diff --git a/command-center-sdk/CHANGELOG.md b/command-center-sdk/CHANGELOG.md
index 0db7606e..3f7178c2 100644
--- a/command-center-sdk/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/command-center-sdk/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- **`EntitySummary` takes a `titleLead`.** A detail page can show the entity's icon or avatar
+  before the summary title, at the size the host chooses. The lead and the title sit in a new
+  `cc-entity-summary__heading` row, and a lead that renders nothing takes no space. Without
+  `titleLead` the title renders exactly as before.
+
 ## 0.5.17
 
 Compatibility axes: the packaged skill `general/maintain-command-center-code-repository`. No npm
diff --git a/command-center-sdk/docs/resources.md b/command-center-sdk/docs/resources.md
index f2324060..ce18f3df 100644
--- a/command-center-sdk/docs/resources.md
+++ b/command-center-sdk/docs/resources.md
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ export function ServiceDetail({ service }: { service: Service }) {
       headerActions={<Button onClick={() => openEditDialog(service)}>Edit</Button>}
       summary={
         <EntitySummary
+          titleLead={<ServiceIcon service={service} />}
           summary={{
             entity: { id: service.uid, type: "service", title: service.name },
             badges: [{ key: "status", label: service.status }],
diff --git a/command-center-sdk/src/views/EntitySummary.client.test.tsx b/command-center-sdk/src/views/EntitySummary.client.test.tsx
index c718dfa6..15772318 100644
--- a/command-center-sdk/src/views/EntitySummary.client.test.tsx
+++ b/command-center-sdk/src/views/EntitySummary.client.test.tsx
@@ -55,4 +55,32 @@ describe("EntitySummary field information", () => {
     await act(async () => toggle.click());
     expect(container.querySelector(".cc-entity-summary__info-note")).toBeNull();
   });
+
+  it("puts the title lead before the title and leaves the title alone without one", async () => {
+    const container = document.createElement("div");
+    document.body.append(container);
+    const root = createRoot(container);
+    roots.push(root);
+    const summary = {
+      entity: { id: "agent-1", type: "agent", title: "Tutorial Helper" },
+      badges: [],
+      inline_fields: [],
+      highlight_fields: [],
+      stats: [],
+    };
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      root.render(<EntitySummary summary={summary} titleLead={<img alt="" data-testid="lead" />} />);
+    });
+    const heading = container.querySelector(".cc-entity-summary__heading")!;
+    expect(heading.firstElementChild?.className).toBe("cc-entity-summary__title-lead");
+    expect(heading.querySelector("[data-testid='lead']")).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(heading.querySelector("h2")?.textContent).toBe("Tutorial Helper");
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      root.render(<EntitySummary summary={summary} />);
+    });
+    expect(container.querySelector(".cc-entity-summary__heading")).toBeNull();
+    expect(container.querySelector(".cc-entity-summary__identity > h2")?.textContent).toBe("Tutorial Helper");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/command-center-sdk/src/views/EntitySummary.tsx b/command-center-sdk/src/views/EntitySummary.tsx
index e1a20178..a9e63b94 100644
--- a/command-center-sdk/src/views/EntitySummary.tsx
+++ b/command-center-sdk/src/views/EntitySummary.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ export interface EntitySummaryProps {
   onLinkSelect?: (url: string, item: EntitySummaryItem) => void;
   onRemoveLabel?: (label: string) => Promise<void> | void;
   onLabelMutationError?: (error: unknown) => void;
+  /**
+   * Shown before the title, usually the entity's icon or avatar. The host sizes it; a lead that
+   * renders nothing takes no space.
+   */
+  titleLead?: ReactNode;
 }
 
 function getValue(value: unknown): string {
@@ -128,6 +133,7 @@ export function EntitySummary({
   onRemoveLabel,
   renderFieldLead,
   summary,
+  titleLead,
 }: EntitySummaryProps) {
   const summaryLabels = summary.label_management?.labels ?? summary.labels ?? [];
   const [labels, setLabels] = useState(summaryLabels);
@@ -194,7 +200,14 @@ export function EntitySummary({
     <section className="cc-entity-summary">
       <div className="cc-entity-summary__top">
         <div className="cc-entity-summary__identity">
-          <h2>{summary.entity.title}</h2>
+          {titleLead ? (
+            <div className="cc-entity-summary__heading">
+              <span className="cc-entity-summary__title-lead">{titleLead}</span>
+              <h2>{summary.entity.title}</h2>
+            </div>
+          ) : (
+            <h2>{summary.entity.title}</h2>
+          )}
           <div className="cc-entity-summary__inline-fields">
             {summary.inline_fields.map((field) => {
               const value = getValue(field.value);
diff --git a/command-center-sdk/src/views/README.md b/command-center-sdk/src/views/README.md
index 6a073f3f..0a70c1fc 100644
--- a/command-center-sdk/src/views/README.md
+++ b/command-center-sdk/src/views/README.md
@@ -138,4 +138,5 @@ fitting rules are pure functions in `detail-tab-layout.ts`, and its More menu is
 in action mode. Hosts resolve tabs once with `resolveResourceDetailTabs` from `/resource`, which is
 the only place `isVisible` and function-valued `disabled` run, and switch the body on that result. `EntitySummary` and `CollapsedEntitySummary` render normalized backend-neutral summary
 data; hosts contribute icons, link handling, editing, label mutations, and notifications through
-callbacks. No view in this module knows a consumer endpoint or application-owned search parameter.
+callbacks. `EntitySummary`'s `titleLead` puts a host node, such as the entity's icon, before the
+title; the host sizes it, and a lead that renders nothing takes no space. No view in this module knows a consumer endpoint or application-owned search parameter.
diff --git a/command-center-sdk/styles.css b/command-center-sdk/styles.css
index ff7c6d90..a152fafa 100644
--- a/command-center-sdk/styles.css
+++ b/command-center-sdk/styles.css
@@ -921,6 +921,22 @@ h3),
   min-width: 0;
 }
 
+.cc-entity-summary__heading {
+  align-items: center;
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 0.6rem;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.cc-entity-summary__title-lead {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+
+.cc-entity-summary__title-lead:empty {
+  display: none;
+}
+
 .cc-entity-summary h2 {
   font-size: var(--font-size-markdown-h1);
   font-weight: var(--font-weight-semibold);