diff --git a/alembic/versions/0078_forge_connections.py b/alembic/versions/0078_forge_connections.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da9b780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/versions/0078_forge_connections.py
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+"""Forge connections move to the user level (#2778)
+
+Revision ID: 0078
+Revises: 0077
+Create Date: 2026-08-19
+
+A forge token is a user's credential, not an instance's: the single
+admin-settings config meant every user's snippet-freshness and coverage reads
+ran under the operator's token. Each user now owns a keyring of connections —
+one per forge host — and projects resolve forge reads on their OWNER's
+keyring, with an optional per-project pin (projects.forge_connection_id).
+
+The data move carries the existing admin config into a connection row for the
+first admin user (host parsed from the base URL), then deletes the old
+setting keys outright — no legacy dual-read (rule #22). The env-var channel
+(FORGE_KIND/FORGE_BASE_URL/FORGE_TOKEN) is untouched by this migration; it
+survives as an implicit keyring entry for admin users only.
+"""
+from urllib.parse import urlsplit
+
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
+
+revision = "0078"
+down_revision = "0077"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+_SETTING_KEYS = ("forge_kind", "forge_base_url", "forge_token")
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.create_table(
+        "forge_connections",
+        sa.Column("id", sa.Integer(), primary_key=True),
+        sa.Column(
+            "user_id",
+            sa.Integer(),
+            sa.ForeignKey("users.id", ondelete="CASCADE"),
+            nullable=False,
+        ),
+        sa.Column("kind", sa.Text(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("base_url", sa.Text(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("host", sa.Text(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("token", sa.Text(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("created_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("updated_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False),
+        sa.UniqueConstraint("user_id", "host", name="uq_forge_connections_user_host"),
+    )
+    op.add_column(
+        "projects",
+        sa.Column(
+            "forge_connection_id",
+            sa.BigInteger(),
+            sa.ForeignKey(
+                "forge_connections.id",
+                ondelete="SET NULL",
+                name="fk_projects_forge_connection_id",
+            ),
+            nullable=True,
+        ),
+    )
+
+    # Data move: the admin-settings config becomes the first admin's keyring
+    # row. All three values must be present — a partial config never produced
+    # an adapter, so carrying it over would invent a connection that never
+    # worked.
+    conn = op.get_bind()
+    row = conn.execute(
+        sa.text(
+            "SELECT s.key, s.value FROM settings s"
+            " JOIN users u ON u.id = s.user_id"
+            " WHERE u.role = 'admin' AND s.key IN :keys"
+            " AND s.user_id = ("
+            "   SELECT MIN(id) FROM users WHERE role = 'admin'"
+            " )"
+        ).bindparams(sa.bindparam("keys", expanding=True)),
+        {"keys": list(_SETTING_KEYS)},
+    ).fetchall()
+    values = {key: (value or "").strip() for key, value in row}
+    kind = values.get("forge_kind", "").lower()
+    base_url = values.get("forge_base_url", "").rstrip("/")
+    token = values.get("forge_token", "")
+    host = (urlsplit(base_url).hostname or "").lower()
+    if kind and base_url and token and host:
+        conn.execute(
+            sa.text(
+                "INSERT INTO forge_connections"
+                " (user_id, kind, base_url, host, token, created_at, updated_at)"
+                " SELECT MIN(id), :kind, :base_url, :host, :token, NOW(), NOW()"
+                " FROM users WHERE role = 'admin'"
+            ),
+            {"kind": kind, "base_url": base_url, "host": host, "token": token},
+        )
+    conn.execute(
+        sa.text(
+            "DELETE FROM settings WHERE key IN :keys"
+        ).bindparams(sa.bindparam("keys", expanding=True)),
+        {"keys": list(_SETTING_KEYS)},
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    # Reverse data move: the first admin's row (if any) becomes the admin
+    # settings again. Other users' rows have no pre-0078 representation and
+    # are dropped with the table.
+    conn = op.get_bind()
+    row = conn.execute(
+        sa.text(
+            "SELECT user_id, kind, base_url, token FROM forge_connections"
+            " WHERE user_id = (SELECT MIN(id) FROM users WHERE role = 'admin')"
+            " ORDER BY id LIMIT 1"
+        )
+    ).fetchone()
+    if row is not None:
+        for key, value in (
+            ("forge_kind", row.kind),
+            ("forge_base_url", row.base_url),
+            ("forge_token", row.token),
+        ):
+            conn.execute(
+                sa.text(
+                    "INSERT INTO settings (user_id, key, value)"
+                    " VALUES (:uid, :key, :value)"
+                    " ON CONFLICT (user_id, key) DO UPDATE SET value = :value"
+                ),
+                {"uid": row.user_id, "key": key, "value": value},
+            )
+    op.drop_column("projects", "forge_connection_id")
+    op.drop_table("forge_connections")
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/ProjectView.vue b/frontend/src/views/ProjectView.vue
index 7c4c832..0076373 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/ProjectView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/ProjectView.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { ref, computed, onMounted, watch } from "vue";
 import { useRoute, useRouter } from "vue-router";
-import { apiGet, apiPatch, apiDelete, apiPost } from "@/api/client";
+import { apiGet, apiPatch, apiDelete, apiPost, apiPut } from "@/api/client";
+import { useAuthStore } from "@/stores/auth";
 import { useToastStore } from "@/stores/toast";
 import { useTasksStore } from "@/stores/tasks";
 import { relativeTime } from "@/composables/useRelativeTime";
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ interface Project {
   status: "active" | "paused" | "completed" | "archived";
   color: string | null;
   design_system_id: number | null;
+  forge_connection_id: number | null;
   permission?: string;
   created_at: string;
   updated_at: string;
@@ -472,12 +474,56 @@ async function refreshCoverage() {
   }
 }
 
+/* ── Forge pin (#2778) — which of the OWNER's connections serves this
+   project. Owner-only UI: the select lists the viewer's own keyring, which
+   is only the eligible set when the viewer IS the owner. ── */
+
+const authStore = useAuthStore();
+const isProjectOwner = computed(
+  () => !!project.value && project.value.user_id === authStore.user?.id
+);
+interface ForgeConnectionOption { id: number; host: string; kind: string }
+const forgeOptions = ref<ForgeConnectionOption[]>([]);
+const forgePin = ref<number | null>(null);
+const savingForgePin = ref(false);
+
+async function loadForgeOptions() {
+  if (!isProjectOwner.value) return;
+  try {
+    const res = await apiGet<{ connections: ForgeConnectionOption[] }>(
+      "/api/settings/forge-connections"
+    );
+    forgeOptions.value = res.connections;
+    forgePin.value = project.value?.forge_connection_id ?? null;
+  } catch {
+    forgeOptions.value = [];
+  }
+}
+
+async function saveForgePin() {
+  savingForgePin.value = true;
+  try {
+    await apiPut(`/api/projects/${projectId.value}/forge`, {
+      connection_id: forgePin.value,
+    });
+    if (project.value) project.value.forge_connection_id = forgePin.value;
+    await loadCoverage();
+  } catch (e) {
+    const body = (e as { body?: { error?: string } }).body;
+    toast.show(body?.error || "Failed to change the project's forge", "error");
+    forgePin.value = project.value?.forge_connection_id ?? null;
+  } finally {
+    savingForgePin.value = false;
+  }
+}
+
 onMounted(async () => {
   await loadProject();
   loadTasks();
   loadNotes();
   loadDesignSystems();
   loadCoverage();
+  loadForgeOptions();
 });
 
 /** Populate the design-system picker. Swallows failure on purpose: with no
@@ -496,6 +542,7 @@ watch(projectId, async () => {
   loadTasks();
   loadNotes();
   loadCoverage();
+  loadForgeOptions();
 });
 
 watch(
@@ -693,6 +740,23 @@ async function confirmDelete() {
           against recorded snippets.
         </p>
         <p v-if="coverageError" class="coverage-error">{{ coverageError }}</p>
+        <!-- Forge pin (#2778): owner-only, because the eligible set is the
+             owner's own keyring. Automatic = resolve by repo host. -->
+        <div v-if="isProjectOwner && forgeOptions.length" class="coverage-forge-row">
+          <label for="forge-pin" class="coverage-gaps-label">Forge</label>
+          <select
+            id="forge-pin"
+            v-model="forgePin"
+            class="input"
+            :disabled="savingForgePin"
+            @change="saveForgePin"
+          >
+            <option :value="null">Automatic (by repo host)</option>
+            <option v-for="c in forgeOptions" :key="c.id" :value="c.id">
+              {{ c.host }} ({{ c.kind }})
+            </option>
+          </select>
+        </div>
       </div>
 
       <div class="project-body">
@@ -1202,6 +1266,18 @@ async function confirmDelete() {
   flex-wrap: wrap;
   font-size: 0.78rem;
 }
+
+.coverage-forge-row {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  margin-top: 0.6rem;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+}
+
+.coverage-forge-row select {
+  max-width: 20rem;
+}
 .coverage-gaps-label { color: var(--fs-text-tertiary); }
 .coverage-gap-chip {
   padding: 0.1rem 0.5rem;
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/SettingsView.vue b/frontend/src/views/SettingsView.vue
index 86cf28d..014b9f2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/SettingsView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/SettingsView.vue
@@ -420,15 +420,25 @@ const baseUrl = ref("");
 const savingBaseUrl = ref(false);
 const baseUrlSaved = ref(false);
 
-// Git forge integration (admin only, #2689). The token round-trips masked;
-// the server treats the mask as "unchanged".
-const forge = ref({ kind: "", base_url: "", token: "", webhook_secret: "" });
-const forgeKinds = ref<string[]>(["gitea"]);
-const forgeConfigured = ref(false);
-const savingForge = ref(false);
-const forgeSaved = ref(false);
-const testingForge = ref(false);
-const forgeTestResult = ref<{ ok: boolean; message: string } | null>(null);
+// Git forge connections (#2778) — the user's keyring: one read-only
+// credential per forge host, used server-side for every forge read on
+// projects this user owns. The token round-trips masked; the server treats
+// the mask as "unchanged".
+interface ForgeConnectionEntry {
+  id: number; kind: string; base_url: string; host: string;
+}
+const forgeConnections = ref<ForgeConnectionEntry[]>([]);
+const forgeKinds = ref<string[]>(["gitea", "github"]);
+const connForm = ref({ id: 0, kind: "gitea", base_url: "", token: "" });
+const connFormOpen = ref(false);
+const savingConn = ref(false);
+const testingConnId = ref(0);
+const connTestResult = ref<{ id: number; ok: boolean; message: string } | null>(null);
+// The webhook secret stays admin: the push endpoint is one URL per instance
+// and authenticates deliveries, not users.
+const forgeWebhookSecret = ref("");
+const savingForgeWebhook = ref(false);
+const forgeWebhookSaved = ref(false);
 
 
 // Search test (SearXNG)
@@ -576,25 +586,30 @@ onMounted(async () => {
       // base URL not configured yet
     }
     try {
-      await loadForgeSettings();
+      await loadForgeWebhook();
     } catch {
-      // forge not configured yet
+      // webhook secret not configured yet
     }
   }
+  try {
+    await loadForgeConnections();
+  } catch {
+    // no keyring yet — the ordinary state
+  }
   _loadTabContent(activeTab.value);
 });
 
-async function loadForgeSettings() {
-  const cfg = await apiGet<{
-    kind: string; base_url: string; token: string; webhook_secret: string;
-    configured: boolean; kinds: string[];
-  }>("/api/admin/forge");
-  forge.value = {
-    kind: cfg.kind, base_url: cfg.base_url, token: cfg.token,
-    webhook_secret: cfg.webhook_secret,
-  };
-  forgeConfigured.value = cfg.configured;
-  if (cfg.kinds?.length) forgeKinds.value = cfg.kinds;
+async function loadForgeConnections() {
+  const res = await apiGet<{
+    connections: ForgeConnectionEntry[]; kinds: string[];
+  }>("/api/settings/forge-connections");
+  forgeConnections.value = res.connections;
+  if (res.kinds?.length) forgeKinds.value = res.kinds;
+}
+
+async function loadForgeWebhook() {
+  const cfg = await apiGet<{ webhook_secret: string }>("/api/admin/forge-webhook");
+  forgeWebhookSecret.value = cfg.webhook_secret;
 }
 
 async function changeEmail() {
@@ -762,42 +777,77 @@ async function sendTestEmail() {
   }
 }
 
-async function saveForge() {
-  savingForge.value = true;
-  forgeSaved.value = false;
-  forgeTestResult.value = null;
+function editConnection(c: ForgeConnectionEntry | null) {
+  connTestResult.value = null;
+  connFormOpen.value = true;
+  connForm.value = c
+    ? { id: c.id, kind: c.kind, base_url: c.base_url, token: "********" }
+    : { id: 0, kind: forgeKinds.value[0] || "gitea", base_url: "", token: "" };
+}
+
+async function saveConnection() {
+  savingConn.value = true;
   try {
-    await apiPut("/api/admin/forge", forge.value);
-    await loadForgeSettings();
-    forgeSaved.value = true;
-    setTimeout(() => (forgeSaved.value = false), 2000);
+    const { id, ...values } = connForm.value;
+    if (id) await apiPut(`/api/settings/forge-connections/${id}`, values);
+    else await apiPost("/api/settings/forge-connections", values);
+    connFormOpen.value = false;
+    await loadForgeConnections();
   } catch (e) {
     const body = (e as { body?: { error?: string } }).body;
-    toastStore.show(body?.error || "Failed to save forge settings", "error");
+    toastStore.show(body?.error || "Failed to save forge connection", "error");
   } finally {
-    savingForge.value = false;
+    savingConn.value = false;
   }
 }
 
-async function testForge() {
-  testingForge.value = true;
-  forgeTestResult.value = null;
+async function removeConnection(id: number) {
+  try {
+    await apiDelete(`/api/settings/forge-connections/${id}`);
+    connTestResult.value = null;
+    await loadForgeConnections();
+  } catch (e) {
+    const body = (e as { body?: { error?: string } }).body;
+    toastStore.show(body?.error || "Failed to delete forge connection", "error");
+  }
+}
+
+async function testConnection(id: number) {
+  testingConnId.value = id;
+  connTestResult.value = null;
   try {
     const res = await apiPost<{ version: string; username: string }>(
-      "/api/admin/forge/test", {},
+      `/api/settings/forge-connections/${id}/test`, {},
     );
-    forgeTestResult.value = {
-      ok: true,
-      message: `Connected — Gitea ${res.version}, authenticated as ${res.username}`,
+    connTestResult.value = {
+      id, ok: true,
+      message: `Connected — ${res.version}, authenticated as ${res.username}`,
     };
   } catch (e) {
     const body = (e as { body?: { error?: string } }).body;
-    forgeTestResult.value = {
-      ok: false,
+    connTestResult.value = {
+      id, ok: false,
       message: body?.error || "Connection test failed",
     };
   } finally {
-    testingForge.value = false;
+    testingConnId.value = 0;
+  }
+}
+
+async function saveForgeWebhook() {
+  savingForgeWebhook.value = true;
+  try {
+    await apiPut("/api/admin/forge-webhook", {
+      webhook_secret: forgeWebhookSecret.value,
+    });
+    await loadForgeWebhook();
+    forgeWebhookSaved.value = true;
+    setTimeout(() => (forgeWebhookSaved.value = false), 2000);
+  } catch (e) {
+    const body = (e as { body?: { error?: string } }).body;
+    toastStore.show(body?.error || "Failed to save webhook secret", "error");
+  } finally {
+    savingForgeWebhook.value = false;
   }
 }
 
@@ -1710,6 +1760,70 @@ function formatUserDate(iso: string): string {
         </template>
       </section>
 
+      <section class="settings-section full-width">
+        <h2>Git Forges</h2>
+        <p class="section-desc">
+          Read-only connections to your git forges, one per host. Projects you
+          own use them server-side — resolved by repo host — to fetch and
+          drift-check recorded snippets and measure pattern coverage. A
+          read-scope token is enough. Gitea: an access token with read scope
+          on repositories. GitHub: a fine-grained PAT with Contents:
+          Read-only, base URL <code>https://github.com</code> (or your GitHub
+          Enterprise URL).
+        </p>
+        <table v-if="forgeConnections.length" class="api-keys-table">
+          <thead>
+            <tr><th>Host</th><th>Kind</th><th>Base URL</th><th></th></tr>
+          </thead>
+          <tbody>
+            <tr v-for="c in forgeConnections" :key="c.id">
+              <td>{{ c.host }}</td>
+              <td>{{ c.kind }}</td>
+              <td><code>{{ c.base_url }}</code></td>
+              <td>
+                <button class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" :disabled="testingConnId === c.id" @click="testConnection(c.id)">
+                  {{ testingConnId === c.id ? "Testing…" : "Test" }}
+                </button>
+                <button class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" @click="editConnection(c)">Edit</button>
+                <button class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" @click="removeConnection(c.id)">Delete</button>
+              </td>
+            </tr>
+          </tbody>
+        </table>
+        <p v-else class="section-desc not-configured">No forge connections yet.</p>
+        <p
+          v-if="connTestResult"
+          :class="connTestResult.ok ? 'text-success' : 'text-error'"
+        >
+          {{ connTestResult.message }}
+        </p>
+        <div v-if="connFormOpen" class="smtp-grid">
+          <div class="field">
+            <label for="conn-kind">Forge</label>
+            <select id="conn-kind" v-model="connForm.kind" class="input">
+              <option v-for="k in forgeKinds" :key="k" :value="k">{{ k }}</option>
+            </select>
+          </div>
+          <div class="field">
+            <label for="conn-base-url">Base URL</label>
+            <input id="conn-base-url" v-model="connForm.base_url" type="text" placeholder="https://git.example.com" class="input" />
+          </div>
+          <div class="field">
+            <label for="conn-token">API Token (read scope)</label>
+            <input id="conn-token" v-model="connForm.token" type="password" class="input" />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="actions">
+          <template v-if="connFormOpen">
+            <button class="btn-primary" @click="saveConnection" :disabled="savingConn">
+              {{ savingConn ? "Saving..." : connForm.id ? "Save Connection" : "Add Connection" }}
+            </button>
+            <button class="btn-ghost" @click="connFormOpen = false">Cancel</button>
+          </template>
+          <button v-else class="btn-primary" @click="editConnection(null)">Add Connection</button>
+        </div>
+      </section>
+
     </div>
 
     <!-- ── Data ── -->
@@ -2161,61 +2275,26 @@ function formatUserDate(iso: string): string {
       </section>
 
       <section class="settings-section full-width">
-        <h2>Git Forge</h2>
+        <h2>Forge Webhook</h2>
         <p class="section-desc">
-          Optional read-only connection to your git forge (Gitea or GitHub) so
-          snippet code can be fetched, drift-checked, and coverage-measured
-          server-side. A read-scope token is enough. Leave the kind unset to
-          keep the integration off.
+          Forge connections are per-user (Settings → Integrations → Git
+          Forges). What stays instance-wide is the push webhook: create one on
+          the forge pointing at <code>/api/webhooks/forge</code> with this
+          secret, and snippets whose recorded files change get flagged for
+          re-verification.
         </p>
         <div class="smtp-grid">
-          <div class="field">
-            <label for="forge-kind">Forge</label>
-            <select id="forge-kind" v-model="forge.kind" class="input">
-              <option value="">Off</option>
-              <option v-for="k in forgeKinds" :key="k" :value="k">{{ k }}</option>
-            </select>
-          </div>
-          <div class="field">
-            <label for="forge-base-url">Base URL</label>
-            <input id="forge-base-url" v-model="forge.base_url" type="text" placeholder="https://git.example.com" class="input" />
-          </div>
-          <div class="field">
-            <label for="forge-token">API Token (read scope)</label>
-            <input id="forge-token" v-model="forge.token" type="password" class="input" />
-            <p class="field-hint">
-              Gitea: an access token with read scope on repositories. GitHub:
-              a fine-grained PAT with Contents: Read-only (or a classic token
-              with repo read). For GitHub, use
-              <code>https://github.com</code> as the base URL — or your
-              GitHub Enterprise instance's URL.
-            </p>
-          </div>
           <div class="field">
             <label for="forge-webhook-secret">Webhook Secret</label>
-            <input id="forge-webhook-secret" v-model="forge.webhook_secret" type="password" class="input" />
-            <p class="field-hint">
-              Optional: create a push webhook on the forge pointing at
-              <code>/api/webhooks/forge</code> with this secret, and snippets
-              whose recorded files change get flagged for re-verification.
-            </p>
+            <input id="forge-webhook-secret" v-model="forgeWebhookSecret" type="password" class="input" />
           </div>
         </div>
-        <div class="actions" style="margin-bottom: 1.25rem;">
-          <button class="btn-primary" @click="saveForge" :disabled="savingForge">
-            {{ savingForge ? "Saving..." : "Save Forge Settings" }}
+        <div class="actions">
+          <button class="btn-primary" @click="saveForgeWebhook" :disabled="savingForgeWebhook">
+            {{ savingForgeWebhook ? "Saving..." : "Save Webhook Secret" }}
           </button>
-          <button class="btn-ghost" @click="testForge" :disabled="testingForge || !forgeConfigured">
-            {{ testingForge ? "Testing..." : "Test Connection" }}
-          </button>
-          <span v-if="forgeSaved" class="saved-msg">Saved!</span>
+          <span v-if="forgeWebhookSaved" class="saved-msg">Saved!</span>
         </div>
-        <p
-          v-if="forgeTestResult"
-          :class="forgeTestResult.ok ? 'text-success' : 'text-error'"
-        >
-          {{ forgeTestResult.message }}
-        </p>
       </section>
 
     </div>
diff --git a/src/scribe/config.py b/src/scribe/config.py
index 87ebd7f..2f2f227 100644
--- a/src/scribe/config.py
+++ b/src/scribe/config.py
@@ -60,11 +60,12 @@ class Config:
     # the MCP layer doesn't proxy web search (Claude has its own).
     SEARXNG_URL: str = os.environ.get("SEARXNG_URL", "")
 
-    # Git forge integration (#2689) — optional read access to the operator's
-    # forge so snippet bodies can be fetched/verified server-side. Normally
-    # configured in Settings → Config (stored as admin settings); these env
-    # fallbacks exist so a deployment can keep the token in a Docker secret
-    # instead of the database. DB value wins when both are set.
+    # Git forge integration (#2689) — optional read access to a git forge so
+    # snippet bodies can be fetched/verified server-side. Connections are
+    # per-user keyring rows (#2778, Settings → Git forges); these env values
+    # survive as an implicit keyring entry for ADMIN users' projects only, so
+    # a deployment can keep the operator's token in a Docker secret instead
+    # of the database. A stored row for the same host wins over the env entry.
     FORGE_KIND: str = os.environ.get("FORGE_KIND", "")
     FORGE_BASE_URL: str = os.environ.get("FORGE_BASE_URL", "").rstrip("/")
     FORGE_TOKEN: str = _read_secret("FORGE_TOKEN", "FORGE_TOKEN_FILE", "")
diff --git a/src/scribe/models/__init__.py b/src/scribe/models/__init__.py
index 7d3cf92..8690c07 100644
--- a/src/scribe/models/__init__.py
+++ b/src/scribe/models/__init__.py
@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@ from scribe.models.rulebook import (  # noqa: E402, F401
     Rulebook, RulebookTopic, Rule, project_rulebook_subscriptions,
 )
 from scribe.models.repo_binding import RepoBinding  # noqa: E402, F401
+from scribe.models.forge_connection import ForgeConnection  # noqa: E402, F401
 from scribe.models.system import System, RecordSystem  # noqa: E402, F401
 from scribe.models.design_system import DesignSystem, DesignToken  # noqa: E402, F401
diff --git a/src/scribe/models/forge_connection.py b/src/scribe/models/forge_connection.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..977f26b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scribe/models/forge_connection.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+from sqlalchemy import ForeignKey, Integer, Text, UniqueConstraint
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column
+
+from scribe.models import Base
+from scribe.models.base import TimestampMixin
+
+
+class ForgeConnection(Base, TimestampMixin):
+    """One user's read-only credential for one git forge host (#2778).
+
+    The keyring model: a user owns a set of connections and every server-side
+    forge read for a project runs on the PROJECT OWNER's set, resolved by the
+    repo's host. One row per (user, host) — the repo's host picks the
+    connection deterministically, so there is no "default forge" pointer to
+    maintain or tie-break.
+
+    `host` is derived from `base_url` at write time and stored because it is
+    the lookup key; the service layer keeps the two in step. The token is a
+    secret: to_dict never includes it, and no route may return it.
+    """
+
+    __tablename__ = "forge_connections"
+    __table_args__ = (
+        UniqueConstraint("user_id", "host", name="uq_forge_connections_user_host"),
+    )
+
+    id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(primary_key=True)
+    user_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(
+        Integer, ForeignKey("users.id", ondelete="CASCADE"), nullable=False
+    )
+    kind: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=False)
+    base_url: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=False)
+    host: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=False)
+    token: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=False)
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict:
+        return {
+            "id": self.id,
+            "user_id": self.user_id,
+            "kind": self.kind,
+            "base_url": self.base_url,
+            "host": self.host,
+            "created_at": self.created_at.isoformat(),
+            "updated_at": self.updated_at.isoformat(),
+        }
diff --git a/src/scribe/models/project.py b/src/scribe/models/project.py
index d05a165..1d37c6e 100644
--- a/src/scribe/models/project.py
+++ b/src/scribe/models/project.py
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ class Project(Base, TimestampMixin, SoftDeleteMixin):
     design_system_id: Mapped[int | None] = mapped_column(
         BigInteger, ForeignKey("design_systems.id", ondelete="SET NULL"), nullable=True
     )
+    # The per-project forge pin (#2778). NULL is the ordinary state: forge
+    # reads resolve against the owner's keyring by repo host. When set, the
+    # project's forge reads use ONLY this connection — an explicit, auditable
+    # choice, constrained by the service layer to a connection the project
+    # OWNER holds (never a collaborator's token).
+    forge_connection_id: Mapped[int | None] = mapped_column(
+        BigInteger, ForeignKey("forge_connections.id", ondelete="SET NULL"),
+        nullable=True,
+    )
 
     def to_dict(self) -> dict:
         return {
@@ -38,6 +47,7 @@ class Project(Base, TimestampMixin, SoftDeleteMixin):
             "status": self.status,
             "color": self.color,
             "design_system_id": self.design_system_id,
+            "forge_connection_id": self.forge_connection_id,
             "created_at": self.created_at.isoformat(),
             "updated_at": self.updated_at.isoformat(),
         }
diff --git a/src/scribe/routes/admin.py b/src/scribe/routes/admin.py
index 89a95a4..ec5fcfe 100644
--- a/src/scribe/routes/admin.py
+++ b/src/scribe/routes/admin.py
@@ -19,15 +19,6 @@ from scribe.services.backup import (
     restore_full_backup,
 )
 from scribe.services.email import SMTP_SETTING_KEYS, get_base_url, get_smtp_config, is_smtp_configured, send_test_email
-from scribe.services.forge import (
-    FORGE_BASE_URL_KEY,
-    FORGE_KIND_KEY,
-    FORGE_KINDS,
-    FORGE_TOKEN_KEY,
-    ForgeError,
-    forge_config,
-    get_forge,
-)
 from scribe.services.logging import get_logs, get_log_stats, log_audit
 from scribe.services.notifications import send_invitation_email
 from scribe.services.settings import (
@@ -169,85 +160,48 @@ async def test_smtp():
 _TOKEN_MASK = "********"
 
 
-@admin_bp.route("/forge", methods=["GET"])
+# The forge CONFIG moved to per-user keyring rows (#2778, Settings → Git
+# forges); what stays admin is the webhook secret, because the push endpoint
+# is one URL per instance and authenticates deliveries, not users.
+
+
+@admin_bp.route("/forge-webhook", methods=["GET"])
 @admin_required
-async def get_forge_settings():
+async def get_forge_webhook_settings():
     from scribe.config import Config
     from scribe.routes.webhooks import FORGE_WEBHOOK_SECRET_KEY
 
-    cfg = await forge_config()
     webhook_secret = (
         await get_admin_setting(FORGE_WEBHOOK_SECRET_KEY, "")
         or Config.FORGE_WEBHOOK_SECRET
     )
     return jsonify({
-        "kind": cfg["kind"],
-        "base_url": cfg["base_url"],
         # Secrets never leave the server — the smtp_password convention:
         # masked when set, empty when not.
-        "token": _TOKEN_MASK if cfg["token"] else "",
         "webhook_secret": _TOKEN_MASK if webhook_secret else "",
-        "configured": bool(await get_forge()),
-        "kinds": list(FORGE_KINDS),
     })
 
 
-@admin_bp.route("/forge", methods=["PUT"])
+@admin_bp.route("/forge-webhook", methods=["PUT"])
 @admin_required
-async def update_forge_settings():
-    data = await request.get_json() or {}
-    uid = get_current_user_id()
-
-    kind = str(data.get("kind", "")).strip().lower()
-    if kind and kind not in FORGE_KINDS:
-        return jsonify({"error": f"Unknown forge kind {kind!r}"}), 400
-    base_url = str(data.get("base_url", "")).strip().rstrip("/")
-    if base_url and not base_url.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
-        return jsonify({"error": "Forge base URL must use http or https"}), 400
-
-    await set_admin_setting(FORGE_KIND_KEY, kind)
-    await set_admin_setting(FORGE_BASE_URL_KEY, base_url)
-    token = data.get("token")
-    # The mask coming back means "unchanged" — the form round-trips what GET
-    # showed it, and storing the mask would silently break the integration.
-    if token is not None and token != _TOKEN_MASK:
-        await set_admin_setting(FORGE_TOKEN_KEY, str(token))
+async def update_forge_webhook_settings():
     from scribe.routes.webhooks import FORGE_WEBHOOK_SECRET_KEY
 
+    data = await request.get_json() or {}
+    uid = get_current_user_id()
     webhook_secret = data.get("webhook_secret")
+    # The mask coming back means "unchanged" — the form round-trips what GET
+    # showed it, and storing the mask would silently break the integration.
     if webhook_secret is not None and webhook_secret != _TOKEN_MASK:
         await set_admin_setting(FORGE_WEBHOOK_SECRET_KEY, str(webhook_secret))
-    # The token is deliberately absent from the audit detail.
+    # The secret is deliberately absent from the audit detail.
     await log_audit(
-        "forge_config", user_id=uid, username=g.user.username,
-        ip_address=request.remote_addr,
-        details={"kind": kind, "base_url": base_url},
+        "forge_webhook_config", user_id=uid, username=g.user.username,
+        ip_address=request.remote_addr, details={},
     )
     return jsonify({"status": "ok"})
 
 
-@admin_bp.route("/forge/test", methods=["POST"])
-@admin_required
-async def test_forge():
-    """Probe the SAVED forge config: reachability and token acceptance in one
-    press, so a misconfiguration is visible now rather than as silent
-    fallbacks later (#2663's lesson, applied to integrations)."""
-    uid = get_current_user_id()
-    forge = await get_forge()
-    if forge is None:
-        return jsonify({"error": "Forge is not configured — save kind, base URL and token first"}), 400
-    try:
-        result = await forge.check()
-    except ForgeError as e:
-        return jsonify({"error": str(e)}), 502
-    await log_audit(
-        "forge_test", user_id=uid, username=g.user.username,
-        ip_address=request.remote_addr,
-        details={"ok": True, "username": result.get("username", "")},
-    )
-    return jsonify(result)
-
-
 @admin_bp.route("/logs", methods=["GET"])
 @admin_required
 async def list_logs():
diff --git a/src/scribe/routes/projects.py b/src/scribe/routes/projects.py
index a8219ea..8d1d6c8 100644
--- a/src/scribe/routes/projects.py
+++ b/src/scribe/routes/projects.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Project management routes."""
 import logging
 
-from quart import Blueprint, jsonify, request
+from quart import Blueprint, g, jsonify, request
 
 from scribe.auth import login_required, get_current_user_id
 from scribe.routes.utils import not_found, parse_pagination
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ async def get_coverage_route(project_id: int):
     push or an explicit refresh).
     """
     from scribe.services.coverage import cached_coverage
-    from scribe.services.forge import get_forge
+    from scribe.services.forge import get_forges
 
     uid = get_current_user_id()
     result = await get_project_for_user(uid, project_id)
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ async def get_coverage_route(project_id: int):
     project, _ = result
     owner_uid = project.user_id or uid
     return jsonify({
-        "configured": await get_forge() is not None,
+        # The OWNER's keyring (#2778) — whether refresh could do anything,
+        # regardless of who is looking.
+        "configured": (await get_forges(owner_uid, project_id)).configured,
         "coverage": await cached_coverage(owner_uid, project_id),
     })
 
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ async def refresh_coverage_route(project_id: int):
     and wants the new number, and the forge timeout bounds the wait.
     """
     from scribe.services.coverage import refresh_coverage
-    from scribe.services.forge import ForgeError, get_forge
+    from scribe.services.forge import ForgeError, get_forges
 
     uid = get_current_user_id()
     result = await get_project_for_user(uid, project_id)
@@ -161,20 +163,56 @@ async def refresh_coverage_route(project_id: int):
         return not_found("Project")
     project, _ = result
     owner_uid = project.user_id or uid
-    if await get_forge() is None:
-        return jsonify({"error": "No git forge is configured (Settings → Config → Git Forge)"}), 400
+    selector = await get_forges(owner_uid, project_id)
+    if not selector.configured:
+        return jsonify({
+            "error": "The project owner has no forge connection "
+            "(Settings → Git forges)"
+        }), 400
     try:
-        coverage = await refresh_coverage(owner_uid, project_id)
+        coverage = await refresh_coverage(owner_uid, project_id, selector=selector)
     except ForgeError as exc:
         return jsonify({"error": str(exc)}), 502
     if coverage is None:
         return jsonify({
-            "error": "No bound repo is served by the configured forge — "
-            "bind the project's repo (bind_repo) on a remote the forge hosts"
+            "error": "No bound repo is served by the owner's forge connections — "
+            "bind the project's repo (bind_repo) on a remote a connection hosts"
         }), 400
     return jsonify({"coverage": coverage})
 
 
+@projects_bp.route("/<int:project_id>/forge", methods=["PUT"])
+@login_required
+async def set_project_forge_route(project_id: int):
+    """Pin the project to one forge connection, or clear the pin (#2778).
+
+    Body: {"connection_id": <id> | null}. Owner-or-admin may ask; either way
+    the pin can only reference a connection the project OWNER holds — the
+    service enforces that, so a collaborator's token can never end up serving
+    someone else's project.
+    """
+    from scribe.services.forge_connections import set_project_pin
+
+    uid = get_current_user_id()
+    result = await get_project_for_user(uid, project_id)
+    if result is None:
+        return not_found("Project")
+    project, permission = result
+    if permission != "owner" and g.user.role != "admin":
+        return jsonify({"error": "Only the project owner can change its forge"}), 403
+
+    data = await request.get_json() or {}
+    raw = data.get("connection_id")
+    if raw is not None and not isinstance(raw, int):
+        return jsonify({"error": "connection_id must be an integer or null"}), 400
+    owner_uid = project.user_id or uid
+    if not await set_project_pin(owner_uid, project_id, raw):
+        return jsonify({
+            "error": "That connection does not belong to the project owner"
+        }), 400
+    return jsonify({"forge_connection_id": raw})
+
+
 @projects_bp.route("/<int:project_id>/notes", methods=["GET"])
 @login_required
 async def get_project_notes_route(project_id: int):
diff --git a/src/scribe/routes/settings.py b/src/scribe/routes/settings.py
index e0257fd..35f31f2 100644
--- a/src/scribe/routes/settings.py
+++ b/src/scribe/routes/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ settings_bp = Blueprint("settings", __name__, url_prefix="/api/settings")
 # read and skip the mask on write; this generic KV surface has to apply the
 # same treatment, or it silently un-masks what those endpoints masked — the
 # rows live on the admin's own user_id, so the plain GET returned them raw.
-_SECRET_KEYS = frozenset({"smtp_password", "forge_token", "forge_webhook_secret"})
+# (forge_token left with 0078: forge credentials are keyring rows now, #2778.)
+_SECRET_KEYS = frozenset({"smtp_password", "forge_webhook_secret"})
 _SECRET_MASK = "********"
 
 
@@ -73,3 +74,103 @@ async def test_search():
     if not Config.searxng_enabled():
         return jsonify({"configured": False, "results": [], "searxng_url": ""})
     return jsonify({"configured": True, "results": [], "searxng_url": Config.SEARXNG_URL})
+
+
+# --- forge connections (#2778) ------------------------------------------------
+# The user's keyring: read-only forge credentials, one per host, resolved by
+# repo host for every server-side forge read on the user's projects. Strictly
+# own-rows — a connection is a credential, and there is no admin view of
+# another user's keyring. Tokens never leave the server: the model's to_dict
+# omits them, and the routes never echo the submitted value back.
+
+
+@settings_bp.route("/forge-connections", methods=["GET"])
+@login_required
+async def list_forge_connections_route():
+    from scribe.services.forge import FORGE_KINDS
+    from scribe.services.forge_connections import list_connections
+
+    uid = get_current_user_id()
+    rows = await list_connections(uid)
+    return jsonify({
+        "connections": [r.to_dict() for r in rows],
+        "kinds": list(FORGE_KINDS),
+    })
+
+
+@settings_bp.route("/forge-connections", methods=["POST"])
+@login_required
+async def create_forge_connection_route():
+    from scribe.services.forge_connections import create_connection
+
+    uid = get_current_user_id()
+    data = await request.get_json() or {}
+    try:
+        row = await create_connection(
+            uid,
+            kind=str(data.get("kind", "")),
+            base_url=str(data.get("base_url", "")),
+            token=str(data.get("token", "")),
+        )
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        return jsonify({"error": str(exc)}), 400
+    return jsonify(row.to_dict()), 201
+
+
+@settings_bp.route("/forge-connections/<int:connection_id>", methods=["PUT"])
+@login_required
+async def update_forge_connection_route(connection_id: int):
+    from scribe.services.forge_connections import update_connection
+
+    uid = get_current_user_id()
+    data = await request.get_json() or {}
+    token = str(data.get("token", ""))
+    # The mask coming back means "unchanged" — the form round-trips what the
+    # list showed, and storing the mask would silently break the connection.
+    if token == _SECRET_MASK:
+        token = ""
+    try:
+        row = await update_connection(
+            uid, connection_id,
+            kind=str(data.get("kind", "")),
+            base_url=str(data.get("base_url", "")),
+            token=token,
+        )
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        return jsonify({"error": str(exc)}), 400
+    if row is None:
+        return jsonify({"error": "Connection not found"}), 404
+    return jsonify(row.to_dict())
+
+
+@settings_bp.route("/forge-connections/<int:connection_id>", methods=["DELETE"])
+@login_required
+async def delete_forge_connection_route(connection_id: int):
+    from scribe.services.forge_connections import delete_connection
+
+    uid = get_current_user_id()
+    if not await delete_connection(uid, connection_id):
+        return jsonify({"error": "Connection not found"}), 404
+    return "", 204
+
+
+@settings_bp.route("/forge-connections/<int:connection_id>/test", methods=["POST"])
+@login_required
+async def test_forge_connection_route(connection_id: int):
+    """Probe the SAVED connection: reachability and token acceptance in one
+    press, so a misconfiguration is visible now rather than as silent
+    fallbacks later (#2663's lesson, applied per keyring row)."""
+    from scribe.services.forge import ForgeError, build_adapter
+    from scribe.services.forge_connections import get_connection
+
+    uid = get_current_user_id()
+    row = await get_connection(uid, connection_id)
+    if row is None:
+        return jsonify({"error": "Connection not found"}), 404
+    adapter = build_adapter(row.kind, row.base_url, row.token)
+    if adapter is None:
+        return jsonify({"error": "Connection is not usable — check kind and base URL"}), 400
+    try:
+        return jsonify(await adapter.check())
+    except ForgeError as exc:
+        return jsonify({"error": str(exc)}), 502
diff --git a/src/scribe/services/backup.py b/src/scribe/services/backup.py
index cb57eb4..109796f 100644
--- a/src/scribe/services/backup.py
+++ b/src/scribe/services/backup.py
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ _NOT_INCLUDED = [
     "api_keys", "note_embeddings", "app_logs", "notifications",
     "invitation_tokens", "password_reset_tokens", "user_profiles",
     "retrieval_logs",
+    # Sensitive credentials, same reasoning as api_keys: a backup that carries
+    # forge tokens is a token-exfiltration file. Users re-add connections
+    # after a restore; the per-project pin (projects.forge_connection_id) is
+    # deliberately not exported either, so restored projects fall back to
+    # keyring-by-host resolution — the documented unpinned behavior (#2778).
+    "forge_connections",
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/src/scribe/services/coverage.py b/src/scribe/services/coverage.py
index 524e13a..7e1f760 100644
--- a/src/scribe/services/coverage.py
+++ b/src/scribe/services/coverage.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import re
 import tarfile
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
-from scribe.services.forge import ForgeAdapter, get_forge
+from scribe.services.forge import ForgeSelector, get_forges
 from scribe.services.repo_bindings import keys_for_project
 from scribe.services.settings import get_setting, set_setting
 
@@ -252,27 +252,32 @@ async def _recorded_locations(user_id: int, project_id: int) -> list[tuple[str,
 
 
 async def compute_coverage(
-    user_id: int, project_id: int, *, forge: ForgeAdapter | None = None
+    user_id: int, project_id: int, *, selector: ForgeSelector | None = None
 ) -> dict | None:
     """Measure a project's pattern-library coverage against its bound repos.
 
-    None means "nothing to measure" — no forge configured, or none of the
-    project's bound repos is served by it. That is the ordinary state for a
-    forge-less install and every caller treats it as silence, not failure.
+    None means "nothing to measure" — the owner's keyring serves none of the
+    project's bound repos (#2778). That is the ordinary state for a
+    forge-less user and every caller treats it as silence, not failure.
     Forge errors (unreachable, bad token) RAISE — the two callers are a
     refresh button and a background task, and both want to know.
+
+    ``user_id`` is the project OWNER's id: the cache lives there, and the
+    keyring resolved here must be the same one every other read uses.
     """
-    forge = forge if forge is not None else await get_forge()
-    if forge is None:
+    if selector is None:
+        selector = await get_forges(user_id, project_id)
+    if not selector.configured:
         return None
 
     repos: list[dict] = []
     matched_all: list[tuple[str, str, str, bool]] = []
     recorded = await _recorded_locations(user_id, project_id)
     for key in await keys_for_project(user_id, project_id):
-        api_repo = forge.resolve_repo(key)
-        if api_repo is None:
-            continue  # bound to a host this forge doesn't serve
+        hit = selector.resolve(key)
+        if hit is None:
+            continue  # bound to a host no connection serves
+        forge, api_repo = hit
         ref = await forge.default_branch(api_repo)
         shapes = shapes_from_archive(await forge.archive(api_repo, ref))
         matched = match_shapes(shapes, recorded)
@@ -299,10 +304,10 @@ async def compute_coverage(
 
 
 async def refresh_coverage(
-    user_id: int, project_id: int, *, forge: ForgeAdapter | None = None
+    user_id: int, project_id: int, *, selector: ForgeSelector | None = None
 ) -> dict | None:
     """Compute and cache. The only writer of the cache key."""
-    coverage = await compute_coverage(user_id, project_id, forge=forge)
+    coverage = await compute_coverage(user_id, project_id, selector=selector)
     if coverage is not None:
         await set_setting(
             user_id, f"{_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX}{project_id}", json.dumps(coverage)
diff --git a/src/scribe/services/forge.py b/src/scribe/services/forge.py
index 2936144..97119aa 100644
--- a/src/scribe/services/forge.py
+++ b/src/scribe/services/forge.py
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ webhooks (step 6), and coverage can be measured (step 7).
 
 Design constraints, in force everywhere below:
 
-  - OPTIONAL per instance (rule #115). `get_forge()` returns None when nothing
-    is configured, and every consumer must treat None as "keep today's
-    behavior". An install that never configures a forge is not degraded — it
-    is the baseline.
+  - OPTIONAL per user (rule #115, sharpened by #2778). Connections are
+    per-user keyring rows resolved by repo host on the PROJECT OWNER's
+    keyring; `get_forges()` returns an empty selector when the owner has
+    nothing configured, and every consumer must treat that as "keep today's
+    behavior". A user who never configures a forge is not degraded — that is
+    the baseline.
   - READ-ONLY by construction. The adapter exposes reads; there is no write
     method to misuse. The token an operator mints for it only ever needs read
     scope, and the docs say so.
@@ -40,18 +42,14 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 from urllib.parse import quote, urlsplit
 
 import httpx
+from sqlalchemy import select
 
 from scribe.config import Config
 from scribe.services.repo_bindings import normalize_repo_key
-from scribe.services.settings import get_admin_setting
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-FORGE_KIND_KEY = "forge_kind"
-FORGE_BASE_URL_KEY = "forge_base_url"
-FORGE_TOKEN_KEY = "forge_token"
-
-# Kinds an instance can configure. Matches _FORGE_CLASSES below.
+# Kinds a connection can use. Matches _FORGE_CLASSES below.
 FORGE_KINDS = ("gitea", "github")
 
 # Total budget per forge call. Consumers either have a cache to fall back to
@@ -86,7 +84,8 @@ class ForgeFile:
     path: str
 
 
-def _host_of(url: str) -> str:
+def host_of(url: str) -> str:
+    """The lowercase hostname of a URL — the keyring's lookup key (#2778)."""
     return (urlsplit(url).hostname or "").lower()
 
 
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ class ForgeAdapter:
 
     @property
     def host(self) -> str:
-        return _host_of(self.base_url)
+        return host_of(self.base_url)
 
     def resolve_repo(self, repo_or_url: str) -> str | None:
         """The forge-API repo path for a recorded repo — or None if this forge
@@ -359,39 +358,124 @@ _FORGE_CLASSES: dict[str, type[ForgeAdapter]] = {
 }
 
 
-async def forge_config() -> dict:
-    """The instance's forge configuration, DB-first with env fallback.
+def build_adapter(
+    kind: str, base_url: str, token: str, *, transport=None
+) -> ForgeAdapter | None:
+    """One validated adapter from raw connection values, or None.
 
-    The env channel exists so a deployment can keep the token out of the
-    database entirely (Docker secret via FORGE_TOKEN_FILE) — the DB value wins
-    when both are present because the admin UI writes there, and a UI edit
-    that silently loses to an env var would look exactly like a broken form.
+    None means "this connection cannot serve reads" — the same contract the
+    old instance-wide lookup had, applied per keyring row. Misconfigurations
+    are logged, never raised: a bad row must not break the reads the good
+    rows can still serve.
     """
-    return {
-        "kind": (await get_admin_setting(FORGE_KIND_KEY, "") or Config.FORGE_KIND)
-        .strip()
-        .lower(),
-        "base_url": (
-            await get_admin_setting(FORGE_BASE_URL_KEY, "") or Config.FORGE_BASE_URL
-        ).rstrip("/"),
-        "token": await get_admin_setting(FORGE_TOKEN_KEY, "") or Config.FORGE_TOKEN,
-    }
-
-
-async def get_forge(*, transport=None) -> ForgeAdapter | None:
-    """The configured forge adapter, or None — and None means "behave exactly
-    as if this module did not exist", which every consumer must honor."""
-    cfg = await forge_config()
-    cls = _FORGE_CLASSES.get(cfg["kind"])
+    kind = (kind or "").strip().lower()
+    base_url = (base_url or "").rstrip("/")
+    cls = _FORGE_CLASSES.get(kind)
     if cls is None:
-        if cfg["kind"]:
+        if kind:
             # A kind we don't implement is a misconfiguration, not "off" —
             # say so once per lookup rather than silently reading as absent.
-            logger.warning("unknown forge kind %r configured — forge disabled", cfg["kind"])
+            logger.warning("unknown forge kind %r configured — connection disabled", kind)
         return None
-    if not cfg["base_url"] or not cfg["token"]:
+    if not base_url or not token:
         return None
-    if not cfg["base_url"].startswith(("http://", "https://")):
-        logger.warning("forge base URL %r has no http(s) scheme — forge disabled", cfg["base_url"])
+    if not base_url.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
+        logger.warning("forge base URL %r has no http(s) scheme — connection disabled", base_url)
         return None
-    return cls(cfg["base_url"], cfg["token"], transport=transport)
+    return cls(base_url, token, transport=transport)
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class ForgeSelector:
+    """The forge reads available to one project owner (#2778).
+
+    Consumers ask it to serve a REPO, not to hand over "the forge": resolve()
+    walks the owner's adapters and returns the (adapter, api_repo) pair for
+    the first one whose host serves the repo — or None, which every consumer
+    treats exactly as the old "no forge configured" state. An empty selector
+    IS rule #115's baseline.
+    """
+
+    adapters: tuple[ForgeAdapter, ...] = ()
+
+    @property
+    def configured(self) -> bool:
+        return bool(self.adapters)
+
+    def resolve(self, repo_or_url: str) -> tuple[ForgeAdapter, str] | None:
+        for adapter in self.adapters:
+            repo = adapter.resolve_repo(repo_or_url)
+            if repo is not None:
+                return adapter, repo
+        return None
+
+
+async def get_forges(
+    owner_id: int, project_id: int | None = None, *, transport=None
+) -> ForgeSelector:
+    """The forge selector for reads on behalf of ``owner_id``'s records.
+
+    The keyring model (#2778): every server-side forge read for a record runs
+    on the PROJECT OWNER's connections, resolved by repo host — a forge token
+    is a user's credential, and one user's reads must never ride another
+    user's token. Pass the record's ``project_id`` so the per-project pin
+    applies: a pinned project uses ONLY its pinned connection (explicit and
+    auditable); a pin that no longer belongs to the owner (ownership moved) is
+    ignored with a warning rather than honored across users.
+
+    The env config (FORGE_KIND/FORGE_BASE_URL/FORGE_TOKEN) survives as an
+    implicit keyring entry for ADMIN owners only — it is the operator's
+    token, so it must not serve other users' reads — and a stored row for the
+    same host beats it, because the UI writes rows.
+    """
+    from scribe.models import async_session
+    from scribe.models.forge_connection import ForgeConnection
+    from scribe.models.project import Project
+    from scribe.models.user import User
+
+    async with async_session() as session:
+        pinned_id = None
+        if project_id:
+            pinned_id = (
+                await session.execute(
+                    select(Project.forge_connection_id).where(Project.id == project_id)
+                )
+            ).scalar_one_or_none()
+        rows = list(
+            (
+                await session.execute(
+                    select(ForgeConnection)
+                    .where(ForgeConnection.user_id == owner_id)
+                    .order_by(ForgeConnection.id)
+                )
+            ).scalars().all()
+        )
+        role = ""
+        if Config.FORGE_KIND and Config.FORGE_BASE_URL and Config.FORGE_TOKEN:
+            role = (
+                await session.execute(select(User.role).where(User.id == owner_id))
+            ).scalar_one_or_none() or ""
+
+    if pinned_id:
+        pin = next((r for r in rows if r.id == pinned_id), None)
+        if pin is not None:
+            adapter = build_adapter(pin.kind, pin.base_url, pin.token, transport=transport)
+            return ForgeSelector((adapter,) if adapter is not None else ())
+        logger.warning(
+            "project %s pins forge connection %s the owner (%s) does not hold — pin ignored",
+            project_id, pinned_id, owner_id,
+        )
+
+    adapters: list[ForgeAdapter] = []
+    for row in rows:
+        adapter = build_adapter(row.kind, row.base_url, row.token, transport=transport)
+        if adapter is not None:
+            adapters.append(adapter)
+    if role == "admin":
+        env = build_adapter(
+            Config.FORGE_KIND, Config.FORGE_BASE_URL, Config.FORGE_TOKEN,
+            transport=transport,
+        )
+        if env is not None and all(a.host != env.host for a in adapters):
+            adapters.append(env)
+    return ForgeSelector(tuple(adapters))
diff --git a/src/scribe/services/forge_connections.py b/src/scribe/services/forge_connections.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f18b59c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scribe/services/forge_connections.py
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+"""User-level forge connection CRUD — the keyring rows get_forges reads (#2778).
+
+A connection is a user's read-only credential for one forge host; one row per
+(user, host) keeps host-keyed resolution deterministic with no default-pointer
+machinery. Everything here is own-rows-only: a connection is a credential, and
+no caller — admin included — reads or edits another user's. The token never
+leaves the server (model.to_dict omits it; routes mask "set/unset").
+
+Validation matches what build_adapter will accept, checked here so a bad
+value is a 400 at the form instead of a silently dead keyring row.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from sqlalchemy import select
+
+from scribe.models import async_session
+from scribe.models.forge_connection import ForgeConnection
+from scribe.models.project import Project
+from scribe.services.forge import FORGE_KINDS, host_of
+
+
+def validate_connection(kind: str, base_url: str) -> str | None:
+    """The error a connection's non-secret values would earn, or None."""
+    if kind not in FORGE_KINDS:
+        return f"Unknown forge kind {kind!r} (one of: {', '.join(FORGE_KINDS)})"
+    if not base_url.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
+        return "Forge base URL must use http or https"
+    if not host_of(base_url):
+        return "Forge base URL carries no hostname"
+    return None
+
+
+async def list_connections(user_id: int) -> list[ForgeConnection]:
+    async with async_session() as session:
+        rows = await session.execute(
+            select(ForgeConnection)
+            .where(ForgeConnection.user_id == user_id)
+            .order_by(ForgeConnection.host)
+        )
+        return list(rows.scalars().all())
+
+
+async def get_connection(user_id: int, connection_id: int) -> ForgeConnection | None:
+    async with async_session() as session:
+        return (
+            await session.execute(
+                select(ForgeConnection).where(
+                    ForgeConnection.id == connection_id,
+                    ForgeConnection.user_id == user_id,
+                )
+            )
+        ).scalar_one_or_none()
+
+
+async def create_connection(
+    user_id: int, *, kind: str, base_url: str, token: str
+) -> ForgeConnection:
+    """Create a keyring row. Raises ValueError on bad values or a host the
+    user already holds — one row per (user, host) IS the resolution model,
+    so a second token for the same host is an update, not a create."""
+    kind = (kind or "").strip().lower()
+    base_url = (base_url or "").strip().rstrip("/")
+    token = token or ""
+    error = validate_connection(kind, base_url)
+    if error is None and not token:
+        error = "A token is required (read scope is enough)"
+    if error:
+        raise ValueError(error)
+    host = host_of(base_url)
+    async with async_session() as session:
+        existing = (
+            await session.execute(
+                select(ForgeConnection).where(
+                    ForgeConnection.user_id == user_id,
+                    ForgeConnection.host == host,
+                )
+            )
+        ).scalar_one_or_none()
+        if existing is not None:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"You already have a connection for {host} — edit that one; "
+                "resolution is by host, so a second row could never be reached"
+            )
+        row = ForgeConnection(
+            user_id=user_id, kind=kind, base_url=base_url, host=host, token=token
+        )
+        session.add(row)
+        await session.commit()
+        await session.refresh(row)
+        return row
+
+
+async def update_connection(
+    user_id: int,
+    connection_id: int,
+    *,
+    kind: str = "",
+    base_url: str = "",
+    token: str = "",
+) -> ForgeConnection | None:
+    """Update own row; empty string = leave unchanged (the settings-form
+    sentinel convention). None when the row isn't the caller's."""
+    async with async_session() as session:
+        row = (
+            await session.execute(
+                select(ForgeConnection).where(
+                    ForgeConnection.id == connection_id,
+                    ForgeConnection.user_id == user_id,
+                )
+            )
+        ).scalar_one_or_none()
+        if row is None:
+            return None
+        new_kind = (kind or "").strip().lower() or row.kind
+        new_base = (base_url or "").strip().rstrip("/") or row.base_url
+        error = validate_connection(new_kind, new_base)
+        if error:
+            raise ValueError(error)
+        new_host = host_of(new_base)
+        if new_host != row.host:
+            clash = (
+                await session.execute(
+                    select(ForgeConnection.id).where(
+                        ForgeConnection.user_id == user_id,
+                        ForgeConnection.host == new_host,
+                        ForgeConnection.id != row.id,
+                    )
+                )
+            ).scalar_one_or_none()
+            if clash is not None:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"You already have a connection for {new_host} — edit that one"
+                )
+        row.kind = new_kind
+        row.base_url = new_base
+        row.host = new_host
+        if token:
+            row.token = token
+        await session.commit()
+        await session.refresh(row)
+        return row
+
+
+async def delete_connection(user_id: int, connection_id: int) -> bool:
+    """Delete own row. Project pins pointing at it go NULL (FK SET NULL) —
+    those projects fall back to keyring resolution, which is the documented
+    unpinned behavior, not a surprise."""
+    async with async_session() as session:
+        row = (
+            await session.execute(
+                select(ForgeConnection).where(
+                    ForgeConnection.id == connection_id,
+                    ForgeConnection.user_id == user_id,
+                )
+            )
+        ).scalar_one_or_none()
+        if row is None:
+            return False
+        await session.delete(row)
+        await session.commit()
+        return True
+
+
+async def set_project_pin(
+    owner_id: int, project_id: int, connection_id: int | None
+) -> bool:
+    """Point a project at one of its OWNER's connections, or clear the pin.
+
+    The caller settles WHO may ask (routes check owner-or-admin); this
+    settles WHOSE connection is eligible: only the project owner's — pinning
+    a collaborator's token to someone else's project is the confused-deputy
+    channel this feature exists to close. False = project or connection not
+    eligible.
+    """
+    async with async_session() as session:
+        project = (
+            await session.execute(select(Project).where(Project.id == project_id))
+        ).scalar_one_or_none()
+        if project is None or (project.user_id or 0) != owner_id:
+            return False
+        if connection_id:
+            held = (
+                await session.execute(
+                    select(ForgeConnection.id).where(
+                        ForgeConnection.id == connection_id,
+                        ForgeConnection.user_id == owner_id,
+                    )
+                )
+            ).scalar_one_or_none()
+            if held is None:
+                return False
+        project.forge_connection_id = connection_id or None
+        await session.commit()
+        return True
diff --git a/src/scribe/services/snippets.py b/src/scribe/services/snippets.py
index 44d92ee..5365b68 100644
--- a/src/scribe/services/snippets.py
+++ b/src/scribe/services/snippets.py
@@ -941,10 +941,10 @@ async def record_verification(
 
 # --- pull-time freshness (#2690) ---------------------------------------------
 # A pull is the moment freshness matters: the reader is about to trust the
-# cached body. When the instance has a forge configured, the pull fetches the
-# recorded file and answers the one mechanically-answerable question — does
-# the cached code still appear in the source, verbatim after whitespace
-# normalization? The body is a FRAGMENT of the file, so "serve the fetched
+# cached body. When the record owner's keyring serves a forge, the pull
+# fetches the recorded file and answers the one mechanically-answerable
+# question — does the cached code still appear in the source, verbatim after
+# whitespace normalization? The body is a FRAGMENT of the file, so "serve the fetched
 # file" would clobber the record; confirmation + provenance refresh is what
 # fetching can honestly deliver, and divergence is reported, not overwritten.
 #
@@ -990,7 +990,8 @@ async def _refresh_provenance(note, commit_sha: str) -> None:
 async def attach_live_body(note, data: dict) -> None:
     """Decorate a PULL response with forge-checked freshness (#2690).
 
-    Adds, when (and only when) a forge is configured:
+    Adds, when (and only when) the record owner's keyring serves a forge
+    (#2778):
       - ``body_source``: "forge" (confirmed against the source just now) or
         "cache" (the stored body, for whatever reason follows)
       - ``body_freshness``: "current" | "diverged" | "missing" |
@@ -1004,14 +1005,17 @@ async def attach_live_body(note, data: dict) -> None:
     attention state verify_snippet uses.
     """
     from scribe.services.background import spawn
-    from scribe.services.forge import ForgeError, ForgeNotFound, get_forge
+    from scribe.services.forge import ForgeError, ForgeNotFound, get_forges
 
     try:
-        forge = await get_forge()
+        # The OWNER's keyring, honoring the project pin (#2778) — freshness
+        # for a record is checked with its owner's credential, never the
+        # reader's.
+        selector = await get_forges(note.user_id, getattr(note, "project_id", None))
     except Exception:
         logger.warning("forge lookup failed during pull", exc_info=True)
         return
-    if forge is None:
+    if not selector.configured:
         return
 
     fields = data.get("snippet") if isinstance(data.get("snippet"), dict) else None
@@ -1033,18 +1037,19 @@ async def attach_live_body(note, data: dict) -> None:
     # address a forge API — the project's repo BINDING is the identity that
     # can (#2691). Try the location string first (it may be a real remote),
     # then fall back to the bindings of the snippet's project.
-    repo = forge.resolve_repo(loc["repo"])
-    if repo is None and getattr(note, "project_id", None):
+    resolved = selector.resolve(loc["repo"])
+    if resolved is None and getattr(note, "project_id", None):
         from scribe.services.repo_bindings import keys_for_project
 
         for key in await keys_for_project(note.user_id, note.project_id):
-            repo = forge.resolve_repo(key)
-            if repo is not None:
+            resolved = selector.resolve(key)
+            if resolved is not None:
                 break
-    if repo is None:
+    if resolved is None:
         data["body_source"] = "cache"
         data["body_freshness"] = "repo-not-on-this-forge"
         return
+    forge, repo = resolved
 
     stored_prov_sha = (fields.get("provenance") or {}).get("commit_sha") or ""
 
diff --git a/tests/test_integration_forge_keyring.py b/tests/test_integration_forge_keyring.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98085ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_integration_forge_keyring.py
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+"""Real-Postgres integration tests for the forge keyring (#2778).
+
+Runs only in the CI integration lane (real Postgres, schema built by
+`alembic upgrade head`, which includes migration 0078's forge_connections
+table and the projects.forge_connection_id pin). This exercises what the
+unit tests cannot: the own-rows ACL on connection CRUD, host-keyed
+resolution against stored rows, the pin's only-that-connection semantics,
+the owner-only pin eligibility, and the admin-only scoping of the env
+fallback — every one of which is a cross-user isolation property, and
+isolation properties are exactly what mocks cannot prove.
+"""
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+import pytest_asyncio
+from sqlalchemy import select
+
+from scribe.config import Config
+from scribe.models import async_session, engine
+from scribe.models.project import Project
+from scribe.models.user import User
+from scribe.services.forge import get_forges
+from scribe.services.forge_connections import (
+    create_connection,
+    delete_connection,
+    list_connections,
+    set_project_pin,
+    update_connection,
+)
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.integration
+
+GITEA = "https://git.example.com"
+GITHUB = "https://github.com"
+
+
+@pytest_asyncio.fixture(autouse=True)
+async def _dispose_engine():
+    # Per-loop pool: dispose after each test (see test_integration_db_maintenance).
+    yield
+    await engine.dispose()
+
+
+async def _user(session, username: str, role: str = "user") -> User:
+    existing = (
+        await session.execute(select(User).where(User.username == username))
+    ).scalar_one_or_none()
+    if existing is not None:
+        return existing
+    user = User(username=username, role=role)
+    session.add(user)
+    await session.flush()
+    return user
+
+
+@pytest_asyncio.fixture
+async def seeded():
+    """An owner with a project, plus an unrelated user and an admin."""
+    async with async_session() as s:
+        owner = await _user(s, "keyring_owner")
+        other = await _user(s, "keyring_other")
+        admin = await _user(s, "keyring_admin", role="admin")
+        project = Project(user_id=owner.id, title="Keyring project")
+        s.add(project)
+        await s.flush()
+        ids = {
+            "owner": owner.id, "other": other.id, "admin": admin.id,
+            "project": project.id,
+        }
+        await s.commit()
+    # Start each test from a clean keyring — the fixture users persist
+    # across tests in one lane run.
+    for uid in (ids["owner"], ids["other"], ids["admin"]):
+        for row in await list_connections(uid):
+            await delete_connection(uid, row.id)
+    return ids
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_crud_is_own_rows_only(seeded):
+    owner, other = seeded["owner"], seeded["other"]
+    row = await create_connection(owner, kind="gitea", base_url=GITEA, token="tok")
+    assert row.host == "git.example.com"
+
+    # One row per (user, host) IS the resolution model.
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        await create_connection(owner, kind="gitea", base_url=GITEA + "/", token="t2")
+    # ...but the same host under ANOTHER user is that user's own business.
+    theirs = await create_connection(other, kind="gitea", base_url=GITEA, token="t3")
+
+    # Another user can neither see, edit, nor delete it.
+    assert [r.id for r in await list_connections(other)] == [theirs.id]
+    assert await update_connection(other, row.id, token="stolen") is None
+    assert await delete_connection(other, row.id) is False
+
+    updated = await update_connection(owner, row.id, base_url=GITEA + ":3000")
+    assert updated is not None and updated.base_url.endswith(":3000")
+    assert await delete_connection(owner, row.id) is True
+    assert await delete_connection(other, theirs.id) is True
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_resolution_runs_on_the_owners_keyring_only(seeded):
+    owner, other = seeded["owner"], seeded["other"]
+    await create_connection(owner, kind="gitea", base_url=GITEA, token="tok")
+
+    mine = await get_forges(owner)
+    assert mine.configured
+    hit = mine.resolve(f"{GITEA}/alice/widget.git")
+    assert hit is not None and hit[1] == "alice/widget"
+
+    # The other user's reads never ride the owner's token.
+    assert not (await get_forges(other)).configured
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_pin_means_only_that_connection(seeded):
+    owner, project = seeded["owner"], seeded["project"]
+    gitea = await create_connection(owner, kind="gitea", base_url=GITEA, token="t1")
+    await create_connection(owner, kind="github", base_url=GITHUB, token="t2")
+
+    # Unpinned: both hosts resolve from the keyring.
+    selector = await get_forges(owner, project)
+    assert selector.resolve(f"{GITEA}/a/b") is not None
+    assert selector.resolve(f"{GITHUB}/a/b") is not None
+
+    assert await set_project_pin(owner, project, gitea.id) is True
+    pinned = await get_forges(owner, project)
+    assert pinned.resolve(f"{GITEA}/a/b") is not None
+    # The pin is exclusive: a host the pinned connection can't serve reads as
+    # unserved, exactly like the documented repo-not-on-this-forge state.
+    assert pinned.resolve(f"{GITHUB}/a/b") is None
+
+    assert await set_project_pin(owner, project, None) is True
+    assert (await get_forges(owner, project)).resolve(f"{GITHUB}/a/b") is not None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_pin_only_accepts_the_owners_connections(seeded):
+    owner, other, project = seeded["owner"], seeded["other"], seeded["project"]
+    theirs = await create_connection(other, kind="gitea", base_url=GITEA, token="t")
+
+    # A collaborator's token can never be attached to someone else's project —
+    # the confused-deputy channel this feature exists to close.
+    assert await set_project_pin(owner, project, theirs.id) is False
+    # And only the owner's projects accept a pin at all.
+    assert await set_project_pin(other, project, theirs.id) is False
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_stale_pin_after_ownership_transfer_is_ignored_not_honored(seeded):
+    owner, other, project = seeded["owner"], seeded["other"], seeded["project"]
+    gitea = await create_connection(owner, kind="gitea", base_url=GITEA, token="t")
+    assert await set_project_pin(owner, project, gitea.id) is True
+
+    async with async_session() as s:
+        proj = await s.get(Project, project)
+        proj.user_id = other
+        await s.commit()
+    try:
+        # The pin now names a connection the (new) owner does not hold: it
+        # must fall back to the new owner's keyring — empty — never keep
+        # reading with the previous owner's token.
+        assert not (await get_forges(other, project)).configured
+    finally:
+        async with async_session() as s:
+            proj = await s.get(Project, project)
+            proj.user_id = owner
+            proj.forge_connection_id = None
+            await s.commit()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_env_config_serves_admins_only_and_rows_beat_it(seeded):
+    owner, admin = seeded["owner"], seeded["admin"]
+    with patch.object(Config, "FORGE_KIND", "gitea"), \
+            patch.object(Config, "FORGE_BASE_URL", GITEA), \
+            patch.object(Config, "FORGE_TOKEN", "env-tok"):
+        # The env entry is the OPERATOR's token: admin projects only.
+        assert (await get_forges(admin)).configured
+        assert not (await get_forges(owner)).configured
+
+        # A stored row for the same host wins — the UI writes rows, and a UI
+        # edit that silently lost to an env var would look like a broken form.
+        row = await create_connection(
+            admin, kind="gitea", base_url=GITEA, token="row-tok"
+        )
+        selector = await get_forges(admin)
+        assert len(selector.adapters) == 1
+        assert selector.adapters[0]._token == "row-tok"
+        await delete_connection(admin, row.id)
diff --git a/tests/test_pattern_coverage.py b/tests/test_pattern_coverage.py
index 5dfe64c..bf7b4ed 100644
--- a/tests/test_pattern_coverage.py
+++ b/tests/test_pattern_coverage.py
@@ -194,6 +194,14 @@ def _forge(tar_bytes: bytes):
     )
 
 
+def _selector(tar_bytes: bytes):
+    """The keyring shape compute_coverage consumes since #2778 — one owner
+    keyring holding the mocked Gitea adapter."""
+    from scribe.services.forge import ForgeSelector
+
+    return ForgeSelector((_forge(tar_bytes),))
+
+
 @pytest_asyncio.fixture
 async def _dispose_engine():
     from scribe.models import engine
@@ -250,9 +258,9 @@ async def test_coverage_measures_the_tree_exactly_and_caches(seeded):
     )
 
     uid, pid = seeded["uid"], seeded["pid"]
-    forge = _forge(_tarball(TREE))
+    selector = _selector(_tarball(TREE))
 
-    coverage = await compute_coverage(uid, pid, forge=forge)
+    coverage = await compute_coverage(uid, pid, selector=selector)
     assert coverage is not None
     assert coverage["total"] == 4
     assert coverage["recorded"] == 2
@@ -266,7 +274,7 @@ async def test_coverage_measures_the_tree_exactly_and_caches(seeded):
     # Nothing computed → nothing cached; refresh writes; the cache reads back
     # byte-equal, because enter_project will serve exactly this.
     assert await cached_coverage(uid, pid) is None
-    stored = await refresh_coverage(uid, pid, forge=forge)
+    stored = await refresh_coverage(uid, pid, selector=selector)
     assert (await cached_coverage(uid, pid)) == json.loads(json.dumps(stored))
 
 
@@ -284,7 +292,7 @@ async def test_enter_project_surfaces_the_line_only_once_computed(seeded):
         before = await enter_project(project_id=pid)
         assert before["pattern_coverage"] is None
 
-        await refresh_coverage(uid, pid, forge=_forge(_tarball(TREE)))
+        await refresh_coverage(uid, pid, selector=_selector(_tarball(TREE)))
         after = await enter_project(project_id=pid)
         line = after["pattern_coverage"]
         assert line.startswith(
@@ -314,4 +322,4 @@ async def test_unservable_binding_measures_nothing(seeded):
         await s.commit()
     await set_binding(uid, "https://github.com/somebody/else.git", other_pid)
 
-    assert await compute_coverage(uid, other_pid, forge=_forge(_tarball(TREE))) is None
+    assert await compute_coverage(uid, other_pid, selector=_selector(_tarball(TREE))) is None
diff --git a/tests/test_services_forge.py b/tests/test_services_forge.py
index e1d4544..af9c2f9 100644
--- a/tests/test_services_forge.py
+++ b/tests/test_services_forge.py
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ decoding, error taxonomy) is testable with no live server and no new
 dependency. These are the reference behaviors step 8's GitHub adapter must
 reproduce.
 
-The most load-bearing tests are the OFF ones: an unconfigured instance must
-get None from get_forge(), because every consumer treats None as "behave as if
-the module didn't exist" (rule #115 — the baseline install has no forge).
+The most load-bearing tests are the OFF ones: a user with no usable connection
+must get an empty selector, because every consumer treats that as "behave as
+if the module didn't exist" (rule #115 — the baseline user has no forge).
+DB-backed keyring behavior (get_forges: rows, the project pin, the admin-only
+env entry) lives in tests/test_integration_forge_keyring.py.
 """
 import base64
-from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
 
 import httpx
 import pytest
@@ -20,8 +21,9 @@ import pytest
 from scribe.services.forge import (
     ForgeError,
     ForgeNotFound,
+    ForgeSelector,
     GiteaForge,
-    get_forge,
+    build_adapter,
 )
 
 BASE = "https://git.example.com"
@@ -140,63 +142,59 @@ async def test_check_reports_version_and_identity():
     assert result == {"ok": True, "version": "1.23.1", "username": "scribe-bot"}
 
 
-# --- the configuration gate --------------------------------------------------
+# --- the configuration gate (build_adapter) ----------------------------------
 
-def _settings(values: dict):
-    async def fake(key, default=""):
-        return values.get(key, default)
-    return patch("scribe.services.forge.get_admin_setting", AsyncMock(side_effect=fake))
-
-
-async def test_unconfigured_instance_gets_none():
-    with _settings({}), patch("scribe.services.forge.Config") as cfg:
-        cfg.FORGE_KIND = cfg.FORGE_BASE_URL = cfg.FORGE_TOKEN = ""
-        assert await get_forge() is None
-
-
-async def test_partial_config_is_still_off():
+def test_empty_or_partial_values_build_nothing():
     # A base URL with no token (or vice versa) must not half-enable anything.
-    for values in (
-        {"forge_kind": "gitea", "forge_base_url": BASE},
-        {"forge_kind": "gitea", "forge_token": "tok"},
-        {"forge_base_url": BASE, "forge_token": "tok"},  # no kind selected
-    ):
-        with _settings(values), patch("scribe.services.forge.Config") as cfg:
-            cfg.FORGE_KIND = cfg.FORGE_BASE_URL = cfg.FORGE_TOKEN = ""
-            assert await get_forge() is None
+    assert build_adapter("", "", "") is None
+    assert build_adapter("gitea", BASE, "") is None
+    assert build_adapter("gitea", "", "tok") is None
+    assert build_adapter("", BASE, "tok") is None  # no kind selected
 
 
-async def test_unknown_kind_disables_with_a_warning_not_a_crash():
-    with _settings({
-        "forge_kind": "sourcehut", "forge_base_url": BASE, "forge_token": "tok",
-    }), patch("scribe.services.forge.Config") as cfg:
-        cfg.FORGE_KIND = cfg.FORGE_BASE_URL = cfg.FORGE_TOKEN = ""
-        assert await get_forge() is None
+def test_unknown_kind_disables_with_a_warning_not_a_crash():
+    assert build_adapter("sourcehut", BASE, "tok") is None
 
 
-async def test_full_config_builds_a_gitea_adapter():
-    with _settings({
-        "forge_kind": "gitea",
-        "forge_base_url": BASE + "/",  # trailing slash normalized away
-        "forge_token": "tok",
-    }), patch("scribe.services.forge.Config") as cfg:
-        cfg.FORGE_KIND = cfg.FORGE_BASE_URL = cfg.FORGE_TOKEN = ""
-        forge = await get_forge()
+def test_schemeless_base_url_disables():
+    assert build_adapter("gitea", "git.example.com", "tok") is None
+
+
+def test_full_values_build_a_gitea_adapter():
+    forge = build_adapter("Gitea", BASE + "/", "tok")  # case + slash normalized
     assert isinstance(forge, GiteaForge)
     assert forge.base_url == BASE
     assert forge.host == "git.example.com"
 
 
-async def test_env_channel_fills_gaps_but_db_wins():
-    # Docker-secret deployments set FORGE_* env; an admin-UI value overrides.
-    with _settings({"forge_base_url": "https://db.example.com"}), \
-            patch("scribe.services.forge.Config") as cfg:
-        cfg.FORGE_KIND = "gitea"
-        cfg.FORGE_BASE_URL = "https://env.example.com"
-        cfg.FORGE_TOKEN = "env-tok"
-        forge = await get_forge()
-    assert isinstance(forge, GiteaForge)
-    assert forge.host == "db.example.com"
+def test_full_values_build_a_github_adapter():
+    from scribe.services.forge import GitHubForge
+
+    assert isinstance(
+        build_adapter("github", "https://github.com", "tok"), GitHubForge
+    )
+
+
+# --- the selector (#2778): host-keyed resolution over a keyring ---------------
+
+def test_empty_selector_is_the_rule_115_baseline():
+    selector = ForgeSelector()
+    assert not selector.configured
+    assert selector.resolve(f"{BASE}/alice/widget") is None
+
+
+def test_selector_resolves_by_host_across_the_keyring():
+    gitea = build_adapter("gitea", BASE, "tok")
+    github = build_adapter("github", "https://github.com", "tok2")
+    selector = ForgeSelector((gitea, github))
+    assert selector.configured
+
+    hit = selector.resolve("https://git.example.com/alice/widget")
+    assert hit == (gitea, "alice/widget")
+    hit = selector.resolve("git@github.com:alice/Widget.git")
+    assert hit == (github, "alice/widget")
+    # A host neither connection serves is a NORMAL miss, not an error.
+    assert selector.resolve("https://elsewhere.example.org/a/b") is None
 
 
 def test_forge_error_taxonomy_is_catchable_as_one_family():
@@ -220,30 +218,50 @@ def test_adapter_contract_surface():
     assert set(FORGE_KINDS) == {"gitea", "github"}
 
 
-def test_admin_routes_registered():
+def test_forge_routes_registered_at_their_post_2778_homes():
+    """Connections are USER settings; only the webhook secret stays admin.
+    The old instance-wide /api/admin/forge endpoints must be GONE, not
+    coexisting — a legacy config surface that still wrote admin settings
+    would silently configure nothing (rule #22: no dual path)."""
     from scribe.app import create_app
     from scribe.routes import admin as admin_routes
 
-    for name in ("get_forge_settings", "update_forge_settings", "test_forge"):
+    for name in ("get_forge_webhook_settings", "update_forge_webhook_settings"):
         assert callable(getattr(admin_routes, name))
     rules = {r.rule for r in create_app().url_map.iter_rules()}
-    assert "/api/admin/forge" in rules
-    assert "/api/admin/forge/test" in rules
+    assert "/api/admin/forge-webhook" in rules
+    assert "/api/admin/forge" not in rules
+    assert "/api/admin/forge/test" not in rules
+    assert "/api/settings/forge-connections" in rules
+    assert "/api/settings/forge-connections/<int:connection_id>" in rules
+    assert "/api/settings/forge-connections/<int:connection_id>/test" in rules
+    assert "/api/projects/<int:project_id>/forge" in rules
 
 
-def test_settings_kv_surface_masks_the_forge_token():
+def test_settings_kv_surface_masks_the_webhook_secret():
     """The generic /api/settings dump masked nothing — the admin endpoints'
     masking was bypassable by reading the raw KV rows (found while wiring the
-    forge token; smtp_password had the same exposure)."""
+    forge token; smtp_password had the same exposure). forge_token left the
+    KV with #2778 (keyring rows carry it now), so it is deliberately no
+    longer a secret KEY here."""
     from scribe.routes.settings import _SECRET_KEYS, _masked
 
-    out = _masked({"forge_token": "tok-123", "smtp_password": "pw", "theme": "dark"})
-    assert out["forge_token"] == "********"
+    out = _masked({"forge_webhook_secret": "sec", "smtp_password": "pw", "theme": "dark"})
+    assert out["forge_webhook_secret"] == "********"
     assert out["smtp_password"] == "********"
     assert out["theme"] == "dark"
-    assert {"forge_token", "smtp_password"} <= set(_SECRET_KEYS)
+    assert {"forge_webhook_secret", "smtp_password"} <= set(_SECRET_KEYS)
+    assert "forge_token" not in _SECRET_KEYS
     # An unset secret stays empty rather than reading as a set-but-masked one.
-    assert _masked({"forge_token": ""})["forge_token"] == ""
+    assert _masked({"forge_webhook_secret": ""})["forge_webhook_secret"] == ""
+
+
+def test_connection_to_dict_never_carries_the_token():
+    """The model is the last line: every list/create/update route returns
+    to_dict(), so a field added here is a field leaked there."""
+    from scribe.models.forge_connection import ForgeConnection
+
+    assert "token" not in ForgeConnection.to_dict.__code__.co_consts
 
 
 def test_config_has_the_docker_secret_channel():
@@ -358,14 +376,3 @@ async def test_latest_commit_parses_tolerantly_on_both_adapters():
     assert await _forge(lambda r: _json(200, [])).latest_commit("a/w", "x.py") == ""
 
 
-async def test_full_config_builds_a_github_adapter():
-    from scribe.services.forge import GitHubForge
-
-    with _settings({
-        "forge_kind": "github",
-        "forge_base_url": "https://github.com",
-        "forge_token": "tok",
-    }), patch("scribe.services.forge.Config") as cfg:
-        cfg.FORGE_KIND = cfg.FORGE_BASE_URL = cfg.FORGE_TOKEN = ""
-        forge = await get_forge()
-    assert isinstance(forge, GitHubForge)
diff --git a/tests/test_snippet_live_body.py b/tests/test_snippet_live_body.py
index ee11af8..47eea42 100644
--- a/tests/test_snippet_live_body.py
+++ b/tests/test_snippet_live_body.py
@@ -57,7 +57,14 @@ def _file_response(content: str, commit_sha: str = SHA) -> httpx.Response:
 
 
 def _patched(forge):
-    return patch("scribe.services.forge.get_forge", AsyncMock(return_value=forge))
+    """Stub the owner-keyring lookup (#2778): None → an empty selector, i.e.
+    the owner has no connections — the old 'no forge configured' state."""
+    from scribe.services.forge import ForgeSelector
+
+    selector = ForgeSelector(() if forge is None else (forge,))
+    return patch(
+        "scribe.services.forge.get_forges", AsyncMock(return_value=selector)
+    )
 
 
 async def test_no_forge_attaches_nothing():
@@ -260,7 +267,7 @@ def test_both_pull_surfaces_attach_freshness():
 
 async def test_forge_failure_inside_lookup_never_breaks_the_pull():
     with patch(
-        "scribe.services.forge.get_forge", AsyncMock(side_effect=RuntimeError("cfg"))
+        "scribe.services.forge.get_forges", AsyncMock(side_effect=RuntimeError("cfg"))
     ):
         data = _data()
         await svc.attach_live_body(_note(), data)