diff --git a/crates/forge_main/src/ui.rs b/crates/forge_main/src/ui.rs
index f5954dbb91..7a0bf8276b 100644
--- a/crates/forge_main/src/ui.rs
+++ b/crates/forge_main/src/ui.rs
@@ -3736,6 +3736,12 @@ impl<A: API + ConsoleWriter + 'static, F: Fn() -> A + Send + Sync> UI<A, F> {
             let workspace_info = self.api.get_workspace_info(path.clone()).await?;
             if workspace_info.is_none() {
                 self.on_workspace_init(path.clone()).await?;
+                // If the workspace still does not exist after init (e.g. user
+                // declined the consent prompt), abort the sync.
+                let workspace_info = self.api.get_workspace_info(path.clone()).await?;
+                if workspace_info.is_none() {
+                    return Ok(());
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -4090,6 +4096,21 @@ impl<A: API + ConsoleWriter + 'static, F: Fn() -> A + Send + Sync> UI<A, F> {
 
     /// Initialize workspace for a directory without syncing files
     async fn on_workspace_init(&mut self, path: std::path::PathBuf) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        // Ask for user consent before syncing and sharing directory contents
+        // with the ForgeCode Service.
+        let display_path = path.display().to_string();
+        let confirmed = ForgeWidget::confirm(format!(
+            "This will sync and share the contents of '{}' with ForgeCode Services. Do you wish to continue?",
+            display_path
+        ))
+        .with_default(true)
+        .prompt()?;
+
+        if !confirmed.unwrap_or(false) {
+            self.writeln_title(TitleFormat::info("Workspace initialization cancelled"))?;
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
         // Check if auth already exists and create if needed
         if !self.api.is_authenticated().await? {
             self.init_forge_services().await?;
diff --git a/shell-plugin/lib/actions/config.zsh b/shell-plugin/lib/actions/config.zsh
index 4cff73a498..c7869e3c2a 100644
--- a/shell-plugin/lib/actions/config.zsh
+++ b/shell-plugin/lib/actions/config.zsh
@@ -242,16 +242,18 @@ function _forge_action_suggest_model() {
 # Action handler: Sync workspace for codebase search
 function _forge_action_sync() {
     echo
-    # Execute sync with stdin redirected to prevent hanging
-    # Sync doesn't need interactive input, so close stdin immediately
+    # Use _forge_exec_interactive so that the consent prompt (and any other
+    # interactive prompts) can access /dev/tty even though ZLE owns the
+    # terminal's stdin/stdout pipes.
     # --init initializes the workspace first if it has not been set up yet
-    _forge_exec workspace sync --init </dev/null
+    _forge_exec_interactive workspace sync --init
 }
 
 # Action handler: inits workspace for codebase search
 function _forge_action_sync_init() {
     echo
-    _forge_exec workspace init </dev/null
+    # Use _forge_exec_interactive so that the consent prompt can access /dev/tty
+    _forge_exec_interactive workspace init
 }
 
 # Action handler: Show sync status of workspace files