diff --git a/roboco/llm/providers/grok.py b/roboco/llm/providers/grok.py
index fc913b23..f5a24d0b 100644
--- a/roboco/llm/providers/grok.py
+++ b/roboco/llm/providers/grok.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Protocol
 from roboco.agents_config import get_agent_role
 from roboco.llm.providers._docker import container_running, stop_container
 from roboco.llm.providers.base import AgentProvider, ProviderError, SpawnResult
+from roboco.services.gateway.role_config import get_role_config
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from pathlib import Path
@@ -90,6 +91,42 @@ _MINIMAL_REASONING_ROLES = frozenset(
 )
 _FULL_REASONING_OVERRIDES = frozenset({"default", "full", "none", ""})
 
+# Per-role opencode permission policy (Claude-parity with
+# orchestrator._get_role_permissions). Claude denies Write/Edit for the read-only
+# roles and Bash(git commit/push) for PMs; opencode's permission is coarser
+# (allow/deny per tool class), so:
+#   * edit  — allow only roles that write code (role_config.allows_write:
+#     developer / documenter). Everyone else edit=deny.
+#   * bash  — allow only roles that legitimately run a shell; the read-only
+#     reviewers (qa / pr_reviewer / auditor) and the board never do. secret-scrub
+#     still guards bash (git-mutate / cred files) for the roles that keep it.
+#   * external_directory — only the pr_reviewer reads scratch outside its cwd
+#     (a diff it writes to /tmp). Delivery roles work inside their workspace, so
+#     external_directory=deny (the headless-ask auto-deny that blocked the
+#     pr-reviewer is moot once that one role is explicitly allowed).
+_BASH_ROLES = frozenset({"developer", "documenter", "cell_pm", "main_pm"})
+_EXTERNAL_DIR_ROLES = frozenset({"pr_reviewer"})
+
+
+def _edit_permission_for(agent_id: str) -> str:
+    """opencode ``edit`` permission for an agent's role (allow iff it writes code)."""
+    role = get_agent_role(agent_id) or ""
+    try:
+        return "allow" if get_role_config(role).allows_write else "deny"
+    except KeyError:
+        return "deny"  # unknown role → safest
+
+
+def _bash_permission_for(agent_id: str) -> str:
+    """opencode ``bash`` permission for an agent's role."""
+    return "allow" if (get_agent_role(agent_id) or "") in _BASH_ROLES else "deny"
+
+
+def _external_dir_permission_for(agent_id: str) -> str:
+    """opencode ``external_directory`` permission for an agent's role."""
+    role = get_agent_role(agent_id) or ""
+    return "allow" if role in _EXTERNAL_DIR_ROLES else "deny"
+
 
 def _reasoning_effort_for(agent_id: str) -> str | None:
     """Resolve the opencode --variant reasoning effort for an agent.
@@ -243,6 +280,20 @@ class GrokProvider(AgentProvider):
             # Reused as the generic agent session id so the transcript stays
             # locatable at finalize, exactly as on the Claude Code path.
             cmd.extend(["-e", f"ROBOCO_AGENT_SESSION_ID={config.claude_session_id}"])
+        # Per-role opencode permissions (Claude-parity): read-only roles get
+        # edit=deny, only delivery roles get bash, only the pr-reviewer gets
+        # external-directory reads. opencode_config.main() reads these.
+        cmd.extend(
+            [
+                "-e",
+                f"ROBOCO_GROK_EDIT_PERMISSION={_edit_permission_for(config.agent_id)}",
+                "-e",
+                f"ROBOCO_GROK_BASH_PERMISSION={_bash_permission_for(config.agent_id)}",
+                "-e",
+                "ROBOCO_GROK_EXTERNAL_DIR_PERMISSION="
+                f"{_external_dir_permission_for(config.agent_id)}",
+            ]
+        )
         # Reasoning effort (opencode --variant) by role; omitted = full reasoning.
         variant = _reasoning_effort_for(config.agent_id)
         if variant:
diff --git a/roboco/runtime/orchestrator.py b/roboco/runtime/orchestrator.py
index 381e4071..14f37878 100644
--- a/roboco/runtime/orchestrator.py
+++ b/roboco/runtime/orchestrator.py
@@ -3415,6 +3415,23 @@ class AgentOrchestrator:
                     "ROBOCO_SYSTEM_PROMPT=/app/system-prompt.md",
                 ]
             )
+            # Both interactive roles are read-only conversational agents: no code
+            # edits, no shell (Claude-parity — the SDK gates deny everything but
+            # Read/Grep/Glob + their tools). Intake reads sibling product repos
+            # that sit OUTSIDE its cwd, so it keeps external-directory reads; the
+            # Secretary only reads /app + the API, so it doesn't.
+            is_intake = isinstance(spec, _IntakeRunSpec)
+            cmd.extend(
+                [
+                    "-e",
+                    "ROBOCO_GROK_EDIT_PERMISSION=deny",
+                    "-e",
+                    "ROBOCO_GROK_BASH_PERMISSION=deny",
+                    "-e",
+                    "ROBOCO_GROK_EXTERNAL_DIR_PERMISSION="
+                    f"{'allow' if is_intake else 'deny'}",
+                ]
+            )
             # Per-role reasoning effort: the opencode-serve driver passes this as
             # the message `variant` (same lever as the one-shot --variant).
             if spec.grok_variant:
diff --git a/tests/unit/llm/test_providers.py b/tests/unit/llm/test_providers.py
index c72d424f..beb1b6d0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llm/test_providers.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llm/test_providers.py
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ from roboco.llm.providers import (
     ProviderRegistry,
     SpawnResult,
 )
-from roboco.llm.providers.grok import _reasoning_effort_for
+from roboco.llm.providers.grok import (
+    _bash_permission_for,
+    _edit_permission_for,
+    _external_dir_permission_for,
+    _reasoning_effort_for,
+)
 from roboco.models.base import ModelProvider
 from roboco.models.runtime import OrchestratorAgentConfig
 
@@ -279,6 +284,59 @@ def test_reasoning_effort_override(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     assert _reasoning_effort_for("be-pm") is None  # "default" => full reasoning
 
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Per-role opencode permissions (Claude-parity)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_edit_permission_allows_only_writer_roles() -> None:
+    assert _edit_permission_for("be-dev-1") == "allow"
+    assert _edit_permission_for("be-doc") == "allow"
+    for slug in ("be-qa", "pr-reviewer-1", "be-pm", "main-pm", "auditor"):
+        assert _edit_permission_for(slug) == "deny", slug
+
+
+def test_bash_permission_allows_only_shell_roles() -> None:
+    for slug in ("be-dev-1", "be-doc", "be-pm", "main-pm"):
+        assert _bash_permission_for(slug) == "allow", slug
+    for slug in ("be-qa", "pr-reviewer-1", "auditor", "product-owner"):
+        assert _bash_permission_for(slug) == "deny", slug
+
+
+def test_external_dir_permission_only_pr_reviewer() -> None:
+    assert _external_dir_permission_for("pr-reviewer-1") == "allow"
+    for slug in ("be-dev-1", "be-qa", "be-pm", "auditor"):
+        assert _external_dir_permission_for(slug) == "deny", slug
+
+
+async def test_grok_spawn_sets_readonly_permissions_for_reviewer() -> None:
+    # A read-only reviewer (qa) gets edit=deny + bash=deny + external_dir=deny.
+    host = _FakeHost()
+    provider = GrokProvider(host)
+    with patch(
+        "asyncio.create_subprocess_exec", AsyncMock(return_value=_proc())
+    ) as exec_mock:
+        await provider.spawn(_config(agent_id="be-qa"))
+    cmd = list(exec_mock.call_args.args)
+    assert "ROBOCO_GROK_EDIT_PERMISSION=deny" in cmd
+    assert "ROBOCO_GROK_BASH_PERMISSION=deny" in cmd
+    assert "ROBOCO_GROK_EXTERNAL_DIR_PERMISSION=deny" in cmd
+
+
+async def test_grok_spawn_pr_reviewer_is_read_only_but_reads_scratch() -> None:
+    # The pr-reviewer never writes code (edit=deny) but reads its /tmp diff
+    # (external_directory=allow) — the one role that needs it.
+    host = _FakeHost()
+    provider = GrokProvider(host)
+    with patch(
+        "asyncio.create_subprocess_exec", AsyncMock(return_value=_proc())
+    ) as exec_mock:
+        await provider.spawn(_config(agent_id="pr-reviewer-1"))
+    cmd = list(exec_mock.call_args.args)
+    assert "ROBOCO_GROK_EDIT_PERMISSION=deny" in cmd
+    assert "ROBOCO_GROK_EXTERNAL_DIR_PERMISSION=allow" in cmd
+
+
 async def test_grok_spawn_sets_variant_for_minimal_role() -> None:
     host = _FakeHost()
     provider = GrokProvider(host)
diff --git a/tests/unit/runtime/test_interactive_grok_spawn.py b/tests/unit/runtime/test_interactive_grok_spawn.py
index 406ab7d9..40c015bb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/runtime/test_interactive_grok_spawn.py
+++ b/tests/unit/runtime/test_interactive_grok_spawn.py
@@ -67,6 +67,21 @@ def test_intake_grok_uses_openai_env_and_opencode_mount() -> None:
     assert cmd[-1] == GROK_PROMPTER_IMAGE
     # The xAI endpoint is never mislabelled as Anthropic.
     assert not any(c.startswith("ANTHROPIC_") for c in cmd)
+    # Intake is read-only (no code edits, no shell) but reads sibling product
+    # repos OUTSIDE its cwd, so it keeps external-directory reads.
+    assert "ROBOCO_GROK_EDIT_PERMISSION=deny" in cmd
+    assert "ROBOCO_GROK_BASH_PERMISSION=deny" in cmd
+    assert "ROBOCO_GROK_EXTERNAL_DIR_PERMISSION=allow" in cmd
+
+
+def test_intake_anthropic_omits_grok_permission_env() -> None:
+    # The opencode permission env is a GROK-only contract; the Claude path never
+    # sets it (it gates tools via the SDK can_use_tool allowlist instead).
+    cmd = AgentOrchestrator._build_intake_run_cmd(
+        _intake_spec("anthropic", base_url="https://api.anthropic.com", token="sk-ant")
+    )
+    assert not any(c.startswith("ROBOCO_GROK_EDIT_PERMISSION=") for c in cmd)
+    assert not any(c.startswith("ROBOCO_GROK_BASH_PERMISSION=") for c in cmd)
 
 
 def test_intake_grok_omits_variant_when_unset() -> None:
@@ -109,3 +124,8 @@ def test_secretary_grok_uses_openai_env_and_grok_image() -> None:
     assert "ROBOCO_AGENT_TOKEN=hmac-secretary" in cmd
     assert cmd[-1] == GROK_SECRETARY_IMAGE
     assert not any(c.startswith("ANTHROPIC_") for c in cmd)
+    # The Secretary is read-only and reads only /app + the API, so edit/bash
+    # are denied and it gets NO external-directory reads (unlike intake).
+    assert "ROBOCO_GROK_EDIT_PERMISSION=deny" in cmd
+    assert "ROBOCO_GROK_BASH_PERMISSION=deny" in cmd
+    assert "ROBOCO_GROK_EXTERNAL_DIR_PERMISSION=deny" in cmd