diff --git a/ansible/inventory/host_vars/caliban.incus.yml b/ansible/inventory/host_vars/caliban.incus.yml
index 4b773f7..0ad8bba 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory/host_vars/caliban.incus.yml
+++ b/ansible/inventory/host_vars/caliban.incus.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ rommie_ground_url: "http://pan.helu.ca:22076"
 rommie_ground_model: "UI-TARS-7B-DPO-Q6_K_L.gguf"
 rommie_grounding_width: 1024
 rommie_grounding_height: 1024
+# get_screenshot output for the parent agent (Agent S autonomous capture unaffected)
+rommie_screenshot_jpeg_quality: 80
+rommie_screenshot_max_kb: 512
 
 # FreeCAD Robust MCP Server Configuration
 freecad_mcp_user: harper
diff --git a/ansible/rommie/.env.j2 b/ansible/rommie/.env.j2
index 9ea08df..90f5e2b 100644
--- a/ansible/rommie/.env.j2
+++ b/ansible/rommie/.env.j2
@@ -30,3 +30,10 @@ ROMMIE_GROUNDING_HEIGHT={{ rommie_grounding_height | default(1024) }}
 ROMMIE_HOST={{ rommie_host | default('0.0.0.0') }}
 ROMMIE_PORT={{ rommie_port }}
 ROMMIE_ALLOWED_HOSTS={{ rommie_allowed_hosts }}
+
+# ============================================================================
+# get_screenshot (parent-agent) output
+# JPEG-encode and refuse if over the cap (asks operator to lower RDP resolution)
+# ============================================================================
+ROMMIE_SCREENSHOT_JPEG_QUALITY={{ rommie_screenshot_jpeg_quality | default(80) }}
+ROMMIE_SCREENSHOT_MAX_KB={{ rommie_screenshot_max_kb | default(512) }}
diff --git a/ansible/rommie/deploy.yml b/ansible/rommie/deploy.yml
index cf4d1a4..e27f861 100644
--- a/ansible/rommie/deploy.yml
+++ b/ansible/rommie/deploy.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
         src: .env.j2
         dest: "{{rommie_repo}}/.env"
         mode: '0600'
+      notify:
+        - Restart rommie
 
     - name: Deploy Rommie systemd service
       template: