diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/scripts/skill-gitea-admin.sh b/.gitea/workflows/scripts/skill-gitea-admin.sh
index ab40e24..77d22b5 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/scripts/skill-gitea-admin.sh
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/scripts/skill-gitea-admin.sh
@@ -59,20 +59,24 @@ curl -sS -X POST -H "Authorization: token $AGENT_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: applic
 # 2) mint a scoped token AS that user (pick the narrowest scopes needed)
 tok=$(curl -sS -u "inter:$PW" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST "$API/users/inter/tokens" \
       -d '{"name":"inter","scopes":["read:repository","write:issue"]}' | jq -r '.sha1')
-# 3) store it as a secret (org / repo / user level) — never print $tok
+# 3) store the value in BOTH places (see "Secret storage" below) — never print $tok
 curl -sS -X PUT -H "Authorization: token $AGENT_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
   "$API/orgs/gitea/actions/secrets/TOKEN_INTER" -d "$(jq -nc --arg d "$tok" '{data:$d}')"
 ```
 Token **scopes** are groups of `read:`/`write:` on: `repository`, `issue`, `organization`, `user`,
 `package`, `notification`, `misc`, and (only for a privileged token) `admin`.
 
-## Token inventory — record everything in `gitea/secrets`
-The private repo **`gitea/secrets`** (readable only by @ffaerber and @ops) is the source of truth for
-tokens. Whenever you mint, rotate, or re-scope a token, append/update a row in its `tokens.md` via the
-contents API (`GET` the file for its `sha`, then `PUT` the updated base64 content with that `sha`):
-`| <token/secret name> | <owner user> | <scopes> | <Actions secret it is stored in> | <notes> |`.
-Storing the live value in the matching Actions secret is what workflows use; the `gitea/secrets` row
-is the human-readable inventory. Never paste a token value into any issue/PR/comment/log.
+## Secret storage — `gitea/secrets/.env` is the SOURCE OF TRUTH
+Every token/secret value MUST live in **`gitea/secrets/.env`** (private, readable only by @ffaerber and
+@ops) as a `KEY=value` line. That file is the master; the workflows only get a secret because `.env` is
+mirrored into the org Actions secrets. So whenever you mint, rotate, or re-scope a token you MUST do
+BOTH, in sync:
+  1. **`.env`**: `GET /repos/gitea/secrets/contents/.env` for its `sha`, add or replace the `KEY=value`
+     line, then `PUT` the updated base64 content with that `sha`.
+  2. **Actions secret**: `PUT /orgs/gitea/actions/secrets/{KEY}` with the same value (what runs use).
+When you DELETE a token, remove it from BOTH. Keep `gitea/secrets/README.md` (the table describing what
+each KEY is) up to date. Do NOT use `tokens.md` — the values live in `.env`. NEVER paste a token value
+into any issue/PR/comment/log; it only ever goes into `.env` and the Actions secret.
 
 ## Change a user's token scope (the "update my token" flow)
 Tokens are immutable — you can't edit scopes. Re-mint: delete the old token and create a new one,