diff --git a/scripts/agent-git b/scripts/agent-git
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7ef84b2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/agent-git
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Run git with the commit AUTHOR named after the agent: `Claude ($BEADS_ACTOR)`.
+# Why GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and not `-c user.name`: .agents/skills/wave/agent-rules.md.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if [ -z "${BEADS_ACTOR:-}" ]; then
+  echo 'agent-git: BEADS_ACTOR is unset; refusing to author as the owner' >&2
+  echo 'usage: BEADS_ACTOR=<actor> scripts/agent-git commit|merge|cherry-pick ...' >&2
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Claude ($BEADS_ACTOR)" exec git "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/agent-git-test.sh b/scripts/agent-git-test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e2ee6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/agent-git-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# check_the_checker for scripts/agent-git (improvise-1xfb.3). A throwaway repo
+# whose only identity is its own config; no global or system git config.
+set -uo pipefail
+
+here="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+RUN="$here/agent-git"
+work="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$work"' EXIT
+
+export GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL=/dev/null GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM=1
+unset GIT_AUTHOR_NAME GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL GIT_COMMITTER_NAME GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL
+
+pass=0; fail=0
+ok()  { printf '  ok   %s\n' "$1"; pass=$((pass+1)); }
+bad() { printf '  FAIL %s (%s)\n' "$1" "$2"; fail=$((fail+1)); }
+
+# $1 name, $2 wanted, $3 got
+same() { if [ "$2" = "$3" ]; then ok "$1"; else bad "$1" "got '$3', wanted '$2'"; fi; }
+
+repo="$work/repo"
+git init -q "$repo"
+git -C "$repo" config user.name Owner
+git -C "$repo" config user.email owner@example.com
+git -C "$repo" commit -q --allow-empty -m base
+cd "$repo" || exit 1
+base="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+
+# The refusals: nothing may be committed, since the commit would be the owner's.
+(unset BEADS_ACTOR; "$RUN" commit -q --allow-empty -m unset) > "$work/out" 2>&1
+same "an unset BEADS_ACTOR is refused" 2 "$?"
+grep -q 'BEADS_ACTOR is unset' "$work/out" && ok "the refusal names BEADS_ACTOR" \
+  || bad "the refusal names BEADS_ACTOR" "$(head -c 200 "$work/out")"
+BEADS_ACTOR='' "$RUN" commit -q --allow-empty -m empty > /dev/null 2>&1
+same "an empty BEADS_ACTOR is refused" 2 "$?"
+same "a refusal commits nothing" "$base" "$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+
+# A commit: the author is the agent, and nothing else about the identity moves.
+BEADS_ACTOR=agent-a1 "$RUN" commit -q --allow-empty -m one
+same "the author is Claude (<actor>)" 'Claude (agent-a1)' "$(git log -1 --format=%an)"
+same "the author email is the configured one" owner@example.com "$(git log -1 --format=%ae)"
+same "the committer is untouched" 'Owner <owner@example.com>' "$(git log -1 --format='%cn <%ce>')"
+same "shared config is untouched" Owner "$(git config user.name)"
+
+# A merge commit is authored too; a plain amend keeps the agent as author.
+git checkout -q -b side "$base"
+BEADS_ACTOR=agent-b2 "$RUN" commit -q --allow-empty -m side
+git checkout -q -
+BEADS_ACTOR=agent-a1 "$RUN" merge -q --no-edit side
+same "a merge commit is authored by the agent" 'Claude (agent-a1)' "$(git log -1 --format=%an)"
+same "the merge has two parents" 2 "$(git log -1 --format=%P | wc -w | tr -d ' ')"
+
+# git's own failure is passed through, not swallowed.
+BEADS_ACTOR=agent-a1 "$RUN" commit -q -m nothing-staged > /dev/null 2>&1
+rc=$?
+[ "$rc" != 0 ] && ok "git's own failure is passed through" \
+  || bad "git's own failure is passed through" "exit 0"
+
+printf '\nagent-git-test: %d passed, %d failed\n' "$pass" "$fail"
+[ "$fail" = 0 ]
diff --git a/scripts/checkers.sh b/scripts/checkers.sh
index bf837508..183678fc 100755
--- a/scripts/checkers.sh
+++ b/scripts/checkers.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ ci_suites() {
     build) echo assemble-stamp ;;
     js) echo node-test ;;
     # check-harness-lock must never read "could not resolve" as "stale" (improvise-zs2r).
-    kb) echo kb checkers pr-watch release-preflight pr-reviews fmt-workspaces bd-audit-ids check-harness-lock ;;
+    kb) echo kb checkers pr-watch release-preflight pr-reviews fmt-workspaces bd-audit-ids check-harness-lock agent-git ;;
     *) return 1 ;;
   esac
 }