diff --git a/database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php b/database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php
index e0e7a3ba5..57ccab4ae 100644
--- a/database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php
+++ b/database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public function run(): void
             DisableTwoStepConfirmationSeeder::class,
             SentinelSeeder::class,
             CaSslCertSeeder::class,
+            PersonalAccessTokenSeeder::class,
         ]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/database/seeders/PersonalAccessTokenSeeder.php b/database/seeders/PersonalAccessTokenSeeder.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38a45219c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/seeders/PersonalAccessTokenSeeder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Database\Seeders;
+
+use App\Models\PersonalAccessToken;
+use App\Models\Team;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
+
+class PersonalAccessTokenSeeder extends Seeder
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the database seeds.
+     */
+    public function run(): void
+    {
+        // Only run in development environment
+        if (app()->environment('production')) {
+            $this->command->warn('Skipping PersonalAccessTokenSeeder in production environment');
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Get the first user (usually the admin user created during setup)
+        $user = User::find(0);
+
+        if (! $user) {
+            $this->command->warn('No user found. Please run UserSeeder first.');
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Get the user's first team
+        $team = $user->teams()->first();
+
+        if (! $team) {
+            $this->command->warn('No team found for user. Cannot create API tokens.');
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Define test tokens with different scopes
+        $testTokens = [
+            [
+                'name' => 'Development Root Token',
+                'token' => 'root',
+                'abilities' => ['root'],
+            ],
+            [
+                'name' => 'Development Read Token',
+                'token' => 'read',
+                'abilities' => ['read'],
+            ],
+            [
+                'name' => 'Development Read Sensitive Token',
+                'token' => 'read-sensitive',
+                'abilities' => ['read', 'read:sensitive'],
+            ],
+            [
+                'name' => 'Development Write Token',
+                'token' => 'write',
+                'abilities' => ['write'],
+            ],
+            [
+                'name' => 'Development Write Sensitive Token',
+                'token' => 'write-sensitive',
+                'abilities' => ['write', 'write:sensitive'],
+            ],
+            [
+                'name' => 'Development Deploy Token',
+                'token' => 'deploy',
+                'abilities' => ['deploy'],
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        // First, remove all existing development tokens for this user
+        $deletedCount = PersonalAccessToken::where('tokenable_id', $user->id)
+            ->where('tokenable_type', get_class($user))
+            ->whereIn('name', array_column($testTokens, 'name'))
+            ->delete();
+
+        if ($deletedCount > 0) {
+            $this->command->info("Removed {$deletedCount} existing development token(s).");
+        }
+
+        // Now create fresh tokens
+        foreach ($testTokens as $tokenData) {
+            // Create the token with a simple format: Bearer {scope}
+            // The token format in the database is the hash of the plain text token
+            $plainTextToken = $tokenData['token'];
+
+            PersonalAccessToken::create([
+                'tokenable_type' => get_class($user),
+                'tokenable_id' => $user->id,
+                'name' => $tokenData['name'],
+                'token' => hash('sha256', $plainTextToken),
+                'abilities' => $tokenData['abilities'],
+                'team_id' => $team->id,
+            ]);
+
+            $this->command->info("Created token '{$tokenData['name']}' with Bearer token: {$plainTextToken}");
+        }
+
+        $this->command->info('');
+        $this->command->info('Test API tokens created successfully!');
+        $this->command->info('You can use these tokens in development as:');
+        $this->command->info('  Bearer root           - Root access');
+        $this->command->info('  Bearer read           - Read only access');
+        $this->command->info('  Bearer read-sensitive - Read with sensitive data access');
+        $this->command->info('  Bearer write          - Write access');
+        $this->command->info('  Bearer write-sensitive - Write with sensitive data access');
+        $this->command->info('  Bearer deploy         - Deploy access');
+    }
+}