diff --git a/workspace-server/internal/handlers/agent_git_identity.go b/workspace-server/internal/handlers/agent_git_identity.go
index 929160dfb..abd44592c 100644
--- a/workspace-server/internal/handlers/agent_git_identity.go
+++ b/workspace-server/internal/handlers/agent_git_identity.go
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ var gitIdentitySlugPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`[^a-z0-9]+`)
 // docs/authorship.md (when it exists).
 const gitIdentityEmailDomain = "agents.moleculesai.app"
 
+// gitAskpassHelperPath is the in-container path of the askpass helper
+// installed by every workspace runtime image (workspace/Dockerfile in
+// molecule-core; scripts/git-askpass.sh → /usr/local/bin/molecule-askpass
+// in each external template-* repo). The helper reads GIT_HTTP_USERNAME
+// / GIT_HTTP_PASSWORD (falling back to GITEA_USER / GITEA_TOKEN) from
+// env and emits them on the git credential-prompt protocol. Setting
+// GIT_ASKPASS to this path is what wires container-side HTTPS git auth
+// to the persona credentials already arriving via workspace_secrets,
+// with no on-disk .gitconfig / .git-credentials mutation required.
+const gitAskpassHelperPath = "/usr/local/bin/molecule-askpass"
+
 // applyAgentGitIdentity sets GIT_AUTHOR_* / GIT_COMMITTER_* env vars so
 // every commit from this workspace container carries a distinct author
 // in `git log` and `git blame`. Git reads these env vars before falling
@@ -50,6 +61,34 @@ func applyAgentGitIdentity(envVars map[string]string, workspaceName string) {
 	setIfEmpty(envVars, "GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL", authorEmail)
 	setIfEmpty(envVars, "GIT_COMMITTER_NAME", authorName)
 	setIfEmpty(envVars, "GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL", authorEmail)
+
+	applyGitAskpass(envVars)
+}
+
+// applyGitAskpass points git at the in-image askpass helper so that any
+// HTTPS git operation against a remote without a pre-configured
+// credential.helper picks up the persona credentials already present in
+// the container env (GIT_HTTP_USERNAME / GIT_HTTP_PASSWORD, or
+// GITEA_USER / GITEA_TOKEN as fallback — the latter pair is what
+// loadPersonaEnvFile delivers from the operator-host bootstrap kit).
+//
+// Idempotent: if GIT_ASKPASS is already set (e.g. by an operator-
+// supplied workspace_secret or an env-mutator plugin), the existing
+// value wins. This lets a workspace opt out by setting GIT_ASKPASS=""
+// or pointing at a different helper.
+//
+// No vendor-specific behaviour lives in this function — the host the
+// credentials apply to is determined entirely by the deployer choosing
+// when to populate GIT_HTTP_USERNAME / GIT_HTTP_PASSWORD (or
+// GITEA_USER / GITEA_TOKEN). The helper script itself is generic and
+// has no hardcoded hostnames, so it's safe to ship inside the
+// open-source workspace template images alongside the platform-managed
+// claude-code image.
+func applyGitAskpass(envVars map[string]string) {
+	if envVars == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	setIfEmpty(envVars, "GIT_ASKPASS", gitAskpassHelperPath)
 }
 
 // slugifyForEmail collapses a workspace name to a safe email localpart:
diff --git a/workspace-server/internal/handlers/agent_git_identity_test.go b/workspace-server/internal/handlers/agent_git_identity_test.go
index 1d7b7dc04..30ff136a0 100644
--- a/workspace-server/internal/handlers/agent_git_identity_test.go
+++ b/workspace-server/internal/handlers/agent_git_identity_test.go
@@ -75,6 +75,53 @@ func TestApplyAgentGitIdentity_NilMapIsSafe(t *testing.T) {
 	applyAgentGitIdentity(nil, "PM")
 }
 
+func TestApplyAgentGitIdentity_SetsGitAskpass(t *testing.T) {
+	// GIT_ASKPASS is what wires container-side HTTPS git auth to the
+	// persona credentials (GITEA_USER/GITEA_TOKEN, etc.) that
+	// loadPersonaEnvFile delivers via workspace_secrets. Without this,
+	// `git push` inside the container would fall through to interactive
+	// prompts (impossible) or a missing credential.helper (401).
+	env := map[string]string{}
+	applyAgentGitIdentity(env, "Frontend Engineer")
+	if env["GIT_ASKPASS"] != "/usr/local/bin/molecule-askpass" {
+		t.Errorf("GIT_ASKPASS: got %q, want %q",
+			env["GIT_ASKPASS"], "/usr/local/bin/molecule-askpass")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestApplyAgentGitIdentity_RespectsAskpassOverride(t *testing.T) {
+	// A workspace_secret or env-mutator plugin must be able to point at
+	// a custom askpass helper without us clobbering it. Symmetric with
+	// the GIT_AUTHOR_NAME override test above.
+	env := map[string]string{
+		"GIT_ASKPASS": "/opt/custom/askpass",
+	}
+	applyAgentGitIdentity(env, "Backend Engineer")
+	if env["GIT_ASKPASS"] != "/opt/custom/askpass" {
+		t.Errorf("GIT_ASKPASS should not be overwritten, got %q", env["GIT_ASKPASS"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestApplyAgentGitIdentity_AskpassSkippedOnEmptyName(t *testing.T) {
+	// The empty-name early-return covers GIT_ASKPASS too — a provisioning
+	// glitch that dropped the workspace name shouldn't half-configure the
+	// container (identity vars empty but askpass wired). All-or-nothing.
+	env := map[string]string{}
+	applyAgentGitIdentity(env, "")
+	if _, ok := env["GIT_ASKPASS"]; ok {
+		t.Errorf("empty name should not set GIT_ASKPASS, got %q", env["GIT_ASKPASS"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestApplyGitAskpass_NilMapIsSafe(t *testing.T) {
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			t.Errorf("applyGitAskpass panicked on nil map: %v", r)
+		}
+	}()
+	applyGitAskpass(nil)
+}
+
 func TestSlugifyForEmail(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		in, want string
diff --git a/workspace-server/internal/handlers/org_helpers.go b/workspace-server/internal/handlers/org_helpers.go
index a7fdd52c8..eb13ca246 100644
--- a/workspace-server/internal/handlers/org_helpers.go
+++ b/workspace-server/internal/handlers/org_helpers.go
@@ -218,6 +218,14 @@ func loadWorkspaceEnv(orgBaseDir, filesDir string) map[string]string {
 // check, or when the env file does not exist (workspaces without a role —
 // or running on hosts that don't ship the bootstrap dir — keep their old
 // behavior).
+//
+// Token-file fallback: the newer prod-team personas (agent-dev-a,
+// agent-dev-b, agent-pm) ship `token` + `universal-auth.env` only — no
+// legacy plaintext `env` file. When the env-file load produces zero rows,
+// loadPersonaTokenFile fills in GITEA_TOKEN / GITEA_USER / GITEA_USER_EMAIL
+// from the token file so the GIT_ASKPASS helper has something to emit.
+// The env-file form remains authoritative when present (it may carry
+// richer rows like GITEA_TOKEN_SCOPES / GITEA_SSH_KEY_PATH).
 func loadPersonaEnvFile(role string, out map[string]string) {
 	if !isSafeRoleName(role) {
 		if role != "" {
@@ -229,7 +237,61 @@ func loadPersonaEnvFile(role string, out map[string]string) {
 	if root == "" {
 		root = "/etc/molecule-bootstrap/personas"
 	}
+	before := len(out)
 	parseEnvFile(filepath.Join(root, role, "env"), out)
+	if len(out) == before {
+		// No env-file rows landed (file absent, or present-but-empty).
+		// Try the token-only persona shape used by the prod-team
+		// identities. Existing keys in out are preserved.
+		loadPersonaTokenFile(role, out)
+	}
+}
+
+// loadPersonaTokenFile populates GITEA_TOKEN / GITEA_USER / GITEA_USER_EMAIL
+// from a persona dir that ships only the bare `token` file — the shape used
+// by the production agent personas (agent-dev-a, agent-dev-b, agent-pm).
+// Those dirs do not carry an `env` file because their non-Gitea creds come
+// from Infisical Universal Auth at runtime (universal-auth.env), so the
+// historical loadPersonaEnvFile path silently no-ops on them.
+//
+// File layout: $MOLECULE_PERSONA_ROOT/<role>/token (mode 600, plain text).
+// The token contents become GITEA_TOKEN (whitespace-trimmed); the role
+// name becomes GITEA_USER; GITEA_USER_EMAIL is synthesised as
+// <role>@<gitIdentityEmailDomain> to match the email shape that
+// applyAgentGitIdentity uses for its slug-derived authorship addresses.
+//
+// Silent no-op when the role fails the safe-segment check, when the
+// token file does not exist, or when its contents are empty after
+// trimming. Existing keys in out are not overwritten — the caller's
+// later .env layers and any prior loadPersonaEnvFile rows always win.
+func loadPersonaTokenFile(role string, out map[string]string) {
+	if out == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if !isSafeRoleName(role) {
+		return
+	}
+	root := os.Getenv("MOLECULE_PERSONA_ROOT")
+	if root == "" {
+		root = "/etc/molecule-bootstrap/personas"
+	}
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(root, role, "token"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	token := strings.TrimSpace(string(data))
+	if token == "" {
+		return
+	}
+	if _, ok := out["GITEA_TOKEN"]; !ok {
+		out["GITEA_TOKEN"] = token
+	}
+	if _, ok := out["GITEA_USER"]; !ok {
+		out["GITEA_USER"] = role
+	}
+	if _, ok := out["GITEA_USER_EMAIL"]; !ok {
+		out["GITEA_USER_EMAIL"] = role + "@" + gitIdentityEmailDomain
+	}
 }
 
 // isSafeRoleName accepts a single path segment of [A-Za-z0-9_-]+. Rejects
diff --git a/workspace-server/internal/handlers/org_persona_env_test.go b/workspace-server/internal/handlers/org_persona_env_test.go
index 0a48c66eb..1bca7be73 100644
--- a/workspace-server/internal/handlers/org_persona_env_test.go
+++ b/workspace-server/internal/handlers/org_persona_env_test.go
@@ -164,3 +164,181 @@ func TestIsSafeRoleName_Acceptance(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// TestLoadPersonaTokenFile_TokenOnlyPersona: the prod-team personas
+// (agent-dev-a / agent-dev-b / agent-pm) ship `token` only — no `env`
+// file. loadPersonaEnvFile's fallback path must populate GITEA_TOKEN /
+// GITEA_USER / GITEA_USER_EMAIL from the token contents + role name so
+// the GIT_ASKPASS helper has something to emit.
+func TestLoadPersonaTokenFile_TokenOnlyPersona(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	roleDir := filepath.Join(root, "agent-dev-a")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(roleDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(roleDir, "token"),
+		[]byte("token-bytes-redacted\n"), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Setenv("MOLECULE_PERSONA_ROOT", root)
+
+	out := map[string]string{}
+	loadPersonaEnvFile("agent-dev-a", out)
+
+	want := map[string]string{
+		"GITEA_TOKEN":      "token-bytes-redacted",
+		"GITEA_USER":       "agent-dev-a",
+		"GITEA_USER_EMAIL": "agent-dev-a@" + gitIdentityEmailDomain,
+	}
+	if len(out) != len(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d keys, want %d: %#v", len(out), len(want), out)
+	}
+	for k, v := range want {
+		if out[k] != v {
+			t.Errorf("out[%q] = %q; want %q", k, out[k], v)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestLoadPersonaTokenFile_EnvFileWins: when BOTH an env file and a
+// token file exist in the same persona dir, the env file is the more-
+// specific declaration and wins outright — the fallback must not fire
+// at all. This pins precedence so a persona later migrated to the
+// richer env-file form (carrying GITEA_TOKEN_SCOPES / GITEA_SSH_KEY_PATH)
+// doesn't get its token silently overridden by the fallback.
+func TestLoadPersonaTokenFile_EnvFileWins(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	roleDir := filepath.Join(root, "agent-dev-b")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(roleDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	envBody := "GITEA_USER=env-form-user\nGITEA_TOKEN=env-form-token\n" +
+		"GITEA_USER_EMAIL=env-form@example.invalid\nGITEA_TOKEN_SCOPES=write:repository\n"
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(roleDir, "env"), []byte(envBody), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(roleDir, "token"),
+		[]byte("token-form-token\n"), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Setenv("MOLECULE_PERSONA_ROOT", root)
+
+	out := map[string]string{}
+	loadPersonaEnvFile("agent-dev-b", out)
+
+	if out["GITEA_USER"] != "env-form-user" {
+		t.Errorf("env file should win for GITEA_USER; got %q", out["GITEA_USER"])
+	}
+	if out["GITEA_TOKEN"] != "env-form-token" {
+		t.Errorf("env file should win for GITEA_TOKEN; got %q", out["GITEA_TOKEN"])
+	}
+	if out["GITEA_USER_EMAIL"] != "env-form@example.invalid" {
+		t.Errorf("env file should win for GITEA_USER_EMAIL; got %q", out["GITEA_USER_EMAIL"])
+	}
+	if out["GITEA_TOKEN_SCOPES"] != "write:repository" {
+		t.Errorf("env file extras must be preserved; got GITEA_TOKEN_SCOPES=%q", out["GITEA_TOKEN_SCOPES"])
+	}
+}
+
+// TestLoadPersonaTokenFile_NeitherFile: persona dir exists but ships
+// neither env nor token — silent no-op. This is the legitimate case
+// for a partially-provisioned persona during bootstrap; callers expect
+// an empty map, no error, no log noise.
+func TestLoadPersonaTokenFile_NeitherFile(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	roleDir := filepath.Join(root, "agent-pm")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(roleDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Setenv("MOLECULE_PERSONA_ROOT", root)
+
+	out := map[string]string{}
+	loadPersonaEnvFile("agent-pm", out)
+	if len(out) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected empty out when neither env nor token exists; got %#v", out)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestLoadPersonaTokenFile_EmptyToken: a token file with only
+// whitespace must be treated as absent — never emit
+// GITEA_TOKEN="" / GITEA_USER=<role> / GITEA_USER_EMAIL=<role>@... because
+// that would set GITEA_USER without a usable token, and the askpass
+// helper would then prompt with an empty password. Silent no-op is the
+// correct behavior — let downstream auth fall through to its existing
+// "no credentials available" path.
+func TestLoadPersonaTokenFile_EmptyToken(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	roleDir := filepath.Join(root, "agent-dev-a")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(roleDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// Whitespace-only contents: spaces, tabs, newlines.
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(roleDir, "token"),
+		[]byte("   \t\n  \n"), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Setenv("MOLECULE_PERSONA_ROOT", root)
+
+	out := map[string]string{}
+	loadPersonaEnvFile("agent-dev-a", out)
+	if len(out) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected empty out when token file is whitespace-only; got %#v", out)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestLoadPersonaTokenFile_TrimsWhitespace: tokens shipped from the
+// operator-host bootstrap kit may have a trailing newline (the
+// canonical `printf "%s\n" "$token" > token` shape). The fallback must
+// trim leading + trailing whitespace so the askpass helper emits the
+// raw token bytes — Gitea's PAT validator rejects tokens with embedded
+// whitespace.
+func TestLoadPersonaTokenFile_TrimsWhitespace(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	roleDir := filepath.Join(root, "agent-dev-b")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(roleDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(roleDir, "token"),
+		[]byte("\n  raw-token-bytes  \n\n"), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Setenv("MOLECULE_PERSONA_ROOT", root)
+
+	out := map[string]string{}
+	loadPersonaEnvFile("agent-dev-b", out)
+	if out["GITEA_TOKEN"] != "raw-token-bytes" {
+		t.Errorf("token whitespace not trimmed; got %q", out["GITEA_TOKEN"])
+	}
+}
+
+// TestLoadPersonaTokenFile_RejectsUnsafeRole: defense-in-depth — even
+// in the fallback path, role names that fail isSafeRoleName must not
+// touch the filesystem. Mirrors TestLoadPersonaEnvFile_RejectsTraversal.
+func TestLoadPersonaTokenFile_RejectsUnsafeRole(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	// Plant a token at /tmp/.../token so a bad traversal would reach it.
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(root, "token"),
+		[]byte("stolen-token\n"), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Setenv("MOLECULE_PERSONA_ROOT", filepath.Join(root, "personas"))
+
+	for _, bad := range []string{"..", "../personas", "/abs", "with/slash", "."} {
+		out := map[string]string{}
+		loadPersonaTokenFile(bad, out)
+		if len(out) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("role %q should have been rejected; got %#v", bad, out)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestLoadPersonaTokenFile_NilMapSafe: callers pass a fresh map in
+// practice, but defense-in-depth — a nil map must not panic.
+func TestLoadPersonaTokenFile_NilMapSafe(t *testing.T) {
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("nil map caused panic: %v", r)
+		}
+	}()
+	loadPersonaTokenFile("agent-dev-a", nil)
+}
diff --git a/workspace/Dockerfile b/workspace/Dockerfile
index 400f7c805..7a8c909fd 100644
--- a/workspace/Dockerfile
+++ b/workspace/Dockerfile
@@ -62,6 +62,19 @@ RUN chmod +x ./scripts/molecule-git-token-helper.sh
 COPY scripts/molecule-gh-token-refresh.sh ./scripts/
 RUN chmod +x ./scripts/molecule-gh-token-refresh.sh
 
+# Generic GIT_ASKPASS helper. Reads HTTPS Basic-Auth credentials from env
+# vars (GIT_HTTP_USERNAME / GIT_HTTP_PASSWORD, with GITEA_USER / GITEA_TOKEN
+# as fallback) and emits them on the git credential-prompt protocol so
+# container-side `git` can authenticate to any private HTTPS remote
+# without on-disk .gitconfig / .git-credentials mutation. The platform
+# provisioner sets GIT_ASKPASS=/usr/local/bin/molecule-askpass via
+# applyAgentGitIdentity (workspace-server/internal/handlers/agent_git_identity.go).
+# Filename is the only project-specific marker; the script body contains
+# no vendor literals and is identical to the script shipped in each
+# open-source workspace template (scripts/git-askpass.sh).
+COPY scripts/molecule-askpass /usr/local/bin/molecule-askpass
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/molecule-askpass
+
 # Dirs and permissions
 RUN mkdir -p /workspace /plugins /home/agent/.claude /home/agent/.config /home/agent/.local \
     /home/agent/.molecule-token-cache && \
diff --git a/workspace/scripts/molecule-askpass b/workspace/scripts/molecule-askpass
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..925e56736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workspace/scripts/molecule-askpass
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# git-askpass helper. Reads HTTPS Basic-Auth credentials from env vars so
+# the deployer can wire git authentication for any private remote without
+# touching ~/.gitconfig or ~/.git-credentials inside the container.
+#
+# Wire-up: set GIT_ASKPASS=/usr/local/bin/molecule-askpass in the
+# container env, then export GIT_HTTP_USERNAME / GIT_HTTP_PASSWORD (or the
+# GITEA_USER / GITEA_TOKEN fallback pair). When git encounters an HTTPS
+# auth challenge on a host that has no credential.helper configured for
+# it, git invokes GIT_ASKPASS twice — once with a "Username for ..."
+# prompt and once with a "Password for ..." prompt. We pattern-match on
+# that prompt and emit the matching env var.
+#
+# No hardcoded hostnames or vendor names — the deployer decides which
+# host these credentials apply to by virtue of setting GIT_ASKPASS only
+# when the target remote is in scope. The helper itself is reusable for
+# any HTTPS git remote.
+#
+# Failure mode: if the env vars are unset, we emit an empty string and
+# let git surface "Authentication failed" — this is intentional, so a
+# misconfigured deployment fails loudly at first push instead of silently
+# falling through to an unrelated credential chain.
+
+case "$1" in
+    Username*)
+        printf '%s\n' "${GIT_HTTP_USERNAME:-${GITEA_USER:-}}"
+        ;;
+    Password*)
+        printf '%s\n' "${GIT_HTTP_PASSWORD:-${GITEA_TOKEN:-}}"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        # Unknown prompt — emit empty and let git decide.
+        printf '\n'
+        ;;
+esac