diff --git a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index 28ed630..c49f7bc 100644
--- a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ spec:
       labels:
         {{- include "antigravity.labels" . | nindent 8 }}
     spec:
+      {{- if ne (.Values.clusterAccess | default "none") "none" }}
+      serviceAccountName: {{ include "antigravity.fullname" . }}
+      {{- end }}
       securityContext:
         fsGroup: 1000
         fsGroupChangePolicy: "OnRootMismatch"
diff --git a/chart/templates/rbac.yaml b/chart/templates/rbac.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf9c4de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart/templates/rbac.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+{{- $access := .Values.clusterAccess | default "none" }}
+{{- $name   := include "antigravity.fullname" . }}
+{{- $ns     := .Release.Namespace }}
+{{- $labels := include "antigravity.labels" . }}
+
+{{- if ne $access "none" }}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $name }}
+  namespace: {{ $ns }}
+  labels:
+    {{- $labels | nindent 4 }}
+
+{{- if or (eq $access "readonlyns") (eq $access "readwritens") }}
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $name }}
+  namespace: {{ $ns }}
+  labels:
+    {{- $labels | nindent 4 }}
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: ["*"]
+    resources: ["*"]
+    verbs:
+    {{- if eq $access "readonlyns" }}
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+    {{- else }}
+      - "*"
+    {{- end }}
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $name }}
+  namespace: {{ $ns }}
+  labels:
+    {{- $labels | nindent 4 }}
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: {{ $name }}
+    namespace: {{ $ns }}
+roleRef:
+  kind: Role
+  name: {{ $name }}
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- if or (eq $access "readonly") (eq $access "readwrite") }}
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $name }}
+  labels:
+    {{- $labels | nindent 4 }}
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: ["*"]
+    resources: ["*"]
+    verbs:
+    {{- if eq $access "readonly" }}
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+    {{- else }}
+      - "*"
+    {{- end }}
+  - nonResourceURLs: ["*"]
+    verbs:
+    {{- if eq $access "readonly" }}
+      - get
+    {{- else }}
+      - "*"
+    {{- end }}
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $name }}
+  labels:
+    {{- $labels | nindent 4 }}
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: {{ $name }}
+    namespace: {{ $ns }}
+roleRef:
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: {{ $name }}
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index ebcc1f8..19b8281 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ resources:
     memory: "8Gi"
     cpu: "4000m"
 
+# Kubernetes cluster access granted to the devcontainer pod via RBAC.
+# Options:
+#   none        — no cluster access (default)
+#   readonlyns  — get/list/watch all resources in the release namespace
+#   readwritens — full access to all resources in the release namespace
+#   readonly    — get/list/watch all resources cluster-wide
+#   readwrite   — full access to all resources cluster-wide
+clusterAccess: none
+
 # Name of existing Secret containing env vars (GITHUB_TOKEN, VNC_PASSWORD, etc.)
 # Defaults to: devcontainer-{name}-secrets-env
 envSecretName: ""