diff --git a/.github/workflows/claude-code-review.yml b/.github/workflows/claude-code-review.yml
index b6bed92..afa5099 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/claude-code-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/claude-code-review.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       pull-requests: write   # post the review comments
       checks: read           # read sibling check-runs for the cost gate
+      # write (not just read) needed so claude-code-action's internal
+      # bun-setup step can save its cache; read-only causes a harmless but
+      # noisy "Cache reservation failed: cache write denied: token has no
+      # writable scopes" warning.
+      actions: write
     steps:
       # COST GATE: the paid Claude review is the last thing to run. Wait for the
       # PR head's OTHER check-runs to finish and only proceed if they are clean.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/claude.yml b/.github/workflows/claude.yml
index c85ec00..f5b9ce9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/claude.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/claude.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: read
       issues: read
       id-token: write
-      actions: read # Required for Claude to read CI results on PRs
+      # Required for Claude to read CI results on PRs. write (not just read)
+      # is also needed so claude-code-action's internal bun-setup step can
+      # save its cache; read-only causes a harmless but noisy
+      # "Cache reservation failed: cache write denied: token has no writable
+      # scopes" warning.
+      actions: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         # Intentionally tracks the major-version tag (not a pinned SHA) so