diff --git a/backend/src/workspaces/git-repository.ts b/backend/src/workspaces/git-repository.ts
index bb85a43f..b38a982f 100644
--- a/backend/src/workspaces/git-repository.ts
+++ b/backend/src/workspaces/git-repository.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ export interface GitStatus {
   lastError?: WorkspaceErrorCode;
 }
 
+export interface EvidenceTreeObject {
+  mode: "100644" | "100755";
+  oid: string;
+  posixPath: string;
+}
+
 export class WorkspaceRegistryError extends Error {
   constructor(readonly code: WorkspaceErrorCode, message: string) {
     super(message);
@@ -266,16 +272,69 @@ export class GitWorkspaceRepository {
       throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", "Workspace annotations object is invalid");
     }
     const blobId = match[3];
-    const contents = await this.gitBlobBuffer(blobId, 16 * 1024 * 1024);
+    const contents = await this.gitBlobBytes(blobId, 16 * 1024 * 1024, "annotations");
     if (!isValidUtf8(contents)) {
       throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", "Workspace annotations object is not valid UTF-8");
     }
     return { blobId, contents };
   }
 
-  private async gitBlobBuffer(objectId: string, maxBytes: number): Promise<Buffer> {
+  /**
+   * Recursively enumerate a canonical `<id>/evidence` tree at an exact commit as regular Git blobs.
+   * Symlinks (120000), gitlinks (160000), non-regular modes, non-blob types, traversal/absolute/
+   * duplicate/cross-namespace paths, and NUL/newline-bearing names are refused.
+   */
+  async evidenceTreeObjects(revision: string, id: string): Promise<EvidenceTreeObject[]> {
+    if (!/^[0-9a-f]{40}$/.test(revision)) {
+      throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", "Workspace Evidence revision is invalid");
+    }
+    if (!/^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{2,62}$/.test(id)) {
+      throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", "Workspace Evidence path is invalid");
+    }
+    const prefix = `${id}/evidence`;
+    const listing = await this.git(["ls-tree", "-r", "-z", "--full-tree", revision, "--", prefix]);
+    const entries = listing.split("\0").filter((entry) => entry.length > 0);
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    const objects: EvidenceTreeObject[] = [];
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+      const tab = entry.lastIndexOf("\t");
+      if (tab < 0) throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", "Workspace Evidence object is invalid");
+      const name = entry.slice(tab + 1);
+      const meta = entry.slice(0, tab);
+      const match = /^([0-9]{6}) (blob|commit|tree) ([0-9a-f]{40})$/.exec(meta);
+      if (match === null || match[2] !== "blob" || (match[1] !== "100644" && match[1] !== "100755")) {
+        throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", "Workspace Evidence object is invalid");
+      }
+      if (name === prefix) {
+        // The Evidence root resolves to a single regular blob (or symlink/gitlink already refused above).
+        throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", "Workspace Evidence root is invalid");
+      }
+      if (!name.startsWith(`${prefix}/`)) {
+        throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", "Workspace Evidence object escapes its namespace");
+      }
+      const rel = name.slice(prefix.length + 1);
+      if (rel.length === 0 || rel.includes("\0") || rel.includes("\n") || rel.includes("\r")) {
+        throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", "Workspace Evidence path is invalid");
+      }
+      const segments = rel.split("/");
+      if (segments.some((segment) => segment === "" || segment === "." || segment === "..")) {
+        throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", "Workspace Evidence path is invalid");
+      }
+      if (seen.has(rel)) throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", "Workspace Evidence path is duplicated");
+      seen.add(rel);
+      objects.push({ mode: match[1] as "100644" | "100755", oid: match[3], posixPath: rel });
+    }
+    return objects;
+  }
+
+  /** Read one Evidence blob with a per-object byte bound. */
+  evidenceBlobBytes(objectId: string, maxBytes: number): Promise<Buffer> {
+    return this.gitBlobBytes(objectId, maxBytes, "Evidence");
+  }
+
+  private async gitBlobBytes(objectId: string, maxBytes: number, label: string): Promise<Buffer> {
     if (!/^[0-9a-f]{40}$/.test(objectId)) {
-      throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", "Workspace annotations object is invalid");
+      throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", `Workspace ${label} object is invalid`);
     }
     try {
       const { stdout } = await execFileAsync(
@@ -289,14 +348,14 @@ export class GitWorkspaceRepository {
         },
       );
       if (stdout.length > maxBytes) {
-        throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", "Workspace annotations object is too large");
+        throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", `Workspace ${label} object is too large`);
       }
       return stdout;
     } catch (error) {
       if (error instanceof WorkspaceRegistryError) throw error;
       const detail = error instanceof Error ? error.message : "";
       if (/maxBuffer|stdout maxBuffer/i.test(detail)) {
-        throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", "Workspace annotations object is too large");
+        throw new WorkspaceRegistryError("workspace_invalid", `Workspace ${label} object is too large`);
       }
       throw this.sanitizeGitError(error);
     }
diff --git a/backend/test/workspaces-git-evidence.test.ts b/backend/test/workspaces-git-evidence.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ad14517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/test/workspaces-git-evidence.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
+import { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, symlinkSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { promisify } from "node:util";
+import { afterEach, expect, test } from "vitest";
+import { GitWorkspaceRepository } from "../src/workspaces/git-repository.js";
+import type { WorkspaceRegistryConfig } from "../src/workspaces/types.js";
+
+const runFile = promisify(execFile);
+const temporaryRoots: string[] = [];
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  temporaryRoots.splice(0).forEach((root) => rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+});
+
+async function git(cwd: string, args: string[]): Promise<string> {
+  const { stdout } = await runFile("git", args, { cwd });
+  return stdout.trim();
+}
+
+function config(root: string, remoteUrl: string): WorkspaceRegistryConfig {
+  return {
+    root,
+    remoteUrl,
+    branch: "main",
+    gitAuthorName: "Evidence Test",
+    gitAuthorEmail: "evidence@example.invalid",
+    installationId: "test",
+    secretRoots: [],
+    maxImportBytes: 1024,
+    maxImportEntries: 1,
+  };
+}
+
+type EvidenceLayout = "tree" | "empty" | "root-file" | "root-symlink" | "nested-symlink";
+
+async function fixture(layout: EvidenceLayout): Promise<{ root: string; remote: string; commit: string }> {
+  const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "thoth-evidence-git-"));
+  temporaryRoots.push(root);
+  const remote = join(root, "remote.git");
+  const source = join(root, "source");
+  await git(root, ["init", "--bare", "--initial-branch=main", remote]);
+  mkdirSync(source);
+  await git(source, ["init", "--initial-branch=main"]);
+  await git(source, ["config", "user.name", "Evidence Test"]);
+  await git(source, ["config", "user.email", "evidence@example.invalid"]);
+  writeFileSync(join(source, "thoth-workspaces.yaml"), "schema_version: 1\nworkspaces: [{id: research, name: Research}]\n");
+  mkdirSync(join(source, "research"), { recursive: true });
+  writeFileSync(join(source, "research", "workspace.yaml"), "workspace:\n  schema_version: 3\n  id: research\n");
+  const evidence = join(source, "research", "evidence");
+  if (layout === "tree") {
+    mkdirSync(join(evidence, "nested"), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(evidence, "guide.md"), "# guide\n");
+    writeFileSync(join(evidence, "nested", "deep.md"), "# deep\n");
+  } else if (layout === "empty") {
+    mkdirSync(evidence, { recursive: true });
+  } else if (layout === "root-file") {
+    writeFileSync(evidence, "not a tree\n");
+  } else if (layout === "root-symlink") {
+    writeFileSync(join(source, "research", "target.md"), "# target\n");
+    symlinkSync("target.md", evidence);
+  } else if (layout === "nested-symlink") {
+    mkdirSync(evidence, { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(source, "research", "outside.md"), "# outside\n");
+    symlinkSync("../outside.md", join(evidence, "link.md"));
+  }
+  await git(source, ["add", "-A"]);
+  await git(source, ["commit", "-m", "initial"]);
+  await git(source, ["remote", "add", "origin", remote]);
+  await git(source, ["push", "origin", "main"]);
+  const commit = await git(source, ["rev-parse", "HEAD"]);
+  return { root, remote, commit };
+}
+
+async function bootstrapped(fixture: { root: string; remote: string }): Promise<GitWorkspaceRepository> {
+  const repository = new GitWorkspaceRepository(config(join(fixture.root, "registry"), fixture.remote));
+  await repository.bootstrap();
+  return repository;
+}
+
+test("enumerates a regular Evidence tree with ordered relative paths", async () => {
+  const fixtureValue = await fixture("tree");
+  const repository = await bootstrapped(fixtureValue);
+
+  const objects = await repository.evidenceTreeObjects(fixtureValue.commit, "research");
+
+  expect(objects.map((entry) => entry.posixPath)).toEqual(["guide.md", "nested/deep.md"]);
+  expect(objects.every((entry) => /^[0-9a-f]{40}$/.test(entry.oid))).toBe(true);
+  expect(objects.every((entry) => entry.mode === "100644" || entry.mode === "100755")).toBe(true);
+});
+
+test("accepts an empty Evidence tree", async () => {
+  const fixtureValue = await fixture("empty");
+  const repository = await bootstrapped(fixtureValue);
+
+  await expect(repository.evidenceTreeObjects(fixtureValue.commit, "research")).resolves.toEqual([]);
+});
+
+test("refuses a non-tree Evidence root and symlinks at any depth", async () => {
+  for (const layout of ["root-file", "root-symlink", "nested-symlink"] as const) {
+    const fixtureValue = await fixture(layout);
+    const repository = await bootstrapped(fixtureValue);
+    await expect(repository.evidenceTreeObjects(fixtureValue.commit, "research"))
+      .rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "workspace_invalid" });
+  }
+});
+
+test("refuses malformed revisions and workspace ids", async () => {
+  const fixtureValue = await fixture("tree");
+  const repository = await bootstrapped(fixtureValue);
+
+  await expect(repository.evidenceTreeObjects("HEAD", "research"))
+    .rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "workspace_invalid" });
+  await expect(repository.evidenceTreeObjects(fixtureValue.commit, "../research"))
+    .rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "workspace_invalid" });
+});
+
+test("streams bounded Evidence blobs and refuses oversized objects", async () => {
+  const fixtureValue = await fixture("tree");
+  const repository = await bootstrapped(fixtureValue);
+  const [guide] = await repository.evidenceTreeObjects(fixtureValue.commit, "research");
+
+  const bytes = await repository.evidenceBlobBytes(guide.oid, 1024);
+  expect(bytes.toString("utf8")).toBe("# guide\n");
+
+  await expect(repository.evidenceBlobBytes(guide.oid, 1))
+    .rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "workspace_invalid" });
+});