diff --git a/app/controllers/api/base_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/base_controller.rb
index 937cd5502..bdc7575e0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/base_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/base_controller.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 class Api::BaseController < ApplicationController
   include AccessTokenAuthHelper
+  # POST-shaped endpoints that are semantically reads and should be reachable
+  # with a read-only token. Keep this list minimal; expand only when a clear
+  # read-with-complex-body use case appears.
+  READ_ONLY_POST_ALLOWLIST = %w[
+    api/v1/accounts/conversations#filter
+    api/v1/accounts/contacts#filter
+  ].freeze
+
   respond_to :json
   before_action :authenticate_access_token!, if: :authenticate_by_access_token?
   before_action :validate_bot_access_token!, if: :authenticate_by_access_token?
   before_action :authenticate_user!, unless: :authenticate_by_access_token?
+  before_action :enforce_read_only_token_scope
 
   private
 
@@ -11,6 +20,15 @@ class Api::BaseController < ApplicationController
     request.headers[:api_access_token].present? || request.headers[:HTTP_API_ACCESS_TOKEN].present?
   end
 
+  def enforce_read_only_token_scope
+    return unless @access_token&.scope == 'read_only'
+    return if request.get? || request.head? || request.options?
+    return if READ_ONLY_POST_ALLOWLIST.include?("#{params[:controller]}##{params[:action]}")
+
+    render json: { error: 'This access token is read-only and cannot perform write operations.' },
+           status: :forbidden
+  end
+
   def check_authorization(model = nil)
     model ||= controller_name.classify.constantize
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/profiles_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/profiles_controller.rb
index 141253d0d..0650b59a4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/profiles_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/profiles_controller.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ class Api::V1::ProfilesController < Api::BaseController
     @user.reload
   end
 
+  def reset_read_only_access_token
+    token = @user.read_only_access_token || AccessToken.create!(owner: @user, scope: 'read_only')
+    token.regenerate_token
+    @user.reload
+  end
+
   private
 
   def set_user
diff --git a/app/views/api/v1/models/_user.json.jbuilder b/app/views/api/v1/models/_user.json.jbuilder
index e856031c5..11ff6431e 100644
--- a/app/views/api/v1/models/_user.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/api/v1/models/_user.json.jbuilder
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-json.access_token resource.access_token.token
+json.access_token resource.access_token&.token
+json.read_only_access_token resource.read_only_access_token&.token
 json.account_id resource.active_account_user&.account_id
 json.available_name resource.available_name
 json.avatar_url resource.avatar_url
diff --git a/app/views/api/v1/profiles/reset_read_only_access_token.json.jbuilder b/app/views/api/v1/profiles/reset_read_only_access_token.json.jbuilder
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a4b4f9fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/api/v1/profiles/reset_read_only_access_token.json.jbuilder
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+json.partial! 'api/v1/models/user', formats: [:json], resource: @user
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 355491d5b..ff3d13ffc 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
           put :set_active_account
           post :resend_confirmation
           post :reset_access_token
+          post :reset_read_only_access_token
         end
 
         # MFA routes