diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 496d5c9..ed6a9b0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ the source directories are deployed as-is.
   service worker with an offline cache fallback for same-origin assets.
 - **Metadata:** The public portal includes standard Open Graph and Twitter
   metadata plus Schema.org JSON-LD.
+- **Feed:** `makeitwork.cloud/feed.xml` is a hand-maintained Atom feed of
+  site updates, advertised from the portal head for feed-reader discovery.
+  Entry ids are permanent tag URIs and must not be reused or changed.
 
 ## References
 
diff --git a/makeitwork.cloud/feed.xml b/makeitwork.cloud/feed.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a966340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makeitwork.cloud/feed.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Hand-maintained Atom feed for makeitwork.cloud site updates.
+
+  To publish an update: add a new entry above the previous one, give it a
+  unique id (tag:makeitwork.cloud,YYYY-MM-DD:slug), set its updated stamp,
+  and bump the feed-level updated stamp. Consumers poll this file and treat
+  entry ids as permanent, so never reuse or change an existing id.
+-->
+<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+  <title>Make IT Work</title>
+  <subtitle>Personal DevOps portal and self-hosted infrastructure updates</subtitle>
+  <id>tag:makeitwork.cloud,2026:feed</id>
+  <updated>2026-09-02T17:00:00Z</updated>
+  <link rel="alternate" href="https://makeitwork.cloud/" />
+  <link rel="self" href="https://makeitwork.cloud/feed.xml" />
+  <author>
+    <name>Make IT Work</name>
+  </author>
+  <entry>
+    <id>tag:makeitwork.cloud,2026-09-02:portal-live</id>
+    <title>Make IT Work portal is live</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" href="https://makeitwork.cloud/" />
+    <updated>2026-09-02T17:00:00Z</updated>
+    <summary>The Make IT Work personal DevOps portal is up, with pointers to the self-hosted stack behind makeitwork.cloud: Argo CD, Forgejo, Grafana, OpenCode, the status dashboard, and the onion-services directory.</summary>
+  </entry>
+</feed>
diff --git a/makeitwork.cloud/index.html b/makeitwork.cloud/index.html
index b2d402e..7c2542f 100644
--- a/makeitwork.cloud/index.html
+++ b/makeitwork.cloud/index.html
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
     <meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />
     <link rel="canonical" href="https://makeitwork.cloud/" />
+    <link
+      rel="alternate"
+      type="application/atom+xml"
+      title="Make IT Work site updates"
+      href="/feed.xml"
+    />
     <meta
       http-equiv="onion-location"
       content="http://zvr4i7wkppsuj3czsxk3dtdkodbrvobre2ao57z4nebqgyijuwp6znad.onion"