diff --git a/harnesses/composites/workflow-script/v1/harness.yaml b/harnesses/composites/workflow-script/v1/harness.yaml
index 7c901b1..d57386c 100644
--- a/harnesses/composites/workflow-script/v1/harness.yaml
+++ b/harnesses/composites/workflow-script/v1/harness.yaml
@@ -21,4 +21,16 @@ layers:
   # on the entrypoint process environment before shell_runner runs (entrypoint reads
   # os.environ via env=os.environ.copy() in subprocess.run at entrypoint/runners/shell.py:73,
   # so the same credential channel an agent node gets reaches a script node unchanged).
-  - context: cp-service-token/v1
\ No newline at end of file
+  - context: cp-service-token/v1
+  # spec/typed-workflows.md WF-COMP-34 (bug 3bee78fa, 2026-10-02) — read-only
+  # project-repo clone for harness-path kind: script nodes. Layered LAST so
+  # its clone runs after the two AU-51 wiring layers and before the script
+  # starts (init.sh order: shared-variables -> cp-service-token -> repo-readonly).
+  # When AGENT_REPO_URL is unset (the pre-fix runtime, or any template that
+  # does not declare agent_repo) this layer is a no-op; the V2 guard
+  # (entrypoint/entrypoint.py:901-906) does NOT trip because the unset case
+  # is a no-op there too. Layered-in instead of layering agent-repo/v1
+  # because that context's fork management and push side effects are wrong
+  # for a read-only script node (see bug item body).
+  - context: gitea-ssh/v1
+  - context: repo-readonly/v1
diff --git a/harnesses/contexts/repo-readonly/v1/harness.yaml b/harnesses/contexts/repo-readonly/v1/harness.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93650d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/harnesses/contexts/repo-readonly/v1/harness.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+kind: context
+name: repo-readonly
+version: 1
+description: "Read-only project-repo clone for harness-path kind: script nodes (spec/typed-workflows.md WF-COMP-34, bug 3bee78fa). Clones AGENT_REPO_URL (the upstream project repo URL emitted by the WF-COMP-34 compiler emission as payload.agent_repo.url and propagated to the container env by the dispatcher) into /workspace/project at its default branch. No fork management, no AR-39 select-base, no scratchpad directory, no .gitignore munging, no finalize.sh push. The script node reads repo files only; it never writes back through a fork. Distinct from agent-repo/v1 (the agent-node branch-per-task fork-management context) on every one of those axes."
+requires: []
+provides: []
+
+# WF-COMP-34: this layer's init.sh is the read-only clone. It only runs
+# when AGENT_REPO_URL is set; the unset case is a no-op (a script node
+# whose template omits agent_repo keeps its pre-fix silent empty workspace
+# runtime exactly, verified by
+# tests/test_entrypoint.py::TestV2WorkspaceAssertions::test_v2_no_agent_repo_url_skips_workspace_check).
+#
+# AGENT_WORKING_DIR=/workspace/project is the env var
+# entrypoint.py:_apply_working_dir reads (entrypoint/entrypoint.py:908-916),
+# and the path entrypoint/runners/shell.py:67 sets as the subprocess cwd
+# when context["workspace"] is unset and no clone action ran.
+env:
+  AGENT_WORKING_DIR: /workspace/project
+
+scripts:
+  init: "./init.sh"
+
+secrets_required: []
diff --git a/harnesses/contexts/repo-readonly/v1/init.sh b/harnesses/contexts/repo-readonly/v1/init.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..196bc71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/harnesses/contexts/repo-readonly/v1/init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# repo-readonly init — read-only project-repo clone for harness-path
+# kind: script nodes (spec/typed-workflows.md WF-COMP-34, bug 3bee78fa).
+#
+# Threat model: the script node is invoked by entrypoint/runners/shell.py
+# with cwd=context["workspace"]; the existing entrypoint paths set
+# context["workspace"] to /workspace/project from AGENT_WORKING_DIR
+# (the env var this init.sh exports via its harness.yaml env field).
+# The init.sh MUST clone AGENT_REPO_URL (the upstream project repo URL
+# emitted by the WF-COMP-34 compiler emission as payload.agent_repo.url
+# and propagated to the container env by the dispatcher) into
+# /workspace/project at its default branch — read-only, no fork, no push,
+# no AR-39 select-base, no scratchpad, no .gitignore munging.
+#
+# Bug discovered live 2026-10-02 (bug 3bee78fa, run
+# 9a368e71-d6ab-4185-a98c-9b31d41bb4b5): without this layer, every
+# harness-path kind: script node ran with /workspace/project missing,
+# so any preflight that read repo files (e.g. preflight-test-collection
+# invoking pytest --collect-only tests/test_k8s_gc.py) saw an empty cwd
+# and either reported zero files or failed with the upstream tool's own
+# misconfig error. The WF-COMP-34 compiler emission (this repo's
+# controlplane/typed_workflows/compiler.py, bug 3bee78fa) writes
+# payload.agent_repo onto every harness-path script node's manifest, so
+# the URL reaches the env when the template (or the node) declares
+# agent_repo. This init.sh is the other half — the layer that actually
+# clones it.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+echo "=== repo-readonly/v1 init.sh ==="
+
+# WF-COMP-34 unset-case contract: if AGENT_REPO_URL is unset, this is a
+# no-op. The script node keeps its pre-fix silent empty workspace
+# runtime exactly — a template that omits agent_repo does not get a
+# surprise clone. The entrypoint V2 guard (entrypoint/entrypoint.py:901-906)
+# only fires when AGENT_REPO_URL IS set; the unset case is a no-op on
+# both sides (no clone here, no V2 trip there), so the legacy
+# script_on_harness=False path's observable behaviour is preserved
+# verbatim.
+if [ -z "${AGENT_REPO_URL:-}" ]; then
+    echo "AGENT_REPO_URL unset; no clone (WF-COMP-34 unset-case contract)."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# If the clone target already exists (e.g. a previous layer cloned into
+# it), skip — never clobber. The framework composite order
+# (shared-variables/v1 first, cp-service-token/v1 second,
+# repo-readonly/v1 last) guarantees neither prior layer writes here.
+if [ -d /workspace/project ]; then
+    echo "/workspace/project already exists; skipping clone."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+mkdir -p /workspace
+
+echo "Cloning (read-only): $AGENT_REPO_URL -> /workspace/project"
+# Read-only clone: no checkout of a task branch, no push target, no
+# remote operations beyond the initial clone. --depth 1 is enough —
+# a script node reads files, not history. If history is needed later,
+# the spec can be amended; today every preflight is a pytest --collect-only
+# or a prettier --check or similar that does not need commit ancestry.
+if git clone --depth 1 "$AGENT_REPO_URL" /workspace/project; then
+    echo "Cloned $AGENT_REPO_URL to /workspace/project"
+else
+    # Loud failure: a harness-path script node that declares agent_repo
+    # and finds the clone fails SHOULD fail the task at init time, not
+    # silently leave /workspace/project missing for the V2 guard to
+    # catch 26 seconds later (that failure mode is the symptom this
+    # bug was filed for).
+    echo "ERROR: Failed to clone $AGENT_REPO_URL" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Strip any symlinks (security: prevent /proc/1/environ exfiltration;
+# mirrors agent-repo/v1's defence).
+find /workspace/project -type l -exec rm {} \; 2>/dev/null || true
+
+echo "AGENT_WORKING_DIR=${AGENT_WORKING_DIR:-/workspace/project}"
+echo "=== repo-readonly/v1 init.sh complete ==="
diff --git a/task-templates/workflow/frozen-fixture-emit@1.yaml b/task-templates/workflow/frozen-fixture-emit@1.yaml
index 416c9c5..7857c17 100644
--- a/task-templates/workflow/frozen-fixture-emit@1.yaml
+++ b/task-templates/workflow/frozen-fixture-emit@1.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ scope_budget:
   files_modified_max: 2
   lines_diff_max: 200
   wall_clock_seconds_max: 600
+agent_repo:
+  url: "git@gitea.oreillyit.nz-ai-enablement:skynet/agent-runtimes.git"
 nodes:
   - id: frozen-fixture-emit
     kind: script
diff --git a/task-templates/workflow/test-validate@1.yaml b/task-templates/workflow/test-validate@1.yaml
index c66660b..03da882 100644
--- a/task-templates/workflow/test-validate@1.yaml
+++ b/task-templates/workflow/test-validate@1.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ scope_budget:
   files_modified_max: 1
   lines_diff_max: 50
   wall_clock_seconds_max: 600
+agent_repo:
+  url: "git@gitea.oreillyit.nz-ai-enablement:skynet/agent-runtimes.git"
 nodes:
   - id: preflight-test-collection
     kind: script