diff --git a/internal/authz/authz.go b/internal/authz/authz.go
index e511c00..b16b2dd 100644
--- a/internal/authz/authz.go
+++ b/internal/authz/authz.go
@@ -225,7 +225,14 @@ func HTTPWithSessions(tokens map[Surface]string, sessions *Sessions, next http.H
 		workerPath := strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/v1/federation/") ||
 			(r.Method == http.MethodGet && r.URL.Path == "/v1/tasks") ||
 			(r.Method == http.MethodPost && r.URL.Path == "/v1/artifacts") ||
-			(r.Method == http.MethodGet && strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/v1/artifacts/"))
+			(r.Method == http.MethodGet && strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/v1/artifacts/")) ||
+			// A federated worker renders its own launch instruction from the
+			// reduced intent, so this read is as necessary to it as the task
+			// list. Found live on the first burn-in task: the endpoint was
+			// added for workers, the exemption was not, and every federated
+			// launch failed with "effective intent: federation: 401
+			// Unauthorized: unauthorized surface".
+			(r.Method == http.MethodGet && strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/v1/tasks/") && strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, "/intent"))
 		if federationRegistration || r.URL.Path == HarnessTurnPath || (worker && workerPath) {
 			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 			return
diff --git a/internal/authz/authz_test.go b/internal/authz/authz_test.go
index bd40881..ccebd34 100644
--- a/internal/authz/authz_test.go
+++ b/internal/authz/authz_test.go
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ func TestFederationRequestsUseTheirOwnCredentials(t *testing.T) {
 		{name: "worker task reconciliation reaches worker handler", method: http.MethodGet, path: "/v1/tasks", worker: "workpc-opencode", want: http.StatusNoContent},
 		{name: "worker artifact read reaches worker handler", method: http.MethodGet, path: "/v1/artifacts/ref", worker: "workpc-opencode", want: http.StatusNoContent},
 		{name: "worker artifact upload reaches worker handler", method: http.MethodPost, path: "/v1/artifacts", worker: "workpc-opencode", want: http.StatusNoContent},
+		{name: "worker intent read reaches worker handler", method: http.MethodGet, path: "/v1/tasks/06G3YR34117MAYT6KEAC9RJHD0/intent", worker: "workpc-opencode", want: http.StatusNoContent},
+		{name: "unnamed intent read remains web gated", method: http.MethodGet, path: "/v1/tasks/06G3YR34117MAYT6KEAC9RJHD0/intent", want: http.StatusUnauthorized},
 		{name: "unnamed worker request remains web gated", method: http.MethodGet, path: "/v1/federation/events", want: http.StatusUnauthorized},
 		{name: "worker list remains web gated", method: http.MethodGet, path: "/v1/federation/workers", want: http.StatusUnauthorized},
 	} {