diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0ea5957..c33a778 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
     "demo:setup": "node scripts/demo-setup.js",
     "demo": "node examples/awf-demo/src/run-demo.js",
     "demo:cross-runtime": "cat examples/cross-runtime/terminal-demo.md",
+    "//authorize": "Live trust data: export AWF_DATABASE_URL=postgres://localhost/awf (or pass --db postgres://... to the CLI). Without it the scripts below render hard-coded example profiles.",
     "authorize:blocked":    "node tools/authorize-task/authorize-task.js --task-class db_migration --risk-lane high --runtime codex --workspace awf-demo",
     "authorize:authorized": "node tools/authorize-task/authorize-task.js --task-class ui_refactor --risk-lane low --runtime cursor --workspace awf-demo",
     "authorize:supervised": "node tools/authorize-task/authorize-task.js --task-class api_change --risk-lane high --runtime claude_code --workspace awf-demo",
+    "authorize:authorized:live": "node tools/authorize-task/authorize-task.js --task-class ui_refactor --risk-lane low --runtime cursor --workspace awf-demo --db $AWF_DATABASE_URL",
     "test": "npm run test --workspaces --if-present"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/tools/authorize-task/authorize-task.js b/tools/authorize-task/authorize-task.js
index 6d923b0..4281ec7 100644
--- a/tools/authorize-task/authorize-task.js
+++ b/tools/authorize-task/authorize-task.js
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@
 //     --risk-lane high \
 //     --runtime codex \
 //     --workspace awf-demo
+//
+// Live data:
+//   Pass --db postgres://... (or set AWF_DATABASE_URL) to read the
+//   most-recently-scored row from trust_capability_profiles for the
+//   (runtime, task_class) pair. On miss or DB error the CLI falls back
+//   to the hard-coded example profiles silently (error path warns to
+//   stderr).
+
+import pg from 'pg';
 
 const TIER_ORDER = ['PROVISIONAL', 'RESTRICTED', 'STANDARD', 'HIGH'];
 
@@ -202,16 +211,78 @@ const row  = (label, value) => `  ${label.padEnd(26)}${value}`;
 const ev   = (label, value) => `    ${label.padEnd(24)}${value}`;
 const DIV  = '─────────────────────────────────────────────';
 
-function main() {
+// SQL is intentionally narrow: pick the most-recently-scored profile
+// for the (runtime_provider, task_class) pair across all workspaces.
+// A demo-grade lookup — production callers use the writer's
+// getTrustCapabilityProfile() keyed by (workspace, runtime, task_class,
+// subject_key).
+const LIVE_PROFILE_SQL = `
+  SELECT trust_level, avg_score, avg_d1, avg_d2,
+         avg_d3, avg_d4, session_count,
+         evidence_strength, confidence_band
+    FROM trust_capability_profiles tcp
+    JOIN trust_subjects ts ON ts.id = tcp.trust_subject_id
+   WHERE ts.runtime_provider = $1
+     AND tcp.task_class      = $2
+   ORDER BY tcp.last_score_at DESC
+   LIMIT 1
+`;
+
+// Format a NUMERIC dimension (pg returns NUMERIC as string). Returns
+// undefined for null/missing so the existing `?? 'no history'` render
+// path applies.
+function fmtDim(v) {
+  if (v === null || v === undefined) return undefined;
+  return String(Math.round(Number(v)));
+}
+
+// Map a live trust_capability_profiles row into the shape the renderer
+// expects (tier/sessions/evidence/d1..d4). Zero-session rows yield no
+// d1..d4 so they render as "no history".
+function liveRowToTrust(r) {
+  const hasHistory = r.session_count > 0;
+  const d1 = hasHistory ? `${fmtDim(r.avg_d1)} (n=${r.session_count})` : undefined;
+  return {
+    tier:     r.trust_level,
+    sessions: r.session_count,
+    evidence: r.evidence_strength,
+    d1,
+    d2: hasHistory ? fmtDim(r.avg_d2) : undefined,
+    d3: hasHistory ? fmtDim(r.avg_d3) : undefined,
+    d4: hasHistory ? fmtDim(r.avg_d4) : undefined,
+  };
+}
+
+// Returns { trust, source } where source is 'live' | 'fallback'.
+// dbUrl null/undefined means: skip DB entirely, use fallback silently.
+async function getTrustProfile(runtime, taskClass, dbUrl) {
+  const fallback = TRUST_PROFILES[runtime]?.[taskClass];
+  if (!dbUrl) return { trust: fallback, source: 'fallback' };
+
+  const pool = new pg.Pool({ connectionString: dbUrl });
+  try {
+    const r = await pool.query(LIVE_PROFILE_SQL, [runtime, taskClass]);
+    if (r.rows.length === 0) return { trust: fallback, source: 'fallback' };
+    return { trust: liveRowToTrust(r.rows[0]), source: 'live' };
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error(`warning: trust DB query failed (${e.message}); using example data`);
+    return { trust: fallback, source: 'fallback' };
+  } finally {
+    await pool.end().catch(() => {});
+  }
+}
+
+async function main() {
   const args = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2));
   const taskClass = args['task-class'];
   const riskLaneArg = args['risk-lane'];
   const runtime = args.runtime;
   const workspace = args.workspace;
+  const dbUrl = args.db ?? process.env.AWF_DATABASE_URL ?? null;
 
   const risk = TASK_RISK_PROFILES[taskClass];
   if (!risk) { console.error(`unknown task class: ${taskClass}`); process.exit(1); }
-  const trust = TRUST_PROFILES[runtime]?.[taskClass];
+  const { trust, source } = await getTrustProfile(runtime, taskClass, dbUrl);
   if (!trust) { console.error(`unknown runtime/task pair: ${runtime}/${taskClass}`); process.exit(1); }
 
   const composite = risk.complexity + risk.blast + risk.security
@@ -242,6 +313,9 @@ function main() {
   out.push(row('Current trust tier:', trust.tier));
   out.push(row('Sessions:',           trust.sessions));
   out.push(row('Evidence strength:',  trust.evidence));
+  out.push(row('Source:', source === 'live'
+    ? 'live trust database'
+    : 'example data (set AWF_DATABASE_URL for live data)'));
   out.push('');
   out.push('Authorization Decision:');
   out.push(row('Decision:',            decision));
@@ -294,4 +368,4 @@ function main() {
   console.log(out.join('\n'));
 }
 
-main();
+main().catch(e => { console.error(e); process.exit(1); });