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+name: Docs lint
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.mdx'
+      - 'assets/**'
+      - 'scripts/check-docs.py'
+      - '.github/workflows/docs-lint.yml'
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+
+      - name: Check docs assets, frames, and nav formatting
+        run: python3 scripts/check-docs.py
diff --git a/scripts/check-docs.py b/scripts/check-docs.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Docs lint: deterministic structural checks for Trunk docs (.mdx).
+
+Three rules, all whole-repo blocking gates:
+
+  1. Broken asset reference — an image referenced from an .mdx file
+     (`src="/assets/..."` or `![](/assets/...)`) that does not exist on disk.
+  2. Unbalanced <Frame> tags — an .mdx file with a different number of
+     `<Frame` and `</Frame>` tags.
+  3. Nav separator format — between two **bold** UI labels the separator must
+     be exactly " -> " written as the arrow U+2192 with one space each side
+     (e.g. `**Settings** -> **Repositories**`). This enforces only the
+     deterministic *format* half of the CONTRIBUTING.md navigation standard.
+     It never judges whether a click-path is *correct* against the live UI.
+
+Run from the repo root:  python3 scripts/check-docs.py
+Exits 0 when clean, 1 when any violation is found.
+"""
+
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+from glob import glob
+
+# Skip generated / vendored / working trees. In CI these don't exist, but this
+# keeps local runs from scanning other worktrees under .claude/.
+SKIP_DIRS = (".claude/", "node_modules/")
+
+IMG_EXT = r"(?:png|jpe?g|gif|svg|webp|avif)"
+# Root-absolute image references only (the docs2 convention). External http(s)
+# URLs and bare relative paths are left alone.
+SRC_REF = re.compile(rf'src="(/[^"]+\.{IMG_EXT})"')
+MD_REF = re.compile(rf'!\[[^\]]*\]\((/[^)\s]+\.{IMG_EXT})\)')
+
+# A nav separator sitting between two bold labels. The bold-on-both-sides
+# requirement is what keeps this off prose ">", "CI/CD", file paths, version
+# ranges, and "read more ->" link affordances.
+NAV_SEP = re.compile(r"\*\*[^*\n]+?\*\*( *(?:->|»|‹|›|→|>) *)\*\*[^*\n]+?\*\*")
+CANONICAL = " → "  # space, U+2192 arrow, space
+
+
+def mdx_files():
+    for path in sorted(glob("**/*.mdx", recursive=True)):
+        if any(seg in path for seg in SKIP_DIRS):
+            continue
+        yield path
+
+
+def lines_with_code_flag(text):
+    """Yield (lineno, line, in_fenced_code) for each line of an .mdx file."""
+    in_code = False
+    for n, line in enumerate(text.split("\n"), 1):
+        if line.lstrip().startswith("```"):
+            in_code = not in_code
+            yield n, line, True  # the fence line itself counts as code
+            continue
+        yield n, line, in_code
+
+
+def strip_inline_code(line):
+    return re.sub(r"`[^`]*`", "", line)
+
+
+def check_assets(path, text):
+    out = []
+    for n, line, in_code in lines_with_code_flag(text):
+        if in_code:
+            continue
+        for m in list(SRC_REF.finditer(line)) + list(MD_REF.finditer(line)):
+            ref = m.group(1)
+            if not os.path.exists(ref.lstrip("/")):
+                out.append((n, f"broken asset reference: {ref}"))
+    return out
+
+
+def check_frames(path, text):
+    opens = closes = 0
+    for _, line, in_code in lines_with_code_flag(text):
+        if in_code:
+            continue
+        opens += line.count("<Frame")
+        closes += line.count("</Frame>")
+    if opens != closes:
+        return [(0, f"unbalanced <Frame> tags: {opens} opening, {closes} closing")]
+    return []
+
+
+def check_nav(path, text):
+    out = []
+    for n, line, in_code in lines_with_code_flag(text):
+        if in_code or line.lstrip().startswith(">"):
+            continue
+        for m in NAV_SEP.finditer(strip_inline_code(line)):
+            sep = m.group(1)
+            if sep != CANONICAL:
+                shown = sep.replace("→", "U+2192")
+                out.append(
+                    (n, f"nav separator must be ' -> ' (U+2192, one space each side); found '{shown}'")
+                )
+    return out
+
+
+RULES = (check_assets, check_frames, check_nav)
+
+
+def main():
+    findings = {}
+    for path in mdx_files():
+        try:
+            text = open(path, encoding="utf-8").read()
+        except OSError as e:
+            findings.setdefault(path, []).append((0, f"could not read file: {e}"))
+            continue
+        for rule in RULES:
+            for lineno, msg in rule(path, text):
+                findings.setdefault(path, []).append((lineno, msg))
+
+    if not findings:
+        print("Docs lint: clean (0 issues).")
+        return 0
+
+    total = sum(len(v) for v in findings.values())
+    print(f"Docs lint: {total} issue(s) in {len(findings)} file(s)\n")
+    for path in sorted(findings):
+        for lineno, msg in sorted(findings[path]):
+            loc = f"{path}:{lineno}" if lineno else path
+            print(f"  {loc}  {msg}")
+    print("\nSee CONTRIBUTING.md for the navigation format standard.")
+    return 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())