diff --git a/internal/adapters/promptkit/adapter.go b/internal/adapters/promptkit/adapter.go
index 57af287..b698f18 100644
--- a/internal/adapters/promptkit/adapter.go
+++ b/internal/adapters/promptkit/adapter.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func newAdapter(config Config, additionalOptions ...promptkit.Option) (*Adapter,
 	options := []promptkit.Option{
 		promptkit.WithPromptFS(promptassets.PromptFS(), "."),
 		promptkit.WithSchemaFS(promptassets.SchemaFS(), "."),
+		promptkit.WithFallbackProfileFS(promptassets.ProfileFS(), "."),
 	}
 	if config.ProfileFile != "" {
 		options = append(options, promptkit.WithProfileFile(config.ProfileFile))
diff --git a/internal/adapters/promptkit/adapter_test.go b/internal/adapters/promptkit/adapter_test.go
index b84634c..723b407 100644
--- a/internal/adapters/promptkit/adapter_test.go
+++ b/internal/adapters/promptkit/adapter_test.go
@@ -102,6 +102,99 @@ func TestInspectPromptAndProfile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestEmbeddedProfilesAreAvailableToProductionAndTestAdapters(t *testing.T) {
+	adapter, err := New(Config{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("New() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, want := range []struct {
+		id      string
+		backend string
+		model   string
+	}{
+		{"weather-light", "openrouter", "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash"},
+		{"weather-balanced", "openrouter", "~google/gemini-flash-latest"},
+		{"weather-deep", "openrouter", "~anthropic/claude-sonnet-latest"},
+	} {
+		t.Run(want.id, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assertProfile(t, adapter, want.id, want.backend, want.model)
+		})
+	}
+
+	testAdapter, err := newAdapterForTest(Config{}, &fakeClient{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("newAdapterForTest() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	assertProfile(t, testAdapter, "weather-light", "openrouter", "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash")
+}
+
+func TestConfiguredProfilesOverrideEmbeddedFallbacks(t *testing.T) {
+	file := writeProfileFile(t, `id: weather-light
+endpoint: https://local-file.example/v1
+model: file-light
+`)
+	fileAdapter, err := New(Config{ProfileFile: file})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("New(profile file) error = %v", err)
+	}
+	assertProfile(t, fileAdapter, "weather-light", "", "file-light")
+
+	directory := testProfileDirectory(t, `id: weather-light
+backend: local
+model: directory-light
+`)
+	directoryAdapter, err := New(Config{ProfileDirectory: directory, LocalEndpoint: "https://local-directory.example/v1"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("New(profile directory) error = %v", err)
+	}
+	assertProfile(t, directoryAdapter, "weather-light", promptkit.BackendLocal, "directory-light")
+}
+
+func TestProfileResolutionFallsThroughOnlyWhenTheConfiguredIDIsAbsent(t *testing.T) {
+	absentAdapter, err := New(Config{ProfileDirectory: testProfileDirectory(t, `id: other-profile
+backend: openrouter
+model: other-model
+`)})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("New(absent profile) error = %v", err)
+	}
+	assertProfile(t, absentAdapter, "weather-light", "openrouter", "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash")
+
+	malformedAdapter, err := New(Config{ProfileDirectory: testProfileDirectory(t, `id: weather-light
+backend: openrouter
+`)})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("New(malformed profile) error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := malformedAdapter.InspectProfile(context.Background(), "weather-light"); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("InspectProfile() error = nil, want malformed configured profile error")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestProfileResolutionPreservesBuiltInAndExplicitPrecedence(t *testing.T) {
+	adapter, err := New(Config{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("New() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	builtin, err := adapter.InspectProfile(context.Background(), "gemini-flash-latest")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InspectProfile(builtin) error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if builtin.ProfileID != "gemini-flash-latest" || builtin.BackendID != "openrouter" || builtin.ModelName == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("builtin profile = %#v", builtin)
+	}
+
+	explicit, err := newAdapter(Config{}, promptkit.WithProfiles(promptkit.Profile{
+		ID:       "weather-light",
+		Endpoint: "https://explicit.example/v1",
+		Model:    "explicit-light",
+	}))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("newAdapter(explicit profile) error = %v", err)
+	}
+	assertProfile(t, explicit, "weather-light", "", "explicit-light")
+}
+
 func TestExecuteUsesPreparedInlineDataPackage(t *testing.T) {
 	client := &fakeClient{response: validResponse()}
 	adapter := newTestAdapter(t, client)
@@ -339,6 +432,17 @@ func newTestAdapter(t *testing.T, client promptkit.LLMClient) *Adapter {
 	return newTestAdapterWithOptions(t, client)
 }
 
+func assertProfile(t *testing.T, adapter *Adapter, id string, backend string, model string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	profile, err := adapter.InspectProfile(context.Background(), id)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InspectProfile(%q) error = %v", id, err)
+	}
+	if profile.ProfileID != id || profile.BackendID != backend || profile.ModelName != model {
+		t.Fatalf("profile = %#v, want %q with backend/model %q/%q", profile, id, backend, model)
+	}
+}
+
 func newTestAdapterWithOptions(t *testing.T, client promptkit.LLMClient, options ...promptkit.Option) *Adapter {
 	t.Helper()
 	profiles := testProfileDirectory(t, `id: test-profile
@@ -366,6 +470,15 @@ func testProfileDirectory(t *testing.T, profile string) string {
 	return profiles
 }
 
+func writeProfileFile(t *testing.T, profile string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "profile.yml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(profile), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write profile: %v", err)
+	}
+	return path
+}
+
 func testExecuteRequest() promptexec.ExecuteRequest {
 	return promptexec.ExecuteRequest{
 		PromptID:        "weather.daily_generated_text",