diff --git a/docs/domain/presentation-layer/specs/DESIGN.md b/docs/domain/presentation-layer/specs/DESIGN.md
index 3ff024c48..37c3db74e 100644
--- a/docs/domain/presentation-layer/specs/DESIGN.md
+++ b/docs/domain/presentation-layer/specs/DESIGN.md
@@ -229,6 +229,31 @@ Makes the public query path incapable of anything but a single read, so a broken
 
 ---
 
+#### Read-Only Role
+
+- [ ] `p2` - **ID**: `cpt-presentation-component-read-only-role`
+
+##### Why this component exists
+
+The second, independent barrier behind the query gate: once analytics connects as the role, even a read that slips past the gate executes under grants that make writing, altering, or dropping the source impossible. Read-only enforced by construction, not convention. The role is **provisioned** by #1963; it is **not yet the active query-path identity** — analytics still connects as the admin until that wiring lands, so this barrier is dormant until then.
+
+##### Responsibility scope
+
+- `presentation_ro` ClickHouse role: `SELECT` on the contract (silver, identity/person, legacy gold in `insight`); `SELECT`/`INSERT`/`CREATE` only in `presentation`; no `DROP`/`ALTER`/`TRUNCATE` anywhere.
+- Defined as idempotent DDL in [presentation-role.sql](../../../../src/ingestion/scripts/bootstrap-db/presentation-role.sql); provisioned by [apply-ch-migrations.sh](../../../../src/ingestion/scripts/apply-ch-migrations.sh) (the clickhouse-migrate hook, which bootstrap also runs), guarded so a ClickHouse admin without access-management is skipped with a warning rather than aborting.
+
+##### Responsibility boundaries
+
+- Does NOT parse SQL — that is the query gate.
+- Does NOT create the `presentation` database or wire the analytics connection to the role — those follow in #1964 and the connection wiring; until the connection wiring lands the role is provisioned but inactive.
+
+##### Related components (by ID)
+
+- `cpt-presentation-component-query-gate` — the first barrier; the role is the second
+- `cpt-presentation-component-saved-query-api` — runs as this role
+
+---
+
 #### Saved-Query API
 
 - [ ] `p2` - **ID**: `cpt-presentation-component-saved-query-api`
@@ -351,7 +376,7 @@ Entity `presentation.queries`: `{ id, insight_tenant_id, name, description, sql,
 | Presentation namespace | New `presentation` DB: `SELECT` + `CREATE`/`INSERT` for new gold, results, scratch |
 | Access | Executed as the `presentation_ro` role (SELECT on contract; CREATE/INSERT only in `presentation`) |
 | Read semantics | `FINAL` on silver `ReplacingMergeTree` reads |
-| Bootstrap | Role and empty DB created in `src/ingestion/scripts/bootstrap-db/` |
+| Bootstrap | Role defined in `src/ingestion/scripts/bootstrap-db/presentation-role.sql`, provisioned (guarded) by `apply-ch-migrations.sh`; the empty `presentation` DB follows in #1964 |
 
 #### Redis
 
diff --git a/docs/domain/presentation-layer/specs/PRD.md b/docs/domain/presentation-layer/specs/PRD.md
index e2d78b0e5..6c169ed46 100644
--- a/docs/domain/presentation-layer/specs/PRD.md
+++ b/docs/domain/presentation-layer/specs/PRD.md
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ The system **MUST** accept exactly one read statement — a single `SELECT`/`WIT
 
 - [ ] `p1` - **ID**: `cpt-presentation-fr-read-only-role`
 
-The system **MUST** execute contract reads under a dedicated `presentation_ro` role that has `SELECT` on the silver and identity databases and `CREATE`/`INSERT` only in `presentation`, with no `DROP`/`ALTER`/`TRUNCATE` anywhere. (#1963.)
+The system **MUST** execute contract reads under a dedicated `presentation_ro` role that has `SELECT` on the silver, identity, `person`, and legacy-gold (`insight`) databases and `CREATE`/`INSERT` only in `presentation`, with no `DROP`/`ALTER`/`TRUNCATE` anywhere. (#1963 provisions the role; it becomes the query-path identity once the analytics connection is wired to execute as it.)
 
 **Rationale**: Read-only enforced by construction, not by convention.
 
diff --git a/src/ingestion/scripts/apply-ch-migrations.sh b/src/ingestion/scripts/apply-ch-migrations.sh
index b10ee9568..332e86424 100755
--- a/src/ingestion/scripts/apply-ch-migrations.sh
+++ b/src/ingestion/scripts/apply-ch-migrations.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS silver;
 CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ${CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE};
 SQL
 
+echo "=== Provisioning presentation_ro role (#1963) ==="
+# Read-only role for the presentation query path (bootstrap-db/presentation-role.sql).
+# Guarded + non-fatal: creating a role needs access_management on the admin, so an
+# admin without it is skipped with a warning rather than aborting the deploy.
+if printf 'CREATE ROLE IF NOT EXISTS presentation_ro' | _ch_http_query >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  run_ch < "$SCRIPT_DIR/bootstrap-db/presentation-role.sql"
+  echo "  presentation_ro ready"
+else
+  echo "  WARN: admin lacks access_management; skipping presentation_ro (see bootstrap-db/README.md)"
+fi
+
 echo "=== Creating bronze/silver placeholders (ADR-0007) ==="
 bash "$SCRIPT_DIR/create-bronze-placeholders.sh"
 
diff --git a/src/ingestion/scripts/bootstrap-db/README.md b/src/ingestion/scripts/bootstrap-db/README.md
index 2321ffa9a..a8790c761 100644
--- a/src/ingestion/scripts/bootstrap-db/README.md
+++ b/src/ingestion/scripts/bootstrap-db/README.md
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ Start a throwaway ClickHouse in docker, on the same version production runs (pin
 source pins.env
 docker run -d --name bootstrap-db-clickhouse -p 8123:8123 \
   -e CLICKHOUSE_USER=insight -e CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD=insight -e CLICKHOUSE_DB=insight \
+  -e CLICKHOUSE_DEFAULT_ACCESS_MANAGEMENT=1 \
   "${CLICKHOUSE_SERVER_IMAGE}"
 ```
 
+`CLICKHOUSE_DEFAULT_ACCESS_MANAGEMENT=1` lets the `insight` admin manage access (`CREATE ROLE`/`GRANT`) so the run provisions the read-only `presentation_ro` role (`presentation-role.sql`, #1963); the official image disables it by default. Both compose stacks (`docker-compose.yml`, `tests/e2e/compose`) and the bitnami prod admin already have access-management, and provisioning is guarded (an admin lacking it is skipped with a warning), so this flag is only needed for this bare throwaway container.
+
 Point `.env` at it: `CLICKHOUSE_HOST=$(ipconfig getifaddr en0)` (the LAN IP — reachable both for dbt on this machine and for the connector containers; see Prerequisites), `CLICKHOUSE_PORT=8123`, `CLICKHOUSE_PROTOCOL=http`, user/password/database `insight`. Check what got created:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/src/ingestion/scripts/bootstrap-db/presentation-role.sql b/src/ingestion/scripts/bootstrap-db/presentation-role.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2a394479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ingestion/scripts/bootstrap-db/presentation-role.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+-- presentation_ro: read-only-by-construction role for the presentation query
+-- path (#1963). Contract = SELECT only; `presentation` = SELECT/INSERT/CREATE;
+-- no DROP/ALTER/TRUNCATE anywhere. Idempotent. Needs an admin with
+-- access_management (compose/e2e/bitnami already have it; see README.md).
+-- Spec: docs/domain/presentation-layer/specs.
+
+CREATE ROLE IF NOT EXISTS presentation_ro;
+
+-- Contract (read-only): silver + identity/person + legacy gold in `insight`.
+GRANT SELECT ON silver.* TO presentation_ro;
+GRANT SELECT ON person.* TO presentation_ro;
+GRANT SELECT ON identity.* TO presentation_ro;
+GRANT SELECT ON insight.* TO presentation_ro;
+
+-- presentation (writable): no destructive DDL.
+GRANT SELECT, INSERT, CREATE ON presentation.* TO presentation_ro;
diff --git a/src/ingestion/scripts/tests/test_presentation_role.py b/src/ingestion/scripts/tests/test_presentation_role.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d925fca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ingestion/scripts/tests/test_presentation_role.py
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+"""Opt-in integration test: the `presentation_ro` role grant matrix (#1963).
+
+Pins the read-only-by-construction guarantee against a real ClickHouse: apply
+bootstrap-db/presentation-role.sql, assign the role to a throwaway probe user,
+and assert what that user can and cannot do. This is the adversarial-write half
+of NFR `cpt-presentation-nfr-source-immutability` — the contract is read-only,
+`presentation` is create/insert-only, and nothing can DROP/ALTER/TRUNCATE.
+
+Skipped unless a server is offered, so CI and local `pytest` stay dependency-
+free. The admin must have access_management (to CREATE ROLE / CREATE USER):
+
+    docker run -d --rm --name ch -p 38210:8123 \\
+        -e CLICKHOUSE_USER=insight -e CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD=insight \\
+        -e CLICKHOUSE_DEFAULT_ACCESS_MANAGEMENT=1 \\
+        clickhouse/clickhouse-server:25.7.5
+    PRESENTATION_ROLE_TEST_CH_URL=http://localhost:38210 \\
+    PRESENTATION_ROLE_TEST_CH_USER=insight \\
+    PRESENTATION_ROLE_TEST_CH_PASSWORD=insight \\
+        .venv/bin/python -m pytest tests/test_presentation_role.py -q
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+CH_URL = os.environ.get("PRESENTATION_ROLE_TEST_CH_URL")
+CH_USER = os.environ.get("PRESENTATION_ROLE_TEST_CH_USER", "default")
+CH_PASSWORD = os.environ.get("PRESENTATION_ROLE_TEST_CH_PASSWORD", "")
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not CH_URL, reason="set PRESENTATION_ROLE_TEST_CH_URL (admin with access_management) to run"
+)
+
+ROLE_SQL = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "bootstrap-db" / "presentation-role.sql"
+
+# The read-only contract databases the role grants SELECT on.
+CONTRACT_DBS = ("silver", "person", "identity", "insight")
+
+PROBE_USER = "pres_role_probe"
+PROBE_PASSWORD = "probe"
+
+
+def _query(sql: str, *, user: str, password: str) -> tuple[bool, str]:
+    """POST one statement over the HTTP interface. Returns (ok, body)."""
+    url = CH_URL.rstrip("/") + "/"
+    # Pin the scheme: urllib honours file:// etc. CH_URL is an operator-supplied
+    # test endpoint, but reject anything but http(s) so a stray value can't read
+    # local files.
+    if urllib.parse.urlparse(url).scheme not in ("http", "https"):
+        raise ValueError(f"PRESENTATION_ROLE_TEST_CH_URL must be http(s), got {CH_URL!r}")
+    req = urllib.request.Request(
+        url, data=sql.encode(), headers={"X-ClickHouse-User": user, "X-ClickHouse-Key": password}
+    )
+    try:
+        # nosemgrep: python.lang.security.audit.dynamic-urllib-use-detected.dynamic-urllib-use-detected
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as resp:  # noqa: S310 (scheme pinned to http(s) above)
+            return True, resp.read().decode()
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        return False, e.read().decode()
+
+
+def _admin(sql: str) -> tuple[bool, str]:
+    return _query(sql, user=CH_USER, password=CH_PASSWORD)
+
+
+def _probe(sql: str) -> tuple[bool, str]:
+    return _query(sql, user=PROBE_USER, password=PROBE_PASSWORD)
+
+
+def _apply(path: Path) -> None:
+    """Fan the SQL file out statement-by-statement, mirroring lib/ch-exec.sh
+    run_ch: drop full-line `--` comments, split on `;`."""
+    body = "\n".join(line for line in path.read_text().splitlines() if not line.lstrip().startswith("--"))
+    for stmt in body.split(";"):
+        if stmt.strip():
+            ok, resp = _admin(stmt)
+            assert ok, f"admin stmt failed: {stmt.strip()!r} -> {resp}"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def probe():
+    """Provision the contract + presentation objects and a probe user carrying
+    only the presentation_ro role. Torn down afterwards."""
+    for db in (*CONTRACT_DBS, "presentation"):
+        assert _admin(f"CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS {db}")[0]
+    for db in CONTRACT_DBS:
+        assert _admin(f"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {db}.probe (x UInt8) ENGINE=MergeTree ORDER BY x")[0]
+
+    _apply(ROLE_SQL)
+
+    # ClickHouse only accepts a default role once it is granted, so grant first.
+    assert _admin(f"DROP USER IF EXISTS {PROBE_USER}")[0]
+    ok, resp = _admin(f"CREATE USER {PROBE_USER} IDENTIFIED BY '{PROBE_PASSWORD}'")
+    assert ok, resp
+    assert _admin(f"GRANT presentation_ro TO {PROBE_USER}")[0]
+    assert _admin(f"ALTER USER {PROBE_USER} DEFAULT ROLE presentation_ro")[0]
+    try:
+        yield _probe
+    finally:
+        _admin("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS presentation.scratch")
+        for db in CONTRACT_DBS:
+            _admin(f"DROP TABLE IF EXISTS {db}.probe")
+        _admin(f"DROP USER IF EXISTS {PROBE_USER}")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("db", CONTRACT_DBS)
+def test_contract_is_read_only(probe, db: str) -> None:
+    """SELECT on every contract database is allowed; every write/DDL is denied."""
+    assert probe(f"SELECT count() FROM {db}.probe")[0], f"{db} SELECT must be allowed"
+    for sql in (
+        f"INSERT INTO {db}.probe VALUES (1)",
+        f"DROP TABLE {db}.probe",
+        f"ALTER TABLE {db}.probe ADD COLUMN y UInt8",
+        f"TRUNCATE TABLE {db}.probe",
+    ):
+        ok, resp = probe(sql)
+        assert not ok, f"{db} must reject: {sql!r}"
+        assert "ACCESS_DENIED" in resp, resp
+
+
+def test_presentation_is_create_insert_only(probe) -> None:
+    """CREATE/INSERT/SELECT allowed in presentation; DROP/ALTER/TRUNCATE denied."""
+    assert probe("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS presentation.scratch (x UInt8) ENGINE=MergeTree ORDER BY x")[0], (
+        "presentation CREATE must be allowed"
+    )
+    assert probe("INSERT INTO presentation.scratch VALUES (7)")[0], "presentation INSERT must be allowed"
+    assert probe("SELECT sum(x) FROM presentation.scratch")[0], "presentation SELECT must be allowed"
+    for sql in (
+        "DROP TABLE presentation.scratch",
+        "TRUNCATE TABLE presentation.scratch",
+        "ALTER TABLE presentation.scratch ADD COLUMN y UInt8",
+    ):
+        ok, resp = probe(sql)
+        assert not ok, f"presentation must reject destructive DDL: {sql!r}"
+        assert "ACCESS_DENIED" in resp, resp