diff --git a/apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts b/apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts
index 2829502c8cbd8424d1077afedc7899fee62cef18..04433f26e5335e010b73faef4ba1c9d66ad81598 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import {
   type SourceControlProviderKind,
   type SourceControlWritingStyleSettings,
   type ThreadId,
+  type VcsCreateWorktreeInput,
+  type VcsCreateWorktreeResult,
 } from "@t3tools/contracts";
 import {
   hasProjectSettingsOverrides,
@@ -103,6 +105,10 @@ interface SourceControlTextGenerationSettings {
 export class GitManager extends Context.Service<
   GitManager,
   {
+    readonly createWorktree: (
+      input: VcsCreateWorktreeInput,
+      options?: GitVcsDriver.CreateWorktreeOptions,
+    ) => Effect.Effect<VcsCreateWorktreeResult, GitCommandError>;
     readonly status: (
       input: VcsStatusInput,
     ) => Effect.Effect<VcsStatusResult, GitManagerServiceError>;
@@ -727,6 +733,19 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
         );
     return resolveProjectSettings(settings, projectId).settings;
   });
+  const createWorktree: GitManager["Service"]["createWorktree"] = Effect.fn(
+    "GitManager.createWorktree",
+  )(function* (input, options) {
+    const submodules =
+      options?.submodules !== undefined
+        ? options.submodules
+        : yield* projectSettingsFor(input).pipe(
+            Effect.map((settings) => settings.worktreeSubmodules),
+            Effect.orElseSucceed(() => null),
+          );
+    return yield* gitCore.createWorktree(input, { ...options, submodules });
+  });
+
   const readRepositoryInstructions = (cwd: string, fileName: string) =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const root = yield* fileSystem.realPath(cwd);
@@ -2849,6 +2868,7 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
   );
 
   return GitManager.of({
+    createWorktree,
     localStatus,
     remoteStatus,
     status,
diff --git a/apps/server/src/git/GitWorkflowService.ts b/apps/server/src/git/GitWorkflowService.ts
index 912e0c1f4620801dc5b061917c6c4f00205a0f4c..bc7f2d9fb2ea3fafce2fb969909075b9537a2b7d 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/git/GitWorkflowService.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/git/GitWorkflowService.ts
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
       ),
     createWorktree: (input, options) =>
       ensureGitCommand("GitWorkflowService.createWorktree", input.cwd).pipe(
-        Effect.andThen(git.createWorktree(input, options)),
+        Effect.andThen(gitManager.createWorktree(input, options)),
       ),
     listLocalBranchNames: (cwd) =>
       ensureGitCommand("GitWorkflowService.listLocalBranchNames", cwd).pipe(