diff --git a/lib/api/cap.js b/lib/api/cap.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd33c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/api/cap.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { canAct } from '../auth/capability.js';
+import * as pendingChanges from '../db/repos/pending_changes.js';
+import { ForbiddenError } from './errors.js';
+
+const METHOD_TO_ACTION = { POST: 'create', PATCH: 'update', PUT: 'update', DELETE: 'delete' };
+
+export function requireWrite(entity_type) {
+  return (req, _res, next) => {
+    const action = METHOD_TO_ACTION[req.method] || 'update';
+    const tier = canAct(req.actor, action, entity_type);
+    if (tier === 'allow') { req.capTier = 'allow'; return next(); }
+    if (tier === 'suggest') { req.capTier = 'suggest'; return next(); }
+    return next(new ForbiddenError(`agent not permitted to ${action} ${entity_type}`));
+  };
+}
+
+export function requireOwner(req, _res, next) {
+  if (req.actor?.kind !== 'user') {
+    return next(new ForbiddenError('owner-only endpoint'));
+  }
+  next();
+}
+
+export async function divertToPending(req, res, { entity_type, entity_id = null, action, payload, reason = null }) {
+  const change = await pendingChanges.create({
+    agent_id: req.actor.id,
+    entity_type, entity_id, action, payload,
+    reason: reason ?? req.headers['x-reason'] ?? null
+  });
+  res.status(202).json({ pending: true, change_id: change.id });
+}
diff --git a/lib/api/routes/pages.js b/lib/api/routes/pages.js
index e6c578e..ecf6826 100644
--- a/lib/api/routes/pages.js
+++ b/lib/api/routes/pages.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import * as links from '../../db/repos/links.js';
 import { pool } from '../../db/pool.js';
 import { validate } from '../validate.js';
 import { NotFoundError, ValidationError, asyncWrap } from '../errors.js';
+import { requireWrite, divertToPending } from '../cap.js';
 
 const createSchema = z.object({
   slug: z.string().min(1).max(128).regex(/^[a-z0-9-]+$/),
@@ -34,10 +35,15 @@ spacesScopedRouter.get('/',
 );
 
 spacesScopedRouter.post('/',
+  requireWrite('page'),
   validate({ params: spaceParams, body: createSchema }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
+    const payload = { ...req.body, space_id: req.params.space_id };
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, { entity_type: 'page', action: 'create', payload });
+    }
     try {
-      const row = await repo.create({ ...req.body, space_id: req.params.space_id }, req.actor);
+      const row = await repo.create(payload, req.actor);
       res.status(201).json(row);
     } catch (e) {
       if (e.code === '23503') throw new ValidationError('invalid space or parent', {
@@ -68,20 +74,32 @@ router.get('/:id',
 );
 
 router.patch('/:id',
+  requireWrite('page'),
   validate({ params: idParams, body: patchSchema }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
     const existing = await repo.getById(req.params.id);
     if (!existing) throw new NotFoundError('page not found');
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, {
+        entity_type: 'page', entity_id: req.params.id, action: 'update', payload: req.body
+      });
+    }
     const row = await repo.update(req.params.id, req.body, req.actor);
     res.json(row);
   })
 );
 
 router.delete('/:id',
+  requireWrite('page'),
   validate({ params: idParams }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
     const existing = await repo.getById(req.params.id);
     if (!existing) throw new NotFoundError('page not found');
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, {
+        entity_type: 'page', entity_id: req.params.id, action: 'delete', payload: {}
+      });
+    }
     await repo.del(req.params.id, req.actor);
     res.status(204).end();
   })
diff --git a/lib/api/routes/projects.js b/lib/api/routes/projects.js
index f9df7f6..4335ccb 100644
--- a/lib/api/routes/projects.js
+++ b/lib/api/routes/projects.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { z } from 'zod';
 import * as repo from '../../db/repos/projects.js';
 import { validate } from '../validate.js';
 import { NotFoundError, ValidationError, asyncWrap } from '../errors.js';
+import { requireWrite, divertToPending } from '../cap.js';
 
 const STATUSES = ['idea', 'active', 'paused', 'done', 'abandoned'];
 
@@ -37,10 +38,15 @@ spacesScopedRouter.get('/',
 );
 
 spacesScopedRouter.post('/',
+  requireWrite('project'),
   validate({ params: spaceParams, body: createSchema }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
+    const payload = { ...req.body, space_id: req.params.space_id };
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, { entity_type: 'project', action: 'create', payload });
+    }
     try {
-      const row = await repo.create({ ...req.body, space_id: req.params.space_id }, req.actor);
+      const row = await repo.create(payload, req.actor);
       res.status(201).json(row);
     } catch (e) {
       if (e.code === '23503') throw new ValidationError('invalid space', { space_id: req.params.space_id });
@@ -59,20 +65,32 @@ router.get('/:id',
 );
 
 router.patch('/:id',
+  requireWrite('project'),
   validate({ params: idParams, body: patchSchema }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
     const existing = await repo.getById(req.params.id);
     if (!existing) throw new NotFoundError('project not found');
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, {
+        entity_type: 'project', entity_id: req.params.id, action: 'update', payload: req.body
+      });
+    }
     const row = await repo.update(req.params.id, req.body, req.actor);
     res.json(row);
   })
 );
 
 router.delete('/:id',
+  requireWrite('project'),
   validate({ params: idParams }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
     const existing = await repo.getById(req.params.id);
     if (!existing) throw new NotFoundError('project not found');
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, {
+        entity_type: 'project', entity_id: req.params.id, action: 'delete', payload: {}
+      });
+    }
     await repo.del(req.params.id, req.actor);
     res.status(204).end();
   })
diff --git a/lib/api/routes/refs.js b/lib/api/routes/refs.js
index 9f98fab..d7793ce 100644
--- a/lib/api/routes/refs.js
+++ b/lib/api/routes/refs.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as repo from '../../db/repos/refs.js';
 import { validate } from '../validate.js';
 import { parsePagination } from '../pagination.js';
 import { NotFoundError, ValidationError, asyncWrap } from '../errors.js';
+import { requireWrite, divertToPending } from '../cap.js';
 
 const KINDS = ['url', 'video', 'pdf', 'image', 'file'];
 
@@ -56,8 +57,12 @@ router.get('/',
 );
 
 router.post('/',
+  requireWrite('ref'),
   validate({ body: createSchema }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, { entity_type: 'ref', action: 'create', payload: req.body });
+    }
     try {
       const row = await repo.create(req.body, req.actor);
       res.status(201).json(row);
@@ -69,8 +74,12 @@ router.post('/',
 );
 
 router.post('/upsert',
+  requireWrite('ref'),
   validate({ body: upsertSchema }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, { entity_type: 'ref', action: 'upsert', payload: req.body });
+    }
     try {
       const row = await repo.upsertByExternal(req.body, req.actor);
       res.json(row);
@@ -91,20 +100,32 @@ router.get('/:id',
 );
 
 router.patch('/:id',
+  requireWrite('ref'),
   validate({ params: idParams, body: patchSchema }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
     const existing = await repo.getById(req.params.id);
     if (!existing) throw new NotFoundError('ref not found');
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, {
+        entity_type: 'ref', entity_id: req.params.id, action: 'update', payload: req.body
+      });
+    }
     const row = await repo.update(req.params.id, req.body, req.actor);
     res.json(row);
   })
 );
 
 router.delete('/:id',
+  requireWrite('ref'),
   validate({ params: idParams }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
     const existing = await repo.getById(req.params.id);
     if (!existing) throw new NotFoundError('ref not found');
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, {
+        entity_type: 'ref', entity_id: req.params.id, action: 'delete', payload: {}
+      });
+    }
     await repo.del(req.params.id, req.actor);
     res.status(204).end();
   })
diff --git a/lib/api/routes/resources.js b/lib/api/routes/resources.js
index 3e13008..b667ff0 100644
--- a/lib/api/routes/resources.js
+++ b/lib/api/routes/resources.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import * as sourceDocs from '../../db/repos/source_docs.js';
 import * as audit from '../../db/repos/audit.js';
 import { validate } from '../validate.js';
 import { NotFoundError, ValidationError, ConflictError, asyncWrap } from '../errors.js';
+import { requireWrite, divertToPending } from '../cap.js';
 
 const RUNTIME = ['lxc', 'vm', 'docker', 'bare-metal'];
 const STATUSES = ['running', 'stopped', 'down', 'unknown'];
@@ -45,10 +46,15 @@ spacesScopedRouter.get('/',
 );
 
 spacesScopedRouter.post('/',
+  requireWrite('resource'),
   validate({ params: spaceParams, body: createSchema }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
+    const payload = { ...req.body, space_id: req.params.space_id };
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, { entity_type: 'resource', action: 'create', payload });
+    }
     try {
-      const row = await repo.create({ ...req.body, space_id: req.params.space_id }, req.actor);
+      const row = await repo.create(payload, req.actor);
       res.status(201).json(row);
     } catch (e) {
       if (e.code === '23503') throw new ValidationError('invalid space', { space_id: req.params.space_id });
@@ -67,30 +73,48 @@ router.get('/:id',
 );
 
 router.patch('/:id',
+  requireWrite('resource'),
   validate({ params: idParams, body: patchSchema }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
     const existing = await repo.getById(req.params.id);
     if (!existing) throw new NotFoundError('resource not found');
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, {
+        entity_type: 'resource', entity_id: req.params.id, action: 'update', payload: req.body
+      });
+    }
     res.json(await repo.update(req.params.id, req.body, req.actor));
   })
 );
 
 router.delete('/:id',
+  requireWrite('resource'),
   validate({ params: idParams }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
     const existing = await repo.getById(req.params.id);
     if (!existing) throw new NotFoundError('resource not found');
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, {
+        entity_type: 'resource', entity_id: req.params.id, action: 'delete', payload: {}
+      });
+    }
     await repo.del(req.params.id, req.actor);
     res.status(204).end();
   })
 );
 
 router.post('/:id/dependencies',
+  requireWrite('resource'),
   validate({ params: idParams, body: depBody }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
     if (req.params.id === req.body.depends_on) {
       throw new ValidationError('resource cannot depend on itself');
     }
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, {
+        entity_type: 'resource', entity_id: req.params.id, action: 'add_dependency', payload: req.body
+      });
+    }
     try {
       await repo.addDependency(req.params.id, req.body.depends_on, req.body.kind);
       res.status(201).json({ resource_id: req.params.id, depends_on: req.body.depends_on });
@@ -111,8 +135,15 @@ router.get('/:id/dependencies',
 );
 
 router.delete('/:id/dependencies/:dep_id',
+  requireWrite('resource'),
   validate({ params: depParams }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, {
+        entity_type: 'resource', entity_id: req.params.id, action: 'remove_dependency',
+        payload: { depends_on: req.params.dep_id }
+      });
+    }
     await repo.removeDependency(req.params.id, req.params.dep_id);
     res.status(204).end();
   })
diff --git a/lib/api/routes/source_docs.js b/lib/api/routes/source_docs.js
index 0fb2049..0df3ebc 100644
--- a/lib/api/routes/source_docs.js
+++ b/lib/api/routes/source_docs.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { z } from 'zod';
 import * as repo from '../../db/repos/source_docs.js';
 import { validate } from '../validate.js';
 import { NotFoundError, ValidationError, asyncWrap } from '../errors.js';
+import { requireWrite, divertToPending } from '../cap.js';
 
 const baseFields = {
   name: z.string().min(1).max(200),
@@ -28,10 +29,15 @@ export const router = Router();
 export const resourcesScopedRouter = Router({ mergeParams: true });
 
 resourcesScopedRouter.post('/',
+  requireWrite('source_doc'),
   validate({ params: resourceParams, body: createSchema }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
+    const payload = { ...req.body, resource_id: req.params.resource_id };
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, { entity_type: 'source_doc', action: 'create', payload });
+    }
     try {
-      const row = await repo.create({ ...req.body, resource_id: req.params.resource_id }, req.actor);
+      const row = await repo.create(payload, req.actor);
       res.status(201).json(row);
     } catch (e) {
       if (e.code === '23503') throw new ValidationError('invalid resource', {
@@ -52,19 +58,31 @@ router.get('/:id',
 );
 
 router.patch('/:id',
+  requireWrite('source_doc'),
   validate({ params: idParams, body: patchSchema }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
     const existing = await repo.getById(req.params.id);
     if (!existing) throw new NotFoundError('source doc not found');
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, {
+        entity_type: 'source_doc', entity_id: req.params.id, action: 'update', payload: req.body
+      });
+    }
     res.json(await repo.update(req.params.id, req.body, req.actor));
   })
 );
 
 router.delete('/:id',
+  requireWrite('source_doc'),
   validate({ params: idParams }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
     const existing = await repo.getById(req.params.id);
     if (!existing) throw new NotFoundError('source doc not found');
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, {
+        entity_type: 'source_doc', entity_id: req.params.id, action: 'delete', payload: {}
+      });
+    }
     await repo.del(req.params.id, req.actor);
     res.status(204).end();
   })
diff --git a/lib/api/routes/tasks.js b/lib/api/routes/tasks.js
index f145161..576bd25 100644
--- a/lib/api/routes/tasks.js
+++ b/lib/api/routes/tasks.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { z } from 'zod';
 import * as repo from '../../db/repos/tasks.js';
 import { validate } from '../validate.js';
 import { NotFoundError, ValidationError, asyncWrap } from '../errors.js';
+import { requireWrite, divertToPending } from '../cap.js';
 
 const STATUSES = ['todo', 'doing', 'blocked', 'done'];
 
@@ -41,10 +42,15 @@ spacesScopedRouter.get('/',
 );
 
 spacesScopedRouter.post('/',
+  requireWrite('task'),
   validate({ params: spaceParams, body: createSchema }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
+    const payload = { ...req.body, space_id: req.params.space_id };
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, { entity_type: 'task', action: 'create', payload });
+    }
     try {
-      const row = await repo.create({ ...req.body, space_id: req.params.space_id }, req.actor);
+      const row = await repo.create(payload, req.actor);
       res.status(201).json(row);
     } catch (e) {
       if (e.code === '23503') throw new ValidationError('invalid space or project', {
@@ -72,20 +78,32 @@ router.get('/:id',
 );
 
 router.patch('/:id',
+  requireWrite('task'),
   validate({ params: idParams, body: patchSchema }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
     const existing = await repo.getById(req.params.id);
     if (!existing) throw new NotFoundError('task not found');
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, {
+        entity_type: 'task', entity_id: req.params.id, action: 'update', payload: req.body
+      });
+    }
     const row = await repo.update(req.params.id, req.body, req.actor);
     res.json(row);
   })
 );
 
 router.delete('/:id',
+  requireWrite('task'),
   validate({ params: idParams }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
     const existing = await repo.getById(req.params.id);
     if (!existing) throw new NotFoundError('task not found');
+    if (req.capTier === 'suggest') {
+      return divertToPending(req, res, {
+        entity_type: 'task', entity_id: req.params.id, action: 'delete', payload: {}
+      });
+    }
     await repo.del(req.params.id, req.actor);
     res.status(204).end();
   })
diff --git a/tests/api/capability_routes.test.js b/tests/api/capability_routes.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c46d33a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/api/capability_routes.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import request from 'supertest';
+import { setup } from './helpers.js';
+import * as spacesRepo from '../../lib/db/repos/spaces.js';
+import * as agentsRepo from '../../lib/db/repos/agents.js';
+import * as pendingChanges from '../../lib/db/repos/pending_changes.js';
+
+let app, ownerHeaders, space;
+const owner = { kind: 'user', id: null };
+
+async function mintAgent(slug, caps, scopes = {}) {
+  const a = await agentsRepo.create({
+    slug, name: slug, kind: 'claude', model: 'sonnet',
+    capabilities: caps, scopes
+  }, owner);
+  const { token } = await agentsRepo.createToken(a.id, 'test');
+  return { agent: a, headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` } };
+}
+
+beforeAll(async () => { ({ app, ownerHeaders } = await setup()); });
+beforeEach(async () => {
+  space = await spacesRepo.create({ slug: `s-${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2,5)}`, name: 'S' }, owner);
+});
+
+describe('capability enforcement on writes', () => {
+  it('agent at allow tier writes through (201)', async () => {
+    const { headers } = await mintAgent(`allow-${Date.now()}`,
+      { read: true, write: true }, { page: true });
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post(`/api/spaces/${space.id}/pages`).set(headers)
+      .send({ slug: 'a', title: 'A', body_md: 'hi' });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(201);
+  });
+
+  it('agent at suggest tier diverts to pending_changes (202)', async () => {
+    const { agent, headers } = await mintAgent(`sug-${Date.now()}`,
+      { read: true, suggest: true });
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post(`/api/spaces/${space.id}/pages`).set(headers)
+      .send({ slug: 'p', title: 'P', body_md: 'draft' });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(202);
+    expect(res.body.pending).toBe(true);
+    expect(res.body.change_id).toBeDefined();
+    const change = await pendingChanges.getById(res.body.change_id);
+    expect(change.agent_id).toBe(agent.id);
+    expect(change.entity_type).toBe('page');
+    expect(change.action).toBe('create');
+    expect(change.payload.title).toBe('P');
+  });
+
+  it('agent at deny tier → 403', async () => {
+    const { headers } = await mintAgent(`deny-${Date.now()}`, { read: true });
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post(`/api/spaces/${space.id}/pages`).set(headers)
+      .send({ slug: 'p', title: 'P' });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(403);
+  });
+
+  it('owner still writes through', async () => {
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post(`/api/spaces/${space.id}/pages`).set(ownerHeaders)
+      .send({ slug: 'owner', title: 'Owner' });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(201);
+  });
+});