed on the file's digest, so replacing this file
-is what triggers an avatar update on a later `apply`.
+Provisioning is content-addressed on the file's digest, so replacing the file is
+what triggers an avatar update on a later `apply`.
diff --git a/presence/telegram.yaml b/presence/telegram.yaml
index 1999155..e3d4d8a 100644
--- a/presence/telegram.yaml
+++ b/presence/telegram.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ presence:
       and sessions doing that work are acknowledged. This channel carries short
       accounts of it, each linking back to the entry it was written from.
 
-    avatar: "presence/assets/helixforge-avatar.png"
+    avatar: "assets/helix-forge.png"
 
   channels:
     # Created first. Every rendering is checked here, and nothing reaches the