diff --git a/templates.py b/templates.py
index 6286c01..ea957d8 100644
--- a/templates.py
+++ b/templates.py
@@ -190,11 +190,37 @@ def gitea(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
         })
         print(f"{RENOVATE_FILE}: created")
 
+    org, name = args.repo.split("/", 1)
+    teams = call("GET", f"/orgs/{org}/teams?limit=50") or []
+    team = next((t for t in teams if t["name"] == "renovate"), None)
+    if team is None:
+        team = call("POST", f"/orgs/{org}/teams", {
+            "name": "renovate",
+            "description": "Renovate bot: write on listed repos only, not the whole org",
+            "includes_all_repositories": False,
+            "permission": "none",
+            "units": ["repo.code", "repo.issues", "repo.pulls"],
+            "units_map": {"repo.code": "write", "repo.issues": "write", "repo.pulls": "write"},
+            "can_create_org_repo": False,
+        })
+        print(f"team renovate in {org}: created")
+        call("PUT", f"/teams/{team['id']}/members/renovate")
+        print("bot renovate: added to the team")
+    members = {m["login"] for m in call("GET", f"/teams/{team['id']}/members?limit=50") or []}
+    if "renovate" not in members:
+        call("PUT", f"/teams/{team['id']}/members/renovate")
+        print("bot renovate: added to the team")
+    repos = {r["name"] for r in call("GET", f"/teams/{team['id']}/repos?limit=50") or []}
+    if name in repos:
+        print(f"team access to {name}: already there")
+    else:
+        call("PUT", f"/teams/{team['id']}/repos/{org}/{name}")
+        print(f"team access to {name}: granted")
+
     print(
         "\nOne thing is still manual, and it does not happen by itself: the repo has\n"
         "to be added to `repositories` in projects/personal/renovate/renovate-config.js\n"
-        "of infra/komodo, and the `renovate` team of its organization needs write\n"
-        "access to it. Extending the preset subscribes nothing - the bot only visits\n"
+        "of infra/komodo. Extending the preset subscribes nothing - the bot only visits\n"
         "repos named in that list."
     )