diff --git a/evalharness/config/gen_profiles.yaml b/evalharness/config/gen_profiles.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb1fe27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evalharness/config/gen_profiles.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Generation-parameter profiles (YAML).
+# Usage: evalharness eval run <bench> --model ... --profile <name>
+# Resolution: DatasetSpec.gen_config < profile.default < profile.<bench> < gen_kwargs
+
+dp4-nothink:
+  default: {temperature: 0.0, max_tokens: 32768, top_p: 1.0}
+
+qwen3-es-parity:
+  default: {temperature: 0.0, max_tokens: 32768}
+  simple_qa: {max_tokens: 1024}
+  hle: {max_tokens: 8192}
+  gpqa_diamond: {temperature: 1.0, max_tokens: 8192}
+  aime24: {temperature: 1.0, max_tokens: 8192}
+  aime25: {temperature: 1.0, max_tokens: 8192}
+  aime26: {temperature: 1.0, max_tokens: 8192}
+  hmmt26: {temperature: 1.0, max_tokens: 8192}
+  imo_answerbench: {temperature: 1.0, max_tokens: 8192}
+
+glm53-nothink:
+  default: {temperature: 0.0, max_tokens: 8192, top_p: 1.0}
+  aime24: {temperature: 1.0, max_tokens: 8192}
+  aime25: {temperature: 1.0, max_tokens: 8192}
+  aime26: {temperature: 1.0, max_tokens: 8192}
+  hmmt26: {temperature: 1.0, max_tokens: 8192}
+  imo_answerbench: {temperature: 1.0, max_tokens: 8192}
+  gpqa_diamond: {temperature: 1.0, max_tokens: 8192}
+  humaneval: {temperature: 1.0, max_tokens: 32768}
+  live_code_bench: {temperature: 1.0, max_tokens: 32768}
+
+t1-short:
+  default: {temperature: 1.0, max_tokens: 8192, top_p: 1.0}
diff --git a/evalharness/model/gen_profiles.py b/evalharness/model/gen_profiles.py
index f41dda8..262cba6 100644
--- a/evalharness/model/gen_profiles.py
+++ b/evalharness/model/gen_profiles.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ def _candidate_yaml_paths():
     if env:
         paths.append(Path(env))
     paths.append(Path('gen_profiles.yaml'))
+    paths.append(Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'config' / 'gen_profiles.yaml')
     paths.append(Path.home() / '.config' / 'evalharness' / 'gen_profiles.yaml')
     return paths