diff --git a/BUILD.md b/BUILD.md
index e3911b5b..5f06b774 100644
--- a/BUILD.md
+++ b/BUILD.md
@@ -137,14 +137,14 @@ sudo ./build.sh
 Output:
 
 ```text
-tmp/output/clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img
+tmp/output/clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img
 ```
 
 Published/downloaded artifacts are compressed as `.img.gz`. Stream the
 compressed image directly into `dd`:
 
 ```sh
-gzip -dc clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/daX bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync
+gzip -dc clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/daX bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync
 sync
 ```
 
@@ -153,15 +153,15 @@ For Linux or FreeBSD downloads from the published HTTPS path, prefer resumable
 
 ```sh
 curl -fL --continue-at - --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --progress-bar -O \
-  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz
+  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz
 curl -fL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 -O \
-  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz.sha256
+  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz.sha256
 ```
 
 For a build-local uncompressed image, plain `dd` is also fine:
 
 ```sh
-sudo dd if=tmp/output/clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img of=/dev/daX bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync
+sudo dd if=tmp/output/clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img of=/dev/daX bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync
 sync
 ```
 
diff --git a/FLASHING.md b/FLASHING.md
index 73c3da8e..3c9f1f66 100644
--- a/FLASHING.md
+++ b/FLASHING.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Published Clawdie operator USB artifacts are compressed:
 
 ```text
-clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz
+clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz
 ```
 
 Default policy:
@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@ Download with resume and retries:
 
 ```sh
 curl -fL --continue-at - --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --progress-bar -O \
-  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz
+  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz
 curl -fL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 -O \
-  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz.sha256
+  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz.sha256
 ```
 
 Verify the downloaded artifact:
 
 ```sh
-sha256sum -c clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz.sha256
+sha256sum -c clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz.sha256
 ```
 
 Unmount mounted USB partitions if needed:
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Flash by streaming gzip into `dd`:
 
 ```sh
 set -o pipefail 2>/dev/null || true
-gzip -dc clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress conv=fsync
+gzip -dc clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress conv=fsync
 sync
 ```
 
@@ -89,22 +89,22 @@ Download with resume and retries:
 
 ```sh
 curl -fL --continue-at - --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --progress-bar -O \
-  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY.img.gz
+  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz
 curl -fL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 -O \
-  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY.img.gz.sha256
+  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz.sha256
 ```
 
 Verify the downloaded artifact:
 
 ```sh
-HASH=$(awk '{print $1}' clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz.sha256)
-sha256 -c "$HASH" clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz
+HASH=$(awk '{print $1}' clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz.sha256)
+sha256 -c "$HASH" clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz
 ```
 
 If `sha256sum` is installed, this GNU-style form is also OK:
 
 ```sh
-sha256sum -c clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz.sha256
+sha256sum -c clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz.sha256
 ```
 
 Unmount mounted USB partitions if needed:
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ sudo umount /dev/daXs* 2>/dev/null
 Flash by streaming gzip into `dd`:
 
 ```sh
-gzip -dc clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/daX bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync
+gzip -dc clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/daX bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync
 sync
 ```
 
@@ -131,21 +131,21 @@ For a local build artifact that already exists as a raw image:
 ### Linux
 
 ```sh
-sudo dd if=clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress conv=fsync
+sudo dd if=clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress conv=fsync
 sync
 ```
 
 ### FreeBSD
 
 ```sh
-sudo dd if=clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img of=/dev/daX bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync
+sudo dd if=clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img of=/dev/daX bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync
 sync
 ```
 
 Only gunzip first if you specifically need the raw file for inspection or reuse:
 
 ```sh
-gunzip -k clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz
+gunzip -k clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz
 ```
 
 ---
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5c1ab99b..a723af69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -170,17 +170,17 @@ Artifact names use a short Latin codename for the FreeBSD major line they were
 built on. For FreeBSD `15`, that codename is `quindecim`, so:
 
 ```text
-clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img
+clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img
 ```
 
 means:
 
 - `clawdie` — project name
-- `xfce` — desktop/session target
 - `quindecim` — Latin for `15`, matching the FreeBSD 15 build line
-- `usb` — operator USB image
-- `DD.MM.YY` — build date
-- `abcdef0` — short `clawdie-iso` commit used for that build
+- `0.2.29` — version, tracking the zot release the image is built upon
+
+Per-build provenance (build date, `clawdie-iso` commit, zot commit) lives in
+`build-manifest.json`, not the filename.
 
 Small reference for the current naming convention:
 
@@ -233,26 +233,26 @@ Download on Linux or FreeBSD with resume and retries:
 
 ```sh
 curl -fL --continue-at - --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --progress-bar -O \
-  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz
+  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz
 curl -fL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 -O \
-  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz.sha256
+  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz.sha256
 ```
 
 Linux:
 
 ```sh
-sha256sum -c clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz.sha256
+sha256sum -c clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz.sha256
 set -o pipefail 2>/dev/null || true
-gzip -dc clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress conv=fsync
+gzip -dc clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress conv=fsync
 sync
 ```
 
 FreeBSD:
 
 ```sh
-HASH=$(awk '{print $1}' clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz.sha256)
-sha256 -c "$HASH" clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz
-gzip -dc clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/daX bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync
+HASH=$(awk '{print $1}' clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz.sha256)
+sha256 -c "$HASH" clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz
+gzip -dc clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/daX bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync
 sync
 ```
 
diff --git a/TESTING.md b/TESTING.md
index 96ec4ddb..0a60105a 100644
--- a/TESTING.md
+++ b/TESTING.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Clawdie Operator USB Testing Guide
 
 **Branch:** `xfce-operator-usb`
-**Target artifact:** `clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img`
+**Target artifact:** `clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img`
 **Current desktop path:** XFCE via SDDM, interactive login as `clawdie`
 
 ---
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Run this on the FreeBSD build host after `build.sh` finishes.
 ### Useful verification commands
 
 ```sh
-sudo mdconfig -a -t vnode -f tmp/output/clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img
+sudo mdconfig -a -t vnode -f tmp/output/clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img
 sudo mount -o ro /dev/md0s2a /mnt
 
 egrep 'hostname|root_rw_mount|tmpmfs|varmfs|sshd|avahi|powerd|powerdxx|pf_enable|sddm|display_manager|clawdie_live_gpu|clawdie_tailscale_up|linux_enable|zfs_enable|kld_list' /mnt/etc/rc.conf
@@ -426,12 +426,12 @@ FreeBSD. For a published compressed image on Linux, the default path is:
 
 ```sh
 curl -fL --continue-at - --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --progress-bar -O \
-  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz
+  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz
 curl -fL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 -O \
-  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz.sha256
-sha256sum -c clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz.sha256
+  https://osa.smilepowered.org/downloads/iso/clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz.sha256
+sha256sum -c clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz.sha256
 set -o pipefail 2>/dev/null || true
-gzip -dc clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-DD.MM.YY-abcdef0.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress conv=fsync
+gzip -dc clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress conv=fsync
 sync
 ```
 
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index b1a42306..ed5e415a 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -139,19 +139,16 @@ echo "    Target  : ${TARGET:-baremetal}"
 echo "    Colibri : ${FEATURE_COLIBRI:-NO} (agent ${ZOT_VERSION:-} / stage ${COLIBRI_STAGE_AGENT:-YES})"
 echo ""
 
-# Name the output for the thing we are actually building.
-# Keep the date short and operator-facing. Use a recognizable codename for the
-# FreeBSD major release when we have one, otherwise fall back to the old
-# fbsd<series> stamp.
-BUILD_DATE_STAMP="$(date +%d.%m.%y)"
-BUILD_REPO_SHORT_COMMIT="$(git -C "${SCRIPT_DIR}" rev-parse --short=7 HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
+# Name the output: clawdie-<freebsd-codename>-<version>.img, where the version
+# tracks zot (see ISO_VERSION above). Per-build provenance — date, clawdie-iso
+# commit, zot commit — lives in build-manifest.json, not the filename.
 BUILD_FREEBSD_MAJOR="${FREEBSD_RELEASE_SERIES%%.*}"
 BUILD_FREEBSD_STAMP="$(printf '%s' "${FREEBSD_RELEASE_SERIES}" | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')"
 case "${BUILD_FREEBSD_MAJOR}" in
     15) BUILD_FREEBSD_CODENAME="quindecim" ;;
     *)  BUILD_FREEBSD_CODENAME="fbsd${BUILD_FREEBSD_STAMP}" ;;
 esac
-IMAGE_NAME="clawdie-${DEFAULT_DESKTOP}-${BUILD_FREEBSD_CODENAME}-usb-${BUILD_DATE_STAMP}-${BUILD_REPO_SHORT_COMMIT}.img"
+IMAGE_NAME="clawdie-${BUILD_FREEBSD_CODENAME}-${ISO_VERSION}.img"
 : > "$NPM_CONFIG_GLOBALCONFIG"
 : > "$NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG"
 
diff --git a/skills/iso-publish/SKILL.md b/skills/iso-publish/SKILL.md
index 99e7d9a7..0936193f 100644
--- a/skills/iso-publish/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/iso-publish/SKILL.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ls -lh tmp/output
 ```
 
 ```sh
-find tmp/output -maxdepth 1 -type f -name 'clawdie-xfce-*.img*' -ls
+find tmp/output -maxdepth 1 -type f -name 'clawdie-*.img*' -ls
 ```
 
 Confirm the image filename includes the current commit suffix. Do not publish an
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ steps that write beside the artifact, or use the `sudo` variants shown below.
 Set `IMG` to the raw image produced by the current build. Example:
 
 ```sh
-IMG="tmp/output/clawdie-xfce-quindecim-usb-22.05.26-8c8dd5f.img"
+IMG="tmp/output/clawdie-quindecim-0.2.29.img"
 ```
 
 ```sh
@@ -131,15 +131,15 @@ Remove only the old public Clawdie image/checksum symlinks, not the new output
 files under `tmp/output`:
 
 ```sh
-sudo find /usr/local/www/osa/downloads/iso -maxdepth 1 -type l -name 'clawdie-xfce-*.img.gz' -delete
+sudo find /usr/local/www/osa/downloads/iso -maxdepth 1 -type l -name 'clawdie-*.img.gz' -delete
 ```
 
 ```sh
-sudo find /usr/local/www/osa/downloads/iso -maxdepth 1 -type l -name 'clawdie-xfce-*.img.gz.sha256' -delete
+sudo find /usr/local/www/osa/downloads/iso -maxdepth 1 -type l -name 'clawdie-*.img.gz.sha256' -delete
 ```
 
 ```sh
-sudo find /usr/local/www/osa/downloads/iso -maxdepth 1 -type l -name 'clawdie-xfce-*.manifest.json' -delete
+sudo find /usr/local/www/osa/downloads/iso -maxdepth 1 -type l -name 'clawdie-*.manifest.json' -delete
 ```
 
 ## 5. Link the new artifacts