diff --git a/Justfile b/Justfile
index 1df444f37..9593db363 100644
--- a/Justfile
+++ b/Justfile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ test:
     bats tests/test_oem_brew.bats
     bats tests/test_hardware_hooks.bats
     bats tests/test_nvidia_flatpak_sync.bats
+    bats tests/test_dakota_countme.bats
 
 # Preview Bazaar config from this checkout on the local machine
 bazaar-preview:
diff --git a/docs/skills/image-registry.md b/docs/skills/image-registry.md
index 18e713fba..ad8fb68ed 100644
--- a/docs/skills/image-registry.md
+++ b/docs/skills/image-registry.md
@@ -101,11 +101,13 @@ The Containerfile pulls wallpaper artwork from `ghcr.io/ublue-os/bluefin-wallpap
 
 ## CountMe telemetry reporting
 
-Our images participate in Fedora's weekly CountMe telemetry to track installation statistics anonymously:
+Our images participate in weekly CountMe telemetry using coarse installation-age buckets:
 - **Bluefin & Bluefin LTS:** Handled by standard repository configuration, and since CentOS-based bootc images are broken with legacy rpm-ostree countme, they use a dnf5-based helper service.
-- **Dakota:** Since it is based on GNOME OS and has no standard rpm-ostree/dnf packages, it utilizes a custom weekly systemd service/timer (`bluefin-countme.timer` triggering `/usr/libexec/dakota-countme`).
-  - It generates and maintains an installation epoch cookie in `/var/lib/dakota-countme-epoch` to mimic Fedora's week-based age buckets.
-  - It performs a weekly query to Fedora's metalink using a `libdnf5`-format User Agent with `os_name="Dakota"` (e.g. `libdnf5/5.2.9 (Dakota;${VERSION_ID};${ARCH}) hawkey`).
+- **Dakota:** Since it is based on GNOME OS and has no standard rpm-ostree/dnf packages, it uses a production-grade client-server implementation:
+  - **Systemd units:** `dakota-countme.timer` and `dakota-countme.service`, centralized in `common/system_files/shared/`, trigger `/usr/libexec/dakota-countme`.
+  - **State directory:** Uses a secure systemd `StateDirectory=/var/lib/dakota-countme/` with `DynamicUser=yes`; the `epoch` and `lastrun` files are stored there to track installation age buckets.
+  - **Server & request format:** The client sends a GET request to our custom Cloudflare Worker at `https://countme.projectbluefin.io/metalink` with query parameters `repo`, `tag`, `flavor`, `arch`, and `countme`. Its `dakota-countme` User-Agent includes the image name, OS version, image flavor, and architecture. The client does not add a machine ID, hostname, username, or persistent token to those fields. Server-side request logging and source-IP retention are not specified in this repository.
+  - **Opt out:** Create `/etc/dakota-countme/disabled` (for example, `sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/dakota-countme && sudo touch /etc/dakota-countme/disabled`). Both the timer and service then skip execution; the script also exits before sending a request if invoked manually.
 
 ### Dashboard processing dependency
 
diff --git a/docs/skills/index.json b/docs/skills/index.json
index e41096127..1a57cfc0b 100644
--- a/docs/skills/index.json
+++ b/docs/skills/index.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "generated_at": "2026-07-30",
+  "generated_at": "2026-07-31",
   "schema_version": "1.0",
   "skills": [
     {
diff --git a/docs/skills/index.md b/docs/skills/index.md
index beeb1b8f3..45d122154 100644
--- a/docs/skills/index.md
+++ b/docs/skills/index.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 This file is a human-readable mirror of `index.json`. Both are generated by
 `scripts/generate_skill_index.py` — do not hand-edit either file.
 
-Generated: 2026-07-30 · schema 1.0 · 39 skills
+Generated: 2026-07-31 · schema 1.0 · 39 skills
 
 | id | category | status | one-line purpose |
 |---|---|---|---|
diff --git a/system_files/shared/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/03-dakota-countme.preset b/system_files/shared/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/03-dakota-countme.preset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0554d0f4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system_files/shared/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/03-dakota-countme.preset
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+enable dakota-countme.timer
diff --git a/system_files/shared/usr/lib/systemd/system/dakota-countme.service b/system_files/shared/usr/lib/systemd/system/dakota-countme.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ce17ebe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system_files/shared/usr/lib/systemd/system/dakota-countme.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Weekly Dakota Count Me telemetry reporting
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+ConditionPathExists=/run/ostree-booted
+ConditionPathExists=/usr/share/ublue-os/image-info.json
+ConditionPathExists=!/etc/dakota-countme/disabled
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+DynamicUser=yes
+StateDirectory=dakota-countme
+ExecStart=/usr/libexec/dakota-countme
diff --git a/system_files/shared/usr/lib/systemd/system/dakota-countme.timer b/system_files/shared/usr/lib/systemd/system/dakota-countme.timer
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae9dd1cea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system_files/shared/usr/lib/systemd/system/dakota-countme.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Weekly Dakota Count Me telemetry timer
+ConditionPathExists=/run/ostree-booted
+ConditionPathExists=/usr/share/ublue-os/image-info.json
+ConditionPathExists=!/etc/dakota-countme/disabled
+
+[Timer]
+OnBootSec=10m
+OnCalendar=weekly
+Persistent=true
+AccuracySec=1h
+RandomizedDelaySec=12h
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
diff --git a/system_files/shared/usr/libexec/dakota-countme b/system_files/shared/usr/libexec/dakota-countme
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5c7296ddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system_files/shared/usr/libexec/dakota-countme
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# /usr/libexec/dakota-countme
+# Weekly user-counting client for Dakota (bootc) systems
+set -euo pipefail
+
+DISABLED_FILE="${DISABLED_FILE:-/etc/dakota-countme/disabled}"
+IMAGE_INFO="${IMAGE_INFO:-/usr/share/ublue-os/image-info.json}"
+STATE_DIR="${STATE_DIRECTORY:-/var/lib/dakota-countme}"
+WEEK=604800
+
+# Allow users to opt out without disabling the timer.
+[ -e "$DISABLED_FILE" ] && exit 0
+
+if ! command -v jq >/dev/null; then
+    echo "dakota-countme: jq is unavailable; skipping telemetry" >&2
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if ! command -v curl >/dev/null; then
+    echo "dakota-countme: curl is unavailable; skipping telemetry" >&2
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+NOW=$(date +%s)
+
+# 1. Enforce that we are running on Dakota
+if [ ! -f "$IMAGE_INFO" ]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+IMAGE_NAME=$(jq -r '."image-name" // empty' "$IMAGE_INFO")
+if [ "$IMAGE_NAME" != "dakota" ]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Ensure state directory exists
+if [ ! -d "$STATE_DIR" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$STATE_DIR"
+fi
+
+EPOCH_FILE="${STATE_DIR}/epoch"
+LASTRUN_FILE="${STATE_DIR}/lastrun"
+
+# 2. Initialize epoch file on first run
+if [ ! -f "$EPOCH_FILE" ]; then
+    echo "$NOW" > "$EPOCH_FILE"
+fi
+EPOCH=$(cat "$EPOCH_FILE")
+
+# 3. Throttling: only run once per 7-day window
+if [ -f "$LASTRUN_FILE" ]; then
+    LASTRUN=$(cat "$LASTRUN_FILE")
+    if (( NOW - LASTRUN < WEEK )); then
+        exit 0
+    fi
+fi
+
+# 4. Compute Fedora-style week bucket
+# Source: https://github.com/fedora-infra/mirrors-countme#client-behavior--configuration
+WEEKS=$(( (NOW - EPOCH) / WEEK + 1 ))
+if (( WEEKS == 1 )); then
+    BUCKET=1    # First week
+elif (( WEEKS >= 2 && WEEKS <= 4 )); then
+    BUCKET=2    # First month (weeks 2-4)
+elif (( WEEKS >= 5 && WEEKS <= 24 )); then
+    BUCKET=3    # First 6 months (weeks 5-24)
+else
+    BUCKET=4    # >6 months
+fi
+
+# 5. Extract image metadata
+IMAGE_TAG=$(jq -r '."image-tag" // "unknown"' "$IMAGE_INFO")
+IMAGE_FLAVOR=$(jq -r '."image-flavor" // "unknown"' "$IMAGE_INFO")
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+OS_VERSION=$(grep '^VERSION_ID=' /etc/os-release | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '"' || echo "unknown")
+
+# 6. Formulate request
+USER_AGENT="dakota-countme (${IMAGE_NAME} ${OS_VERSION}; ${IMAGE_FLAVOR}; Linux.${ARCH})"
+URL="https://countme.projectbluefin.io/metalink?repo=${IMAGE_NAME}&tag=${IMAGE_TAG}&flavor=${IMAGE_FLAVOR}&arch=${ARCH}&countme=${BUCKET}"
+
+# 7. Ping the server (empty GET)
+if curl -sf --retry 3 --max-time 10 -H "User-Agent: ${USER_AGENT}" "$URL" >/dev/null; then
+    echo "$NOW" > "$LASTRUN_FILE"
+fi
diff --git a/tests/test_dakota_countme.bats b/tests/test_dakota_countme.bats
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..121f2968c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_dakota_countme.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+SCRIPT_UNDER_TEST="$BATS_TEST_DIRNAME/../system_files/shared/usr/libexec/dakota-countme"
+SERVICE_UNIT="$BATS_TEST_DIRNAME/../system_files/shared/usr/lib/systemd/system/dakota-countme.service"
+TIMER_UNIT="$BATS_TEST_DIRNAME/../system_files/shared/usr/lib/systemd/system/dakota-countme.timer"
+
+setup() {
+    WORKDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+    mkdir -p "${WORKDIR}/bin"
+}
+
+teardown() {
+    rm -rf "${WORKDIR}"
+}
+
+@test "dakota-countme: exits before checking dependencies when disabled" {
+    touch "${WORKDIR}/disabled"
+
+    run env PATH="${WORKDIR}/bin" DISABLED_FILE="${WORKDIR}/disabled" \
+        "${BASH}" "${SCRIPT_UNDER_TEST}"
+
+    [ "${status}" -eq 0 ]
+    [ -z "${output}" ]
+}
+
+@test "dakota-countme: safely skips when jq is unavailable" {
+    printf '%s\n' '#!/usr/bin/env bash' 'exit 0' > "${WORKDIR}/bin/curl"
+    chmod +x "${WORKDIR}/bin/curl"
+
+    run env PATH="${WORKDIR}/bin" "${BASH}" "${SCRIPT_UNDER_TEST}"
+
+    [ "${status}" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "${output}" == *"jq is unavailable; skipping telemetry"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "dakota-countme: safely skips when curl is unavailable" {
+    printf '%s\n' '#!/usr/bin/env bash' 'exit 0' > "${WORKDIR}/bin/jq"
+    chmod +x "${WORKDIR}/bin/jq"
+
+    run env PATH="${WORKDIR}/bin" "${BASH}" "${SCRIPT_UNDER_TEST}"
+
+    [ "${status}" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "${output}" == *"curl is unavailable; skipping telemetry"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "dakota-countme: units honor the documented opt-out file" {
+    grep -Fx 'ConditionPathExists=!/etc/dakota-countme/disabled' "${SERVICE_UNIT}"
+    grep -Fx 'ConditionPathExists=!/etc/dakota-countme/disabled' "${TIMER_UNIT}"
+}