diff --git a/config/ghp_secret_backend/ghp.yaml b/config/ghp_secret_backend/ghp.yaml
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+# Mounts the ghp token secrets engine at "ghp" and writes its config.
+# The seeded ghp service token is sensitive and read from KV, not stored here:
+#   kv/service/vault/au/syd1/secret_backend/ghp/config
+#   -> key: admin_token (required) the shared ghpsvc_... service token
+#
+# admin_token is a static shared secret provisioned into KV by an operator. The
+# SAME token value must also be present in the running ghp deployment's accepted
+# service tokens (GHP_AUTH_SERVICE_TOKENS) so ghp ACCEPTS what this engine
+# PRESENTS. ghp has no rotate endpoint, so the engine never rotates it in place;
+# the mount uses ignore_changes=[admin_token], making the KV seed create-only
+# (re-reading a stale KV value never re-pushes it to a live mount).
+description: "ghp ephemeral scoped agent token engine"
+base_url: "https://ghp.unkin.net"
+tls_skip_verify: false
+request_timeout_seconds: 30
diff --git a/config/ghp_secret_backend_role/ghp/agent.yaml b/config/ghp_secret_backend_role/ghp/agent.yaml
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+# Role minting ephemeral, scoped ghp agent tokens. Reading ghp/creds/agent mints
+# a lease-bound token deleted from ghp on revoke/expiry. token_type "agent" binds
+# the minted token to a ghp App installation, so installation_id is REQUIRED.
+#
+# installation_id below is a PLACEHOLDER (0) and MUST be set to the real ghp App
+# installation id before this role can mint usable tokens. scopes are ghp
+# permission:level pairs; contents:read is the least-privilege default.
+---
+token_type: agent
+installation_id: 0 # PLACEHOLDER - set to the real ghp App installation id
+scopes:
+  - contents:read
+session_prefix: vault
+ttl: 3600      # 1h
+max_ttl: 86400 # 24h