diff --git a/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml
index 24e8311..a15a696 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml
@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: cf-exemptions — every suppression traces to a reasoned entry
         run: cf-exemptions
 
+      - name: cf-import-contract — the committed layering contract holds
+        # Same command shape as self-ci. The consumer's ONE committed import
+        # contract ([tool.importlinter] in pyproject.toml) is held in three
+        # passes; a repo with no committed contract fails CONTRACT_MISSING —
+        # the contract must be merged BEFORE the consumer's pin reaches this
+        # commit. Exit 2 is the gate itself failing to run (typed GateError
+        # on stderr — environment trouble is never a violation verdict).
+        run: cf-import-contract --root .
+
       - name: mypy through the baseline ratchet (a Python repo MUST carry a baseline)
         # The pipe is the design: mypy exits nonzero whenever baselined debt
         # exists; mypy-baseline filter is the gate (0 new errors), so the step
diff --git a/tests/test_workflows.py b/tests/test_workflows.py
index 2891ef1..b03877e 100644
--- a/tests/test_workflows.py
+++ b/tests/test_workflows.py
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ def test_gate_runs_full_battery_in_order() -> None:
         "cf-mirror-check",
         "cf-recursion-check",
         "cf-exemptions",
+        "cf-import-contract",
         "mypy-baseline filter",
         "pytest",
     ]