diff --git a/config/config.hcl b/config/config.hcl
index 3ad9136..19b655d 100644
--- a/config/config.hcl
+++ b/config/config.hcl
@@ -239,5 +239,18 @@ locals {
       })
       if startswith(file_path, "rancher_secret_backend_role/")
     }
+    gitea_secret_backend = {
+      for file_path, content in local.all_configs :
+      trimsuffix(basename(file_path), ".yaml") => content
+      if startswith(file_path, "gitea_secret_backend/")
+    }
+    gitea_secret_backend_role = {
+      for file_path, content in local.all_configs :
+      trimsuffix(replace(file_path, "gitea_secret_backend_role/", ""), ".yaml") => merge(content, {
+        name    = trimsuffix(basename(file_path), ".yaml")
+        backend = dirname(replace(file_path, "gitea_secret_backend_role/", ""))
+      })
+      if startswith(file_path, "gitea_secret_backend_role/")
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/config/gitea_secret_backend/gitea.yaml b/config/gitea_secret_backend/gitea.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..363c065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/gitea_secret_backend/gitea.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Mounts the gitea token secrets engine at "gitea" and writes its config.
+# The seeded site-admin credentials are sensitive and read from KV, not stored
+# here:
+#   kv/service/vault/au/syd1/secret_backend/gitea/config
+#   -> keys: admin_username (required), admin_password (required)
+# Populate that KV path with a purpose-built Gitea site-admin bot (2FA disabled)
+# BEFORE applying, then run `vault write -f gitea/config/rotate-root` after the
+# first apply so only Vault holds the admin password.
+description: "Gitea ephemeral scoped access token engine"
+gitea_url: "https://git.unkin.net"
+request_timeout_seconds: 30
diff --git a/config/gitea_secret_backend_role/gitea/teabot-implementer.yaml b/config/gitea_secret_backend_role/gitea/teabot-implementer.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f2ce54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/gitea_secret_backend_role/gitea/teabot-implementer.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Role minting ephemeral tokens for the teabot-implementer bot user.
+# The implementer clones/pushes code and opens pull requests, so it gets write
+# on repositories (clone + push + PR create) and write on issues (PR/issue
+# comments). Read is implied by write. No admin/org/user-write scopes.
+# Reading gitea/creds/teabot-implementer mints a lease-bound token deleted from
+# Gitea on revoke/expiry.
+---
+username: teabot-implementer
+scopes:
+  - write:repository
+  - write:issue
+token_name_prefix: vault-teabot-implementer
+ttl: 3600      # 1h
+max_ttl: 14400 # 4h
diff --git a/config/gitea_secret_backend_role/gitea/teabot-reviewer.yaml b/config/gitea_secret_backend_role/gitea/teabot-reviewer.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1473f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/gitea_secret_backend_role/gitea/teabot-reviewer.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Role minting ephemeral tokens for the teabot-reviewer bot user.
+# The reviewer reads code and posts pull-request reviews/comments, so it gets
+# read on repositories (fetch diffs) and write on issues (PR reviews + issue/PR
+# comments). No repository-write, admin, org, or user scopes.
+# Reading gitea/creds/teabot-reviewer mints a lease-bound token deleted from
+# Gitea on revoke/expiry.
+---
+username: teabot-reviewer
+scopes:
+  - read:repository
+  - write:issue
+token_name_prefix: vault-teabot-reviewer
+ttl: 3600      # 1h
+max_ttl: 14400 # 4h
diff --git a/config/plugins/vault-plugin-secrets-gitea.yaml b/config/plugins/vault-plugin-secrets-gitea.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b101877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/plugins/vault-plugin-secrets-gitea.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# config/plugins/vault-plugin-secrets-gitea.yaml
+# Imports (registers) the gitea secrets plugin in the catalog. Filename =
+# catalog name = mount type. The binary is installed on the OpenBao nodes by
+# Puppet (openbao-plugin-secrets-gitea RPM ->
+# /opt/openbao-plugins/vault-plugin-secrets-gitea).
+#
+# sha256 pins the released v0.1.0 binary; bump it in lockstep with any RPM
+# upgrade or OpenBao will refuse to launch the plugin.
+type: secret
+command: vault-plugin-secrets-gitea
+sha256: "8f67fbc216effada5fd7399888a710b62fad83be0b31761a439e7dec3d56509b"
diff --git a/environments/au/syd1/terragrunt.hcl b/environments/au/syd1/terragrunt.hcl
index a772255..98a9415 100644
--- a/environments/au/syd1/terragrunt.hcl
+++ b/environments/au/syd1/terragrunt.hcl
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ inputs = {
   rancher_secret_backend_service_account = local.config.rancher_secret_backend_service_account
   rancher_secret_backend_role            = local.config.rancher_secret_backend_role
 
+  gitea_secret_backend      = local.config.gitea_secret_backend
+  gitea_secret_backend_role = local.config.gitea_secret_backend_role
+
   # Pass policy maps to vault_cluster module
   policy_auth_map  = local.policies.policy_auth_map
   policy_rules_map = local.policies.policy_rules_map
diff --git a/modules/vault_cluster/main.tf b/modules/vault_cluster/main.tf
index 0721e81..3940844 100644
--- a/modules/vault_cluster/main.tf
+++ b/modules/vault_cluster/main.tf
@@ -421,6 +421,40 @@ module "rancher_secret_backend_role" {
   depends_on = [module.rancher_secret_backend_service_account]
 }
 
+module "gitea_secret_backend" {
+  source = "./modules/gitea_secret_backend"
+
+  for_each = var.gitea_secret_backend
+
+  path                    = each.key
+  plugin                  = each.value.plugin
+  description             = each.value.description
+  gitea_url               = each.value.gitea_url
+  country                 = var.country
+  region                  = var.region
+  ca_cert                 = each.value.ca_cert
+  tls_skip_verify         = each.value.tls_skip_verify
+  request_timeout_seconds = each.value.request_timeout_seconds
+
+  depends_on = [module.plugin]
+}
+
+module "gitea_secret_backend_role" {
+  source = "./modules/gitea_secret_backend_role"
+
+  for_each = var.gitea_secret_backend_role
+
+  backend           = each.value.backend
+  name              = each.value.name
+  username          = each.value.username
+  scopes            = each.value.scopes
+  token_name_prefix = each.value.token_name_prefix
+  ttl               = each.value.ttl
+  max_ttl           = each.value.max_ttl
+
+  depends_on = [module.gitea_secret_backend]
+}
+
 module "vault_policy" {
   source = "./modules/vault_policy"
 
diff --git a/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend/main.tf b/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d37191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Mounts the gitea secrets engine and writes its connection config via the
+# giteavaultsecret provider. The plugin is registered ("imported") in the
+# catalog separately (config/plugins/vault-plugin-secrets-gitea.yaml). The
+# seeded site-admin credentials are sensitive and read from KV, not stored in
+# git:
+#   kv/service/vault/<country>/<region>/secret_backend/<path>/config
+# Expected keys: admin_username (required), admin_password (required).
+data "vault_kv_secret_v2" "config" {
+  mount = "kv"
+  name  = "service/vault/${var.country}/${var.region}/secret_backend/${var.path}/config"
+}
+
+resource "gitea_secret_backend" "this" {
+  path                    = var.path
+  plugin                  = var.plugin
+  description             = var.description
+  gitea_url               = var.gitea_url
+  admin_username          = data.vault_kv_secret_v2.config.data["admin_username"]
+  admin_password          = data.vault_kv_secret_v2.config.data["admin_password"]
+  ca_cert                 = var.ca_cert
+  tls_skip_verify         = var.tls_skip_verify
+  request_timeout_seconds = var.request_timeout_seconds
+}
diff --git a/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend/terraform.tf b/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend/terraform.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98f55df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend/terraform.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+terraform {
+  required_version = ">= 1.10"
+  required_providers {
+    vault = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/vault"
+      version = "5.6.0"
+    }
+    gitea = {
+      source  = "artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/terraform-unkin/giteavaultsecret"
+      version = "0.1.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend/variables.tf b/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11467f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+variable "path" {
+  description = "Mount path of the gitea secrets engine (e.g. \"gitea\")"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "plugin" {
+  description = "Registered plugin name to mount (the catalog name = mount type)"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "vault-plugin-secrets-gitea"
+}
+
+variable "description" {
+  description = "Human-friendly description of the mount"
+  type        = string
+  default     = null
+}
+
+variable "gitea_url" {
+  description = "Base URL of the Gitea server (e.g. https://git.unkin.net)"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "country" {
+  description = "Country segment of the KV path holding the seeded admin credentials"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "region" {
+  description = "Region segment of the KV path holding the seeded admin credentials"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "ca_cert" {
+  description = "PEM CA certificate that signed the Gitea server's TLS cert (optional; omit to use the system trust store)"
+  type        = string
+  default     = null
+}
+
+variable "tls_skip_verify" {
+  description = "Skip TLS verification of the Gitea server (not recommended)"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = false
+}
+
+variable "request_timeout_seconds" {
+  description = "HTTP timeout in seconds for calls from the plugin to Gitea"
+  type        = number
+  default     = 30
+}
diff --git a/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend_role/main.tf b/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend_role/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be9943b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend_role/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# A role that mints short-lived, scoped gitea tokens for a target Gitea user.
+# Reading gitea/creds/<name> produces a lease-bound token that is deleted from
+# Gitea when the lease is revoked or reaches max_ttl.
+resource "gitea_secret_backend_role" "this" {
+  backend           = var.backend
+  name              = var.name
+  username          = var.username
+  scopes            = var.scopes
+  token_name_prefix = var.token_name_prefix
+  ttl               = var.ttl
+  max_ttl           = var.max_ttl
+}
diff --git a/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend_role/terraform.tf b/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend_role/terraform.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a5585b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend_role/terraform.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+terraform {
+  required_version = ">= 1.10"
+  required_providers {
+    gitea = {
+      source  = "artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/terraform-unkin/giteavaultsecret"
+      version = "0.1.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend_role/variables.tf b/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend_role/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8472a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/vault_cluster/modules/gitea_secret_backend_role/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+variable "backend" {
+  description = "Mount path of the gitea secrets engine this role belongs to"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "name" {
+  description = "Role name (read gitea/creds/<name> to mint a token)"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "username" {
+  description = "Target Gitea username the minted tokens belong to"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "scopes" {
+  description = "Gitea access-token scopes granted to minted tokens (write: implies read:)"
+  type        = list(string)
+}
+
+variable "token_name_prefix" {
+  description = "Prefix for the generated Gitea token name (optional)"
+  type        = string
+  default     = null
+}
+
+variable "ttl" {
+  description = "Default lease TTL in seconds for minted tokens"
+  type        = number
+  default     = null
+}
+
+variable "max_ttl" {
+  description = "Maximum lease TTL in seconds for minted tokens"
+  type        = number
+  default     = null
+}
diff --git a/modules/vault_cluster/variables.tf b/modules/vault_cluster/variables.tf
index a013a8a..2c59ddc 100644
--- a/modules/vault_cluster/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/vault_cluster/variables.tf
@@ -388,6 +388,33 @@ variable "rancher_secret_backend_role" {
   default = {}
 }
 
+variable "gitea_secret_backend" {
+  description = "Map of gitea token secret engines to create (mount + config; seeded admin creds read from KV)"
+  type = map(object({
+    plugin                  = optional(string, "vault-plugin-secrets-gitea")
+    description             = optional(string)
+    gitea_url               = string
+    ca_cert                 = optional(string)
+    tls_skip_verify         = optional(bool, false)
+    request_timeout_seconds = optional(number, 30)
+  }))
+  default = {}
+}
+
+variable "gitea_secret_backend_role" {
+  description = "Map of gitea token-minting roles to create"
+  type = map(object({
+    name              = string
+    backend           = string
+    username          = string
+    scopes            = list(string)
+    token_name_prefix = optional(string)
+    ttl               = optional(number)
+    max_ttl           = optional(number)
+  }))
+  default = {}
+}
+
 variable "policy_auth_map" {
   description = "Map of auth mounts -> auth roles -> policy names"
   type        = map(map(list(string)))