diff --git a/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
index 392a4dd..24bc8ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       ACTIONLINT_VERSION: v1.7.12
+      # Keep in step with the shellcheck-version/shellcheck-sha256 defaults in
+      # shell-ci.yml and workflow-lint.yml: this repository should not lint
+      # itself to a weaker standard than the one it ships to consumers.
+      SHELLCHECK_VERSION: v0.11.0
+      SHELLCHECK_SHA256: 8c3be12b05d5c177a04c29e3c78ce89ac86f1595681cab149b65b97c4e227198
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
@@ -44,5 +49,23 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.actionlint-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: go install "github.com/rhysd/actionlint/cmd/actionlint@${ACTIONLINT_VERSION}"
 
+      - name: Install shellcheck
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          # actionlint's embedded shellcheck pass otherwise falls back to the
+          # runner image's floating shellcheck, which is exactly what the
+          # workflow-lint reusable installs a pinned, verified one to avoid.
+          dir="$RUNNER_TEMP/shellcheck-bin"
+          tarball="$RUNNER_TEMP/shellcheck.tar.xz"
+          mkdir -p "$dir"
+          curl -sSfL -o "$tarball" \
+            "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}.linux.x86_64.tar.xz"
+          printf '%s  %s\n' "$SHELLCHECK_SHA256" "$tarball" | sha256sum -c -
+          tar -xJ -f "$tarball" -C "$dir" --strip-components=1 "shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck"
+          chmod +x "$dir/shellcheck"
+          echo "SHELLCHECK_BIN=$dir/shellcheck" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
       - name: Run actionlint
-        run: actionlint -color
+        env:
+          SHELLCHECK_BIN: ${{ env.SHELLCHECK_BIN }}
+        run: actionlint -color "-shellcheck=${SHELLCHECK_BIN}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/shell-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/shell-ci.yml
index b71657b..d21d501 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/shell-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/shell-ci.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ on:
         description: Exact shellcheck release tag to install from koalaman/shellcheck; bumped via .github releases
         type: string
         default: "v0.11.0"
+      shellcheck-sha256:
+        description: sha256 of that release's linux.x86_64 tarball; travels with shellcheck-version, so overriding one without the other fails the install
+        type: string
+        default: "8c3be12b05d5c177a04c29e3c78ce89ac86f1595681cab149b65b97c4e227198"
       test-command:
         description: Command running the repository's shell test suite (skipped when empty)
         type: string
@@ -70,16 +74,22 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install shellcheck
         env:
           SHELLCHECK_VERSION: ${{ inputs.shellcheck-version }}
+          SHELLCHECK_SHA256: ${{ inputs.shellcheck-sha256 }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          # Pinned by version, not whatever shellcheck the runner image
-          # happens to ship — the version pin is the control here; the
-          # tarball comes straight from koalaman/shellcheck's own GitHub
-          # release over HTTPS, so there is no separate checksum to embed.
+          # Pinned by version and by content. Every other tool here arrives
+          # through a registry that verifies what it hands over (Go's sumdb,
+          # crates.io, PyPI); this is a plain download, so the checksum is the
+          # only thing standing between us and whatever the transport returns.
+          # It has to land in a file first: piping curl into tar extracts the
+          # bytes before anything can check them.
           dir="$RUNNER_TEMP/shellcheck-bin"
+          tarball="$RUNNER_TEMP/shellcheck.tar.xz"
           mkdir -p "$dir"
-          curl -sSfL "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}.linux.x86_64.tar.xz" \
-            | tar -xJ -C "$dir" --strip-components=1 "shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck"
+          curl -sSfL -o "$tarball" \
+            "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}.linux.x86_64.tar.xz"
+          printf '%s  %s\n' "$SHELLCHECK_SHA256" "$tarball" | sha256sum -c -
+          tar -xJ -f "$tarball" -C "$dir" --strip-components=1 "shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck"
           chmod +x "$dir/shellcheck"
           echo "$dir" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow-lint.yml
index f7ae0e8..f5c4efe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-lint.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ on:
         description: Exact shellcheck release tag to install from koalaman/shellcheck for actionlint's embedded shellcheck pass; bumped via .github releases
         type: string
         default: "v0.11.0"
+      shellcheck-sha256:
+        description: sha256 of that release's linux.x86_64 tarball; travels with shellcheck-version, so overriding one without the other fails the install
+        type: string
+        default: "8c3be12b05d5c177a04c29e3c78ce89ac86f1595681cab149b65b97c4e227198"
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -58,15 +62,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install shellcheck
         env:
           SHELLCHECK_VERSION: ${{ inputs.shellcheck-version }}
+          SHELLCHECK_SHA256: ${{ inputs.shellcheck-sha256 }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          # Same pinned-download idiom as shell-ci.yml: fetch straight from
-          # koalaman/shellcheck's own release over HTTPS, pinned by tag rather
-          # than whatever the runner image happens to preinstall.
+          # Same verified-download idiom as shell-ci.yml: pinned by tag rather
+          # than whatever the runner image preinstalls, and checked against the
+          # release's sha256 before extraction, since a plain HTTPS fetch has no
+          # registry behind it vouching for what came back.
           dir="$RUNNER_TEMP/shellcheck-bin"
+          tarball="$RUNNER_TEMP/shellcheck.tar.xz"
           mkdir -p "$dir"
-          curl -sSfL "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}.linux.x86_64.tar.xz" \
-            | tar -xJ -C "$dir" --strip-components=1 "shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck"
+          curl -sSfL -o "$tarball" \
+            "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}.linux.x86_64.tar.xz"
+          printf '%s  %s\n' "$SHELLCHECK_SHA256" "$tarball" | sha256sum -c -
+          tar -xJ -f "$tarball" -C "$dir" --strip-components=1 "shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck"
           chmod +x "$dir/shellcheck"
           echo "SHELLCHECK_BIN=$dir/shellcheck" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6c89d15..0bef723 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 # OS
 .DS_Store
 Thumbs.db
+
+# Python — scripts/ holds the docs generator; running it leaves bytecode behind
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
diff --git a/docs/reusables/README.md b/docs/reusables/README.md
index 6112dc4..573bb70 100644
--- a/docs/reusables/README.md
+++ b/docs/reusables/README.md
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ which blocks every pull request until someone works out why.
 | [`rust-fuzz`](rust-fuzz.md) | 1 | 0 | 7 |
 | [`rust-supply-chain`](rust-supply-chain.md) | 1 | 0 | 5 |
 | [`schedule-freshness`](schedule-freshness.md) | 1 | 0 | 2 |
-| [`shell-ci`](shell-ci.md) | 2 | 1 | 5 |
-| [`workflow-lint`](workflow-lint.md) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
+| [`shell-ci`](shell-ci.md) | 2 | 1 | 6 |
+| [`workflow-lint`](workflow-lint.md) | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 
 *Conditional* checks only run when an input turns them on, so they emit no
 check name at all when it is left at its default.
diff --git a/docs/reusables/shell-ci.md b/docs/reusables/shell-ci.md
index a145ff0..689ab12 100644
--- a/docs/reusables/shell-ci.md
+++ b/docs/reusables/shell-ci.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ check is created.
 | `working-directory` | string | `.` | no | Directory to scan for shell scripts |
 | `severity` | string | `style` | no | Minimum shellcheck severity to report (style\|info\|warning\|error) |
 | `shellcheck-version` | string | `v0.11.0` | no | Exact shellcheck release tag to install from koalaman/shellcheck; bumped via .github releases |
+| `shellcheck-sha256` | string | `8c3be12b05d5c177a04c29e3c78ce89ac86f1595681cab149b65b97c4e227198` | no | sha256 of that release's linux.x86_64 tarball; travels with shellcheck-version, so overriding one without the other fails the install |
 | `test-command` | string | — | no | Command running the repository's shell test suite (skipped when empty) |
 | `apt-packages` | string | — | no | Space-separated apt packages the test suite needs |
 
diff --git a/docs/reusables/workflow-lint.md b/docs/reusables/workflow-lint.md
index 14ef54c..d6c7e85 100644
--- a/docs/reusables/workflow-lint.md
+++ b/docs/reusables/workflow-lint.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ a required check whose name nothing emits blocks every pull request.
 | Input | Type | Default | Required | Description |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
 | `shellcheck-version` | string | `v0.11.0` | no | Exact shellcheck release tag to install from koalaman/shellcheck for actionlint's embedded shellcheck pass; bumped via .github releases |
+| `shellcheck-sha256` | string | `8c3be12b05d5c177a04c29e3c78ce89ac86f1595681cab149b65b97c4e227198` | no | sha256 of that release's linux.x86_64 tarball; travels with shellcheck-version, so overriding one without the other fails the install |
 
 ---