diff --git a/.gitlab/tests/cram/README.md b/.gitlab/tests/cram/README.md
index 0f61e15890..02bc37ae22 100644
--- a/.gitlab/tests/cram/README.md
+++ b/.gitlab/tests/cram/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ The `smoke` and `hw_only` sets are reserved for the upcoming QEMU testbed lane
 excluded from the QEMU candidate set. The lint validates both sets; hardware
 jobs do not use them.
 
+## Feed pin layout
+
+The `feed_amx`, `feed_prplmesh`, and `feed_prplos` pins live in
+`profiles/feed_amx.yml`, `profiles/feed_prplmesh.yml`, and
+`profiles/feed_prplos.yml`. `profiles/prpl_core.yml` includes those profiles,
+so builds still receive the same feeds while a feed-only bump has its own
+changed path. Keep each feed pin in its dedicated profile; the selection matrix
+uses those paths to distinguish full, prplMesh, and prplOS coverage.
+
 ## Scripts
 
 - `cram_component_bucketing.py` provides the shared manifest, collection, glob
diff --git a/profiles/feed_amx.yml b/profiles/feed_amx.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b720e3ea27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/feed_amx.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+feeds:
+  - name: feed_amx
+    uri: https://gitlab.com/prpl-foundation/prplos/feeds/feed_amx.git
+    revision: main@077495621990fcdf2e2fbc277ccd508391ee3975
diff --git a/profiles/feed_prplmesh.yml b/profiles/feed_prplmesh.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16aed510e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/feed_prplmesh.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+feeds:
+  - name: feed_prplmesh
+    uri: https://gitlab.com/prpl-foundation/prplos/feeds/feed-prplmesh.git
+    revision: main@af298bb28afbc83168b9217eec17d6099b80a0b7
diff --git a/profiles/feed_prplos.yml b/profiles/feed_prplos.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23e9fa9040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/feed_prplos.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+feeds:
+  - name: feed_prplos
+    uri: https://gitlab.com/prpl-foundation/prplos/feeds/feed-prplos.git
+    revision: main@5887d447a41a38bdb306602e73ba04b0b1d14501
diff --git a/profiles/prpl_core.yml b/profiles/prpl_core.yml
index 15f75c5bb1..b01ad93cca 100644
--- a/profiles/prpl_core.yml
+++ b/profiles/prpl_core.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,9 @@
 ---
 description: A minimal set of prpl packages and configs (no WAN support, no LCM, no management) common to prpl device classes (Gateway, Extender, ...)
-feeds:
-  - name: feed_amx
-    uri: https://gitlab.com/prpl-foundation/prplos/feeds/feed_amx.git
-    revision: main@077495621990fcdf2e2fbc277ccd508391ee3975
-
-  - name: feed_prplmesh
-    uri: https://gitlab.com/prpl-foundation/prplos/feeds/feed-prplmesh.git
-    revision: main@af298bb28afbc83168b9217eec17d6099b80a0b7
-
-  - name: feed_prplos
-    uri: https://gitlab.com/prpl-foundation/prplos/feeds/feed-prplos.git
-    revision: main@5887d447a41a38bdb306602e73ba04b0b1d14501
+include:
+  - feed_amx
+  - feed_prplmesh
+  - feed_prplos
 
 additional_packages:
   - feed: packages