diff --git a/users/home.nix b/users/home.nix
index fd63049..810ffb1 100644
--- a/users/home.nix
+++ b/users/home.nix
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@
 
   xdg.configFile = {
     "git".source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${dotfiles}/git";
+    # A store copy, not out-of-store: see the header of the file.
+    "git-agent/config".source = ./home/git/agent.gitconfig;
     "nvim".source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${dotfiles}/kapi-vim";
   } // pkgs.lib.optionalAttrs (! lite) {
     "wezterm".source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${dotfiles}/wezterm";
diff --git a/users/home/git/agent.gitconfig b/users/home/git/agent.gitconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8112873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/users/home/git/agent.gitconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Git config for AI agent sessions: everything from the normal config, with output trimmed
+# for token cost. Claude Code selects it via GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL in ~/.claude/settings.json;
+# interactive shells never read it.
+#
+# home-manager links a Nix store copy to ~/.config/git-agent/config (users/home.nix), so it
+# exists whatever branch the main checkout is on, and `git config --global` from an agent
+# fails instead of editing this tracked file. Edits take effect after `make home`.
+#
+# GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL replaces both global files, so include both (a missing one is skipped).
+[include]
+	path = ~/.config/git/config
+	path = ~/.gitconfig
+
+# Short status with the branch line, instead of the long form with hint paragraphs.
+[status]
+	short = true
+	branch = true
+
+# Hint paragraphs written for people learning git.
+[advice]
+	statusHints = false
+	detachedHead = false
+	addEmptyPathspec = false
+	commitBeforeMerge = false
+	resolveConflict = false
+	skippedCherryPicks = false
+	pushUpdateRejected = false
+	setUpstreamFailure = false
+	forceDeleteBranch = false
+	defaultBranchName = false
+
+[fetch]
+	output = compact
+
+[merge]
+	stat = false
+
+# No pager, color or delta overrides: agents' output is never a TTY, so git already skips
+# them.