diff --git a/.github/actions/detect-changes/action.yml b/.github/actions/detect-changes/action.yml
index 7d95ba76c9a2..0794b5ed4f8e 100644
--- a/.github/actions/detect-changes/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/detect-changes/action.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description: >-
 
 inputs:
   github-token:
-    description: Token for the GitHub API (gh CLI). Pass secrets.AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT from the calling workflow.
+    description: Token for the GitHub API (gh CLI). Pass steps.app-token.outputs.token from the calling workflow.
     required: false
     default: ${{ github.token }}
 
diff --git a/.github/actions/get-app-token/action.yml b/.github/actions/get-app-token/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d42e46e81364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/get-app-token/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+name: Get GitHub App Token
+description: >-
+  Mint a short-lived (1-hour) installation access token from the repo's
+  GitHub App, replacing the long-lived AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT. App tokens get
+  5,000 req/hr per installation (vs 1,000 for the default GITHUB_TOKEN)
+  and are scoped to the App's installation permissions, not a user account.
+
+  Falls back to the built-in GITHUB_TOKEN when APP_ID is not set — this
+  happens on fork PRs where repo secrets are unavailable. The fallback
+  ensures classification, timings, and review comments still work on
+  forks (with the lower GITHUB_TOKEN rate limit).
+
+  Requires two repo secrets (store when creating the App):
+    - APP_ID — the App's numeric ID (Settings → General)
+    - APP_PRIVATE_KEY — the PEM private key (Settings → Private keys)
+
+  The App must be installed on the repository (or org) with the
+  permissions the calling workflow needs.
+
+inputs:
+  owner:
+    description: Repository owner (for cross-org tokens). Defaults to the current repo's owner.
+    required: false
+    default: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+
+outputs:
+  token:
+    description: A GitHub App installation access token (1-hour TTL), or GITHUB_TOKEN on forks.
+    value: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token || steps.fallback.outputs.token }}
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Check if App credentials exist
+      id: check
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        APP_ID: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+      run: |
+        if [ -n "$APP_ID" ]; then
+          echo "has_app=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        else
+          echo "has_app=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        fi
+
+    - name: Create GitHub App token
+      id: app-token
+      if: steps.check.outputs.has_app == 'true'
+      uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0
+      with:
+        app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+        private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+        owner: ${{ inputs.owner }}
+
+    - name: Fall back to GITHUB_TOKEN
+      id: fallback
+      if: steps.check.outputs.has_app != 'true'
+      shell: bash
+      run: echo "token=${{ github.token }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 96ff02597f0e..d22dc3381536 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -49,13 +49,16 @@ jobs:
       event_name: ${{ github.event_name }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - name: Get GitHub App token
+        id: app-token
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-app-token
       - name: Detect affected areas
         id: classify
         uses: ./.github/actions/detect-changes
         with:
-          # Forks get no repo secrets (AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT is empty); fall back to
-          # the built-in read-only token so classification still works there.
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT || github.token }}
+          # The get-app-token composite action falls back to GITHUB_TOKEN
+          # on fork PRs where APP_ID is unavailable.
+          github-token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
 
   # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   # Lane-gated sub-workflows. Each runs in parallel after detect finishes.
@@ -318,6 +321,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
+      - name: Get GitHub App token
+        id: app-token
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-app-token
+
       - name: Restore baseline cache (PR only)
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         uses: actions/cache/restore@27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae # v5.0.5
@@ -334,7 +341,9 @@ jobs:
           # Forks get no repo secrets (AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT is empty); fall back to
           # the built-in read-only token so the timings API read still works
           # there instead of hard-failing this advisory job on every fork PR.
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT || github.token }}
+          # The get-app-token composite action falls back to GITHUB_TOKEN
+          # on fork PRs where APP_ID is unavailable.
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
         run: |
           python3 scripts/ci/timings_report.py \
             --baseline ci-timings-baseline.json \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml
index e06a0842a633..f03dbf8ec84e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
 
+      - name: Get GitHub App token
+        id: app-token
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-app-token
+
       - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020  # v4
         with:
           node-version: 22
@@ -73,8 +77,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Prepare skills index (unified multi-source catalog)
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
           SKILLS_INDEX_RUN_ID: ${{ github.event.inputs.skills_index_run_id || '' }}
           REBUILD_SKILLS_INDEX: ${{ github.event.inputs.rebuild_skills_index || 'false' }}
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/js-autofix.yml b/.github/workflows/js-autofix.yml
index 38494abd0e38..be8b8b4473a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/js-autofix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/js-autofix.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name: auto-fix lint issues & formatting
 # auto-corrected on merge so PRs aren't blocked by them. The PR-time eslint
 # check in typecheck.yml fails only when un-fixable errors remain.
 #
-# NOTE: AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT pushes DO trigger further workflow runs (unlike
+# NOTE: App token pushes DO trigger further workflow runs (unlike
 # secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN). The concurrency group (ts-autofix-${{ github.ref }})
 # with cancel-in-progress: true prevents an infinite loop — a re-triggered
 # run cancels the in-flight one, and since the second run finds no new fixes
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
+      - name: Get GitHub App token
+        id: app-token
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-app-token
+
       - name: Download patch
         uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4
         with:
@@ -170,7 +174,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create/update PR and enable auto-merge
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
           BOT_BRANCH: bot/js-autofix
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
@@ -193,7 +197,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Wait for merge, auto-close on failure or stale
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
           START_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
diff --git a/.github/workflows/skills-index-freshness.yml b/.github/workflows/skills-index-freshness.yml
index 5a9bf98a0f46..70fc5c6da28e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/skills-index-freshness.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/skills-index-freshness.yml
@@ -108,10 +108,15 @@ jobs:
             echo "Summary:      ${{ steps.probe.outputs.summary }}"
           fi
 
+      - name: Get GitHub App token
+        if: steps.probe.outputs.status != 'ok'
+        id: app-token
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-app-token
+
       - name: Open issue on degraded / failed probe
         if: steps.probe.outputs.status != 'ok'
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
           STATUS: ${{ steps.probe.outputs.status }}
           DETAIL: ${{ steps.probe.outputs.detail }}
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/skills-index.yml b/.github/workflows/skills-index.yml
index 8930a636fc08..5f8259b278c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/skills-index.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/skills-index.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
+      - name: Get GitHub App token
+        id: app-token
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-app-token
+
       - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build skills index
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
         run: python scripts/build_skills_index.py
 
       - name: Upload index artifact
@@ -54,7 +58,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
+      - name: Get GitHub App token
+        id: app-token
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-app-token
       - name: Trigger Deploy Site workflow
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
         run: gh workflow run deploy-site.yml --repo ${{ github.repository }} -f skills_index_run_id=${{ github.run_id }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/supply-chain-audit.yml b/.github/workflows/supply-chain-audit.yml
index e8a4508328f8..f4ba220917be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/supply-chain-audit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/supply-chain-audit.yml
@@ -60,10 +60,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: Get GitHub App token
+        id: app-token
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-app-token
+
       - name: Scan diff for critical patterns
         id: scan
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/upload_to_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/upload_to_pypi.yml
index de21ce473a4e..1c56d2978ca1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upload_to_pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upload_to_pypi.yml
@@ -143,9 +143,13 @@ jobs:
           name: python-package-distributions
           path: dist/
 
+      - name: Get GitHub App token
+        id: app-token
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-app-token
+
       - name: Wait for GitHub Release to exist
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
         # release.py creates the GitHub Release after pushing the tag,
         # but this workflow starts from the tag push — wait for it.
         run: |
@@ -171,7 +175,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Attach signed artifacts to GitHub Release
         if: env.skip_sign != 'true'
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AUTOFIX_BOT_PAT }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
         # release.py already created the GitHub Release — just upload
         # the Sigstore signatures alongside the existing assets.
         run: >-