diff --git a/docs/networking/network.md b/docs/networking/network.md
index 94bbd912..0bd49466 100644
--- a/docs/networking/network.md
+++ b/docs/networking/network.md
@@ -349,9 +349,9 @@ host. It never decrypts TLS, so it holds no signing key. It caches nothing.
   you add the entry, and `hive-c0re` checks each name again and skips one that
   fails, or that the base list or the canary covers, or that another entry of
   the same list covers. A name that resolves to a private address stays a 403.
-  The controller also adds entries itself, and only from the operator's save
-  of an agent's API-key environment in the swarm UI: it takes the host from
-  `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL` and from every variable named `*_BASE_URL` (the
+  The controller also adds entries itself, and only from the operator's own
+  actions in the swarm UI. Saving an agent's API-key environment makes it take
+  the host from `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL` and from every variable named `*_BASE_URL` (the
   address an ACP agent that loads the same file reads), and keeps one
   `derived` entry for that agent per host. Each host passes the same check as
   an operator's entry, so an IP address, `localhost` and a base-list name get
@@ -366,6 +366,19 @@ host. It never decrypts TLS, so it holds no signing key. It caches nothing.
   `acp.opencode.provider.baseUrl`, get no derived entry, so add one in the
   swarm UI. A `hive-c0re` that predates the field renders a derived entry
   like any other.
+  Linking a GitHub token, an external matrix account or an external forge
+  account adds a derived entry for that agent per host it reaches, and
+  deleting the account removes it: `github.com` and `api.github.com` for
+  GitHub, and the host of the matrix account's `homeserver` or the forge
+  account's `url`. Each entry's `source` (`link:github`,
+  `link:matrix:<account>`, `link:forge:<label>`) keeps it apart from the
+  environment's, which a save of the environment leaves alone; an entry
+  without a `source` counts as the environment's. Only the controller writes
+  these leaves, so when it starts it also adds the entries of accounts linked
+  before this existed and drops those whose account no longer exists, and logs
+  the counts (`link egress: entries match the linked accounts`). A store it
+  can't read changes nothing. An `agent.nix` `matrixAccounts` homeserver gets
+  no entry, since the controller never reads it; add one in the swarm UI.
   The swarm's list adds to the hive's `allowedDomains`: `allowedFile` holds
   those names plus the swarm-wide entries, so removing an entry never removes a
   name the hive lists itself. Until the controller has a list (it predates the
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/agent/detail/AllowedDomains.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/agent/detail/AllowedDomains.tsx
index 7341e405..bcba39a8 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/agent/detail/AllowedDomains.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/agent/detail/AllowedDomains.tsx
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
 // internet flag reaches any name the proxy's private-range rules leave, so an
 // entry matters only to a restricted one.
 //
-// An entry the controller keeps from the agent's backend environment (`derived`)
-// shows as automatic with no remove control; the route refuses to remove it.
+// An entry the controller keeps from the agent's backend environment or a linked
+// account (`derived`) shows as automatic with no remove control; the route
+// refuses to remove it.
 //
 // Its state belongs to one agent: callers key it by agent name.
 import { useEffect, useState } from "preact/hooks";
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ export function AllowedDomains({ agent }: { agent: string }) {
                 value={e.domain}
                 title={
                   e.derived === true
-                    ? "kept from this agent's backend environment; change that variable to change it"
+                    ? "kept from this agent's backend environment or a linked account; change or unlink that to change it"
                     : undefined
                 }
               />{" "}
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/workers/squid_allow.rs b/hive-c0re/src/workers/squid_allow.rs
index 9ae8a790..889eafbf 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/workers/squid_allow.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/workers/squid_allow.rs
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ mod tests {
             domain: domain.to_owned(),
             agent: agent.map(str::to_owned),
             derived: false,
+            source: None,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/swarm-controller-api/src/egress.rs b/swarm-controller-api/src/egress.rs
index 1b861c9b..783b8ffc 100644
--- a/swarm-controller-api/src/egress.rs
+++ b/swarm-controller-api/src/egress.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ pub struct AllowedDomain {
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "schema", schema(example = "atlas"))]
     pub agent: Option<String>,
     /// Set on an entry the controller keeps from the agent's backend
-    /// environment (the host of its `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL`). The list shows it
-    /// as automatic; adding or removing one is refused.
+    /// environment (the host of its `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL`) or from an account an
+    /// operator linked to it. The list shows it as automatic; adding or
+    /// removing one is refused.
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "std::ops::Not::not")]
     pub derived: bool,
 }
diff --git a/swarm-controller/src/backend_egress.rs b/swarm-controller/src/backend_egress.rs
index 1ee1f0fa..35dbb650 100644
--- a/swarm-controller/src/backend_egress.rs
+++ b/swarm-controller/src/backend_egress.rs
@@ -19,16 +19,18 @@
 //! environment, so it is never derived either.
 
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use problem_details::ProblemDetails;
 use swarm_secret_client::backend_env::{self, BackendEnv};
-use swarm_wire::egress_allow::{AllowList, Entry, MAX_ENTRIES};
+use swarm_wire::egress_allow::{AllowList, BACKEND_ENV_SOURCE, Entry, MAX_ENTRIES};
 
 use crate::egress_allow::{base_domains, checked, modify};
 use crate::linked_accounts::AccountStore;
 use crate::routes::{AppState, error_problem, wanted_error_status};
 use crate::schedules::queue;
+use crate::wanted::WantedWriter;
 
 /// `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL` and every variable named `<PROVIDER>_BASE_URL`, which
 /// is where a provider's address sits for an ACP agent that loads the same
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ fn unquoted(value: &str) -> &str {
 /// The host of `url`, as written: its scheme (`http` or `https`, or none),
 /// user information, port, path, query and fragment are dropped. Nothing is
 /// validated; the result goes through `egress_allow::checked`.
-fn host_of(url: &str) -> Option<&str> {
+pub(crate) fn host_of(url: &str) -> Option<&str> {
     let rest = match url.split_once("://") {
         Some(("http" | "https", rest)) => rest,
         Some(_) => return None,
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ fn derive_named<'a>(agent: &str, env: &'a str, base: &[String]) -> Vec<(&'a str,
                 name,
                 Entry {
                     derived: true,
+                    source: Some(BACKEND_ENV_SOURCE.to_owned()),
                     ..entry
                 },
             )),
@@ -128,12 +131,14 @@ fn derive_named<'a>(agent: &str, env: &'a str, base: &[String]) -> Vec<(&'a str,
     entries
 }
 
-/// `list` with, for each agent in `desired`, its derived entries replaced by
-/// the given ones. Entries of other agents and operator-added entries are
+/// `list` with, for each agent in `desired`, its entries derived from the backend
+/// environment replaced by the given ones. Entries of other agents,
+/// operator-added entries and entries derived from linked accounts are
 /// untouched. A full list takes no more derived entries.
 fn replaced(mut list: AllowList, desired: &BTreeMap<String, Vec<Entry>>) -> AllowList {
-    list.entries
-        .retain(|e| !(e.derived && e.agent.as_ref().is_some_and(|a| desired.contains_key(a))));
+    list.entries.retain(|e| {
+        !(e.from_backend_env() && e.agent.as_ref().is_some_and(|a| desired.contains_key(a)))
+    });
     for entry in desired.values().flatten() {
         if list.entries.len() >= MAX_ENTRIES {
             tracing::warn!(
@@ -190,15 +195,15 @@ pub(crate) async fn follow_env(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// `list` without the derived entries of the agents in `still_named` whose host
-/// is not in that agent's set. Nothing is added; entries of agents not in the
-/// map and operator-added entries are untouched.
+/// `list` without the backend-env entries of the agents in `still_named` whose
+/// host is not in that agent's set. Nothing is added; entries of agents not in
+/// the map, operator-added entries and link-derived entries are untouched.
 fn pruned(mut list: AllowList, still_named: &BTreeMap<String, BTreeSet<String>>) -> AllowList {
     list.entries.retain(|e| {
         let Some(hosts) = e.agent.as_ref().and_then(|a| still_named.get(a)) else {
             return true;
         };
-        !e.derived || hosts.contains(&e.domain)
+        !e.from_backend_env() || hosts.contains(&e.domain)
     });
     list
 }
@@ -223,7 +228,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn reconcile(
         return Ok(0);
     };
     let mut derived: BTreeMap<String, BTreeSet<String>> = BTreeMap::new();
-    for entry in current.entries.iter().filter(|e| e.derived) {
+    for entry in current.entries.iter().filter(|e| e.from_backend_env()) {
         if let Some(agent) = &entry.agent {
             derived
                 .entry(agent.clone())
@@ -273,16 +278,24 @@ pub(crate) async fn reconcile(
     Ok(unreadable)
 }
 
-/// Run [`reconcile`] once the queue and the store answer, retrying with a
-/// growing wait until a pass reads every agent that has an entry.
-pub(crate) fn spawn_backfill(client: async_nats::Client) {
+/// Run [`reconcile`] and `link_egress::reconcile` once the queue and the store
+/// answer, retrying with a growing wait until a pass reads every agent that
+/// has an entry and some hive has declared an agent.
+pub(crate) fn spawn_backfill(
+    client: async_nats::Client,
+    wanted: Arc<WantedWriter>,
+    hives: Vec<String>,
+) {
     tokio::spawn(async move {
         let mut wait = Duration::from_secs(5);
         loop {
             let pass = async {
                 swarm_queue_client::ensure_connected(&client)?;
                 let store = crate::store::connect().await?;
-                reconcile(&client, &store).await
+                let live = crate::subagent_term::live_agents(&wanted, &hives).await;
+                let unreadable = reconcile(&client, &store).await?
+                    + crate::link_egress::reconcile(&client, &store, &live).await?;
+                Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(unreadable + usize::from(live.is_empty()))
             }
             .await;
             match pass {
@@ -395,6 +408,7 @@ mod tests {
                 domain: "llm.example.com".to_owned(),
                 agent: Some("atlas".to_owned()),
                 derived: true,
+                source: Some(BACKEND_ENV_SOURCE.to_owned()),
             }]
         );
     }
@@ -404,12 +418,14 @@ mod tests {
             domain: domain.to_owned(),
             agent: Some(agent.to_owned()),
             derived: false,
+            source: None,
         }
     }
 
     fn derived(domain: &str, agent: &str) -> Entry {
         Entry {
             derived: true,
+            source: Some(BACKEND_ENV_SOURCE.to_owned()),
             ..manual(domain, agent)
         }
     }
@@ -440,6 +456,68 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    fn linked(domain: &str, agent: &str, source: &str) -> Entry {
+        Entry {
+            derived: true,
+            source: Some(source.to_owned()),
+            ..manual(domain, agent)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A derived entry written before sources existed.
+    fn untagged(domain: &str, agent: &str) -> Entry {
+        Entry {
+            source: None,
+            ..derived(domain, agent)
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_backend_env_save_leaves_link_entries_and_replaces_untagged_ones() {
+        let list = AllowList {
+            entries: vec![
+                linked("github.com", "atlas", "link:github"),
+                linked("hs.example.org", "atlas", "link:matrix:work"),
+                untagged("old.example.com", "atlas"),
+            ],
+        };
+        let desired = BTreeMap::from([(
+            "atlas".to_owned(),
+            vec![derived("new.example.com", "atlas")],
+        )]);
+        let after = replaced(list, &desired);
+        assert_eq!(
+            after.entries,
+            [
+                linked("github.com", "atlas", "link:github"),
+                linked("hs.example.org", "atlas", "link:matrix:work"),
+                derived("new.example.com", "atlas"),
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn pruning_the_backend_env_leaves_link_entries_and_drops_untagged_ones() {
+        let list = AllowList {
+            entries: vec![
+                linked("github.com", "atlas", "link:github"),
+                untagged("old.example.com", "atlas"),
+                derived("kept.example.com", "atlas"),
+            ],
+        };
+        let still_named = BTreeMap::from([(
+            "atlas".to_owned(),
+            BTreeSet::from(["kept.example.com".to_owned()]),
+        )]);
+        assert_eq!(
+            pruned(list, &still_named).entries,
+            [
+                linked("github.com", "atlas", "link:github"),
+                derived("kept.example.com", "atlas"),
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+
     /// The state of a test swarm whose `pr1ma` declares `atlas`, with `store`
     /// as the secret store.
     async fn swarm(client: &async_nats::Client, store: &Arc<FakeStore>) -> AppState {
diff --git a/swarm-controller/src/egress_allow.rs b/swarm-controller/src/egress_allow.rs
index 00859e21..187e0d07 100644
--- a/swarm-controller/src/egress_allow.rs
+++ b/swarm-controller/src/egress_allow.rs
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ use crate::schedules::{live, queue, read_or_default, refused, write_revision};
 const MAX_ATTEMPTS: usize = 5;
 
 /// Why an operator can neither add nor remove an entry the controller derived.
-const DERIVED_REFUSED: &str = "this entry is kept automatically from the agent's backend environment; \
-change or remove that variable instead";
+const DERIVED_REFUSED: &str = "this entry is kept automatically from the agent's backend environment or a linked \
+account; change or remove that variable, or unlink the account, instead";
 
 /// Set from the hive module's `baseAllowedDomains` default by
 /// `nix/host-modules/swarm-controller.nix`: the names, separated by spaces,
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ pub(crate) fn checked(req: &AllowedDomain, base: &[String]) -> Result<Entry, Str
         domain,
         agent,
         derived: false,
+        source: None,
     })
 }
 
@@ -551,6 +552,7 @@ mod tests {
                     domain: format!("host{i}.example.com"),
                     agent: None,
                     derived: false,
+                    source: None,
                 })
                 .collect(),
         };
@@ -558,6 +560,7 @@ mod tests {
             domain: "github.com".to_owned(),
             agent: None,
             derived: false,
+            source: None,
         };
         let why = added(full.clone(), &new).err().expect("a full list");
         assert!(why.contains("1000"), "{why}");
diff --git a/swarm-controller/src/forge_account.rs b/swarm-controller/src/forge_account.rs
index cb185e1a..20e10586 100644
--- a/swarm-controller/src/forge_account.rs
+++ b/swarm-controller/src/forge_account.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ pub async fn put_forge_account(
         tracing::warn!(path = %secret_path, error = ?e, "linking the forge account failed");
         e.problem(&existing(&agent, &label))
     })?;
+    crate::link_egress::added(
+        &state,
+        &agent,
+        &crate::link_egress::Link::Forge {
+            label: &label,
+            url: &account.url,
+        },
+    )
+    .await?;
 
     tracing::info!(%hive, %agent, %label, url = %account.url, "forge account stored");
     Ok(Json(PutForgeAccountResponse { url: account.url }))
diff --git a/swarm-controller/src/github_account.rs b/swarm-controller/src/github_account.rs
index b2c16be5..9e707059 100644
--- a/swarm-controller/src/github_account.rs
+++ b/swarm-controller/src/github_account.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ pub async fn put_github_account(
         tracing::warn!(path = %secret_path, error = ?e, "linking the github token failed");
         e.problem(&existing(&agent))
     })?;
+    crate::link_egress::added(&state, &agent, &crate::link_egress::Link::Github).await?;
 
     tracing::info!(%hive, %agent, "github token stored");
     Ok(StatusCode::NO_CONTENT)
diff --git a/swarm-controller/src/link_egress.rs b/swarm-controller/src/link_egress.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a967be65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swarm-controller/src/link_egress.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,622 @@
+//! The hosts an agent's linked accounts reach, kept as derived entries of the
+//! egress allow list (`crate::egress_allow`), so a restricted agent with a
+//! linked GitHub, external matrix or external forge account reaches that
+//! service through its hive's proxy.
+//!
+//! An entry is marked `derived` and carries the account as its `source`
+//! (`link:github`, `link:matrix:<account>`, `link:forge:<label>`), so the
+//! backend environment's entries (`crate::backend_egress`) and each account's
+//! are replaced and dropped independently. A hive renders it like any other.
+//!
+//! The controller alone writes the three leaves the entries come from; the
+//! agent's store policy grants it `create` on its own `backend-env` leaf and
+//! nothing else (`swarm-secret-client/src/policy.rs`), so what these leaves
+//! hold is the operator's choice, unlike the backend environment's.
+//! [`added`] and [`removed`] follow the operator's link and unlink, and
+//! [`reconcile`] makes the entries match the leaves at start: it adds the
+//! entries of accounts linked before this existed and drops those of accounts
+//! whose leaf is gone, and an agent whose leaves cannot be read keeps what it
+//! has.
+//!
+//! The `homeserver` and `url` of an account go through
+//! [`crate::backend_egress::host_of`] and `egress_allow::checked`, the check
+//! an operator's own entry gets. An agent's `matrixAccounts.*.homeserver` in
+//! its own configuration is not read: the controller never sees it.
+
+use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
+
+use problem_details::ProblemDetails;
+use swarm_wire::egress_allow::{AllowList, Entry, LINK_SOURCE_PREFIX, MAX_ENTRIES};
+
+use crate::backend_egress::host_of;
+use crate::egress_allow::{base_domains, checked, current, modify};
+use crate::linked_accounts::{AccountKind, AccountStore, linked_accounts};
+use crate::routes::{AppState, error_problem, wanted_error_status};
+use crate::schedules::queue;
+
+/// What the GitHub token is used against: `gh`'s API and git over HTTPS.
+const GITHUB_HOSTS: [&str; 2] = ["github.com", "api.github.com"];
+
+/// An account the operator links to an agent.
+pub(crate) enum Link<'a> {
+    Github,
+    Matrix {
+        account: &'a str,
+        homeserver: Option<&'a str>,
+    },
+    Forge {
+        label: &'a str,
+        url: &'a str,
+    },
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn github_source() -> String {
+    format!("{LINK_SOURCE_PREFIX}github")
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn matrix_source(account: &str) -> String {
+    format!("{LINK_SOURCE_PREFIX}matrix:{account}")
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn forge_source(label: &str) -> String {
+    format!("{LINK_SOURCE_PREFIX}forge:{label}")
+}
+
+impl Link<'_> {
+    fn source(&self) -> String {
+        match self {
+            Self::Github => github_source(),
+            Self::Matrix { account, .. } => matrix_source(account),
+            Self::Forge { label, .. } => forge_source(label),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The entries for `agent`: one per host that passes
+    /// `egress_allow::checked`. A host that does not (an IP address,
+    /// `localhost`, a name the base list already allows) is logged and left
+    /// out. The URL is never logged: it can carry credentials.
+    fn entries(&self, agent: &str, base: &[String]) -> Vec<Entry> {
+        let source = self.source();
+        let hosts: Vec<Option<&str>> = match self {
+            Self::Github => GITHUB_HOSTS.iter().map(|h| Some(*h)).collect(),
+            Self::Matrix { homeserver, .. } => homeserver.iter().map(|u| host_of(u)).collect(),
+            Self::Forge { url, .. } => vec![host_of(url)],
+        };
+        let mut entries = Vec::new();
+        for host in hosts {
+            let Some(host) = host else {
+                tracing::warn!(%agent, %source, "link egress: not an http(s) URL; no entry");
+                continue;
+            };
+            let request = swarm_controller_api::egress::AllowedDomain {
+                domain: host.to_owned(),
+                agent: Some(agent.to_owned()),
+                derived: false,
+            };
+            match checked(&request, base) {
+                Ok(entry) => entries.push(Entry {
+                    derived: true,
+                    source: Some(source.clone()),
+                    ..entry
+                }),
+                Err(why) => {
+                    tracing::warn!(%agent, %source, %why, "link egress: no entry for this host");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        entries
+    }
+}
+
+/// `list` without the entries `stale` names, plus `add`. A full list takes no
+/// more entries.
+fn replaced(mut list: AllowList, stale: impl Fn(&Entry) -> bool, add: &[Entry]) -> AllowList {
+    list.entries.retain(|e| !stale(e));
+    for entry in add {
+        if list.entries.len() >= MAX_ENTRIES {
+            tracing::warn!(
+                domain = %entry.domain,
+                "link egress: the allow list is full; no entry for this host"
+            );
+            break;
+        }
+        list.entries.push(entry.clone());
+    }
+    list
+}
+
+/// Whether `e` is `agent`'s entry derived from exactly `source`.
+fn is_of(e: &Entry, agent: &str, source: &str) -> bool {
+    e.derived && e.agent.as_deref() == Some(agent) && e.source.as_deref() == Some(source)
+}
+
+/// Replace `agent`'s entries of `source` with `entries`. A host without a
+/// queue (`state.status` unset) has no allow list, so nothing happens.
+async fn follow(
+    state: &AppState,
+    agent: &str,
+    source: &str,
+    entries: Vec<Entry>,
+    stored: &str,
+) -> Result<(), ProblemDetails> {
+    if state.status.is_none() {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    let updated = async {
+        let client = queue(state).map_err(|(_, why)| anyhow::anyhow!(why))?;
+        modify(&client, |list| {
+            replaced(list, |e| is_of(e, agent, source), &entries)
+        })
+        .await
+    }
+    .await;
+    match updated {
+        Ok(true) => tracing::info!(%agent, %source, "link egress: derived entries updated"),
+        Ok(false) => {}
+        Err(e) => {
+            tracing::warn!(%agent, %source, error = %format!("{e:#}"), "link egress: updating the allow list failed");
+            return Err(error_problem(
+                wanted_error_status(&e),
+                &format!(
+                    "the account is {stored}, but the allowed domains were not updated \
+                     ({e:#}); the controller corrects them when it next starts"
+                ),
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Give `agent` the entries of the account `link` just stored.
+///
+/// # Errors
+/// A problem naming that the account is linked but the list was not updated.
+pub(crate) async fn added(
+    state: &AppState,
+    agent: &str,
+    link: &Link<'_>,
+) -> Result<(), ProblemDetails> {
+    let entries = link.entries(agent, &base_domains());
+    follow(state, agent, &link.source(), entries, "linked").await
+}
+
+/// Take from `agent` the entries of the account stored at `source`, which was
+/// just deleted.
+///
+/// # Errors
+/// A problem naming that the account is deleted but the list was not updated.
+pub(crate) async fn removed(
+    state: &AppState,
+    agent: &str,
+    source: &str,
+) -> Result<(), ProblemDetails> {
+    follow(state, agent, source, Vec::new(), "deleted").await
+}
+
+/// The entries the accounts stored for `agent` call for.
+async fn wanted_entries(
+    store: &impl AccountStore,
+    agent: &str,
+    base: &[String],
+) -> Result<Vec<Entry>, swarm_secret_client::Error> {
+    let mut entries = Vec::new();
+    for account in linked_accounts(store, agent).await? {
+        let link = match account.kind {
+            AccountKind::Github => Link::Github,
+            AccountKind::Matrix if !account.reserved => Link::Matrix {
+                account: &account.name,
+                homeserver: account.host.as_deref(),
+            },
+            AccountKind::Forgejo => match account.host.as_deref() {
+                Some(url) => Link::Forge {
+                    label: &account.name,
+                    url,
+                },
+                None => continue,
+            },
+            AccountKind::Matrix | AccountKind::Backend => continue,
+        };
+        entries.extend(link.entries(agent, base));
+    }
+    Ok(entries)
+}
+
+/// `list` with, for each agent in `desired`, its link-derived entries replaced
+/// by the given ones. Entries of other agents, operator-added entries and
+/// entries derived from the backend environment are untouched.
+fn synced(list: AllowList, desired: &BTreeMap<String, Vec<Entry>>) -> AllowList {
+    let add: Vec<Entry> = desired.values().flatten().cloned().collect();
+    replaced(
+        list,
+        |e| e.from_link() && e.agent.as_ref().is_some_and(|a| desired.contains_key(a)),
+        &add,
+    )
+}
+
+/// Make the link-derived entries match the stored accounts of every agent in
+/// `live` and of every agent that has one: add what a stored account calls for,
+/// drop what no stored account does. Logs the counts.
+///
+/// An agent whose accounts cannot be read keeps its entries and is counted in
+/// the answer, which is how many agents that was.
+///
+/// # Errors
+/// A queue failure reading or writing the list.
+pub(crate) async fn reconcile(
+    client: &async_nats::Client,
+    store: &impl AccountStore,
+    live: &BTreeSet<String>,
+) -> anyhow::Result<usize> {
+    let before = current(client).await?.unwrap_or_default();
+    let mut agents = live.clone();
+    agents.extend(
+        before
+            .entries
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|e| e.from_link())
+            .filter_map(|e| e.agent.clone()),
+    );
+    let base = base_domains();
+    let mut desired = BTreeMap::new();
+    let mut unreadable = 0;
+    for agent in agents {
+        match wanted_entries(store, &agent, &base).await {
+            Ok(entries) => {
+                desired.insert(agent, entries);
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                tracing::warn!(%agent, error = %e, "link egress: reading the linked accounts failed; its entries stay");
+                unreadable += 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    let had: BTreeSet<&Entry> = before.entries.iter().filter(|e| e.from_link()).collect();
+    let after = synced(before.clone(), &desired);
+    let has: BTreeSet<&Entry> = after.entries.iter().filter(|e| e.from_link()).collect();
+    let (added, removed) = (has.difference(&had).count(), had.difference(&has).count());
+    modify(client, |list| synced(list, &desired)).await?;
+    tracing::info!(
+        agents = desired.len(),
+        unreadable,
+        added,
+        removed,
+        "link egress: entries match the linked accounts"
+    );
+    Ok(unreadable)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+
+    use axum::extract::{Path, State};
+    use serde_json::json;
+
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::agent_limits::tests::declared;
+    use crate::linked_accounts::tests::FakeStore;
+    use crate::test_nats::TestNats;
+
+    fn base() -> Vec<String> {
+        vec!["api.anthropic.com".to_owned()]
+    }
+
+    fn hosts(link: &Link<'_>) -> Vec<String> {
+        link.entries("atlas", &base())
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|e| e.domain)
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    fn entry(domain: &str, agent: &str, source: Option<&str>) -> Entry {
+        Entry {
+            domain: domain.to_owned(),
+            agent: Some(agent.to_owned()),
+            derived: source.is_some(),
+            source: source.map(str::to_owned),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn each_kind_yields_the_hosts_its_service_is_reached_at() {
+        let github = Link::Github.entries("atlas", &base());
+        assert_eq!(
+            github,
+            [
+                entry("github.com", "atlas", Some("link:github")),
+                entry("api.github.com", "atlas", Some("link:github")),
+            ]
+        );
+        // A port, a path, a trailing slash and a scheme-less value all reduce
+        // to the bare host.
+        for homeserver in [
+            "https://Matrix.Example.org:8448/_matrix/",
+            "https://matrix.example.org/",
+            "matrix.example.org",
+        ] {
+            let link = Link::Matrix {
+                account: "work",
+                homeserver: Some(homeserver),
+            };
+            assert_eq!(hosts(&link), ["matrix.example.org"], "{homeserver}");
+            assert_eq!(
+                link.entries("atlas", &base()),
+                [entry(
+                    "matrix.example.org",
+                    "atlas",
+                    Some("link:matrix:work")
+                )]
+            );
+        }
+        let forge = Link::Forge {
+            label: "oss",
+            url: "https://forge.example.org:3000/sub",
+        };
+        assert_eq!(
+            forge.entries("atlas", &base()),
+            [entry("forge.example.org", "atlas", Some("link:forge:oss"))]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_host_the_swarm_would_refuse_gets_no_entry() {
+        for url in [
+            "http://10.0.0.5:3000",
+            "https://localhost",
+            "ftp://forge.example.org",
+            "https://",
+            "https://*.example.org",
+            // The base list already allows it.
+            "https://api.anthropic.com",
+        ] {
+            let forge = Link::Forge { label: "x", url };
+            assert_eq!(hosts(&forge), Vec::<String>::new(), "{url:?}");
+        }
+        // Controls: a public name gets one, and a matrix account with no
+        // homeserver has none to derive.
+        let forge = Link::Forge {
+            label: "x",
+            url: "https://forge.example.org",
+        };
+        assert_eq!(hosts(&forge), ["forge.example.org"]);
+        let matrix = Link::Matrix {
+            account: "work",
+            homeserver: None,
+        };
+        assert_eq!(hosts(&matrix), Vec::<String>::new());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn unlinking_removes_only_that_sources_entries() {
+        let list = AllowList {
+            entries: vec![
+                entry("github.com", "atlas", Some("link:github")),
+                entry("github.com", "iris", Some("link:github")),
+                entry("forge.example.org", "atlas", Some("link:forge:oss")),
+                entry("forge.example.org", "atlas", Some("link:forge:work")),
+                entry("llm.example.com", "atlas", Some("backend-env")),
+                entry("old.example.com", "atlas", Some("backend-env")),
+                entry("github.com", "atlas", None),
+            ],
+        };
+        let after = replaced(
+            list.clone(),
+            |e| is_of(e, "atlas", &forge_source("oss")),
+            &[],
+        );
+        assert_eq!(after.entries.len(), list.entries.len() - 1);
+        assert!(!after.entries.contains(&entry(
+            "forge.example.org",
+            "atlas",
+            Some("link:forge:oss")
+        )));
+        // Control: the same lookup finds the entry it removed.
+        assert!(
+            list.entries
+                .iter()
+                .any(|e| is_of(e, "atlas", "link:forge:oss"))
+        );
+        // The manual entry for the same name as a derived one stays.
+        let after = replaced(list, |e| is_of(e, "atlas", &github_source()), &[]);
+        assert!(after.entries.contains(&entry("github.com", "atlas", None)));
+        assert!(
+            !after
+                .entries
+                .contains(&entry("github.com", "atlas", Some("link:github")))
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// The state of a test swarm whose `pr1ma` declares `atlas`, with `store`
+    /// as the secret store.
+    async fn swarm(client: &async_nats::Client, store: &Arc<FakeStore>) -> AppState {
+        AppState {
+            accounts: crate::linked_accounts::Accounts::Fake(Arc::clone(store)),
+            ..declared(client).await
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn list_of(client: &async_nats::Client) -> Vec<Entry> {
+        let mut entries = current(client)
+            .await
+            .expect("the queue answers")
+            .map(|l| l.entries)
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        entries.sort();
+        entries
+    }
+
+    fn sorted(mut entries: Vec<Entry>) -> Vec<Entry> {
+        entries.sort();
+        entries
+    }
+
+    fn github_entries(agent: &str) -> Vec<Entry> {
+        GITHUB_HOSTS
+            .iter()
+            .map(|h| entry(h, agent, Some("link:github")))
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    fn path(parts: &str) -> Path<(String, String)> {
+        Path(("pr1ma".to_owned(), parts.to_owned()))
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn linking_and_unlinking_through_the_routes_moves_the_entries() {
+        let nats = TestNats::start();
+        let client = nats.client().await;
+        let store = Arc::default();
+        let state = swarm(&client, &store).await;
+
+        let _ = crate::github_account::put_github_account(
+            State(state.clone()),
+            path("atlas"),
+            axum::Json(serde_json::from_value(json!({"token": "t"})).expect("a body")),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("linked");
+        let _ = crate::forge_account::put_forge_account(
+            State(state.clone()),
+            Path(("pr1ma".to_owned(), "atlas".to_owned(), "oss".to_owned())),
+            axum::Json(
+                serde_json::from_value(
+                    json!({"url": "https://forge.example.org:3000/", "token": "t"}),
+                )
+                .expect("a body"),
+            ),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("linked");
+        let _ = crate::matrix_account::put_matrix_account(
+            State(state.clone()),
+            Path(("pr1ma".to_owned(), "atlas".to_owned(), "work".to_owned())),
+            axum::Json(
+                serde_json::from_value(json!({
+                    "mode": "token", "token": "t", "homeserver": "https://matrix.example.org/"
+                }))
+                .expect("a body"),
+            ),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("linked");
+        let forge = entry("forge.example.org", "atlas", Some("link:forge:oss"));
+        let matrix = entry("matrix.example.org", "atlas", Some("link:matrix:work"));
+        let mut all = github_entries("atlas");
+        all.extend([forge.clone(), matrix.clone()]);
+        assert_eq!(list_of(&client).await, sorted(all));
+
+        // The backend environment's own save and delete leave them alone.
+        crate::backend_env::put_backend_env(
+            State(state.clone()),
+            path("atlas"),
+            axum::Json(
+                serde_json::from_value(
+                    json!({"env": "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://llm.example.com\n"}),
+                )
+                .expect("a body"),
+            ),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("stored");
+        crate::linked_accounts::delete_backend_env(State(state.clone()), path("atlas"))
+            .await
+            .expect("deleted");
+        assert_eq!(list_of(&client).await.len(), 4);
+
+        crate::linked_accounts::delete_github_account(State(state.clone()), path("atlas"))
+            .await
+            .expect("deleted");
+        assert_eq!(
+            list_of(&client).await,
+            sorted(vec![forge.clone(), matrix.clone()])
+        );
+        crate::linked_accounts::delete_forge_account(
+            State(state.clone()),
+            Path(("pr1ma".to_owned(), "atlas".to_owned(), "oss".to_owned())),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("deleted");
+        assert_eq!(list_of(&client).await, [matrix]);
+        crate::linked_accounts::delete_matrix_account(
+            State(state.clone()),
+            Path(("pr1ma".to_owned(), "atlas".to_owned(), "work".to_owned())),
+            axum::extract::Query(serde_json::from_value(json!({})).expect("a query")),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("deleted");
+        assert_eq!(list_of(&client).await, []);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn the_backfill_adds_entries_for_existing_links_and_prunes_orphans() {
+        let nats = TestNats::start();
+        let client = nats.client().await;
+        let store =
+            FakeStore::default().with("swarm/agents/atlas/github-token", json!({"value": "t"}));
+        let store = store.with(
+            "swarm/agents/atlas/matrix/work",
+            json!({"value": "t", "homeserver": "https://matrix.example.org"}),
+        );
+        // The agent's own account has a homeserver of its own and no entry.
+        let store = store.with(
+            "swarm/agents/atlas/matrix/main",
+            json!({"value": "t", "homeserver": "https://hive.example.org"}),
+        );
+        modify(&client, |mut list| {
+            list.entries.extend([
+                // An orphan: iris has no leaf for it.
+                entry("github.com", "iris", Some("link:github")),
+                // An orphan on a live agent whose forge leaf is gone.
+                entry("forge.example.org", "atlas", Some("link:forge:old")),
+                entry("llm.example.com", "atlas", Some("backend-env")),
+                entry("crates.io", "atlas", None),
+            ]);
+            list
+        })
+        .await
+        .expect("seed");
+
+        let live = BTreeSet::from(["atlas".to_owned()]);
+        assert_eq!(reconcile(&client, &store, &live).await.expect("pass"), 0);
+        let mut want = github_entries("atlas");
+        want.extend([
+            entry("matrix.example.org", "atlas", Some("link:matrix:work")),
+            entry("llm.example.com", "atlas", Some("backend-env")),
+            entry("crates.io", "atlas", None),
+        ]);
+        assert_eq!(list_of(&client).await, sorted(want.clone()));
+
+        // A second pass changes nothing.
+        reconcile(&client, &store, &live).await.expect("again");
+        assert_eq!(list_of(&client).await, sorted(want));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn a_store_error_prunes_nothing_and_adds_nothing() {
+        let nats = TestNats::start();
+        let client = nats.client().await;
+        let seeded = vec![
+            entry("github.com", "iris", Some("link:github")),
+            entry("forge.example.org", "atlas", Some("link:forge:old")),
+        ];
+        modify(&client, |mut list| {
+            list.entries.extend(seeded.clone());
+            list
+        })
+        .await
+        .expect("seed");
+
+        let live = BTreeSet::from(["atlas".to_owned()]);
+        let unreadable = reconcile(&client, &FakeStore::denying(), &live)
+            .await
+            .expect("pass");
+        assert_eq!(unreadable, 2, "atlas and iris");
+        assert_eq!(list_of(&client).await, sorted(seeded.clone()));
+
+        // Control: a store that answers, and holds nothing, prunes both.
+        reconcile(&client, &FakeStore::default(), &live)
+            .await
+            .expect("pass");
+        assert_eq!(list_of(&client).await, []);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/swarm-controller/src/linked_accounts.rs b/swarm-controller/src/linked_accounts.rs
index 4be9f719..dad43b93 100644
--- a/swarm-controller/src/linked_accounts.rs
+++ b/swarm-controller/src/linked_accounts.rs
@@ -54,17 +54,17 @@ pub enum AccountKind {
 /// One account linked to an agent. Never carries the credential.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, ToSchema)]
 pub struct LinkedAccount {
-    kind: AccountKind,
+    pub(crate) kind: AccountKind,
     /// The matrix account name, the forge label, `github`, or `backend-env`.
     #[schema(example = "main")]
-    name: String,
+    pub(crate) name: String,
     /// The matrix homeserver, the forge base URL, or `github.com`. `None` for a
     /// matrix account stored without a homeserver.
     #[schema(example = "https://matrix.example.org")]
-    host: Option<String>,
+    pub(crate) host: Option<String>,
     /// The agent's own matrix account, which the swarm mints and an operator
     /// does not link.
-    reserved: bool,
+    pub(crate) reserved: bool,
 }
 
 /// The store calls a listing, a link or a delete makes, so a test can stand in
@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ pub async fn delete_matrix_account(
         tracing::warn!(%hive, %agent, %account, error = ?e, "deleting the matrix account failed");
         e.problem()
     })?;
+    crate::link_egress::removed(&state, &agent, &crate::link_egress::matrix_source(&account))
+        .await?;
 
     tracing::info!(%hive, %agent, %account, revoked = query.revoke, "matrix account deleted");
     Ok(StatusCode::NO_CONTENT)
@@ -536,6 +538,7 @@ pub async fn delete_forge_account(
             tracing::warn!(%hive, %agent, %label, error = ?e, "deleting the forge account failed");
             e.problem()
         })?;
+    crate::link_egress::removed(&state, &agent, &crate::link_egress::forge_source(&label)).await?;
 
     tracing::info!(%hive, %agent, %label, "forge account deleted");
     Ok(StatusCode::NO_CONTENT)
@@ -578,6 +581,7 @@ pub async fn delete_github_account(
             tracing::warn!(%hive, %agent, error = ?e, "deleting the github token failed");
             e.problem()
         })?;
+    crate::link_egress::removed(&state, &agent, &crate::link_egress::github_source()).await?;
 
     tracing::info!(%hive, %agent, "github token deleted");
     Ok(StatusCode::NO_CONTENT)
diff --git a/swarm-controller/src/main.rs b/swarm-controller/src/main.rs
index 0b0be9b3..dcc4d468 100644
--- a/swarm-controller/src/main.rs
+++ b/swarm-controller/src/main.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ mod held_deploys;
 mod inference;
 mod issue_report;
 mod jobq;
+mod link_egress;
 mod linked_accounts;
 mod matrix_account;
 mod message_stream;
diff --git a/swarm-controller/src/matrix_account.rs b/swarm-controller/src/matrix_account.rs
index 22e0896e..84d19898 100644
--- a/swarm-controller/src/matrix_account.rs
+++ b/swarm-controller/src/matrix_account.rs
@@ -180,6 +180,15 @@ pub async fn put_matrix_account(
     let user_id = link_matrix(&store, &secret_path, &existing(&agent, &account), &req)
         .await
         .map_err(|b| *b)?;
+    crate::link_egress::added(
+        &state,
+        &agent,
+        &crate::link_egress::Link::Matrix {
+            account: &account,
+            homeserver: req.homeserver.as_deref(),
+        },
+    )
+    .await?;
 
     tracing::info!(%hive, %agent, %account, "credential stored");
     Ok(Json(PutMatrixAccountResponse { user_id }))
diff --git a/swarm-controller/src/startup.rs b/swarm-controller/src/startup.rs
index 8d08f40d..a249c739 100644
--- a/swarm-controller/src/startup.rs
+++ b/swarm-controller/src/startup.rs
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ pub(crate) fn spawn_per_agent_upkeep(
     spawn_subagent_streams(status, hives);
     spawn_schedule_reconcile(status, hives);
     spawn_agent_permissions(status, hives);
-    spawn_backend_egress_backfill(status);
+    spawn_backend_egress_backfill(status, hives);
     crate::attic_copy::spawn(hives.iter().map(|h| h.name.clone()).collect());
     crate::proxy_credential::spawn(hives.iter().map(|h| h.name.clone()).collect());
     if let Some(status) = status {
@@ -406,11 +406,14 @@ fn spawn_agent_permissions(status: Option<&Arc<status::StatusReader>>, hives: &[
 }
 
 /// Drop the allowed-domain entries derived from backend environments that no
-/// longer name their host, when a swarm queue is wired up.
-fn spawn_backend_egress_backfill(status: Option<&Arc<status::StatusReader>>) {
-    if let Some(status) = status {
-        crate::backend_egress::spawn_backfill(status.queue_client());
-    }
+/// longer name their host, and make the entries derived from linked accounts
+/// match the stored accounts, when a swarm queue is wired up.
+fn spawn_backend_egress_backfill(status: Option<&Arc<status::StatusReader>>, hives: &[HiveEntry]) {
+    let (Some(status), Some(wanted)) = (status, wanted_writer(status)) else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let hives = hives.iter().map(|h| h.name.clone()).collect();
+    crate::backend_egress::spawn_backfill(status.queue_client(), wanted, hives);
 }
 
 /// Start rewriting every agent's schedule key from the definitions when a
diff --git a/swarm-wire/src/egress_allow.rs b/swarm-wire/src/egress_allow.rs
index bb5847f9..1f05035f 100644
--- a/swarm-wire/src/egress_allow.rs
+++ b/swarm-wire/src/egress_allow.rs
@@ -45,11 +45,48 @@ pub struct Entry {
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub agent: Option<String>,
     /// The controller derived this entry from the agent's backend environment
-    /// and replaces it whenever that changes; an operator can neither add nor
-    /// remove one. A hive renders it like any other entry, and a reader that
-    /// predates the field ignores it.
+    /// or a linked account and replaces it whenever that changes; an operator
+    /// can neither add nor remove one. A hive renders it like any other entry,
+    /// and a reader that predates the field ignores it.
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "std::ops::Not::not")]
     pub derived: bool,
+    /// What a derived entry follows: [`BACKEND_ENV_SOURCE`], or a name starting
+    /// with [`LINK_SOURCE_PREFIX`] for an account the operator linked. Absent
+    /// on an entry written before the field existed, which counts as
+    /// [`BACKEND_ENV_SOURCE`]. A reader that predates the field ignores it.
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub source: Option<String>,
+}
+
+/// The [`Entry::source`] of an entry derived from the agent's backend
+/// environment.
+pub const BACKEND_ENV_SOURCE: &str = "backend-env";
+
+/// What the [`Entry::source`] of an entry derived from a linked account starts
+/// with: `link:github`, `link:matrix:<account>` or `link:forge:<label>`.
+pub const LINK_SOURCE_PREFIX: &str = "link:";
+
+impl Entry {
+    /// Whether the controller derived this entry from the agent's backend
+    /// environment, which an entry without a source counts as.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn from_backend_env(&self) -> bool {
+        self.derived
+            && self
+                .source
+                .as_deref()
+                .is_none_or(|s| s == BACKEND_ENV_SOURCE)
+    }
+
+    /// Whether the controller derived this entry from a linked account.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn from_link(&self) -> bool {
+        self.derived
+            && self
+                .source
+                .as_deref()
+                .is_some_and(|s| s.starts_with(LINK_SOURCE_PREFIX))
+    }
 }
 
 /// The value under [`BUCKET`]/[`KEY`]. No `deny_unknown_fields`: a field a
@@ -229,11 +266,13 @@ mod tests {
                     domain: "github.com".to_owned(),
                     agent: None,
                     derived: false,
+                    source: None,
                 },
                 Entry {
                     domain: "crates.io".to_owned(),
                     agent: Some("atlas".to_owned()),
                     derived: false,
+                    source: None,
                 },
             ],
         };
@@ -255,6 +294,7 @@ mod tests {
             domain: "llm.example.com".to_owned(),
             agent: Some("atlas".to_owned()),
             derived: true,
+            source: None,
         };
         let wire = r#"{"domain":"llm.example.com","agent":"atlas","derived":true}"#;
         assert_eq!(serde_json::to_string(&derived).unwrap(), wire);
@@ -265,4 +305,32 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!manual.derived);
         assert_eq!(manual.domain, "a.io");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_source_round_trips_and_an_entry_without_one_is_from_the_backend_env() {
+        let entry = |source: Option<&str>| Entry {
+            domain: "github.com".to_owned(),
+            agent: Some("atlas".to_owned()),
+            derived: true,
+            source: source.map(str::to_owned),
+        };
+        let linked = entry(Some("link:github"));
+        let wire =
+            r#"{"domain":"github.com","agent":"atlas","derived":true,"source":"link:github"}"#;
+        assert_eq!(serde_json::to_string(&linked).unwrap(), wire);
+        assert_eq!(serde_json::from_str::<Entry>(wire).unwrap(), linked);
+        assert!(linked.from_link() && !linked.from_backend_env());
+
+        assert!(entry(None).from_backend_env() && !entry(None).from_link());
+        assert!(entry(Some(BACKEND_ENV_SOURCE)).from_backend_env());
+        // A source this build does not know belongs to neither.
+        let other = entry(Some("later:x"));
+        assert!(!other.from_backend_env() && !other.from_link());
+        // Only a derived entry has a source.
+        let manual = Entry {
+            derived: false,
+            ..entry(Some("link:github"))
+        };
+        assert!(!manual.from_backend_env() && !manual.from_link());
+    }
 }