diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 9524670..579eec9 100755
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 /.gitattributes     export-ignore
 /.gitignore         export-ignore
 /.gitmodules        export-ignore
+/README*.md export-ignore
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 83ea015..92999fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pages: write
-  id-token: write
+  contents: read
+  actions: read
+  statuses: write
 
 jobs:
   tests:
     uses: php-fast-forward/dev-tools/.github/workflows/tests.yml@main
+    with:
+      publish-required-statuses: ${{ github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d370e62..f42dde6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Fast Forward Fork
 
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="docs/_static/mascot-banner.png" alt="Dash coordinating parallel worker consoles and collecting their results" width="840">
+</p>
+
 A PHP 8.3+ library for orchestrating forked workers with typed signals, immutable worker groups,
 captured worker output, and PSR-3 logging.
 
diff --git a/docs/_static/mascot-banner.png b/docs/_static/mascot-banner.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef44517
Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/_static/mascot-banner.png differ