diff --git a/scripts/pr_status_bridge.py b/scripts/pr_status_bridge.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d429159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/pr_status_bridge.py
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Give private GitHub repos a CI signal from Windy Git (P1, 2026-09-23).
+
+GitHub Actions cannot run on private repos on this account — not even on
+self-hosted runners ([[reference-github-actions-billing-lock]]). The code is
+already synced into Windy Git every 15 min and CI runs there, so the only thing
+missing is the *signal on GitHub*, where people and agents actually read PRs.
+
+Two jobs, run after every sync:
+
+1. **Mirror open PRs.** The sync carries branches, not PRs, and the workflows
+   trigger on `pull_request` — so a PR branch alone fires nothing. For each open
+   same-repo GitHub PR we keep one open Windy Git PR with the same head/base.
+   Gitea then fires `pull_request` on open and `synchronize` whenever the sync
+   moves the branch. Windy Git PRs whose GitHub PR closed are closed here too.
+   Fork PRs are ignored: their head branch is never synced, and untrusted fork
+   code on this runner is exactly the blast radius the audit warned about.
+
+2. **Post results back** as GitHub commit statuses (context
+   `windy-git/<workflow>/<job>`) on each PR head and on the default-branch head.
+   Only posts when a context's state changed, so a 15-min loop doesn't pile
+   hundreds of identical statuses onto one commit.
+
+Runs ON Veron 1 (localhost Gitea; no Cloudflare hairpin). Needs
+GITEA_ADMIN_TOKEN and a GITHUB_TOKEN with `repo` scope. Nothing here executes
+repo code, and no secret is handed to any repo.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.request
+
+GITEA = os.environ.get("BRIDGE_GITEA_URL", "http://localhost:3080").rstrip("/")
+PUBLIC = "https://app.windygit.com"
+GITEA_TOKEN = os.environ.get("GITEA_ADMIN_TOKEN", "")
+GITHUB_TOKEN = os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN", "")
+GH_OWNER = os.environ.get("GITHUB_OWNER", "sneakyfree")
+WG_OWNER = os.environ.get("WINDYGIT_OWNER", "windyadmin")
+# Private repos only. Public repos run real GitHub Actions on veron1's GitHub
+# runner; bridging those too would put two competing verdicts on every commit.
+REPOS = os.environ.get(
+    "BRIDGE_REPOS", "windy-chat windy-mail windy-calendar Windy-Clone WindyCloud"
+).split()
+
+# Gitea run status -> GitHub status state. `skipped` is deliberately absent: a
+# job skipped by its own `if:` (e.g. substrate-drift's no-secrets path) has no
+# verdict, and painting it green would be a claim nobody tested.
+STATE = {
+    "success": "success",
+    "failure": "failure",
+    "cancelled": "error",
+    "running": "pending",
+    "waiting": "pending",
+    "blocked": "pending",
+}
+MIRROR_TAG = "[GH#"
+
+
+def _call(base: str, token_header: str, method: str, path: str, body=None):
+    req = urllib.request.Request(
+        base + path,
+        data=json.dumps(body).encode() if body is not None else None,
+        method=method,
+        headers={
+            "Authorization": token_header,
+            "Content-Type": "application/json",
+            "Accept": "application/json",
+            # urllib's default UA is 403'd as a bot by GitHub's edge and CF.
+            "User-Agent": "windy-git-pr-bridge/1",
+        },
+    )
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=60) as r:
+            raw = r.read()
+            return r.status, (json.loads(raw) if raw else None)
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        return e.code, None
+
+
+def gitea(method, path, body=None):
+    return _call(GITEA + "/api/v1", f"token {GITEA_TOKEN}", method, path, body)
+
+
+def github(method, path, body=None):
+    return _call("https://api.github.com", f"Bearer {GITHUB_TOKEN}", method, path, body)
+
+
+def sync_prs(repo: str) -> list[str]:
+    """Mirror open same-repo GitHub PRs into Windy Git. Returns their head shas."""
+    st, gh_prs = github("GET", f"/repos/{GH_OWNER}/{repo}/pulls?state=open&per_page=100")
+    if st != 200:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"{repo}: GitHub PR list -> {st}")
+    st, wg_prs = gitea("GET", f"/repos/{WG_OWNER}/{repo}/pulls?state=open&limit=50")
+    if st != 200:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"{repo}: Windy Git PR list -> {st}")
+    ours = {p["title"].split("]")[0] + "]": p for p in wg_prs if p["title"].startswith(MIRROR_TAG)}
+
+    heads, wanted = [], set()
+    for pr in gh_prs:
+        if pr["head"]["repo"] is None or pr["head"]["repo"]["full_name"] != f"{GH_OWNER}/{repo}":
+            continue  # fork PR — never synced, never run here
+        tag = f"{MIRROR_TAG}{pr['number']}]"
+        wanted.add(tag)
+        heads.append(pr["head"]["sha"])
+        if tag in ours:
+            continue
+        st, _ = gitea("POST", f"/repos/{WG_OWNER}/{repo}/pulls", {
+            "head": pr["head"]["ref"],
+            "base": pr["base"]["ref"],
+            "title": f"{tag} {pr['title']}"[:250],
+            "body": f"Mirror of {pr['html_url']} so CI runs here. Do not merge in Windy Git — "
+                    "GitHub is the source of truth; merge there.",
+        })
+        print(f"  {repo}: opened mirror PR for GH#{pr['number']} -> {st}")
+
+    for tag, p in ours.items():
+        if tag not in wanted:
+            gitea("PATCH", f"/repos/{WG_OWNER}/{repo}/pulls/{p['number']}", {"state": "closed"})
+            print(f"  {repo}: closed mirror PR {tag} (closed on GitHub)")
+    return heads
+
+
+def post_statuses(repo: str, sha: str) -> None:
+    # Gitea caps a page at 50 (MAX_RESPONSE_ITEMS) whatever `limit` says, and a
+    # daily scheduled workflow can push a quiet main's runs off page 1.
+    runs = []
+    for page in range(1, 6):
+        st, body = gitea("GET", f"/repos/{WG_OWNER}/{repo}/actions/tasks?limit=50&page={page}")
+        if st != 200:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"{repo}: Windy Git runs -> {st}")
+        runs += body.get("workflow_runs", [])
+        if len(body.get("workflow_runs", [])) < 50:
+            break
+    latest: dict[str, dict] = {}
+    for r in runs:
+        if r["head_sha"] != sha:
+            continue
+        ctx = f"windy-git/{r['workflow_id'].removesuffix('.yml')}/{r['name']}"
+        if ctx not in latest or r["id"] > latest[ctx]["id"]:
+            latest[ctx] = r
+    if not latest:
+        return
+
+    st, existing = github("GET", f"/repos/{GH_OWNER}/{repo}/commits/{sha}/statuses?per_page=100")
+    current: dict[str, str] = {}
+    for s in existing or []:  # newest first
+        current.setdefault(s["context"], s["state"])
+
+    for ctx, r in sorted(latest.items()):
+        state = STATE.get(r["status"])
+        if state is None or current.get(ctx) == state:
+            continue
+        st, _ = github("POST", f"/repos/{GH_OWNER}/{repo}/statuses/{sha}", {
+            "state": state,
+            "context": ctx,
+            "description": f"Windy Git CI on Veron 1: {r['status']}"[:140],
+            "target_url": f"{PUBLIC}/{WG_OWNER}/{repo}/actions/runs/{r['run_number']}",
+        })
+        print(f"  {repo}@{sha[:7]} {ctx} = {state} -> {st}")
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    if not (GITEA_TOKEN and GITHUB_TOKEN):
+        sys.exit("GITEA_ADMIN_TOKEN and GITHUB_TOKEN are required")
+    failed = 0
+    for repo in REPOS:
+        try:
+            shas = sync_prs(repo)
+            st, br = github("GET", f"/repos/{GH_OWNER}/{repo}")
+            if st == 200:
+                st, b = github("GET", f"/repos/{GH_OWNER}/{repo}/branches/{br['default_branch']}")
+                if st == 200:
+                    shas.append(b["commit"]["sha"])
+            for sha in dict.fromkeys(shas):
+                post_statuses(repo, sha)
+        except Exception as e:  # one repo's failure must not hide the others'
+            print(f"  FAILED {repo}: {e}")
+            failed = 1
+    return failed
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/scripts/sync_from_github.sh b/scripts/sync_from_github.sh
index 2fdd85f..8cb9110 100755
--- a/scripts/sync_from_github.sh
+++ b/scripts/sync_from_github.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ FAILED=0
 
 # Repos Windy Git tracks FROM GitHub. Remove a repo from this list at the moment
 # it flips to Windy-Git-first, or the sync will fight its authors and win.
-REPOS="${SYNC_REPOS:-windy-calendar windy-search windy-registry Windy-Clone WindyCloud windy-cloud-sites windy-mind eternitas windy-agent windy-git}"
+REPOS="${SYNC_REPOS:-windy-calendar windy-search windy-registry Windy-Clone WindyCloud windy-cloud-sites windy-mind eternitas windy-agent windy-git windy-chat windy-mail}"
 
 mkdir -p "$WORK"
 log() { printf '[sync %s] %s\n' "$(date -u +%H:%M:%SZ)" "$*"; }
@@ -70,5 +70,11 @@ for r in $REPOS; do
   fi
 done
 
+# Private repos can't run GitHub Actions; mirror their open PRs here so CI
+# fires, and post the verdicts back to GitHub as commit statuses.
+if ! python3 "$(dirname "$0")/pr_status_bridge.py"; then
+  log "FAILED pr status bridge"; FAILED=1
+fi
+
 [[ "$FAILED" -ne 0 ]] && { log "COMPLETED WITH FAILURES"; exit 1; }
 log "all repos in step with GitHub"