diff --git a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/hermes-chat/kustomization.yaml b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/hermes-chat/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38b6d761e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/hermes-chat/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/hermes-chat/kustomization.yaml
+apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+kind: Kustomization
+metadata:
+  name: hermes-chat
+  namespace: flux-system
+spec:
+  interval: 10m
+  path: ./services/hermes-chat
+  targetNamespace: hermes-chat
+  prune: true
+  sourceRef:
+    kind: GitRepository
+    name: flux-system
+    namespace: flux-system
+  wait: true
+  timeout: 30m
+  healthChecks:
+    - apiVersion: apps/v1
+      kind: Deployment
+      name: hermes-chat
+      namespace: hermes-chat
+  dependsOn:
+    - name: cert-manager
+    - name: core
+    - name: hermes
+    - name: keycloak
+    - name: longhorn
diff --git a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/hermes/kustomization.yaml b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/hermes/kustomization.yaml
index ec31a55c0..47cca710b 100644
--- a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/hermes/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/hermes/kustomization.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ spec:
       kind: Deployment
       name: hermes
       namespace: hermes
+    - apiVersion: apps/v1
+      kind: Deployment
+      name: oauth2-proxy-hermes
+      namespace: hermes
   dependsOn:
     - name: cert-manager
     - name: core
diff --git a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/kustomization.yaml b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/kustomization.yaml
index b5ca23784..671f019b8 100644
--- a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/applications/kustomization.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ resources:
   - ai-llm/kustomization.yaml
   - openclaw/kustomization.yaml
   - hermes/kustomization.yaml
+  - hermes-chat/kustomization.yaml
   - game-stream/kustomization.yaml
   - cassandra-auth/kustomization.yaml
   - cassandra/kustomization.yaml
diff --git a/services/hermes-chat/certificate.yaml b/services/hermes-chat/certificate.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bed14a1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes-chat/certificate.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# services/hermes-chat/certificate.yaml
+apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
+kind: Certificate
+metadata:
+  name: chat-tls
+  namespace: hermes-chat
+spec:
+  secretName: chat-tls
+  issuerRef:
+    kind: ClusterIssuer
+    name: letsencrypt
+  dnsNames:
+    - chat.bstein.dev
diff --git a/services/hermes-chat/configmap.yaml b/services/hermes-chat/configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f395ffba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes-chat/configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# services/hermes-chat/configmap.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: hermes-chat-config
+  namespace: hermes-chat
+  labels:
+    app: hermes-chat
+data:
+  config.yaml: |
+    model:
+      provider: custom
+      default: gpt-oss:20b
+      model: gpt-oss:20b
+      context_length: 64000
+      base_url: http://hermes-model-gate.hermes.svc.cluster.local:11434/v1
+      api_key: ollama
+
+    fallback_providers:
+      - provider: openai-codex
+        model: gpt-5.4
+
+    agent:
+      api_max_retries: 1
+
+    skills:
+      creation_nudge_interval: 15
+      external_dirs:
+        - /opt/data/workspace/skills
+
+    terminal:
+      backend: local
+      cwd: /opt/data/workspace
+      timeout: 180
+      home_mode: profile
+
+    approvals:
+      mode: manual
+      deny:
+        - "*kubectl apply*"
+        - "*kubectl create*"
+        - "*kubectl delete*"
+        - "*kubectl edit*"
+        - "*kubectl patch*"
+        - "*kubectl replace*"
+        - "*kubectl scale*"
+        - "*kubectl set*"
+        - "*kubectl label*"
+        - "*kubectl annotate*"
+        - "*kubectl cordon*"
+        - "*kubectl uncordon*"
+        - "*kubectl drain*"
+        - "*kubectl rollout restart*"
+        - "*kubectl rollout undo*"
+        - "*kubectl exec*"
+        - "*kubectl attach*"
+        - "*kubectl cp*"
+        - "*kubectl debug*"
+        - "*kubectl expose*"
+        - "*kubectl port-forward*"
+        - "*kubectl proxy*"
+        - "*kubectl run*"
+        - "*kubectl get secret*"
+        - "*kubectl describe secret*"
+        - "*flux reconcile*"
+        - "*flux suspend*"
+        - "*flux resume*"
+        - "*vault *"
+        - "*k3s *"
+        - "*crictl *"
+        - "*ctr *"
+        - "*169.254.169.254*"
+        - "*kubernetes.default*"
+        - "*/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io*"
+
+    dashboard:
+      public_url: https://chat.bstein.dev
+      oauth:
+        provider: self-hosted
+        self_hosted:
+          issuer: https://sso.bstein.dev/realms/atlas
+          client_id: hermes-chat-dashboard
+          scopes: openid profile email groups
+
+    display:
+      compact: true
+      tool_progress: all
+      interim_assistant_messages: true
+      long_running_notifications: true
+
+    tool_loop_guardrails:
+      warnings_enabled: true
+      hard_stop_enabled: true
+      warn_after:
+        exact_failure: 2
+        same_tool_failure: 3
+        idempotent_no_progress: 2
+      hard_stop_after:
+        exact_failure: 5
+        same_tool_failure: 8
+        idempotent_no_progress: 5
+
+    updates:
+      pre_update_backup: quick
+      backup_keep: 3
+      non_interactive_local_changes: stash
+  SOUL.md: |
+    You are a personal AI assistant and researcher for Atlas users. Be useful,
+    curious, careful, and direct. Help with research, writing, planning,
+    learning, files, personal automation, and creative work. Use tools when
+    they materially improve the answer and make reusable skills when a stable
+    workflow is worth keeping.
+
+    Your environment is a private consumer sandbox. Work in the mounted
+    workspace and with public Internet services the user intentionally asks
+    you to use. You may inspect the Titan cluster through the dedicated
+    read-only Kubernetes identity to explain health and status. You do not
+    administer it: never attempt mutations, secret access, exec, attach,
+    port-forwarding, private-service access, or cloud metadata access.
+  AGENTS.md: |
+    # Personal Hermes workspace
+
+    This Hermes instance is a personal chat, research, and automation
+    environment. User-created files and skills belong under `/opt/data/workspace`.
+
+    You may:
+
+    - research public Internet sources and cite them
+    - create, read, and edit files in the workspace
+    - create and improve reusable skills
+    - configure user-owned channels and provider integrations
+    - run ordinary local commands needed for the user's task
+    - inspect non-secret Kubernetes resources and pod logs with read-only
+      `kubectl get`, `describe`, and `logs` commands
+
+    This container is not an infrastructure administration environment. The
+    Kubernetes identity is observation-only and cannot read Secrets or use pod
+    exec, attach, or port-forwarding. Do not attempt cluster mutations, private
+    service access, node LAN access, metadata services, Vault, container
+    runtimes, or the operator Hermes instance. If a request needs an action,
+    explain the evidence and say Brad must perform it from the operator
+    instance at `agent.bstein.dev`.
diff --git a/services/hermes-chat/deployment.yaml b/services/hermes-chat/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef3888c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes-chat/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+# services/hermes-chat/deployment.yaml
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: hermes-chat
+  namespace: hermes-chat
+  labels:
+    app: hermes-chat
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  revisionHistoryLimit: 2
+  progressDeadlineSeconds: 1800
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: hermes-chat
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: hermes-chat
+      annotations:
+        ai.bstein.dev/model: gpt-oss:20b with independent openai-codex fallback
+        ai.bstein.dev/role: personal-chat-research
+        ai.bstein.dev/isolation: observer-only Kubernetes RBAC, private-service egress denied
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: hermes-chat
+      automountServiceAccountToken: true
+      securityContext:
+        fsGroup: 10000
+        fsGroupChangePolicy: OnRootMismatch
+        seccompProfile:
+          type: RuntimeDefault
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            nodeSelectorTerms:
+              - matchExpressions:
+                  - key: kubernetes.io/arch
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - arm64
+                  - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/worker
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - "true"
+                  - key: kubernetes.io/hostname
+                    operator: NotIn
+                    values:
+                      - titan-13
+                      - titan-15
+                      - titan-17
+                      - titan-19
+          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            - weight: 100
+              preference:
+                matchExpressions:
+                  - key: atlas.bstein.dev/spillover
+                    operator: DoesNotExist
+            - weight: 90
+              preference:
+                matchExpressions:
+                  - key: hardware
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - rpi5
+            - weight: 50
+              preference:
+                matchExpressions:
+                  - key: hardware
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - rpi4
+      initContainers:
+        - name: init-config
+          image: busybox:1.37
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          command:
+            - sh
+            - -c
+            - |
+              set -eu
+              mkdir -p /opt/data/workspace/skills /opt/data/home/.local/bin /opt/data/logs
+              cp /config/config.yaml /opt/data/config.yaml
+              cp /config/SOUL.md /opt/data/SOUL.md
+              cp /config/AGENTS.md /opt/data/workspace/AGENTS.md
+              touch /opt/data/.env
+              if ! grep -q '^API_SERVER_KEY=' /opt/data/.env; then
+                api_key="$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=32 count=1 2>/dev/null | od -An -tx1 | tr -d ' \n')"
+                printf '\nAPI_SERVER_KEY=%s\n' "${api_key}" >> /opt/data/.env
+              fi
+              chmod 0600 /opt/data/.env
+              chown -R 10000:10000 /opt/data
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            runAsUser: 0
+            runAsGroup: 0
+            seccompProfile:
+              type: RuntimeDefault
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: home
+              mountPath: /opt/data
+            - name: config
+              mountPath: /config
+              readOnly: true
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 25m
+              memory: 32Mi
+            limits:
+              cpu: 100m
+              memory: 64Mi
+        - name: install-kubectl
+          image: bitnami/kubectl@sha256:554ab88b1858e8424c55de37ad417b16f2a0e65d1607aa0f3fe3ce9b9f10b131
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          command:
+            - /bin/sh
+            - -c
+            - |
+              set -eu
+              cp "$(command -v kubectl)" /tools/kubectl
+              chmod 0755 /tools/kubectl
+              chown 10000:10000 /tools/kubectl
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            runAsUser: 0
+            runAsGroup: 0
+            seccompProfile:
+              type: RuntimeDefault
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: tools
+              mountPath: /tools
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 25m
+              memory: 32Mi
+            limits:
+              cpu: 100m
+              memory: 64Mi
+      containers:
+        - name: hermes-chat
+          image: nousresearch/hermes-agent@sha256:9c841866021c54c4596849f6135717e8a4d52ba510b7f52c50aef1de1a283973
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          args:
+            - gateway
+            - run
+          ports:
+            - name: dashboard
+              containerPort: 9119
+              protocol: TCP
+          env:
+            - name: HERMES_HOME
+              value: /opt/data
+            - name: HOME
+              value: /opt/data/home
+            - name: PATH
+              value: /opt/data/home/.local/bin:/opt/hermes/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
+            - name: HERMES_DASHBOARD
+              value: "1"
+            - name: HERMES_DASHBOARD_HOST
+              value: 0.0.0.0
+            - name: HERMES_DASHBOARD_PORT
+              value: "9119"
+            - name: HERMES_DASHBOARD_PUBLIC_URL
+              value: https://chat.bstein.dev
+            - name: HERMES_DASHBOARD_OIDC_ISSUER
+              value: https://sso.bstein.dev/realms/atlas
+            - name: HERMES_DASHBOARD_OIDC_CLIENT_ID
+              value: hermes-chat-dashboard
+            - name: HERMES_DASHBOARD_OIDC_SCOPES
+              value: openid profile email groups
+            - name: API_SERVER_ENABLED
+              value: "true"
+            - name: API_SERVER_HOST
+              value: 0.0.0.0
+            - name: API_SERVER_PORT
+              value: "8642"
+            - name: API_SERVER_CORS_ORIGINS
+              value: https://chat.bstein.dev
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: home
+              mountPath: /opt/data
+            - name: tools
+              mountPath: /opt/data/home/.local/bin
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /api/status
+              port: dashboard
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /api/status
+              port: dashboard
+            initialDelaySeconds: 90
+            periodSeconds: 30
+            timeoutSeconds: 10
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            seccompProfile:
+              type: RuntimeDefault
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 100m
+              memory: 768Mi
+              ephemeral-storage: 256Mi
+            limits:
+              cpu: "1"
+              memory: 2Gi
+              ephemeral-storage: 1Gi
+      volumes:
+        - name: home
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: hermes-chat-home
+        - name: config
+          configMap:
+            name: hermes-chat-config
+        - name: tools
+          emptyDir: {}
diff --git a/services/hermes-chat/ingress.yaml b/services/hermes-chat/ingress.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e176231f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes-chat/ingress.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# services/hermes-chat/ingress.yaml
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: chat
+  namespace: hermes-chat
+  annotations:
+    cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: letsencrypt
+    traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.entrypoints: websecure
+    traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.tls: "true"
+spec:
+  ingressClassName: traefik
+  tls:
+    - hosts:
+        - chat.bstein.dev
+      secretName: chat-tls
+  rules:
+    - host: chat.bstein.dev
+      http:
+        paths:
+          - path: /
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: hermes-chat
+                port:
+                  name: dashboard
diff --git a/services/hermes-chat/kustomization.yaml b/services/hermes-chat/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d3529d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes-chat/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# services/hermes-chat/kustomization.yaml
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+namespace: hermes-chat
+resources:
+  - namespace.yaml
+  - serviceaccount.yaml
+  - rbac.yaml
+  - configmap.yaml
+  - pvc.yaml
+  - deployment.yaml
+  - service.yaml
+  - networkpolicy.yaml
+  - certificate.yaml
+  - ingress.yaml
diff --git a/services/hermes-chat/namespace.yaml b/services/hermes-chat/namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b607b8b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes-chat/namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# services/hermes-chat/namespace.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: hermes-chat
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: hermes-chat
diff --git a/services/hermes-chat/networkpolicy.yaml b/services/hermes-chat/networkpolicy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6cf5718d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes-chat/networkpolicy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# services/hermes-chat/networkpolicy.yaml
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: hermes-chat-isolation
+  namespace: hermes-chat
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: hermes-chat
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: traefik
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: traefik
+      ports:
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: 9119
+  egress:
+    - to:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: kube-system
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              k8s-app: kube-dns
+      ports:
+        - protocol: UDP
+          port: 53
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: 53
+    - to:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: hermes
+          podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app: hermes-model-gate
+      ports:
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: 8080
+    - to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 10.43.0.1/32
+      ports:
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: 443
+    - to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: 0.0.0.0/0
+            except:
+              - 10.0.0.0/8
+              - 100.64.0.0/10
+              - 127.0.0.0/8
+              - 169.254.0.0/16
+              - 172.16.0.0/12
+              - 192.168.0.0/16
diff --git a/services/hermes-chat/pvc.yaml b/services/hermes-chat/pvc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2588f791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes-chat/pvc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# services/hermes-chat/pvc.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: hermes-chat-home
+  namespace: hermes-chat
+  labels:
+    app: hermes-chat
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  storageClassName: astreae
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 2Gi
diff --git a/services/hermes-chat/rbac.yaml b/services/hermes-chat/rbac.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4144da689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes-chat/rbac.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# services/hermes-chat/rbac.yaml
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: hermes-chat-observer
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources:
+      - endpoints
+      - events
+      - namespaces
+      - nodes
+      - persistentvolumeclaims
+      - persistentvolumes
+      - pods
+      - pods/log
+      - replicationcontrollers
+      - services
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["apps"]
+    resources:
+      - daemonsets
+      - deployments
+      - replicasets
+      - statefulsets
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["batch"]
+    resources:
+      - cronjobs
+      - jobs
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["networking.k8s.io"]
+    resources:
+      - ingresses
+      - networkpolicies
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io"]
+    resources:
+      - helmreleases
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io"]
+    resources:
+      - kustomizations
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["source.toolkit.fluxcd.io"]
+    resources:
+      - gitrepositories
+      - helmrepositories
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: hermes-chat-observer
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: hermes-chat
+    namespace: hermes-chat
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: hermes-chat-observer
diff --git a/services/hermes-chat/service.yaml b/services/hermes-chat/service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b74822ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes-chat/service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# services/hermes-chat/service.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: hermes-chat
+  namespace: hermes-chat
+  labels:
+    app: hermes-chat
+spec:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  selector:
+    app: hermes-chat
+  ports:
+    - name: dashboard
+      port: 9119
+      targetPort: dashboard
+      protocol: TCP
diff --git a/services/hermes-chat/serviceaccount.yaml b/services/hermes-chat/serviceaccount.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88eca224c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes-chat/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# services/hermes-chat/serviceaccount.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: hermes-chat
+  namespace: hermes-chat
+automountServiceAccountToken: true
diff --git a/services/hermes/agent-ingress.yaml b/services/hermes/agent-ingress.yaml
index 4ef033cd0..9581a95b4 100644
--- a/services/hermes/agent-ingress.yaml
+++ b/services/hermes/agent-ingress.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ spec:
             pathType: Prefix
             backend:
               service:
-                name: hermes
+                name: oauth2-proxy-hermes
                 port:
-                  name: dashboard
+                  name: http
diff --git a/services/hermes/kustomization.yaml b/services/hermes/kustomization.yaml
index 7287255d9..3c7172a97 100644
--- a/services/hermes/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/services/hermes/kustomization.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ kind: Kustomization
 namespace: hermes
 resources:
   - namespace.yaml
+  - vault-serviceaccount.yaml
   - configmap.yaml
   - rbac.yaml
   - pvc.yaml
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ resources:
   - ollama-deployment.yaml
   - deployment.yaml
   - service.yaml
+  - oauth2-proxy.yaml
   - agent-certificate.yaml
   - agent-ingress.yaml
 
diff --git a/services/hermes/oauth2-proxy.yaml b/services/hermes/oauth2-proxy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ed20ce85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes/oauth2-proxy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+# services/hermes/oauth2-proxy.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: hermes-operator-allowlist
+  namespace: hermes
+data:
+  allowed-emails: |
+    brad@bstein.dev
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: oauth2-proxy-hermes
+  namespace: hermes
+  labels:
+    app: oauth2-proxy-hermes
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: oauth2-proxy-hermes
+  ports:
+    - name: http
+      port: 80
+      targetPort: http
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: oauth2-proxy-hermes
+  namespace: hermes
+  labels:
+    app: oauth2-proxy-hermes
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  revisionHistoryLimit: 2
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: oauth2-proxy-hermes
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: oauth2-proxy-hermes
+      annotations:
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-pre-populate-only: "true"
+        vault.hashicorp.com/role: hermes
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-oidc-config: kv/data/atlas/hermes/operator-oidc
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-oidc-config: |
+          {{- with secret "kv/data/atlas/hermes/operator-oidc" -}}
+          client_id = "{{ .Data.data.client_id }}"
+          client_secret = "{{ .Data.data.client_secret }}"
+          cookie_secret = "{{ .Data.data.cookie_secret }}"
+          {{- end -}}
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: hermes-vault
+      automountServiceAccountToken: true
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            nodeSelectorTerms:
+              - matchExpressions:
+                  - key: kubernetes.io/arch
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - arm64
+                  - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/worker
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - "true"
+                  - key: kubernetes.io/hostname
+                    operator: NotIn
+                    values:
+                      - titan-13
+                      - titan-15
+                      - titan-17
+                      - titan-19
+          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            - weight: 90
+              preference:
+                matchExpressions:
+                  - key: hardware
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - rpi5
+            - weight: 50
+              preference:
+                matchExpressions:
+                  - key: hardware
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - rpi4
+      containers:
+        - name: oauth2-proxy
+          image: quay.io/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy:v7.6.0@sha256:dcb6ff8dd21bf3058f6a22c6fa385fa5b897a9cd3914c88a2cc2bb0a85f8065d
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          args:
+            - --provider=oidc
+            - --config=/vault/secrets/oidc-config
+            - --redirect-url=https://agent.bstein.dev/oauth2/callback
+            - --oidc-issuer-url=https://sso.bstein.dev/realms/atlas
+            - --scope=openid profile email
+            - --email-domain=*
+            - --authenticated-emails-file=/etc/oauth2-proxy/allowed-emails
+            - --set-xauthrequest=true
+            - --pass-access-token=true
+            - --set-authorization-header=true
+            - --cookie-secure=true
+            - --cookie-samesite=lax
+            - --cookie-refresh=20m
+            - --cookie-expire=24h
+            - --upstream=http://hermes.hermes.svc.cluster.local:9119
+            - --http-address=0.0.0.0:4180
+            - --skip-provider-button=true
+            - --skip-jwt-bearer-tokens=true
+            - --cookie-domain=agent.bstein.dev
+            - --reverse-proxy=true
+          ports:
+            - name: http
+              containerPort: 4180
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /ping
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 10
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /ping
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 20
+            periodSeconds: 20
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            capabilities:
+              drop:
+                - ALL
+            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+            runAsNonRoot: true
+            seccompProfile:
+              type: RuntimeDefault
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 25m
+              memory: 64Mi
+            limits:
+              cpu: 250m
+              memory: 256Mi
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: allowlist
+              mountPath: /etc/oauth2-proxy
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: tmp
+              mountPath: /tmp
+      volumes:
+        - name: allowlist
+          configMap:
+            name: hermes-operator-allowlist
+        - name: tmp
+          emptyDir:
+            sizeLimit: 64Mi
diff --git a/services/hermes/vault-serviceaccount.yaml b/services/hermes/vault-serviceaccount.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..911064861
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/hermes/vault-serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# services/hermes/vault-serviceaccount.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: hermes-vault
+  namespace: hermes
diff --git a/services/keycloak/kustomization.yaml b/services/keycloak/kustomization.yaml
index 56677b8b5..ff6ae911f 100644
--- a/services/keycloak/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/services/keycloak/kustomization.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ resources:
   - oneoffs/soteria-oidc-secret-ensure-job.yaml
   - oneoffs/quality-oidc-secret-ensure-job.yaml
   - oneoffs/hermes-dashboard-oidc-client-job.yaml
+  - oneoffs/hermes-access-oidc-client-job.yaml
   - oneoffs/veles-realm-ensure-job.yaml
   - oneoffs/veles-gitea-oidc-secret-ensure-job.yaml
   - oneoffs/metis-ssh-keys-secret-ensure-job.yaml
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ configMapGenerator:
   - name: hermes-dashboard-oidc-client-script
     files:
       - hermes_dashboard_oidc_client_ensure.sh=scripts/hermes_dashboard_oidc_client_ensure.sh
+  - name: hermes-access-oidc-script
+    files:
+      - hermes_access_oidc_ensure.sh=scripts/hermes_access_oidc_ensure.sh
   - name: veles-gitea-oidc-secret-ensure-script
     files:
       - veles_gitea_oidc_secret_ensure.sh=scripts/veles_gitea_oidc_secret_ensure.sh
diff --git a/services/keycloak/oneoffs/hermes-access-oidc-client-job.yaml b/services/keycloak/oneoffs/hermes-access-oidc-client-job.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21a42e9e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/keycloak/oneoffs/hermes-access-oidc-client-job.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# services/keycloak/oneoffs/hermes-access-oidc-client-job.yaml
+# Purpose: create chat OIDC and Brad-only operator proxy clients.
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: hermes-access-oidc-client-ensure-1
+  namespace: sso
+spec:
+  backoffLimit: 3
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      annotations:
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-pre-populate-only: "true"
+        vault.hashicorp.com/role: sso-secrets
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-keycloak-admin-env.sh: kv/data/atlas/shared/keycloak-admin
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-keycloak-admin-env.sh: |
+          {{ with secret "kv/data/atlas/shared/keycloak-admin" }}
+          export KEYCLOAK_ADMIN="{{ .Data.data.username }}"
+          export KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_USER="{{ .Data.data.username }}"
+          export KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD="{{ .Data.data.password }}"
+          {{ end }}
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: mas-secrets-ensure
+      restartPolicy: Never
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            nodeSelectorTerms:
+              - matchExpressions:
+                  - key: kubernetes.io/arch
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - arm64
+                  - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/worker
+                    operator: Exists
+      containers:
+        - name: apply
+          image: bitnami/kubectl@sha256:554ab88b1858e8424c55de37ad417b16f2a0e65d1607aa0f3fe3ce9b9f10b131
+          command:
+            - /scripts/hermes_access_oidc_ensure.sh
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: script
+              mountPath: /scripts
+              readOnly: true
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 25m
+              memory: 32Mi
+            limits:
+              cpu: 250m
+              memory: 128Mi
+      volumes:
+        - name: script
+          configMap:
+            name: hermes-access-oidc-script
+            defaultMode: 0555
diff --git a/services/keycloak/scripts/hermes_access_oidc_ensure.sh b/services/keycloak/scripts/hermes_access_oidc_ensure.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ea68d2dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/keycloak/scripts/hermes_access_oidc_ensure.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+set -eu
+
+. /vault/secrets/keycloak-admin-env.sh
+
+KC_URL="http://keycloak.sso.svc.cluster.local"
+CHAT_CLIENT="hermes-chat-dashboard"
+CHAT_URL="https://chat.bstein.dev"
+OPERATOR_CLIENT="hermes-operator-proxy"
+OPERATOR_URL="https://agent.bstein.dev"
+
+ACCESS_TOKEN=""
+for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
+  if curl -fsS "${KC_URL}/realms/master" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    break
+  fi
+  echo "Waiting for Keycloak to be reachable (attempt ${attempt})" >&2
+  sleep $((attempt * 2))
+done
+
+for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5; do
+  token_json="$(curl -sS -X POST "${KC_URL}/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/token" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
+    -d "grant_type=password" \
+    -d "client_id=admin-cli" \
+    -d "username=${KEYCLOAK_ADMIN}" \
+    -d "password=${KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" || true)"
+  ACCESS_TOKEN="$(printf '%s' "${token_json}" | jq -r '.access_token' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  if [ -n "${ACCESS_TOKEN}" ] && [ "${ACCESS_TOKEN}" != "null" ]; then
+    break
+  fi
+  echo "Keycloak token request failed (attempt ${attempt})" >&2
+  sleep $((attempt * 2))
+done
+if [ -z "${ACCESS_TOKEN}" ] || [ "${ACCESS_TOKEN}" = "null" ]; then
+  echo "Failed to fetch Keycloak admin token" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+chat_payload="$(jq -nc \
+  --arg client_id "${CHAT_CLIENT}" \
+  --arg redirect_uri "${CHAT_URL}/auth/callback" \
+  --arg web_origin "${CHAT_URL}" \
+  '{
+    clientId:$client_id,
+    enabled:true,
+    protocol:"openid-connect",
+    publicClient:true,
+    standardFlowEnabled:true,
+    implicitFlowEnabled:false,
+    directAccessGrantsEnabled:false,
+    serviceAccountsEnabled:false,
+    redirectUris:[$redirect_uri],
+    webOrigins:[$web_origin],
+    rootUrl:$web_origin,
+    baseUrl:"/",
+    attributes:{
+      "pkce.code.challenge.method":"S256",
+      "post.logout.redirect.uris":$web_origin
+    }
+  }')"
+
+chat_query="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+  "${KC_URL}/admin/realms/atlas/clients?clientId=${CHAT_CLIENT}" || true)"
+chat_id="$(printf '%s' "${chat_query}" | jq -r '.[0].id' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+if [ -z "${chat_id}" ] || [ "${chat_id}" = "null" ]; then
+  status="$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X POST \
+    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -d "${chat_payload}" \
+    "${KC_URL}/admin/realms/atlas/clients")"
+  if [ "${status}" != "201" ] && [ "${status}" != "204" ] && [ "${status}" != "409" ]; then
+    echo "Keycloak chat client create failed (status ${status})" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  chat_query="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+    "${KC_URL}/admin/realms/atlas/clients?clientId=${CHAT_CLIENT}" || true)"
+  chat_id="$(printf '%s' "${chat_query}" | jq -r '.[0].id' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+fi
+if [ -z "${chat_id}" ] || [ "${chat_id}" = "null" ]; then
+  echo "Keycloak chat client not found after create" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+status="$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X PUT \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d "${chat_payload}" \
+  "${KC_URL}/admin/realms/atlas/clients/${chat_id}")"
+if [ "${status}" != "204" ]; then
+  echo "Keycloak chat client update failed (status ${status})" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+scope_id="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+  "${KC_URL}/admin/realms/atlas/client-scopes?search=groups" \
+  | jq -r '.[] | select(.name=="groups") | .id' 2>/dev/null | head -n1 || true)"
+if [ -z "${scope_id}" ] || [ "${scope_id}" = "null" ]; then
+  echo "Keycloak groups client scope not found" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+default_scopes="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+  "${KC_URL}/admin/realms/atlas/clients/${chat_id}/default-client-scopes" || true)"
+optional_scopes="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+  "${KC_URL}/admin/realms/atlas/clients/${chat_id}/optional-client-scopes" || true)"
+if ! printf '%s' "${default_scopes}" | jq -e '.[] | select(.name=="groups")' >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+  && ! printf '%s' "${optional_scopes}" | jq -e '.[] | select(.name=="groups")' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  status="$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X PUT \
+    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+    "${KC_URL}/admin/realms/atlas/clients/${chat_id}/optional-client-scopes/${scope_id}")"
+  if [ "${status}" != "200" ] && [ "${status}" != "201" ] && [ "${status}" != "204" ]; then
+    status="$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X POST \
+      -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+      "${KC_URL}/admin/realms/atlas/clients/${chat_id}/optional-client-scopes/${scope_id}")"
+    if [ "${status}" != "200" ] && [ "${status}" != "201" ] && [ "${status}" != "204" ]; then
+      echo "Failed to attach groups scope to chat client (status ${status})" >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+operator_payload="$(jq -nc \
+  --arg client_id "${OPERATOR_CLIENT}" \
+  --arg redirect_uri "${OPERATOR_URL}/oauth2/callback" \
+  --arg web_origin "${OPERATOR_URL}" \
+  '{
+    clientId:$client_id,
+    enabled:true,
+    protocol:"openid-connect",
+    publicClient:false,
+    standardFlowEnabled:true,
+    implicitFlowEnabled:false,
+    directAccessGrantsEnabled:false,
+    serviceAccountsEnabled:false,
+    redirectUris:[$redirect_uri],
+    webOrigins:[$web_origin],
+    rootUrl:$web_origin,
+    baseUrl:"/",
+    attributes:{"post.logout.redirect.uris":$web_origin}
+  }')"
+
+operator_query="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+  "${KC_URL}/admin/realms/atlas/clients?clientId=${OPERATOR_CLIENT}" || true)"
+operator_id="$(printf '%s' "${operator_query}" | jq -r '.[0].id' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+if [ -z "${operator_id}" ] || [ "${operator_id}" = "null" ]; then
+  status="$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X POST \
+    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -d "${operator_payload}" \
+    "${KC_URL}/admin/realms/atlas/clients")"
+  if [ "${status}" != "201" ] && [ "${status}" != "204" ] && [ "${status}" != "409" ]; then
+    echo "Keycloak operator proxy client create failed (status ${status})" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  operator_query="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+    "${KC_URL}/admin/realms/atlas/clients?clientId=${OPERATOR_CLIENT}" || true)"
+  operator_id="$(printf '%s' "${operator_query}" | jq -r '.[0].id' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+fi
+if [ -z "${operator_id}" ] || [ "${operator_id}" = "null" ]; then
+  echo "Keycloak operator proxy client not found after create" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+status="$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X PUT \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d "${operator_payload}" \
+  "${KC_URL}/admin/realms/atlas/clients/${operator_id}")"
+if [ "${status}" != "204" ]; then
+  echo "Keycloak operator proxy client update failed (status ${status})" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+client_secret="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+  "${KC_URL}/admin/realms/atlas/clients/${operator_id}/client-secret" \
+  | jq -r '.value' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+if [ -z "${client_secret}" ] || [ "${client_secret}" = "null" ]; then
+  echo "Keycloak operator proxy client secret not found" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+vault_addr="${VAULT_ADDR:-http://vault.vault.svc.cluster.local:8200}"
+vault_role="${VAULT_ROLE:-sso-secrets}"
+jwt="$(cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token)"
+login_payload="$(jq -nc --arg jwt "${jwt}" --arg role "${vault_role}" '{jwt:$jwt,role:$role}')"
+vault_token="$(curl -sS --request POST --data "${login_payload}" \
+  "${vault_addr}/v1/auth/kubernetes/login" | jq -r '.auth.client_token')"
+if [ -z "${vault_token}" ] || [ "${vault_token}" = "null" ]; then
+  echo "Vault login failed" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+read_status="$(curl -sS -o /tmp/hermes-operator-oidc-read.json -w '%{http_code}' \
+  -H "X-Vault-Token: ${vault_token}" \
+  "${vault_addr}/v1/kv/data/atlas/hermes/operator-oidc" || true)"
+cookie_secret=""
+if [ "${read_status}" = "200" ]; then
+  cookie_secret="$(jq -r '.data.data.cookie_secret // empty' /tmp/hermes-operator-oidc-read.json)"
+elif [ "${read_status}" != "404" ]; then
+  echo "Vault operator OIDC read failed (status ${read_status})" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [ -n "${cookie_secret}" ]; then
+  cookie_length="$(printf '%s' "${cookie_secret}" | wc -c | tr -d ' ')"
+  if [ "${cookie_length}" != "16" ] && [ "${cookie_length}" != "24" ] && [ "${cookie_length}" != "32" ]; then
+    cookie_secret=""
+  fi
+fi
+if [ -z "${cookie_secret}" ]; then
+  cookie_secret="$(openssl rand -hex 16 | tr -d '\n')"
+fi
+
+vault_payload="$(jq -nc \
+  --arg client_id "${OPERATOR_CLIENT}" \
+  --arg client_secret "${client_secret}" \
+  --arg cookie_secret "${cookie_secret}" \
+  '{data:{client_id:$client_id,client_secret:$client_secret,cookie_secret:$cookie_secret}}')"
+write_status="$(curl -sS -o /tmp/hermes-operator-oidc-write.json -w '%{http_code}' -X POST \
+  -H "X-Vault-Token: ${vault_token}" \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d "${vault_payload}" \
+  "${vault_addr}/v1/kv/data/atlas/hermes/operator-oidc")"
+if [ "${write_status}" != "200" ] && [ "${write_status}" != "204" ]; then
+  echo "Vault operator OIDC write failed (status ${write_status})" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Hermes chat and operator OIDC clients are ready"
diff --git a/services/vault/hermes-auth-role-bootstrap-job.yaml b/services/vault/hermes-auth-role-bootstrap-job.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d794291a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/vault/hermes-auth-role-bootstrap-job.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# services/vault/hermes-auth-role-bootstrap-job.yaml
+# Purpose: apply the Vault read/write boundaries needed by Hermes operator OIDC.
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: vault-k8s-auth-hermes-1
+  namespace: vault
+spec:
+  backoffLimit: 2
+  template:
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: vault-admin
+      restartPolicy: Never
+      nodeSelector:
+        kubernetes.io/arch: arm64
+        node-role.kubernetes.io/worker: "true"
+      containers:
+        - name: configure-k8s-auth
+          image: hashicorp/vault:1.21.4
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          command:
+            - sh
+            - /scripts/vault_k8s_auth_configure.sh
+          env:
+            - name: VAULT_ADDR
+              value: http://10.43.57.249:8200
+            - name: VAULT_K8S_ROLE
+              value: vault-admin
+            - name: VAULT_K8S_TOKEN_REVIEWER_JWT_FILE
+              value: /var/run/secrets/vault-token-reviewer/token
+            - name: VAULT_K8S_ROLE_TTL
+              value: 1h
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: k8s-auth-config-script
+              mountPath: /scripts
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: token-reviewer
+              mountPath: /var/run/secrets/vault-token-reviewer
+              readOnly: true
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 25m
+              memory: 32Mi
+            limits:
+              cpu: 250m
+              memory: 128Mi
+      volumes:
+        - name: k8s-auth-config-script
+          configMap:
+            name: vault-k8s-auth-config-script
+            defaultMode: 0555
+        - name: token-reviewer
+          secret:
+            secretName: vault-admin-token-reviewer
diff --git a/services/vault/kustomization.yaml b/services/vault/kustomization.yaml
index 98b47e441..d370373c9 100644
--- a/services/vault/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/services/vault/kustomization.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ resources:
   - configmap.yaml
   - statefulset.yaml
   - k8s-auth-config-cronjob.yaml
+  - hermes-auth-role-bootstrap-job.yaml
   - oidc-config-cronjob.yaml
   - service.yaml
   - certificate.yaml
diff --git a/services/vault/scripts/vault_k8s_auth_configure.sh b/services/vault/scripts/vault_k8s_auth_configure.sh
index d0876b6ed..cc5903b34 100644
--- a/services/vault/scripts/vault_k8s_auth_configure.sh
+++ b/services/vault/scripts/vault_k8s_auth_configure.sh
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ write_policy_and_role "health" "health" "health-vault-sync" \
   "health/*" ""
 write_policy_and_role "game-stream" "game-stream" "game-stream-vault" \
   "game-stream/*" ""
+write_policy_and_role "hermes" "hermes" "hermes-vault" \
+  "hermes/operator-oidc" ""
 write_policy_and_role "veles" "veles" "veles-backend,veles-generator,veles-postgres,veles-vault-sync" \
   "veles/* shared/harbor-pull shared/postmark-relay" ""
 write_policy_and_role "veles-sim" "veles" "veles-sim" \
@@ -296,7 +298,7 @@ write_policy_and_role "vault" "vault" "vault" \
 
 write_policy_and_role "sso-secrets" "sso" "mas-secrets-ensure" \
   "shared/keycloak-admin shared/postmark-relay maintenance/metis-ssh-keys" \
-  "harbor/harbor-oidc vault/vault-oidc-config comms/synapse-oidc logging/oauth2-proxy-logs-oidc finance/actual-oidc maintenance/metis-oidc maintenance/soteria-oidc maintenance/metis-ssh-keys veles/veles-oidc cassandra/cassandra-oidc gitea/gitea-veles-oidc gitea/gitea-cassandra-oidc" \
+  "harbor/harbor-oidc vault/vault-oidc-config comms/synapse-oidc logging/oauth2-proxy-logs-oidc finance/actual-oidc maintenance/metis-oidc maintenance/soteria-oidc maintenance/metis-ssh-keys veles/veles-oidc cassandra/cassandra-oidc gitea/gitea-veles-oidc gitea/gitea-cassandra-oidc hermes/operator-oidc" \
   '
 path "kv/data/atlas/nodes/*" {
   capabilities = ["create", "update", "read"]