diff --git a/.github/workflows/commit-queue.yml b/.github/workflows/commit-queue.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c13dd059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/commit-queue.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# Landing a pull request when it is labelled `commit-queue`.
+#
+# `pull_request_target` runs in the context of the base branch and can reach
+# secrets, which `pull_request` cannot do for a fork. That is only safe
+# because nothing here checks out or executes the pull request's code: the
+# checkout below is the base branch, and the branch under review is fetched
+# only so that its commit messages can be read. Never add a build, an install
+# or a test step to this workflow -- those belong in the checks it waits for,
+# which run without a token that can write anything.
+#
+# Actions are pinned by commit, never by tag.
+name: Commit Queue
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [labeled]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+# Two labels applied in quick succession should not race each other into the
+# same merge.
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  land:
+    name: Land
+    if: github.event.label.name == 'commit-queue'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Mint a token for the app
+        id: token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.LAND_APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.LAND_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Check out the base branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          # The base, deliberately, not the pull request. Full history so that
+          # the range between the two can be read.
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js runtime
+        uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          node-version-file: 'package.json'
+
+      - name: Fetch the commits under review
+        env:
+          NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+        run: git fetch --quiet origin "pull/${NUMBER}/head"
+
+      - name: Land it
+        id: land
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.token.outputs.token }}
+          # Whoever applied the label, whose right to push is checked before
+          # anything is merged. Applying a label needs only triage.
+          LAND_ACTOR: ${{ github.event.sender.login }}
+          NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+        run: node build/tasks/land-pull-request.mts "${NUMBER}"
+
+      - name: Say why it did not land
+        if: failure()
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.token.outputs.token }}
+          NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          RUN: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+        run: |
+          gh pr edit "$NUMBER" --remove-label commit-queue
+          gh pr comment "$NUMBER" --body "The commit queue did not land this. See $RUN — the label has been removed, so re-apply it once the reason is dealt with."
diff --git a/build/shared/landing.mts b/build/shared/landing.mts
index 1b3d9ede5..3f83f43bc 100644
--- a/build/shared/landing.mts
+++ b/build/shared/landing.mts
@@ -92,3 +92,52 @@ export function composeLandingMessage(parts: CommitParts[], prUrl: string) {
     ),
   ].join('\n');
 }
+
+/** What GitHub reports about one check run on a commit. */
+export type CheckRun = {
+  name: string;
+  status: string;
+  conclusion: string | null;
+};
+
+/** What GitHub reports about one commit status, which is the older kind. */
+export type CommitStatus = { context: string; state: string };
+
+/**
+ * Says why the checks on a commit are not a reason to land it. Anything still
+ * running counts against it: a label applied while a check was in flight says
+ * nothing about how that check turned out. Neutral and skipped do not count
+ * against it, since neither is a complaint.
+ * @param {CheckRun[]} runs The check runs reported on the commit.
+ * @param {CommitStatus[]} statuses The commit statuses reported on it.
+ * @returns {string} The reason, or an empty string if there is none.
+ */
+export function checksVerdict(runs: CheckRun[], statuses: CommitStatus[]) {
+  const pending = [
+    ...runs.filter((run) => run.status !== 'completed').map((run) => run.name),
+    ...statuses
+      .filter((status) => status.state === 'pending')
+      .map((status) => status.context),
+  ];
+
+  if (pending.length > 0) {
+    return `these have not finished: ${pending.sort().join(', ')}`;
+  }
+
+  const failed = [
+    ...runs
+      .filter(
+        (run) =>
+          run.conclusion !== null &&
+          !['success', 'neutral', 'skipped'].includes(run.conclusion)
+      )
+      .map((run) => run.name),
+    ...statuses
+      .filter((status) => !['success', 'pending'].includes(status.state))
+      .map((status) => status.context),
+  ];
+
+  return failed.length > 0
+    ? `these did not pass: ${failed.sort().join(', ')}`
+    : '';
+}
diff --git a/build/shared/landing.test.mts b/build/shared/landing.test.mts
index 0da47c21e..4317d076c 100644
--- a/build/shared/landing.test.mts
+++ b/build/shared/landing.test.mts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
 import { describe, test } from 'node:test';
 import { validateCommitMessage } from '@openinf/portal/build/commit-message';
 import {
+  checksVerdict,
   composeLandingMessage,
   partsOfMessage,
 } from '@openinf/portal/build/landing';
@@ -175,3 +176,68 @@ describe('the message that comes out', () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe('checksVerdict', () => {
+  const run = (
+    name: string,
+    conclusion: string | null,
+    status = 'completed'
+  ) => ({
+    name,
+    status,
+    conclusion,
+  });
+
+  test('says nothing when everything passed', () => {
+    deepStrictEqual(checksVerdict([run('Lint and test', 'success')], []), '');
+  });
+
+  test('counts anything still running against it', () => {
+    // A label applied while a check was in flight says nothing about how that
+    // check turned out.
+    match(
+      checksVerdict([run('Lint and test', null, 'in_progress')], []),
+      /have not finished: Lint and test/
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('reports a failure by name', () => {
+    match(
+      checksVerdict([run('CodeQL', 'failure')], []),
+      /did not pass: CodeQL/
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('treats neutral and skipped as no complaint', () => {
+    deepStrictEqual(
+      checksVerdict(
+        [run('Pages changed', 'neutral'), run('Deploy', 'skipped')],
+        []
+      ),
+      ''
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('reads the older commit statuses too', () => {
+    // Some services on this repository report these rather than check runs,
+    // so looking only at check runs would call a red commit green.
+    match(
+      checksVerdict([], [{ context: 'ci/legacy', state: 'failure' }]),
+      /did not pass: ci\/legacy/
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('holds a pending status back as well', () => {
+    match(
+      checksVerdict([], [{ context: 'ci/legacy', state: 'pending' }]),
+      /have not finished: ci\/legacy/
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('reports everything wrong, not just the first', () => {
+    match(
+      checksVerdict([run('A', 'failure'), run('B', 'timed_out')], []),
+      /did not pass: A, B/
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/build/tasks/land-pull-request.mts b/build/tasks/land-pull-request.mts
index 8941b58ed..f2d7a83b8 100644
--- a/build/tasks/land-pull-request.mts
+++ b/build/tasks/land-pull-request.mts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
 import { validateCommitMessage } from '@openinf/portal/build/commit-message';
 import {
+  checksVerdict,
   composeLandingMessage,
   partsOfMessage,
 } from '@openinf/portal/build/landing';
@@ -28,9 +29,6 @@ type PullRequest = {
   mergeableState: string;
 };
 
-const REPOSITORY = 'OpenINF/openinf.github.io';
-const DEFAULT_BRANCH = 'live';
-
 const [number, ...flags] = process.argv.slice(2);
 const dryRun = flags.includes('--dry-run');
 
@@ -39,6 +37,26 @@ const gh = (...args: string[]) =>
 const git = (...args: string[]) =>
   execFileSync('git', args, { encoding: 'utf8', maxBuffer: 1 << 24 }).trim();
 
+// Nothing here names a repository. A workflow sets GITHUB_REPOSITORY, and a
+// terminal has a remote to read it from, so a copy of this file lands in
+// another repository without being edited first.
+const REPOSITORY =
+  process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY ??
+  git('remote', 'get-url', 'origin').match(
+    /github\.com[/:](?<repo>[^/]+\/[^/]+?)(?:\.git)?$/
+  )?.groups?.repo ??
+  '';
+
+const DEFAULT_BRANCH = gh(
+  'api',
+  `repos/${REPOSITORY}`,
+  '--jq',
+  '.default_branch'
+);
+
+/** Who is asking for this to land: the labeller, or whoever is at the keyboard. */
+const ACTOR = process.env.LAND_ACTOR ?? gh('api', 'user', '--jq', '.login');
+
 /**
  * Reads the pull request, waiting for GitHub to work out whether it merges.
  * The answer is `unknown` for a moment after anything lands on the base, and
@@ -75,6 +93,52 @@ const readPull = async (pull: string): Promise<PullRequest> => {
   return found;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Fetches what GitHub reports about a commit, and asks whether it is a reason
+ * to land. Both kinds are read: some services on this repository still report
+ * the older commit statuses rather than check runs.
+ * @param {string} sha The commit the pull request is at.
+ * @returns {string} The reason not to land, or an empty string if there is none.
+ */
+const checksRefuse = (sha: string) =>
+  checksVerdict(
+    JSON.parse(
+      gh(
+        'api',
+        `repos/${REPOSITORY}/commits/${sha}/check-runs`,
+        '--jq',
+        '[.check_runs[] | {name, status, conclusion}]'
+      )
+    ),
+    JSON.parse(
+      gh(
+        'api',
+        `repos/${REPOSITORY}/commits/${sha}/status`,
+        '--jq',
+        '[.statuses[] | {context, state}]'
+      )
+    )
+  );
+
+/**
+ * Says why the person asking is not entitled to land anything. Applying a
+ * label needs only triage, which does not carry the right to push -- so
+ * without this, the label would quietly hand out that right.
+ * @returns {string} The reason, or an empty string if there is none.
+ */
+const actorRefuses = () => {
+  const permission = gh(
+    'api',
+    `repos/${REPOSITORY}/collaborators/${ACTOR}/permission`,
+    '--jq',
+    '.permission'
+  );
+
+  return ['admin', 'maintain', 'write'].includes(permission)
+    ? ''
+    : `${ACTOR} has ${permission} access, which does not carry the right to push`;
+};
+
 /**
  * Says why a pull request cannot be landed as it stands.
  * @param {PullRequest} pull What GitHub reports about it.
@@ -97,7 +161,13 @@ const refuse = (pull: PullRequest) => {
     return 'GitHub has not worked out whether it merges yet; try again shortly';
   }
 
-  return '';
+  const actor = actorRefuses();
+
+  if (actor !== '') return actor;
+
+  const checks = checksRefuse(pull.head);
+
+  return checks === '' ? '' : `${checks}`;
 };
 
 if (number === undefined || !/^\d+$/.test(number)) {