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+---
+name: payslip-extractor
+description: "Extract structured UK payslip fields from a base64-encoded PDF into strict JSON."
+model: haiku
+allowedTools:
+  - Bash
+  - Read
+---
+
+You are a headless payslip-field extractor. You receive a prompt containing a base64-encoded UK payslip PDF plus a target JSON schema, and you produce exactly one JSON object that matches the schema.
+
+## Your single job
+
+Given a prompt that contains:
+- A line of the form `PDF_BASE64: <base64-blob>`
+- A JSON schema describing the target fields
+
+Produce EXACTLY ONE JSON object on stdout matching the schema. No prose. No markdown fences. No preamble. No trailing commentary. The final message content must be a single valid JSON object and nothing else.
+
+## Processing steps
+
+### Step 1. Extract and decode the base64 PDF
+
+The prompt will include a line that starts with `PDF_BASE64:` followed by the base64 blob. Decode it to `/tmp/payslip.pdf`.
+
+Preferred method (handles whitespace and very long blobs robustly):
+
+```bash
+python3 - <<'PY'
+import base64, re, pathlib, sys, os
+prompt = os.environ.get("PAYSLIP_PROMPT", "")
+# If the orchestrator didn't set an env var, fall back to reading the transcript via CWD stdin mechanism.
+# In practice the agent receives the prompt in its conversation — you extract the PDF_BASE64 value
+# from the prompt text you were given, strip whitespace, and base64-decode.
+PY
+```
+
+In practice: read the `PDF_BASE64:` value out of the prompt you have been given (you can see the full prompt), then run:
+
+```bash
+python3 -c "
+import base64, sys
+data = sys.stdin.read().strip()
+open('/tmp/payslip.pdf','wb').write(base64.b64decode(data))
+print('decoded bytes:', len(base64.b64decode(data)))
+" <<'B64'
+<paste-the-base64-here>
+B64
+```
+
+Or pipe via shell `base64 -d`:
+
+```bash
+printf '%s' '<base64>' | base64 -d > /tmp/payslip.pdf
+```
+
+Verify the file looks like a PDF:
+
+```bash
+head -c 8 /tmp/payslip.pdf | xxd
+# Expected: 25 50 44 46 2d (i.e. "%PDF-")
+```
+
+### Step 2. Extract text from the PDF
+
+Try tools in this order. Use the first one that works; do not chain all of them.
+
+1. `pdftotext` from `poppler-utils` (preferred — fastest, most reliable on layout-preserving payslips):
+   ```bash
+   pdftotext -layout /tmp/payslip.pdf - 2>/dev/null
+   ```
+
+2. Python `pypdf` fallback:
+   ```bash
+   python3 -c "
+   from pypdf import PdfReader
+   r = PdfReader('/tmp/payslip.pdf')
+   for p in r.pages:
+       print(p.extract_text() or '')
+   "
+   ```
+
+3. Python `pdfplumber` fallback:
+   ```bash
+   python3 -c "
+   import pdfplumber
+   with pdfplumber.open('/tmp/payslip.pdf') as pdf:
+       for page in pdf.pages:
+           print(page.extract_text() or '')
+   "
+   ```
+
+4. If none of those are installed, check what IS available:
+   ```bash
+   which pdftotext pdf2txt.py mutool
+   python3 -c "import pypdf, pdfplumber, pdfminer" 2>&1
+   ```
+   and use whatever you find (e.g. `mutool draw -F txt`).
+
+If every text-extraction tool fails, emit the failure JSON (see "Failure mode" below).
+
+### Step 3. Parse the extracted text
+
+UK payslips are laid out in a few common templates (Sage, Iris, QuickBooks, Xero, in-house ADP/Workday layouts). Common landmarks:
+
+- "Pay Date" / "Payment Date" / "Date Paid" — the date wages hit the account. Usually at the top or in a header box.
+- "Tax Period" / "Period" / "Month" — e.g. "Month 1", "Week 12".
+- Two numeric columns per line: "This Period" (or "Amount", "Current") and "Year to Date" (or "YTD"). **Always take the This Period column**, never YTD.
+- Payments / Earnings block: "Basic Pay", "Salary", "Bonus", "Overtime", "Commission", "Holiday Pay".
+- Deductions block: "Income Tax" / "PAYE", "National Insurance" / "NI" / "NIC", "Pension" / "Pension Contribution" / "Salary Sacrifice Pension", "Student Loan" / "SL", optional: "Union Dues", "Charity", "Season Ticket Loan", "Private Medical", etc.
+- "Gross Pay" / "Total Gross" — sum of payments.
+- "Net Pay" / "Take Home" / "Amount Payable" — the money actually paid.
+- "Tax Code" — e.g. "1257L", "BR", "D0", "NT".
+- "NI Number" / "National Insurance Number" — `AA123456A` format. Never invent one.
+- "Employer" / "Company" — usually in the letterhead. "Employee" / "Name".
+- Currency: almost always GBP / "£" for UK payslips. If the PDF is not in GBP or not a UK payslip, still return the numbers as-is but include a best-effort `currency` field.
+
+### Step 4. Map to the schema and emit JSON
+
+Rules that apply regardless of the caller's exact schema:
+
+- **Dates**: `pay_date` MUST be `YYYY-MM-DD`. If the PDF prints `12/03/2026`, interpret as `DD/MM/YYYY` (UK format) → `2026-03-12`. If ambiguous (`01/02/2026`), prefer UK ordering. If impossible to determine a year, use the pay_period year.
+- **Money fields**: emit as JSON numbers, not strings. Two decimal places are acceptable (`2450.17`). Strip `£`, commas, and trailing spaces. Negative values stay negative.
+- **Missing numeric fields**: emit `0` (zero), not `null`, not an empty string, not `"N/A"`.
+- **`other_deductions`**: an object mapping `{ "<label>": <number>, ... }` for any deduction that isn't one of the first-class fields in the schema (tax, NI, pension, student loan). Use the exact label from the payslip (e.g. `"Season Ticket Loan"`, `"Private Medical"`). If there are no other deductions, emit `{}` — NEVER `null` and NEVER omit the key.
+- **Column discipline**: ALWAYS use the "This Period" column, NEVER the YTD column. If only one column exists, that's the period column.
+- **Currency default**: `"GBP"` unless the payslip explicitly shows another currency symbol or ISO code.
+- **No invented data**: If a field genuinely isn't on the payslip, use the documented default (`0` for money, `""` for strings, `{}` for objects). Do NOT make up names, NI numbers, tax codes, or employers.
+
+Follow the exact field names and types given in the prompt's schema. If the prompt's schema adds fields not listed above, produce them too using the same discipline.
+
+## Failure mode
+
+If the PDF cannot be read at all — unreadable base64, not a PDF, encrypted PDF with no text layer, no text-extraction tool available, or clearly not a UK payslip — emit a single JSON object:
+
+```json
+{"error": "<short human reason>"}
+```
+
+Examples of acceptable error reasons:
+- `"base64 did not decode to a valid PDF"`
+- `"pdf has no extractable text layer (image-only scan)"`
+- `"no pdf text extraction tool available (pdftotext/pypdf/pdfplumber all missing)"`
+- `"document does not appear to be a UK payslip"`
+- `"pay_date not found on document"`
+
+The caller treats the `error` key as a non-retriable parse failure. Do not include any other keys when emitting an error object.
+
+## Hard constraints — things you MUST NOT do
+
+1. **No network calls.** Do not curl, wget, dig, or otherwise talk to the network. Everything you need is in the prompt.
+2. **No modifications to `/workspace/infra/**`.** Do not edit, write, or commit any file under the infra repo. The only file you may create is the scratch PDF at `/tmp/payslip.pdf` (and intermediate text dumps under `/tmp/`).
+3. **No git operations.** No `git add`, `git commit`, `git push`, nothing.
+4. **No kubectl, no terraform, no vault.** You are not an infra agent — you are a narrow extractor.
+5. **No markdown in output.** No ` ```json ` fences, no preamble like "Here's the extraction:", no trailing notes. The ENTIRE final assistant message is exactly one JSON object.
+6. **No verbose logging in the final message.** It is fine to run bash commands and see their output during processing, but your final assistant message is JSON and nothing else.
+7. **No hallucinated fields.** If the payslip does not show a pension line, do not invent one. Use the documented default instead.
+
+## Output discipline — summary
+
+- Exactly one JSON object, UTF-8, no BOM.
+- Keys match the schema the caller gave you.
+- Numeric fields are JSON numbers, not strings.
+- `pay_date` is `YYYY-MM-DD`.
+- `other_deductions` is always present and is an object (possibly `{}`).
+- Missing money → `0`, missing string → `""`, missing object → `{}`.
+- On unrecoverable failure, one JSON object with a single `error` key.
+
+That's the whole job. Decode, extract, parse, emit JSON. Be boring and exact.
diff --git a/stacks/dbaas/modules/dbaas/main.tf b/stacks/dbaas/modules/dbaas/main.tf
index 802fbf09..31896be8 100644
--- a/stacks/dbaas/modules/dbaas/main.tf
+++ b/stacks/dbaas/modules/dbaas/main.tf
@@ -1440,6 +1440,30 @@ resource "null_resource" "pg_terraform_state_db" {
   }
 }
 
+# Create payslip_ingest database for the payslip-ingest webhook service.
+# Role password is managed by Vault Database Secrets Engine (static role `pg-payslip-ingest`, 7d rotation).
+resource "null_resource" "pg_payslip_ingest_db" {
+  depends_on = [null_resource.pg_cluster]
+
+  triggers = {
+    db_name  = "payslip_ingest"
+    username = "payslip_ingest"
+  }
+
+  provisioner "local-exec" {
+    command = <<-EOT
+      kubectl --kubeconfig ${var.kube_config_path} exec -n dbaas pg-cluster-1 -c postgres -- \
+        bash -c '
+          psql -U postgres -tc "SELECT 1 FROM pg_catalog.pg_roles WHERE rolname = '"'"'payslip_ingest'"'"'" | grep -q 1 || \
+            psql -U postgres -c "CREATE ROLE payslip_ingest WITH LOGIN PASSWORD '"'"'changeme-vault-will-rotate'"'"'"
+          psql -U postgres -tc "SELECT 1 FROM pg_catalog.pg_database WHERE datname = '"'"'payslip_ingest'"'"'" | grep -q 1 || \
+            psql -U postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE payslip_ingest OWNER payslip_ingest"
+          psql -U postgres -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE payslip_ingest TO payslip_ingest"
+        '
+    EOT
+  }
+}
+
 # Old PostgreSQL deployment — kept commented for rollback reference
 # resource "kubernetes_deployment" "postgres" {
 #   metadata {
diff --git a/stacks/monitoring/modules/monitoring/dashboards/uk-payslip.json b/stacks/monitoring/modules/monitoring/dashboards/uk-payslip.json
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index 00000000..be7b6e11
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+{
+  "annotations": {
+    "list": [
+      {
+        "builtIn": 1,
+        "datasource": { "type": "datasource", "uid": "grafana" },
+        "enable": true,
+        "hide": true,
+        "iconColor": "rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)",
+        "name": "Annotations & Alerts",
+        "type": "dashboard"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "description": "UK payslip breakdown — gross/net/tax/NI trends, YTD progression against income tax bands, deductions split, and effective rate.",
+  "editable": true,
+  "fiscalYearStartMonth": 0,
+  "graphTooltip": 1,
+  "id": null,
+  "links": [],
+  "panels": [
+    {
+      "id": 1,
+      "title": "Monthly gross / net / tax / NI",
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "datasource": { "type": "postgres", "uid": "payslips-pg" },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 9, "w": 12, "x": 0, "y": 0 },
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "unit": "currencyGBP",
+          "custom": {
+            "axisBorderShow": false,
+            "axisCenteredZero": false,
+            "axisColorMode": "text",
+            "axisLabel": "",
+            "axisPlacement": "auto",
+            "barAlignment": 0,
+            "drawStyle": "line",
+            "fillOpacity": 10,
+            "gradientMode": "none",
+            "hideFrom": { "legend": false, "tooltip": false, "viz": false },
+            "lineWidth": 2,
+            "pointSize": 5,
+            "scaleDistribution": { "type": "linear" },
+            "showPoints": "auto",
+            "spanNulls": false,
+            "stacking": { "group": "A", "mode": "none" },
+            "thresholdsStyle": { "mode": "off" }
+          }
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "calcs": ["last", "mean"], "displayMode": "table", "placement": "bottom" },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi", "sort": "desc" }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "postgres", "uid": "payslips-pg" },
+          "rawSql": "SELECT pay_date AS \"time\", gross_pay, net_pay, income_tax, national_insurance FROM payslip_ingest.payslip WHERE $__timeFilter(pay_date) ORDER BY pay_date",
+          "format": "time_series",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": 2,
+      "title": "YTD gross (this tax year) with UK band thresholds",
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "datasource": { "type": "postgres", "uid": "payslips-pg" },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 9, "w": 12, "x": 12, "y": 0 },
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "unit": "currencyGBP",
+          "custom": {
+            "axisBorderShow": false,
+            "axisCenteredZero": false,
+            "axisColorMode": "text",
+            "axisLabel": "YTD gross",
+            "axisPlacement": "auto",
+            "barAlignment": 0,
+            "drawStyle": "line",
+            "fillOpacity": 15,
+            "gradientMode": "none",
+            "hideFrom": { "legend": false, "tooltip": false, "viz": false },
+            "lineWidth": 2,
+            "pointSize": 5,
+            "scaleDistribution": { "type": "linear" },
+            "showPoints": "auto",
+            "spanNulls": false,
+            "stacking": { "group": "A", "mode": "none" },
+            "thresholdsStyle": { "mode": "line" }
+          },
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [
+              { "color": "green", "value": null },
+              { "color": "yellow", "value": 12570 },
+              { "color": "orange", "value": 50270 },
+              { "color": "red", "value": 125140 }
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "calcs": ["last", "max"], "displayMode": "table", "placement": "bottom" },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi", "sort": "desc" }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "postgres", "uid": "payslips-pg" },
+          "rawSql": "SELECT pay_date AS \"time\", SUM(gross_pay) OVER (PARTITION BY tax_year ORDER BY pay_date) AS ytd_gross FROM payslip_ingest.payslip WHERE $__timeFilter(pay_date) ORDER BY pay_date",
+          "format": "time_series",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": 3,
+      "title": "Deductions breakdown per payslip",
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "datasource": { "type": "postgres", "uid": "payslips-pg" },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 9, "w": 12, "x": 0, "y": 9 },
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "unit": "currencyGBP",
+          "custom": {
+            "axisBorderShow": false,
+            "axisCenteredZero": false,
+            "axisColorMode": "text",
+            "axisLabel": "",
+            "axisPlacement": "auto",
+            "barAlignment": 0,
+            "drawStyle": "bars",
+            "fillOpacity": 80,
+            "gradientMode": "none",
+            "hideFrom": { "legend": false, "tooltip": false, "viz": false },
+            "lineWidth": 1,
+            "pointSize": 5,
+            "scaleDistribution": { "type": "linear" },
+            "showPoints": "never",
+            "spanNulls": false,
+            "stacking": { "group": "A", "mode": "normal" },
+            "thresholdsStyle": { "mode": "off" }
+          }
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "calcs": ["sum", "mean"], "displayMode": "table", "placement": "bottom" },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi", "sort": "desc" }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "postgres", "uid": "payslips-pg" },
+          "rawSql": "SELECT pay_date AS \"time\", income_tax, national_insurance, pension_employee, student_loan FROM payslip_ingest.payslip WHERE $__timeFilter(pay_date) ORDER BY pay_date",
+          "format": "time_series",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": 4,
+      "title": "Latest effective rate & take-home %",
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "datasource": { "type": "postgres", "uid": "payslips-pg" },
+      "gridPos": { "h": 9, "w": 12, "x": 12, "y": 9 },
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": { "mode": "palette-classic" },
+          "unit": "percent",
+          "min": 0,
+          "max": 100,
+          "custom": {
+            "axisBorderShow": false,
+            "axisCenteredZero": false,
+            "axisColorMode": "text",
+            "axisLabel": "",
+            "axisPlacement": "auto",
+            "barAlignment": 0,
+            "drawStyle": "line",
+            "fillOpacity": 10,
+            "gradientMode": "none",
+            "hideFrom": { "legend": false, "tooltip": false, "viz": false },
+            "lineWidth": 2,
+            "pointSize": 5,
+            "scaleDistribution": { "type": "linear" },
+            "showPoints": "auto",
+            "spanNulls": false,
+            "stacking": { "group": "A", "mode": "none" },
+            "thresholdsStyle": { "mode": "off" }
+          }
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "legend": { "calcs": ["last", "mean"], "displayMode": "table", "placement": "bottom" },
+        "tooltip": { "mode": "multi", "sort": "desc" }
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": { "type": "postgres", "uid": "payslips-pg" },
+          "rawSql": "SELECT pay_date AS \"time\", ROUND(((income_tax + national_insurance)::numeric / NULLIF(gross_pay, 0)) * 100, 2) AS \"effective_rate_pct\", ROUND((net_pay::numeric / NULLIF(gross_pay, 0)) * 100, 2) AS \"take_home_pct\" FROM payslip_ingest.payslip WHERE $__timeFilter(pay_date) ORDER BY pay_date",
+          "format": "time_series",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "refresh": "5m",
+  "schemaVersion": 39,
+  "tags": ["finance", "personal", "uk-tax"],
+  "templating": { "list": [] },
+  "time": { "from": "now-2y", "to": "now" },
+  "timepicker": {},
+  "timezone": "browser",
+  "title": "UK Payslip",
+  "uid": "uk-payslip",
+  "version": 1
+}
diff --git a/stacks/payslip-ingest/main.tf b/stacks/payslip-ingest/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a26bceb
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,330 @@
+variable "image_tag" {
+  type        = string
+  default     = "latest"
+  description = "payslip-ingest image tag. Use 8-char git SHA in CI; :latest only for local trials."
+}
+
+variable "postgresql_host" { type = string }
+
+locals {
+  namespace = "payslip-ingest"
+  image     = "registry.viktorbarzin.me/payslip-ingest:${var.image_tag}"
+  labels = {
+    app = "payslip-ingest"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "kubernetes_namespace" "payslip_ingest" {
+  metadata {
+    name = local.namespace
+    labels = {
+      tier              = local.tiers.aux
+      "istio-injection" = "disabled"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+# App secrets sourced from multiple Vault KV keys.
+# Seed these manually in Vault before applying:
+#   secret/paperless-ngx          -> property `api_token`
+#   secret/claude-agent-service   -> property `api_bearer_token`
+#   secret/payslip-ingest         -> property `webhook_bearer_token`
+resource "kubernetes_manifest" "external_secret" {
+  manifest = {
+    apiVersion = "external-secrets.io/v1beta1"
+    kind       = "ExternalSecret"
+    metadata = {
+      name      = "payslip-ingest-secrets"
+      namespace = local.namespace
+    }
+    spec = {
+      refreshInterval = "15m"
+      secretStoreRef = {
+        name = "vault-kv"
+        kind = "ClusterSecretStore"
+      }
+      target = {
+        name = "payslip-ingest-secrets"
+        template = {
+          metadata = {
+            annotations = {
+              "reloader.stakater.com/match" = "true"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      data = [
+        {
+          secretKey = "PAPERLESS_API_TOKEN"
+          remoteRef = {
+            key      = "paperless-ngx"
+            property = "api_token"
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          secretKey = "CLAUDE_AGENT_BEARER_TOKEN"
+          remoteRef = {
+            key      = "claude-agent-service"
+            property = "api_bearer_token"
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          secretKey = "WEBHOOK_BEARER_TOKEN"
+          remoteRef = {
+            key      = "payslip-ingest"
+            property = "webhook_bearer_token"
+          }
+        },
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+  depends_on = [kubernetes_namespace.payslip_ingest]
+}
+
+# DB credentials from Vault database engine (rotated every 7 days).
+# Template builds the asyncpg DSN consumed by the FastAPI app as DB_CONNECTION_STRING.
+resource "kubernetes_manifest" "db_external_secret" {
+  manifest = {
+    apiVersion = "external-secrets.io/v1beta1"
+    kind       = "ExternalSecret"
+    metadata = {
+      name      = "payslip-ingest-db-creds"
+      namespace = local.namespace
+    }
+    spec = {
+      refreshInterval = "15m"
+      secretStoreRef = {
+        name = "vault-database"
+        kind = "ClusterSecretStore"
+      }
+      target = {
+        name = "payslip-ingest-db-creds"
+        template = {
+          metadata = {
+            annotations = {
+              "reloader.stakater.com/match" = "true"
+            }
+          }
+          data = {
+            DB_CONNECTION_STRING = "postgresql+asyncpg://payslip_ingest:{{ .password }}@${var.postgresql_host}:5432/payslip_ingest"
+            DB_PASSWORD          = "{{ .password }}"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      data = [{
+        secretKey = "password"
+        remoteRef = {
+          key      = "static-creds/pg-payslip-ingest"
+          property = "password"
+        }
+      }]
+    }
+  }
+  depends_on = [kubernetes_namespace.payslip_ingest]
+}
+
+resource "kubernetes_deployment" "payslip_ingest" {
+  metadata {
+    name      = "payslip-ingest"
+    namespace = kubernetes_namespace.payslip_ingest.metadata[0].name
+    labels = merge(local.labels, {
+      tier = local.tiers.aux
+    })
+    annotations = {
+      "reloader.stakater.com/search" = "true"
+    }
+  }
+
+  spec {
+    replicas = 1
+    strategy {
+      type = "Recreate"
+    }
+
+    selector {
+      match_labels = local.labels
+    }
+
+    template {
+      metadata {
+        labels = local.labels
+        annotations = {
+          "dependency.kyverno.io/wait-for" = "postgresql.dbaas:5432"
+        }
+      }
+
+      spec {
+        image_pull_secrets {
+          name = "registry-credentials"
+        }
+
+        init_container {
+          name    = "alembic-migrate"
+          image   = local.image
+          command = ["python", "-m", "payslip_ingest", "migrate"]
+
+          env_from {
+            secret_ref {
+              name = "payslip-ingest-secrets"
+            }
+          }
+          env_from {
+            secret_ref {
+              name = "payslip-ingest-db-creds"
+            }
+          }
+
+          env {
+            name  = "PAPERLESS_URL"
+            value = "http://paperless-ngx.paperless-ngx.svc.cluster.local"
+          }
+          env {
+            name  = "CLAUDE_AGENT_URL"
+            value = "http://claude-agent-service.claude-agent.svc.cluster.local:8080"
+          }
+
+          resources {
+            requests = {
+              cpu    = "50m"
+              memory = "256Mi"
+            }
+            limits = {
+              memory = "512Mi"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
+        container {
+          name  = "payslip-ingest"
+          image = local.image
+
+          port {
+            container_port = 8080
+          }
+
+          env_from {
+            secret_ref {
+              name = "payslip-ingest-secrets"
+            }
+          }
+          env_from {
+            secret_ref {
+              name = "payslip-ingest-db-creds"
+            }
+          }
+
+          env {
+            name  = "PAPERLESS_URL"
+            value = "http://paperless-ngx.paperless-ngx.svc.cluster.local"
+          }
+          env {
+            name  = "CLAUDE_AGENT_URL"
+            value = "http://claude-agent-service.claude-agent.svc.cluster.local:8080"
+          }
+
+          readiness_probe {
+            http_get {
+              path = "/healthz"
+              port = 8080
+            }
+            initial_delay_seconds = 5
+            period_seconds        = 10
+          }
+
+          liveness_probe {
+            http_get {
+              path = "/healthz"
+              port = 8080
+            }
+            initial_delay_seconds = 5
+            period_seconds        = 10
+          }
+
+          resources {
+            requests = {
+              cpu    = "50m"
+              memory = "256Mi"
+            }
+            limits = {
+              memory = "512Mi"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  lifecycle {
+    ignore_changes = [spec[0].template[0].spec[0].dns_config] # KYVERNO_LIFECYCLE_V1
+  }
+
+  depends_on = [
+    kubernetes_manifest.external_secret,
+    kubernetes_manifest.db_external_secret,
+  ]
+}
+
+# ClusterIP-only — webhook is cluster-internal (paperless-ngx -> payslip-ingest).
+resource "kubernetes_service" "payslip_ingest" {
+  metadata {
+    name      = "payslip-ingest"
+    namespace = kubernetes_namespace.payslip_ingest.metadata[0].name
+    labels    = local.labels
+  }
+
+  spec {
+    type     = "ClusterIP"
+    selector = local.labels
+
+    port {
+      name        = "http"
+      port        = 8080
+      target_port = 8080
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+# Plan-time read of the ESO-created K8s Secret for Grafana datasource password.
+# First apply: -target=kubernetes_manifest.db_external_secret first so the Secret exists.
+data "kubernetes_secret" "payslip_ingest_db_creds" {
+  metadata {
+    name      = "payslip-ingest-db-creds"
+    namespace = kubernetes_namespace.payslip_ingest.metadata[0].name
+  }
+  depends_on = [kubernetes_manifest.db_external_secret]
+}
+
+# Grafana datasource for payslip_ingest PostgreSQL DB.
+# Lives in the monitoring namespace so the grafana sidecar (label grafana_datasource=1) picks it up.
+resource "kubernetes_config_map" "grafana_payslips_datasource" {
+  metadata {
+    name      = "grafana-payslips-datasource"
+    namespace = "monitoring"
+    labels = {
+      grafana_datasource = "1"
+    }
+  }
+  data = {
+    "payslips-datasource.yaml" = yamlencode({
+      apiVersion = 1
+      datasources = [{
+        name     = "Payslips"
+        type     = "postgres"
+        access   = "proxy"
+        url      = "${var.postgresql_host}:5432"
+        database = "payslip_ingest"
+        user     = "payslip_ingest"
+        uid      = "payslips-pg"
+        jsonData = {
+          sslmode         = "disable"
+          postgresVersion = 1600
+          timescaledb     = false
+        }
+        secureJsonData = {
+          password = data.kubernetes_secret.payslip_ingest_db_creds.data["DB_PASSWORD"]
+        }
+        editable = true
+      }]
+    })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/stacks/payslip-ingest/terragrunt.hcl b/stacks/payslip-ingest/terragrunt.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b746c65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stacks/payslip-ingest/terragrunt.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+include "root" {
+  path = find_in_parent_folders()
+}
+
+dependency "platform" {
+  config_path  = "../platform"
+  skip_outputs = true
+}
+
+dependency "vault" {
+  config_path  = "../vault"
+  skip_outputs = true
+}
+
+dependency "external-secrets" {
+  config_path  = "../external-secrets"
+  skip_outputs = true
+}
diff --git a/stacks/vault/main.tf b/stacks/vault/main.tf
index 5c96a751..057e9a60 100644
--- a/stacks/vault/main.tf
+++ b/stacks/vault/main.tf
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ resource "vault_database_secret_backend_connection" "postgresql" {
     # "pg-trading",  # Commented out 2026-04-06 - trading-bot disabled
     "pg-health", "pg-linkwarden",
     "pg-affine", "pg-woodpecker", "pg-claude-memory",
-    "pg-terraform-state"
+    "pg-terraform-state", "pg-payslip-ingest"
   ]
 
   postgresql {
@@ -661,6 +661,14 @@ resource "vault_database_secret_backend_static_role" "pg_terraform_state" {
   rotation_period = 604800
 }
 
+resource "vault_database_secret_backend_static_role" "pg_payslip_ingest" {
+  backend         = vault_mount.database.path
+  db_name         = vault_database_secret_backend_connection.postgresql.name
+  name            = "pg-payslip-ingest"
+  username        = "payslip_ingest"
+  rotation_period = 604800
+}
+
 # =============================================================================
 # Kubernetes Secrets Engine — Dynamic K8s Credentials
 # =============================================================================