diff --git a/.github/workflows/commit-authorship.yml b/.github/workflows/commit-authorship.yml
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+name: Commit Authorship
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  no-ai-authorship:
+    name: No AI tool author or co-author
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository
+        # actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd
+        with:
+          # Full history so the base..head range is resolvable.
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Check commit author, committer, and co-author fields
+        env:
+          BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
+          HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+        run: scripts/ci/check-ai-authorship.sh "$BASE_SHA" "$HEAD_SHA"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/check-ai-authorship.sh b/scripts/ci/check-ai-authorship.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Fail if any commit in a range is authored, committed, or co-authored by an AI
+# coding tool (Claude / Anthropic / Cursor).
+#
+# Usage: check-ai-authorship.sh <base-ref> [head-ref]
+#        check-ai-authorship.sh <revision-range>
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Matched case-insensitively against a whole "Name <email>" identity, with
+# non-alphanumeric boundaries so names like "Claudia" or "precursor" pass.
+PATTERN='(^|[^[:alnum:]])(claude|anthropic|cursor|cursoragent)([^[:alnum:]]|$)'
+
+usage() {
+	echo "usage: $0 <base-ref> [head-ref]" >&2
+	echo "       $0 <revision-range>" >&2
+	exit 2
+}
+
+[ "$#" -ge 1 ] || usage
+
+if [ "$#" -eq 1 ]; then
+	range="$1"
+else
+	range="$1..${2:-HEAD}"
+fi
+
+commits="$(git rev-list --no-merges "$range")"
+
+if [ -z "$commits" ]; then
+	echo "OK: no commits in range $range"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+violations=0
+
+for sha in $commits; do
+	subject="$(git show -s --format='%s' "$sha")"
+	offenders=""
+
+	author="$(git show -s --format='%an <%ae>' "$sha")"
+	if printf '%s' "$author" | grep -Eiq "$PATTERN"; then
+		offenders="${offenders}    author:    ${author}"$'\n'
+	fi
+
+	committer="$(git show -s --format='%cn <%ce>' "$sha")"
+	if printf '%s' "$committer" | grep -Eiq "$PATTERN"; then
+		offenders="${offenders}    committer: ${committer}"$'\n'
+	fi
+
+	# Scan the raw body, not just parsed trailers, so a Co-authored-by line that
+	# is not in the final trailer block is still caught.
+	while IFS= read -r line; do
+		[ -n "$line" ] || continue
+		if printf '%s' "$line" | grep -Eiq "$PATTERN"; then
+			offenders="${offenders}    ${line}"$'\n'
+		fi
+	done < <(git show -s --format='%B' "$sha" | grep -Ei '^[[:space:]]*co-authored-by:' || true)
+
+	if [ -n "$offenders" ]; then
+		violations=$((violations + 1))
+		echo "FAILED: ${sha} ${subject}"
+		printf '%s' "$offenders"
+	fi
+done
+
+if [ "$violations" -gt 0 ]; then
+	echo
+	echo "${violations} commit(s) carry AI-tool authorship in range ${range}."
+	echo "Rewrite the offending commits with a human author and drop the AI"
+	echo "Co-authored-by trailers, then force-push the branch."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "OK: no AI-tool authorship found in $(echo "$commits" | wc -l | tr -d ' ') commit(s)."