diff --git a/src/permission/classify.ts b/src/permission/classify.ts
index dc64ac2cd..f7ab32fac 100644
--- a/src/permission/classify.ts
+++ b/src/permission/classify.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { resolve, sep } from "node:path";
-import { realpathSync } from "node:fs";
 import type { ToolCall } from "@intx/types/runtime";
 import type { ApprovalScope, PermissionRequest } from "./types.js";
 import { splitChainedCommand, deriveCommandScopes, tokenize, isShellCommentOnly, isShellNoOp } from "./command.js";
@@ -10,6 +8,8 @@ import {
   isSensitivePath,
 } from "../plugins/secret-guard-plugin.js";
 import { runShellAuthzBlockReason, runShellAuthzSegmentBlockReason } from "../shell/run-shell-authz.js";
+import { resolveWorkspacePath } from "./path-restriction.js";
+import type { RootsProvider } from "./worktree-roots.js";
 
 // Read-only tools never need approval as long as they don't touch a restricted
 // path; they cannot change the workspace. `lsp` is included here even though
@@ -235,18 +235,15 @@ const EXEC_FLAG = /^(--pre|--pre-glob|--hostname-bin|--search-zip|-z)(=|$)/;
 // keys) additionally never auto-allow; the permission gate asks so the operator
 // can approve legitimate shell uses (e.g. `--env-file`). Path-keyed secret
 // reads remain a hard deny in secret-guard.
-function realpathOr(path: string): string {
-  try {
-    return realpathSync(path);
-  } catch {
-    return path;
-  }
-}
-
-function escapesWorkspace(token: string, realCwd: string): boolean {
+// Containment is delegated to path-restriction.ts's resolveWorkspacePath —
+// the same authority gate.ts's restriction check uses — so a path inside a
+// registered worktree root is never auto-allow-eligible under a stricter (or
+// looser) rule than the one that judges it restricted. `rootsProvider`
+// defaults to no extra roots, so callers that don't pass one keep exactly
+// today's cwd-only behavior.
+function escapesWorkspace(token: string, cwd: string, rootsProvider: RootsProvider): boolean {
   if (token.startsWith("~")) return true;
-  const realTarget = realpathOr(resolve(realCwd, token));
-  return realTarget !== realCwd && !realTarget.startsWith(realCwd + sep);
+  return resolveWorkspacePath(cwd, token, rootsProvider) === undefined;
 }
 
 // grep/rg read a file through a flag value (`--file=PATH`, `-fPATH`), so a path
@@ -261,26 +258,34 @@ function flagPathValue(token: string): string | null {
   return glued !== null ? (glued[1] ?? null) : null;
 }
 
-function argEscapesWorkspace(token: string, realCwd: string): boolean {
-  if (!token.startsWith("-")) return escapesWorkspace(token, realCwd);
+function argEscapesWorkspace(token: string, cwd: string, rootsProvider: RootsProvider): boolean {
+  if (!token.startsWith("-")) return escapesWorkspace(token, cwd, rootsProvider);
   const value = flagPathValue(token);
-  return value !== null && value.length > 0 && escapesWorkspace(value, realCwd);
+  return value !== null && value.length > 0 && escapesWorkspace(value, cwd, rootsProvider);
 }
 
+// No-extra-roots default: callers that don't pass a rootsProvider (existing
+// tests, callers with no worktree registry) keep exactly today's cwd-only
+// containment behavior.
+const NO_ROOTS: RootsProvider = () => [];
+
 // Segment-only allowlist check (no authz policy). Used when a pipeline segment is
 // judged in isolation — authz applies to the full command string, not each stage.
-export function isAutoAllowedShellSegment(segment: string, cwd: string = process.cwd()): boolean {
+export function isAutoAllowedShellSegment(
+  segment: string,
+  cwd: string = process.cwd(),
+  rootsProvider: RootsProvider = NO_ROOTS,
+): boolean {
   const trimmed = segment.trim();
   // Empty is not auto-allowed as a "command"; full-line comments and pure shell
   // no-ops (true/false/: and bare control-flow keywords) never need approval.
   if (trimmed.length === 0) return false;
   if (isShellCommentOnly(trimmed) || isShellNoOp(trimmed)) return true;
   if (runShellAuthzSegmentBlockReason(trimmed) !== undefined) return false;
-  const realCwd = realpathOr(cwd);
-  return isAutoAllowedSegment(segment, realCwd);
+  return isAutoAllowedSegment(segment, cwd, rootsProvider);
 }
 
-function isAutoAllowedSegment(segment: string, realCwd: string): boolean {
+function isAutoAllowedSegment(segment: string, cwd: string, rootsProvider: RootsProvider): boolean {
   const trimmed = segment.trim();
   if (trimmed.length === 0) return false;
   if (isShellCommentOnly(trimmed) || isShellNoOp(trimmed)) return true;
@@ -310,13 +315,17 @@ function isAutoAllowedSegment(segment: string, realCwd: string): boolean {
   if (args.some((token) => isSensitivePath(token))) return false;
   // Pure directory listing may target outside-workspace paths (names only).
   // Content readers must stay inside the workspace.
-  if (!pureListing && args.some((token) => argEscapesWorkspace(token, realCwd))) {
+  if (!pureListing && args.some((token) => argEscapesWorkspace(token, cwd, rootsProvider))) {
     return false;
   }
   return true;
 }
 
-export function isAutoAllowedShellCommand(command: string, cwd: string = process.cwd()): boolean {
+export function isAutoAllowedShellCommand(
+  command: string,
+  cwd: string = process.cwd(),
+  rootsProvider: RootsProvider = NO_ROOTS,
+): boolean {
   const trimmed = command.trim();
   if (trimmed.length === 0) return false;
   // Single-line full comments and pure shell no-ops are inert.
@@ -332,16 +341,17 @@ export function isAutoAllowedShellCommand(command: string, cwd: string = process
   if (DANGEROUS_METACHARACTERS.test(trimmed)) return false;
 
   // Split on pipe and require every segment to be a safe read-only program.
-  // The workspace realpath is constant across every path token in the command,
-  // so resolve it once here rather than per token inside escapesWorkspace.
-  const realCwd = realpathOr(cwd);
   const segments = trimmed.split("|");
-  return segments.every((seg) => isAutoAllowedSegment(seg, realCwd));
+  return segments.every((seg) => isAutoAllowedSegment(seg, cwd, rootsProvider));
 }
 
-export function isAutoAllowedShellCall(call: ToolCall, cwd: string = process.cwd()): boolean {
+export function isAutoAllowedShellCall(
+  call: ToolCall,
+  cwd: string = process.cwd(),
+  rootsProvider: RootsProvider = NO_ROOTS,
+): boolean {
   if (call.name !== "run_shell") return false;
-  return isAutoAllowedShellCommand(stringArg(call, "command"), cwd);
+  return isAutoAllowedShellCommand(stringArg(call, "command"), cwd, rootsProvider);
 }
 
 // File scopes intentionally stop at the directory level. There is no "every
diff --git a/src/permission/gate.ts b/src/permission/gate.ts
index 5d0fb7713..ad8c1227e 100644
--- a/src/permission/gate.ts
+++ b/src/permission/gate.ts
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ export function createPermissionGate(options: PermissionGateOptions): Permission
     if (!restricted && classifyTool(call.name, mcpTiers) === "allow") {
       return { allowed: true };
     }
-    if (!restricted && !shellReferencesSecret && isAutoAllowedShellCall(call, effectiveCwd)) {
+    if (!restricted && !shellReferencesSecret && isAutoAllowedShellCall(call, effectiveCwd, rootsProvider)) {
       return { allowed: true };
     }
     if (auto) {
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ export function createPermissionGate(options: PermissionGateOptions): Permission
           }
           // Safe pipeline tails (`| sort`) and pure no-ops (`|| true`) skip.
           // Containment is judged against the process cwd, not the session cwd.
-          if (isAutoAllowedShellSegment(segment, effectiveCwd)) {
+          if (isAutoAllowedShellSegment(segment, effectiveCwd, rootsProvider)) {
             continue;
           }
           needsOperator = true;
diff --git a/src/permission/workspace-containment.test.ts b/src/permission/workspace-containment.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23354e2be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/permission/workspace-containment.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { mkdir, rm, symlink, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { realpathSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import type { ToolCall } from "@intx/types/runtime";
+
+import { isAutoAllowedShellCall } from "./classify.js";
+import { createPathRestriction } from "./path-restriction.js";
+
+let cwd = "";
+let worktree = "";
+let evilWorktree = "";
+let outside = "";
+let home = "";
+
+const shellCall = (command: string): ToolCall => ({ id: "c", name: "run_shell", arguments: { command } });
+
+beforeEach(async () => {
+  const stamp = `${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(16).slice(2)}`;
+  cwd = join(tmpdir(), `corbits-containment-${stamp}`);
+  worktree = join(tmpdir(), `corbits-containment-wt1-${stamp}`);
+  evilWorktree = join(tmpdir(), `corbits-containment-wt1-${stamp}-evil`);
+  outside = join(tmpdir(), `corbits-containment-outside-${stamp}`);
+  home = join(tmpdir(), `corbits-containment-home-${stamp}`);
+  await mkdir(cwd, { recursive: true });
+  await mkdir(worktree, { recursive: true });
+  await mkdir(evilWorktree, { recursive: true });
+  await mkdir(outside, { recursive: true });
+  await mkdir(home, { recursive: true });
+  await mkdir(join(worktree, "sub"), { recursive: true });
+});
+
+afterEach(async () => {
+  await rm(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  await rm(worktree, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  await rm(evilWorktree, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  await rm(outside, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  await rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+test("a path in a registered sibling worktree gets the same verdict from auto-allow and restriction", () => {
+  const rootsProvider = () => [realpathSync(worktree)];
+  const target = join(worktree, "sub", "file.txt");
+
+  const autoAllowed = isAutoAllowedShellCall(shellCall(`cat ${target}`), cwd, rootsProvider);
+  const restriction = createPathRestriction(cwd, rootsProvider, home);
+  const restricted = restriction.isRestricted(target, false);
+
+  // The worktree path is inside the workspace boundary: restriction must
+  // clear it (not restricted), and auto-allow must agree.
+  expect(restricted).toBe(false);
+  expect(autoAllowed).toBe(true);
+});
+
+test("a path genuinely outside the workspace and its worktrees is refused by both", () => {
+  const rootsProvider = () => [realpathSync(worktree)];
+  const target = join(outside, "secret.txt");
+
+  const autoAllowed = isAutoAllowedShellCall(shellCall(`cat ${target}`), cwd, rootsProvider);
+  const restriction = createPathRestriction(cwd, rootsProvider, home);
+  const restricted = restriction.isRestricted(target, false);
+
+  expect(autoAllowed).toBe(false);
+  expect(restricted).toBe(true);
+});
+
+test("a prefix-spoofing sibling directory is refused by both", () => {
+  const rootsProvider = () => [realpathSync(worktree)];
+  const target = join(evilWorktree, "file.txt");
+
+  const autoAllowed = isAutoAllowedShellCall(shellCall(`cat ${target}`), cwd, rootsProvider);
+  const restriction = createPathRestriction(cwd, rootsProvider, home);
+  const restricted = restriction.isRestricted(target, false);
+
+  expect(autoAllowed).toBe(false);
+  expect(restricted).toBe(true);
+});
+
+test("a symlink pointing outside the workspace is refused, even for a not-yet-existing target under it", async () => {
+  const rootsProvider = () => [];
+  const link = join(cwd, "link");
+  await symlink(outside, link);
+  await writeFile(join(outside, "secret.txt"), "s");
+  const target = join(link, "secret.txt");
+
+  const autoAllowed = isAutoAllowedShellCall(shellCall(`cat ${target}`), cwd, rootsProvider);
+  const restriction = createPathRestriction(cwd, rootsProvider, home);
+  const restricted = restriction.isRestricted(target, false);
+
+  expect(autoAllowed).toBe(false);
+  expect(restricted).toBe(true);
+});