diff --git a/agents/k8s/bernard-deployment.yaml b/agents/k8s/bernard-deployment.yaml
index 4b856b8..fac6a1c 100644
--- a/agents/k8s/bernard-deployment.yaml
+++ b/agents/k8s/bernard-deployment.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ spec:
             - name: LITELLM_API_KEY
               valueFrom:
                 secretKeyRef:
-                  name: bernard-secrets
+                  name: bernard-litellm-key
                   key: LITELLM_API_KEY
             - name: LITELLM_BASE_URL
               value: "http://litellm.ai-core.svc.cluster.local:4000"
diff --git a/agents/k8s/bernard-externalsecret.yaml b/agents/k8s/bernard-externalsecret.yaml
index 9688bff..60d5df5 100644
--- a/agents/k8s/bernard-externalsecret.yaml
+++ b/agents/k8s/bernard-externalsecret.yaml
@@ -14,9 +14,23 @@ spec:
     - secretKey: GITEA_TOKEN
       remoteRef:
         key: BERNARD_GITEA_TOKEN
-    - secretKey: LITELLM_API_KEY
-      remoteRef:
-        key: LITELLM_MASTER_KEY
     - secretKey: BERNARD_DB_DSN
       remoteRef:
         key: BERNARD_DB_DSN
+---
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: bernard-litellm-key
+  namespace: ai-agents-bernard
+spec:
+  refreshInterval: 1h
+  secretStoreRef:
+    name: infisical-litellm
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+  target:
+    name: bernard-litellm-key
+  data:
+    - secretKey: LITELLM_API_KEY
+      remoteRef:
+        key: LITELLM_MASTER_KEY
diff --git a/agents/trigger_bernard.py b/agents/trigger_bernard.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..693711a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/trigger_bernard.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+"""Trigger Bernard workflows from local machine."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import sys
+
+from temporalio.client import Client
+
+
+async def trigger_pr_review():
+    client = await Client.connect("localhost:7233", namespace="default")
+    handle = await client.start_workflow(
+        "PRReviewWorkflow",
+        id="bernard-pr-review-run-1",
+        task_queue="bernard",
+    )
+    print(f"PRReviewWorkflow started — ID: {handle.id}")
+    print("Waiting for result...")
+    result = await handle.result()
+    print(f"\n--- Result ---\n{result}")
+
+
+async def trigger_monitor():
+    client = await Client.connect("localhost:7233", namespace="default")
+    handle = await client.start_workflow(
+        "TemporalMonitorWorkflow",
+        id="bernard-monitor-run-1",
+        task_queue="bernard",
+    )
+    print(f"TemporalMonitorWorkflow started — ID: {handle.id}")
+    print("Waiting for result...")
+    result = await handle.result()
+    print(f"\n--- Result ---\n{result}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    mode = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "pr"
+    if mode == "monitor":
+        asyncio.run(trigger_monitor())
+    else:
+        asyncio.run(trigger_pr_review())