diff --git a/docs-internal/registry-parity-worklist.md b/docs-internal/registry-parity-worklist.md
index 53f25860a0..b1adf168d1 100644
--- a/docs-internal/registry-parity-worklist.md
+++ b/docs-internal/registry-parity-worklist.md
@@ -568,6 +568,15 @@ real e2e tests that prove Linux-parity behavior — not smoke tests.
 - **Broken:** zero e2e coverage: `gawk, sed, tar, gzip, jq, yq, diffutils,
   file, vim`; agents `claude, codex, opencode, pi, pi-cli`.
 - **Status:**
+  - **gawk — DONE.** Added package-local VM e2e coverage for the staged `awk`
+    command. The suite proves file-backed field extraction, explicit field
+    separators, numeric aggregation, `-f` script-file execution, and missing
+    input-file errors through the packaged WASM command. Proof:
+    `2026-07-08T13-16-03-0700-item12-gawk-package-e2e-after-install.log`;
+    `2026-07-08T13-16-03-0700-item12-gawk-check-types-after-install.log`.
+    Biome is not applicable for this package test path; it reported the file is
+    ignored by config in
+    `2026-07-08T13-16-16-0700-item12-gawk-biome-check.log`. Rev: `pzxkurol`.
   - **jq — DONE.** Added package-local VM e2e coverage for the staged `jq`
     command and fixed the jaq-backed CLI wrapper to accept Linux-style file
     operands instead of only stdin. The suite now proves version output,
diff --git a/software/gawk/test/gawk.test.ts b/software/gawk/test/gawk.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c900d622d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/software/gawk/test/gawk.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import {
+	NodeFileSystem,
+	createKernel,
+	createWasmVmRuntime,
+	describeIf,
+} from "@agentos/test-harness";
+import type { Kernel } from "@agentos/test-harness";
+import { afterEach, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+const AWK_COMMAND_DIR = fileURLToPath(new URL("../bin", import.meta.url));
+const hasAwkPackageBinary = existsSync(join(AWK_COMMAND_DIR, "awk"));
+
+let tempRoot: string | undefined;
+
+async function writeFixture(path: string, contents: string): Promise<void> {
+	if (!tempRoot) throw new Error("fixture root not initialized");
+	const hostPath = join(tempRoot, path.replace(/^\/+/, ""));
+	await mkdir(dirname(hostPath), { recursive: true });
+	await writeFile(hostPath, contents);
+}
+
+async function createTestVFS(): Promise<NodeFileSystem> {
+	tempRoot = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "agentos-gawk-"));
+	await writeFixture(
+		"/project/scores.txt",
+		[
+			"Ada runtime 7",
+			"Grace docs 5",
+			"Linus runtime 3",
+			"Barbara infra 9",
+		].join("\n") + "\n",
+	);
+	await writeFixture(
+		"/project/colon.txt",
+		["alpha:build:4", "beta:test:6", "gamma:deploy:2"].join("\n") + "\n",
+	);
+	await writeFixture(
+		"/project/runtime.awk",
+		'/runtime/ { print $1 ":" $3 }\nEND { print "done" }\n',
+	);
+	return new NodeFileSystem({ root: tempRoot });
+}
+
+function lines(stdout: string): string[] {
+	return stdout.split("\n").filter((line) => line.length > 0);
+}
+
+describeIf(hasAwkPackageBinary, "awk command", { timeout: 10_000 }, () => {
+	let kernel: Kernel | undefined;
+
+	afterEach(async () => {
+		await kernel?.dispose();
+		kernel = undefined;
+		if (tempRoot) {
+			await rm(tempRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
+			tempRoot = undefined;
+		}
+	});
+
+	async function mountFixture(): Promise<void> {
+		const vfs = await createTestVFS();
+		kernel = createKernel({ filesystem: vfs });
+		await kernel.mount(createWasmVmRuntime({ commandDirs: [AWK_COMMAND_DIR] }));
+	}
+
+	async function runAwk(args: string[]) {
+		if (!kernel) throw new Error("kernel not mounted");
+		let stdout = "";
+		let stderr = "";
+		const proc = kernel.spawn("awk", args, {
+			onStdout: (chunk) => {
+				stdout += Buffer.from(chunk).toString("utf8");
+			},
+			onStderr: (chunk) => {
+				stderr += Buffer.from(chunk).toString("utf8");
+			},
+		});
+		const exitCode = await proc.wait();
+		await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+		return { stdout, stderr, exitCode };
+	}
+
+	it("extracts fields from a file", async () => {
+		await mountFixture();
+
+		const result = await runAwk(["{print $1}", "/project/scores.txt"]);
+		expect(result.exitCode, result.stderr || result.stdout).toBe(0);
+		expect(lines(result.stdout)).toEqual(["Ada", "Grace", "Linus", "Barbara"]);
+	});
+
+	it("uses explicit field separators", async () => {
+		await mountFixture();
+
+		const result = await runAwk(["-F:", "{print $2}", "/project/colon.txt"]);
+		expect(result.exitCode, result.stderr || result.stdout).toBe(0);
+		expect(lines(result.stdout)).toEqual(["build", "test", "deploy"]);
+	});
+
+	it("aggregates numeric columns", async () => {
+		await mountFixture();
+
+		const result = await runAwk([
+			"{sum += $3} END {print sum}",
+			"/project/scores.txt",
+		]);
+		expect(result.exitCode, result.stderr || result.stdout).toBe(0);
+		expect(result.stdout.trim()).toBe("24");
+	});
+
+	it("runs awk programs from files", async () => {
+		await mountFixture();
+
+		const result = await runAwk(["-f", "/project/runtime.awk", "/project/scores.txt"]);
+		expect(result.exitCode, result.stderr || result.stdout).toBe(0);
+		expect(lines(result.stdout)).toEqual(["Ada:7", "Linus:3", "done"]);
+	});
+
+	it("fails when an input file is missing", async () => {
+		await mountFixture();
+
+		const result = await runAwk(["{print $1}", "/project/missing.txt"]);
+		expect(result.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+		expect(result.stderr).toContain("/project/missing.txt");
+	});
+});