diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18548cffb..782da954b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ Write the date in place of the "Unreleased" in the case a new version is release
 
 # Changelog
 
+## 2024-12-13
+
+### Added
+
+- Added a Helm chart with deployable default configuration
+
 ## 2024-12-09
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/docs/source/how-to/helm.md b/docs/source/how-to/helm.md
index 2fb8fc801..8912c269a 100644
--- a/docs/source/how-to/helm.md
+++ b/docs/source/how-to/helm.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Installing the Helm chart with default values:
 helm install tiled oci://ghcr.io/bluesky/charts/tiled
 ```
 
-This Helm chart additionally refers to, but does not install, a Secret that contains
+This Helm chart additionally refers to, but does not create, a Secret that contains
 the value to use as the API key. It is highly recommended to use a 
 [SealedSecret](https://github.com/bitnami-labs/sealed-secrets#readme) if kubeseal is
 available on the cluster you are installing into.
@@ -40,14 +40,17 @@ spec:
     tiled-secrets: AgCC...
 ```
 
-And either apply the SealedSecret to the cluster with kubernetes:
+Apply the SealedSecret to the cluster with kubernetes:
 
 ```sh
 kubectl apply -f secret.yaml
 ```
 
-Or add it to a chart that manages the deployment:
+## Further Configuration
 
+A common pattern for managing the configuration of a Helm chart is to wrap the config
+as another layer of chart, with the bundled instance configuration and the dependent
+charts kept under source control.
 
 ```
 (
@@ -55,4 +58,41 @@ Or add it to a chart that manages the deployment:
   | values.yaml
   | \templates
     | secret.yaml
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+  | .git
+```
+
+The dependent chart(s): tiled and any other services that *should live and die with the
+tiled instance* can be referenced from the Chart.yaml:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v2
+name: my-install-of-tiled
+description: tiled configured for use at...
+
+version: 0.1.0
+appVersion: v0.1.0b12
+
+type: application
+
+dependencies:
+# Fetches the tiled Helm chart with version 0.1.0
+  - name: tiled
+    version: "0.1.0"
+    repository: "oci://ghcr.io/bluesky/charts"
+```
+
+While overrides for the bundled values.yaml in each dependency chart can be passed
+as part of the values.yaml.
+
+Note that the `name` in the `dependencies` in the Chart.yaml give the top-level key
+to use in the values.yaml:
+
+```yaml
+tiled:
+  # This is mounted as config.yaml to the tiled container
+  # Replacing `config` value in the helm/tiled/values.yaml file in this repository
+  config: {}
+```
+
+Additional templates to be deployed alongside the tiled server can be defined- for
+example the SealedSecret defined above.
diff --git a/docs/source/index.md b/docs/source/index.md
index 2940cfd3f..a8947403c 100644
--- a/docs/source/index.md
+++ b/docs/source/index.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ tutorials/plotly-integration
 how-to/profiles
 how-to/client-logger
 how-to/docker
+how-to/helm
 how-to/configuration
 how-to/read-custom-formats
 how-to/custom-export-formats