diff --git a/modules/amqp-ping/Dockerfile b/modules/amqp-ping/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f377a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/amqp-ping/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# amqp-ping's runtime: the tool runtime, carrying this module's compiled code.
+#
+# **Built from this module's own directory and nothing else.** The sdk and the tool runtime are not
+# copied out of neighbouring checkouts — they are in the base image, which is published like any
+# other artifact. That is what makes this buildable by the mesh from a repository and a path
+# (novox/hq ADR 0069) rather than only on a workstation that happens to have the siblings.
+#
+# The base is named by ARG so it can be pinned to a digest the mesh's registry assigned. A tag here
+# would make the runtime's contents depend on what somebody last pushed under that name.
+ARG RUNTIME_BASE=127.0.0.1:5000/mesh-tool-runtime@sha256:d4d793c828a5f563fdd8f49e5c6026d17b308a3f7a13c589849188362e4c7415
+
+FROM ${RUNTIME_BASE} AS build
+# Compiled under /app/modules, so resolving `@novox/mesh-sdk` walks up to the base's own
+# node_modules — the module is compiled against exactly the sdk it will run against.
+WORKDIR /app/modules/amqp-ping
+COPY . .
+# The compiler is invoked by its real path, not through node_modules/.bin. Those are symlinks to
+# a launcher that requires its library relatively, and the base image resolves them when copying —
+# leaving a launcher whose relative require no longer points at anything.
+RUN node /app/node_modules/typescript/bin/tsc client.ts index.ts \
+      --module NodeNext --moduleResolution NodeNext --target ES2022 --outDir dist
+
+FROM ${RUNTIME_BASE}
+COPY --from=build /app/modules/amqp-ping/dist /app/modules/amqp-ping/dist
+# Declared rather than derived from which files happen to exist: the module knows what it serves.
+ENV MESH_TOOL_MODULES=/app/modules/amqp-ping/dist/index.js
diff --git a/modules/amqp-ping/module.json b/modules/amqp-ping/module.json
index ab4a0cb..4740226 100644
--- a/modules/amqp-ping/module.json
+++ b/modules/amqp-ping/module.json
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
       "id": "runtime",
       "type": "container",
       "name": "amqp-ping",
-      "image": "mesh-runtime-amqp-ping@sha256:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
       "network": "amqp-ping",
       "env-file": [
         "/var/lib/amqp-ping/amqp.env"
@@ -58,7 +57,17 @@
       ],
       "restart-on": [
         "amqp-env"
-      ]
+      ],
+      "artifact": "runtime"
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "build": {
+    "artifacts": [
+      {
+        "name": "runtime",
+        "kind": "image",
+        "from": "Dockerfile"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
 }