diff --git a/src/prefect_mcp_server/_prefect_client/identity.py b/src/prefect_mcp_server/_prefect_client/identity.py
index 3070526..089013b 100644
--- a/src/prefect_mcp_server/_prefect_client/identity.py
+++ b/src/prefect_mcp_server/_prefect_client/identity.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 from uuid import UUID
 
-from prefect.client.cloud import CloudUnauthorizedError
-
 from prefect_mcp_server import cloud_oauth
 from prefect_mcp_server._prefect_client.client import (
     get_prefect_client,
@@ -51,8 +49,13 @@ async def get_identity(workspace_id: UUID | None = None) -> IdentityResult:
     """Get identity and connection information for the current Prefect instance."""
     try:
         access_token = cloud_oauth.current_oauth_access_token()
-        if workspace_id is None and cloud_oauth.settings.enabled and access_token:
-            identity = await _get_cloud_oauth_identity(access_token)
+        if cloud_oauth.settings.enabled and access_token:
+            # OAuth tokens are workspace-scoped and cannot call account-level
+            # endpoints like /me/ or /accounts/{id}, so always describe the
+            # grant instead of fetching full Cloud identity.
+            identity = await _get_cloud_oauth_identity(
+                access_token, workspace_id=workspace_id
+            )
             return {
                 "success": True,
                 "identity": identity,
@@ -73,19 +76,7 @@ async def get_identity(workspace_id: UUID | None = None) -> IdentityResult:
                     workspace_id=workspace_id
                 ) as cloud_client:
                     # Get user info from /me/ endpoint
-                    try:
-                        me_data = await cloud_client.get("/me/")
-                    except CloudUnauthorizedError:
-                        if cloud_oauth.settings.enabled and access_token:
-                            identity = await _get_cloud_oauth_identity(
-                                access_token, workspace_id=workspace_id
-                            )
-                            return {
-                                "success": True,
-                                "identity": identity,
-                                "error": None,
-                            }
-                        raise
+                    me_data = await cloud_client.get("/me/")
 
                     user_info: UserInfo = {
                         "id": str(me_data.get("id")) if me_data.get("id") else None,
diff --git a/tests/test_cloud_oauth.py b/tests/test_cloud_oauth.py
index b96a2e5..23110a1 100644
--- a/tests/test_cloud_oauth.py
+++ b/tests/test_cloud_oauth.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import pytest
 from fastmcp import Client
 from fastmcp.server.auth.providers.jwt import JWTVerifier
-from prefect.client.cloud import CloudUnauthorizedError
 from starlette.applications import Starlette
 from starlette.testclient import TestClient
 
@@ -130,25 +129,14 @@ async def test_get_identity_describes_oauth_grant_without_workspace() -> None:
     )
 
 
-async def test_get_identity_describes_service_account_oauth_grant_with_workspace() -> (
-    None
-):
+async def test_get_identity_with_workspace_never_calls_account_endpoints() -> None:
+    """OAuth tokens are workspace-scoped; account-level endpoints return 403."""
     workspace = cloud_oauth.WorkspaceRef(
         account_id=ACCOUNT_ID,
         account_handle="acme",
         workspace_id=WORKSPACE_ID,
         workspace_handle="prod",
     )
-    mock_client = AsyncMock()
-    mock_client.api_url = (
-        f"https://api.prefect.cloud/api/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/workspaces/{WORKSPACE_ID}"
-    )
-    mock_cloud_client = AsyncMock()
-    mock_cloud_client.get = AsyncMock(
-        side_effect=CloudUnauthorizedError(
-            "Only users (not service accounts) can access this endpoint."
-        )
-    )
 
     with (
         patch(
@@ -172,12 +160,11 @@ async def test_get_identity_describes_service_account_oauth_grant_with_workspace
             AsyncMock(return_value=[workspace]),
         ) as mock_list_authorized_workspaces,
     ):
-        mock_get_client.return_value.__aenter__.return_value = mock_client
-        mock_get_cloud_client.return_value.__aenter__.return_value = mock_cloud_client
-        mock_get_cloud_client.return_value.__aexit__.return_value = None
-
         result = await get_identity(workspace_id=WORKSPACE_ID)
 
+    mock_get_client.assert_not_called()
+    mock_get_cloud_client.assert_not_called()
+
     assert result["success"] is True
     assert result["identity"] == {
         "api_url": "https://api.prefect.cloud",