diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+script_dir=$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd)
+state_dir="$script_dir/state"
+pid_file="$state_dir/server.pid"
+log_file="$state_dir/server.log"
+token_file="$state_dir/token"
+config_file="$state_dir/config.env"
+
+host="${GIT_CRED_PROXY_HOST:-127.0.0.1}"
+port="${GIT_CRED_PROXY_PORT:-18765}"
+protocols="${GIT_CRED_PROXY_PROTOCOLS:-https}"
+allowed_hosts="${GIT_CRED_PROXY_ALLOWED_HOSTS:-}"
+public_url="${GIT_CRED_PROXY_PUBLIC_URL:-http://host.docker.internal:${port}}"
+
+mkdir -p "$state_dir"
+
+if [ -f "$pid_file" ]; then
+  old_pid=$(cat "$pid_file" 2>/dev/null || true)
+  if [ -n "${old_pid:-}" ] && kill -0 "$old_pid" 2>/dev/null; then
+    printf 'Proxy already running: pid=%s\n' "$old_pid"
+    printf 'Container URL: %s\n' "$public_url"
+    printf 'Token file: %s\n' "$token_file"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  rm -f "$pid_file"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "$token_file" ]; then
+  if ! command -v openssl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    printf 'openssl is required to create the token file\n' >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  umask 077
+  openssl rand -hex 32 > "$token_file"
+fi
+
+runtime=''
+if [ -n "${GIT_CRED_PROXY_RUNTIME:-}" ]; then
+  runtime="$GIT_CRED_PROXY_RUNTIME"
+elif command -v bun >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  runtime='bun'
+elif command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  runtime='node'
+else
+  printf 'Either bun or node is required to start the proxy\n' >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+token=$(tr -d '\r\n' < "$token_file")
+
+cat > "$config_file" <<EOF
+GIT_CRED_PROXY_HOST=$host
+GIT_CRED_PROXY_PORT=$port
+GIT_CRED_PROXY_PUBLIC_URL=$public_url
+GIT_CRED_PROXY_PROTOCOLS=$protocols
+GIT_CRED_PROXY_ALLOWED_HOSTS=$allowed_hosts
+EOF
+chmod 600 "$config_file"
+
+GIT_CRED_PROXY_HOST="$host" \
+GIT_CRED_PROXY_PORT="$port" \
+GIT_CRED_PROXY_TOKEN="$token" \
+GIT_CRED_PROXY_PROTOCOLS="$protocols" \
+GIT_CRED_PROXY_ALLOWED_HOSTS="$allowed_hosts" \
+nohup "$runtime" "$script_dir/server.mjs" >>"$log_file" 2>&1 &
+
+pid=$!
+printf '%s\n' "$pid" > "$pid_file"
+
+sleep 1
+
+if ! kill -0 "$pid" 2>/dev/null; then
+  printf 'Proxy failed to start. Check %s\n' "$log_file" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+printf 'Proxy started\n'
+printf 'Host listen URL: http://%s:%s\n' "$host" "$port"
+printf 'Container URL: %s\n' "$public_url"
+printf 'Token file: %s\n' "$token_file"
+printf 'Log file: %s\n' "$log_file"
+printf 'Next: run /workspaces/host-git-cred-proxy/configure-container.sh inside the container\n'
diff --git a/status.sh b/status.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+script_dir=$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd)
+state_dir="$script_dir/state"
+pid_file="$state_dir/server.pid"
+log_file="$state_dir/server.log"
+config_file="$state_dir/config.env"
+
+host='127.0.0.1'
+port='18765'
+public_url="http://host.docker.internal:${port}"
+
+if [ -f "$config_file" ]; then
+  . "$config_file"
+  host="${GIT_CRED_PROXY_HOST:-$host}"
+  port="${GIT_CRED_PROXY_PORT:-$port}"
+  public_url="${GIT_CRED_PROXY_PUBLIC_URL:-$public_url}"
+fi
+
+printf 'Host listen URL: http://%s:%s\n' "$host" "$port"
+printf 'Container URL: %s\n' "$public_url"
+
+if [ ! -f "$pid_file" ]; then
+  printf 'Status: stopped\n'
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+pid=$(cat "$pid_file" 2>/dev/null || true)
+
+if [ -z "${pid:-}" ] || ! kill -0 "$pid" 2>/dev/null; then
+  printf 'Status: stale pid file\n'
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+printf 'Status: running (pid=%s)\n' "$pid"
+
+if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  if curl -fsS "http://${host}:${port}/healthz" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    printf 'Health: ok\n'
+  else
+    printf 'Health: check failed\n'
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$log_file" ]; then
+  printf 'Log file: %s\n' "$log_file"
+fi
diff --git a/stop.sh b/stop.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+script_dir=$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd)
+pid_file="$script_dir/state/server.pid"
+
+if [ ! -f "$pid_file" ]; then
+  printf 'Proxy is not running\n'
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+pid=$(cat "$pid_file" 2>/dev/null || true)
+
+if [ -z "${pid:-}" ]; then
+  rm -f "$pid_file"
+  printf 'Stale pid file removed\n'
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if kill -0 "$pid" 2>/dev/null; then
+  kill "$pid"
+  printf 'Stopped proxy pid=%s\n' "$pid"
+else
+  printf 'Proxy process was not running, removing stale pid file\n'
+fi
+
+rm -f "$pid_file"