diff --git a/automations.yaml b/automations.yaml
index 2c2cc43..6facb31 100644
--- a/automations.yaml
+++ b/automations.yaml
@@ -688,3 +688,16 @@
       data:
         title: POST-DEPLOY VALIDATION FAILED
         message: "Missing/stale: {{ bad_list | join(', ') }}"
+- id: pfv_kuma_heartbeat
+  alias: PFV Kuma heartbeat (dead-man)
+  description: >
+    Pushes OK to the out-of-band Uptime Kuma every 5 minutes (#792).
+    Kuma pages the founder directly if heartbeats stop — the alert path
+    that works when HA itself is the failure.
+  mode: single
+  max_exceeded: silent
+  triggers:
+  - trigger: time_pattern
+    minutes: /5
+  actions:
+  - action: shell_command.kuma_ha_heartbeat
diff --git a/packages/deploy_pipeline.yaml b/packages/deploy_pipeline.yaml
index da5337d..a9d8c5a 100644
--- a/packages/deploy_pipeline.yaml
+++ b/packages/deploy_pipeline.yaml
@@ -19,3 +19,10 @@ rest:
 
 # E2E self-deploy proof commit [#734] - if you can read this in /config,
 # the sha-watch deployed it autonomously.
+
+# Dead-man heartbeat (#792): pushes OK to the out-of-band Uptime Kuma
+# (Cloudron, status.knownelement.com) every 5 minutes. If HA stops
+# pushing — crash, wedge, power loss, network partition — Kuma pages
+# the founder's phone directly. No HA in the alert loop.
+shell_command:
+  kuma_ha_heartbeat: 'curl -sS -m 15 "{{ kuma_push_url }}"'