diff --git a/bin/ops-gitea.sh b/bin/ops-gitea.sh
index 13f76ce9..187095e5 100755
--- a/bin/ops-gitea.sh
+++ b/bin/ops-gitea.sh
@@ -12,17 +12,47 @@ C='\033[36m'
 G='\033[32m'
 Y='\033[33m'
 
-GITEA_URL="${GITEA_URL:-http://143.198.27.163:3000}"
-CORE_REPOS="${CORE_REPOS:-Timmy_Foundation/the-nexus Timmy_Foundation/timmy-home Timmy_Foundation/timmy-config Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent}"
-
-for token_file in "$HOME/.hermes/gitea_token_vps" "$HOME/.config/gitea/token" "$HOME/.config/gitea/codex-token"; do
-    if [ -f "$token_file" ]; then
-        TOKEN=$(cat "$token_file")
-        break
+resolve_gitea_url() {
+    if [ -n "${GITEA_URL:-}" ]; then
+        printf '%s\n' "${GITEA_URL%/}"
+        return 0
     fi
-done
+    if [ -f "$HOME/.hermes/gitea_api" ]; then
+        python3 - "$HOME/.hermes/gitea_api" <<'PY'
+from pathlib import Path
+import sys
 
-TOKEN="${TOKEN:-}"
+raw = Path(sys.argv[1]).read_text().strip().rstrip("/")
+print(raw[:-7] if raw.endswith("/api/v1") else raw)
+PY
+        return 0
+    fi
+    if [ -f "$HOME/.config/gitea/base-url" ]; then
+        tr -d '[:space:]' < "$HOME/.config/gitea/base-url"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    echo "ERROR: set GITEA_URL or create ~/.hermes/gitea_api" >&2
+    return 1
+}
+
+resolve_ops_token() {
+    local token_file
+    for token_file in \
+        "$HOME/.config/gitea/timmy-token" \
+        "$HOME/.hermes/gitea_token_vps" \
+        "$HOME/.hermes/gitea_token_timmy"; do
+        if [ -f "$token_file" ]; then
+            tr -d '[:space:]' < "$token_file"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+GITEA_URL="$(resolve_gitea_url)"
+CORE_REPOS="${CORE_REPOS:-Timmy_Foundation/the-nexus Timmy_Foundation/timmy-home Timmy_Foundation/timmy-config Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent}"
+TOKEN="$(resolve_ops_token || true)"
+[ -z "$TOKEN" ] && echo "WARN: no approved Timmy Gitea token found; feed will use unauthenticated API calls" >&2
 
 echo -e "${B}${C} ◈ GITEA WORKFLOW${R}  ${D}$(date '+%H:%M:%S')${R}"
 echo -e "${D}────────────────────────────────────────${R}"
diff --git a/bin/ops-helpers.sh b/bin/ops-helpers.sh
index f32cfba4..5817b368 100755
--- a/bin/ops-helpers.sh
+++ b/bin/ops-helpers.sh
@@ -5,15 +5,41 @@
 # and do not revive deprecated bash worker loops.
 # ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-export GITEA="${GITEA:-http://143.198.27.163:3000}"
+resolve_gitea_url() {
+    if [ -n "${GITEA:-}" ]; then
+        printf '%s\n' "${GITEA%/}"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    if [ -f "$HOME/.hermes/gitea_api" ]; then
+        python3 - "$HOME/.hermes/gitea_api" <<'PY'
+from pathlib import Path
+import sys
+
+raw = Path(sys.argv[1]).read_text().strip().rstrip("/")
+print(raw[:-7] if raw.endswith("/api/v1") else raw)
+PY
+        return 0
+    fi
+    if [ -f "$HOME/.config/gitea/base-url" ]; then
+        tr -d '[:space:]' < "$HOME/.config/gitea/base-url"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    echo "ERROR: set GITEA or create ~/.hermes/gitea_api" >&2
+    return 1
+}
+
+export GITEA="$(resolve_gitea_url)"
 export OPS_DEFAULT_REPO="${OPS_DEFAULT_REPO:-Timmy_Foundation/timmy-home}"
 export OPS_CORE_REPOS="${OPS_CORE_REPOS:-Timmy_Foundation/the-nexus Timmy_Foundation/timmy-home Timmy_Foundation/timmy-config Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent}"
 
 ops-token() {
     local token_file
-    for token_file in "$HOME/.hermes/gitea_token_vps" "$HOME/.config/gitea/token" "$HOME/.config/gitea/codex-token"; do
+    for token_file in \
+        "$HOME/.config/gitea/timmy-token" \
+        "$HOME/.hermes/gitea_token_vps" \
+        "$HOME/.hermes/gitea_token_timmy"; do
         if [ -f "$token_file" ]; then
-            cat "$token_file"
+            tr -d '[:space:]' < "$token_file"
             return 0
         fi
     done
@@ -264,3 +290,5 @@ ops-assign-codex() { ops-assign "$1" "codex-agent" "${2:-$OPS_DEFAULT_REPO}"; }
 ops-assign-groq() { ops-assign "$1" "groq" "${2:-$OPS_DEFAULT_REPO}"; }
 ops-assign-claude() { ops-assign "$1" "claude" "${2:-$OPS_DEFAULT_REPO}"; }
 ops-assign-ezra() { ops-assign "$1" "ezra" "${2:-$OPS_DEFAULT_REPO}"; }
+ops-assign-perplexity() { ops-assign "$1" "perplexity" "${2:-$OPS_DEFAULT_REPO}"; }
+ops-assign-kimiclaw() { ops-assign "$1" "KimiClaw" "${2:-$OPS_DEFAULT_REPO}"; }
diff --git a/bin/ops-panel.sh b/bin/ops-panel.sh
index 6f937cfd..3741a79b 100755
--- a/bin/ops-panel.sh
+++ b/bin/ops-panel.sh
@@ -18,17 +18,47 @@ OK="${G}●${R}"
 WARN="${Y}●${R}"
 FAIL="${RD}●${R}"
 
-GITEA_URL="${GITEA_URL:-http://143.198.27.163:3000}"
-CORE_REPOS="${CORE_REPOS:-Timmy_Foundation/the-nexus Timmy_Foundation/timmy-home Timmy_Foundation/timmy-config Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent}"
-
-for token_file in "$HOME/.hermes/gitea_token_vps" "$HOME/.config/gitea/token" "$HOME/.config/gitea/codex-token"; do
-    if [ -f "$token_file" ]; then
-        TOKEN=$(cat "$token_file")
-        break
+resolve_gitea_url() {
+    if [ -n "${GITEA_URL:-}" ]; then
+        printf '%s\n' "${GITEA_URL%/}"
+        return 0
     fi
-done
+    if [ -f "$HOME/.hermes/gitea_api" ]; then
+        python3 - "$HOME/.hermes/gitea_api" <<'PY'
+from pathlib import Path
+import sys
 
-TOKEN="${TOKEN:-}"
+raw = Path(sys.argv[1]).read_text().strip().rstrip("/")
+print(raw[:-7] if raw.endswith("/api/v1") else raw)
+PY
+        return 0
+    fi
+    if [ -f "$HOME/.config/gitea/base-url" ]; then
+        tr -d '[:space:]' < "$HOME/.config/gitea/base-url"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    echo "ERROR: set GITEA_URL or create ~/.hermes/gitea_api" >&2
+    return 1
+}
+
+resolve_ops_token() {
+    local token_file
+    for token_file in \
+        "$HOME/.config/gitea/timmy-token" \
+        "$HOME/.hermes/gitea_token_vps" \
+        "$HOME/.hermes/gitea_token_timmy"; do
+        if [ -f "$token_file" ]; then
+            tr -d '[:space:]' < "$token_file"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+GITEA_URL="$(resolve_gitea_url)"
+CORE_REPOS="${CORE_REPOS:-Timmy_Foundation/the-nexus Timmy_Foundation/timmy-home Timmy_Foundation/timmy-config Timmy_Foundation/hermes-agent}"
+TOKEN="$(resolve_ops_token || true)"
+[ -z "$TOKEN" ] && echo "WARN: no approved Timmy Gitea token found; panel will use unauthenticated API calls" >&2
 
 echo ""
 echo -e "  ${B}${M}◈ WORKFLOW OPERATIONS${R}                    ${D}$(date '+%a %b %d  %H:%M:%S')${R}"
@@ -75,6 +105,7 @@ import json
 import sys
 import urllib.error
 import urllib.request
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 
 base = sys.argv[1].rstrip("/")
 token = sys.argv[2]
@@ -155,7 +186,8 @@ for agent, label in queue_agents:
 print()
 
 unassigned = [issue for issue in issues if not issue.get("assignees")]
-stale_prs = [pr for pr in pulls if pr.get("updated_at", "")[:10] < "2026-04-02"]
+stale_cutoff = (datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(days=2)).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+stale_prs = [pr for pr in pulls if pr.get("updated_at", "")[:10] < stale_cutoff]
 overloaded = []
 for agent in ("allegro", "codex-agent", "groq", "claude", "ezra", "perplexity", "KimiClaw"):
     count = sum(