diff --git a/infra/live/production/ci-runner/terragrunt.hcl b/infra/live/production/ci-runner/terragrunt.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..616b326f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/live/production/ci-runner/terragrunt.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+include "root" {
+  path = find_in_parent_folders()
+}
+
+terraform {
+  source = "../../../modules/ci-runner"
+}
+
+inputs = {
+  instance_type = "GP1-S"   # 8 vCPU, 32GB RAM, 300GB disk
+
+  # Sensitive — pass at apply time:
+  #   terragrunt apply -var 'tailscale_auth_key=tskey-auth-...' -var 'runner_token=...'
+  # Or set TF_VAR_tailscale_auth_key and TF_VAR_runner_token env vars.
+}
diff --git a/infra/modules/ci-runner/cloud-init.yaml.tpl b/infra/modules/ci-runner/cloud-init.yaml.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e20a28e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/modules/ci-runner/cloud-init.yaml.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+#cloud-config
+#
+# Foxhunt CI Runner (act_runner for Gitea Actions)
+# Tailscale-only access, native Docker (no DinD).
+#
+package_update: true
+package_upgrade: true
+
+packages:
+  - ca-certificates
+  - curl
+  - gnupg
+
+write_files:
+  - path: /opt/act_runner/config.yaml
+    permissions: '0644'
+    content: |
+      log:
+        level: info
+
+      runner:
+        file: /opt/act_runner/.runner
+        capacity: ${runner_capacity}
+        timeout: 3h
+        insecure: false
+        fetch_timeout: 5s
+        fetch_interval: 2s
+
+      cache:
+        enabled: true
+        dir: /opt/act_runner/cache
+
+      container:
+        network: host
+        privileged: false
+        options:
+        valid_volumes: []
+
+  - path: /etc/systemd/system/act-runner.service
+    permissions: '0644'
+    content: |
+      [Unit]
+      Description=Gitea Actions Runner
+      After=docker.service tailscaled.service
+      Requires=docker.service
+
+      [Service]
+      Type=simple
+      WorkingDirectory=/opt/act_runner
+      ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/act_runner daemon --config /opt/act_runner/config.yaml
+      Restart=always
+      RestartSec=5
+
+      [Install]
+      WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
+runcmd:
+  # --- Docker CE ---
+  - install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
+  - curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+  - chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+  - |
+    echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
+  - apt-get update -qq
+  - apt-get install -y -qq docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin
+  - systemctl enable docker
+  - systemctl start docker
+
+  # --- Tailscale ---
+  - curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh
+  - tailscale up --authkey=${tailscale_auth_key} --hostname=${instance_name} --ssh
+
+  # Wait for Tailscale connectivity
+  - |
+    for i in $(seq 1 30); do
+      TS_IP=$(tailscale ip -4 2>/dev/null)
+      if [ -n "$TS_IP" ]; then
+        echo "Tailscale IP: $TS_IP"
+        break
+      fi
+      sleep 2
+    done
+
+  # --- act_runner ---
+  - |
+    ACT_RUNNER_VERSION="0.3.0"
+    curl -fsSL "https://dl.gitea.com/act_runner/$${ACT_RUNNER_VERSION}/act_runner-$${ACT_RUNNER_VERSION}-linux-amd64" \
+      -o /usr/local/bin/act_runner
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/act_runner
+
+  # Register runner with Gitea (via Tailscale)
+  - |
+    cd /opt/act_runner
+    act_runner register --no-interactive \
+      --instance "${gitea_url}" \
+      --token "${runner_token}" \
+      --name "${instance_name}" \
+      --labels "${runner_labels}"
+
+  # Enable and start runner service
+  - systemctl daemon-reload
+  - systemctl enable act-runner
+  - systemctl start act-runner
+
+  - echo "PROVISIONING_COMPLETE" > /var/log/cloud-init-done
diff --git a/infra/modules/ci-runner/main.tf b/infra/modules/ci-runner/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab6ef48bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/modules/ci-runner/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Security group: drop all inbound (Tailscale-only access)
+resource "scaleway_instance_security_group" "ci_runner" {
+  name                    = "${var.instance_name}-sg"
+  zone                    = var.zone
+  inbound_default_policy  = "drop"
+  outbound_default_policy = "accept"
+}
+
+resource "scaleway_instance_ip" "ci_runner" {
+  zone = var.zone
+}
+
+resource "scaleway_instance_server" "ci_runner" {
+  name  = var.instance_name
+  type  = var.instance_type
+  image = var.image
+  zone  = var.zone
+
+  ip_id             = scaleway_instance_ip.ci_runner.id
+  security_group_id = scaleway_instance_security_group.ci_runner.id
+
+  root_volume {
+    size_in_gb = var.root_volume_size_gb
+  }
+
+  user_data = {
+    cloud-init = templatefile("${path.module}/cloud-init.yaml.tpl", {
+      tailscale_auth_key = var.tailscale_auth_key
+      instance_name      = var.instance_name
+      gitea_url          = var.gitea_url
+      runner_token       = var.runner_token
+      runner_labels      = var.runner_labels
+      runner_capacity    = var.runner_capacity
+    })
+  }
+
+  tags = ["ci", "foxhunt"]
+}
diff --git a/infra/modules/ci-runner/outputs.tf b/infra/modules/ci-runner/outputs.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e75013c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/modules/ci-runner/outputs.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+output "instance_id" {
+  description = "ID of the CI runner instance"
+  value       = scaleway_instance_server.ci_runner.id
+}
+
+output "public_ip" {
+  description = "Public IP (needed for Tailscale outbound tunnel)"
+  value       = scaleway_instance_ip.ci_runner.address
+}
+
+output "tailscale_hostname" {
+  description = "Tailscale hostname of the CI runner"
+  value       = var.instance_name
+}
diff --git a/infra/modules/ci-runner/variables.tf b/infra/modules/ci-runner/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d720f6bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/modules/ci-runner/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+variable "zone" {
+  description = "Scaleway zone for the CI runner instance"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "region" {
+  description = "Scaleway region"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "instance_type" {
+  description = "Instance type for the CI runner"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "GP1-S"
+}
+
+variable "instance_name" {
+  description = "Name of the CI runner instance"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "vm-fxhnt-ci"
+}
+
+variable "image" {
+  description = "OS image for the instance"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "ubuntu_noble"
+}
+
+variable "root_volume_size_gb" {
+  description = "Root volume size in GB (Docker images + build cache)"
+  type        = number
+  default     = 100
+}
+
+variable "tailscale_auth_key" {
+  description = "Tailscale pre-auth key for joining the tailnet"
+  type        = string
+  sensitive   = true
+}
+
+variable "gitea_url" {
+  description = "Gitea instance URL"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "https://git.fxhnt.ai"
+}
+
+variable "runner_token" {
+  description = "Gitea Actions runner registration token"
+  type        = string
+  sensitive   = true
+}
+
+variable "runner_labels" {
+  description = "Runner labels for act_runner"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "ubuntu-latest:docker://catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest"
+}
+
+variable "runner_capacity" {
+  description = "Number of concurrent jobs"
+  type        = number
+  default     = 1
+}
diff --git a/infra/modules/secrets/main.tf b/infra/modules/secrets/main.tf
index 915634f75..520e47bf2 100644
--- a/infra/modules/secrets/main.tf
+++ b/infra/modules/secrets/main.tf
@@ -31,3 +31,15 @@ resource "scaleway_secret_version" "db_password" {
   data      = base64encode(random_password.db_password.result)
   region    = var.region
 }
+
+resource "scaleway_secret" "tailscale_api_key" {
+  name       = "foxhunt-tailscale-api-key"
+  project_id = var.project_id
+  region     = var.region
+}
+
+resource "scaleway_secret_version" "tailscale_api_key" {
+  secret_id = scaleway_secret.tailscale_api_key.id
+  data      = base64encode(var.tailscale_api_key)
+  region    = var.region
+}
diff --git a/infra/modules/secrets/variables.tf b/infra/modules/secrets/variables.tf
index 2b3388782..6d3150254 100644
--- a/infra/modules/secrets/variables.tf
+++ b/infra/modules/secrets/variables.tf
@@ -7,3 +7,9 @@ variable "project_id" {
   description = "Scaleway project ID"
   type        = string
 }
+
+variable "tailscale_api_key" {
+  description = "Tailscale API key for generating pre-auth keys"
+  type        = string
+  sensitive   = true
+}