diff --git a/api/services/task_record_id_backfill.py b/api/services/task_record_id_backfill.py
index f37aecb..c7d43ec 100644
--- a/api/services/task_record_id_backfill.py
+++ b/api/services/task_record_id_backfill.py
@@ -114,3 +114,78 @@ async def backfill_task_record_ids(
         if not dry_run:
             row.record_id = record_id
     return report
+
+
+async def backfill_from_forge(
+    session: Any,
+    repo_slugs: list[str],
+    *,
+    forge_base: str | None = None,
+    dry_run: bool = True,
+) -> BackfillReport:
+    """Backfill from repositories cloned out of the forge.
+
+    The local-path variant above needs a workstation checkout, which central
+    does not have and should not depend on: `ADR-012` decision 1 makes the forge
+    the projection source, and a backfill sourced from someone's laptop would
+    reintroduce exactly the coupling that ADR removes.
+
+    Central can clone the forge directly, so it reads the pairing from the same
+    place it derives everything else.
+    """
+    import tempfile
+
+    from api.services.forge_projection import (
+        DEFAULT_FORGE_BASE,
+        ForgeDeriveError,
+        _run_git,
+    )
+
+    base = forge_base or DEFAULT_FORGE_BASE
+    report = BackfillReport()
+    pairs: dict[str, str] = {}
+
+    for slug in repo_slugs:
+        url = f"{base.rstrip('/')}/{slug}.git"
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix=f"backfill-{slug}-") as tmp:
+            try:
+                _run_git("clone", "--depth", "1", "--quiet", url, tmp)
+            except (ForgeDeriveError, Exception):
+                # A repository that cannot be read contributes nothing. It must
+                # not silently reduce what the rest can identify.
+                continue
+            repo_pairs, repo_report = collect_pairs([Path(tmp)])
+            report.scanned_files += repo_report.scanned_files
+            report.conflicts.extend(repo_report.conflicts)
+            for uid, rid in repo_pairs.items():
+                prior = pairs.get(uid)
+                if prior and prior != rid:
+                    report.conflicts.append({"uuid": uid, "first": prior, "second": rid})
+                    continue
+                pairs[uid] = rid
+
+    report.pairs_found = len(pairs)
+    if not pairs:
+        return report
+
+    from sqlalchemy import select
+
+    from api.models.task import Task
+
+    rows = list((await session.execute(select(Task))).scalars())
+    by_id = {str(r.id): r for r in rows}
+    for uid, rid in pairs.items():
+        row = by_id.get(uid)
+        if row is None:
+            report.unmatched_uuids += 1
+            continue
+        if row.record_id == rid:
+            report.already_set += 1
+            continue
+        if row.record_id and row.record_id != rid:
+            report.conflicts.append({"uuid": uid, "first": row.record_id, "second": rid})
+            continue
+        report.updated += 1
+        if not dry_run:
+            row.record_id = rid
+    return report