diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend.yml b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
index 27bac0705..afcc674d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ jobs:
             backend/coverage/lcov-report
           if-no-files-found: error
 
-  # Turns the coverage artifact into an SVG badge (scripts/coverage-report.mjs, no dependencies,
-  # no external service) and force-pushes it — plus the raw summary — to the orphan `badges`
-  # branch as a single commit, with the workflow's own GITHUB_TOKEN. README.md embeds it from
-  # https://github.com/rocket-admin/rocketadmin/raw/badges/backend-coverage.svg.
+  # Turns the coverage artifact into a Markdown report (metrics table) plus an SVG badge
+  # (scripts/coverage-report.mjs, no dependencies, no external service) and force-pushes them —
+  # with the raw summary — to the orphan `badges` branch as a single commit, with the workflow's
+  # own GITHUB_TOKEN. README.md links to the report (a link never renders as a broken image; the
+  # branch only exists after the first main build).
   coverage-badge:
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     needs: test
@@ -56,16 +57,14 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p badges
           node scripts/coverage-report.mjs badge coverage-artifact/coverage-summary.json badges/backend-coverage.svg "backend coverage"
           cp coverage-artifact/coverage-summary.json badges/backend-coverage-summary.json
-          pct=$(node -e "console.log(require('./badges/backend-coverage-summary.json').total.lines.pct.toFixed(1))")
           {
-            echo "# Coverage badges"
+            echo "# Test coverage"
             echo
             echo "Generated by \`.github/workflows/backend.yml\` (job \`coverage-badge\`) for"
             echo "\`${GITHUB_SHA}\` on $(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ). Do not edit — every run replaces this branch."
+            echo "Per-file detail: the \`coverage-backend\` artifact (lcov + HTML report) of that run."
             echo
-            echo "| Package | Lines |"
-            echo "| --- | --- |"
-            echo "| backend | ${pct}% |"
+            node scripts/coverage-report.mjs markdown backend badges/backend-coverage-summary.json
           } > badges/README.md
       - name: publish to the badges branch
         env:
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 34eaf0293..5dad2c029 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ runs as `appuser`, which is why the `Dockerfile` pre-creates `/app/backend/cover
 
 CI (`.github/workflows/backend.yml`): the `test` job runs `just test-coverage`, writes a lines / statements /
 functions / branches table to the job summary (`scripts/coverage-report.mjs markdown`) and uploads
-`coverage-backend` as an artifact; on push to `main` the `coverage-badge` job renders the SVG badge at the top of
-`README.md` (`scripts/coverage-report.mjs badge`) and force-pushes it to the orphan `badges` branch using the
-workflow's own `GITHUB_TOKEN` — no external service or secret. No minimum coverage is enforced; a gate is
+`coverage-backend` as an artifact; on push to `main` the `coverage-badge` job writes the metrics table that the
+top of `README.md` links to (plus an SVG badge, `scripts/coverage-report.mjs`) and force-pushes it to the orphan
+`badges` branch using the workflow's own `GITHUB_TOKEN` — no external service or secret. A link rather than an
+embedded image: the image is broken until that branch exists. No minimum coverage is enforced; a gate is
 `"check-coverage": true` plus `"lines": <percent>` in `backend/.c8rc.json`.
 
 ### Migrations
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 34eaf0293..5dad2c029 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ runs as `appuser`, which is why the `Dockerfile` pre-creates `/app/backend/cover
 
 CI (`.github/workflows/backend.yml`): the `test` job runs `just test-coverage`, writes a lines / statements /
 functions / branches table to the job summary (`scripts/coverage-report.mjs markdown`) and uploads
-`coverage-backend` as an artifact; on push to `main` the `coverage-badge` job renders the SVG badge at the top of
-`README.md` (`scripts/coverage-report.mjs badge`) and force-pushes it to the orphan `badges` branch using the
-workflow's own `GITHUB_TOKEN` — no external service or secret. No minimum coverage is enforced; a gate is
+`coverage-backend` as an artifact; on push to `main` the `coverage-badge` job writes the metrics table that the
+top of `README.md` links to (plus an SVG badge, `scripts/coverage-report.mjs`) and force-pushes it to the orphan
+`badges` branch using the workflow's own `GITHUB_TOKEN` — no external service or secret. A link rather than an
+embedded image: the image is broken until that branch exists. No minimum coverage is enforced; a gate is
 `"check-coverage": true` plus `"lines": <percent>` in `backend/.c8rc.json`.
 
 ### Migrations
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b9721312d..218628d93 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## Rocket Admin
 
-[![backend test coverage](https://github.com/rocket-admin/rocketadmin/raw/badges/backend-coverage.svg)](https://github.com/rocket-admin/rocketadmin/actions/workflows/backend.yml)
+**Backend test coverage:** [latest report](https://github.com/rocket-admin/rocketadmin/blob/badges/README.md)
+(rewritten on every `main` build by the [backend workflow](https://github.com/rocket-admin/rocketadmin/actions/workflows/backend.yml))
 
 ![720](https://github.com/rocket-admin/rocketadmin/assets/75169/31f1ac1b-ded0-40b6-984a-e50a3ddc4ee2)