diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af4edc8..e920c78 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,35 +13,42 @@ Version Guard helps organizations maintain infrastructure security and complianc
 
 ## 🏗️ Architecture
 
-Version Guard implements a **two-stage detection pipeline**:
+Version Guard implements a **two-stage detection pipeline**. Manual and scheduled triggers share the same scan pipeline; scheduled triggers go through a small Temporal launcher workflow first so Temporal's schedule-generated workflow IDs do not bypass the singleton scan guard.
 
 ```
+┌──────────────────────────┐        ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
+│ Manual trigger           │        │ Temporal Schedule API            │
+│ POST /scan or CLI        │        │ SCHEDULE_* env vars              │
+└────────────┬─────────────┘        └────────────────┬────────────────┘
+             │                                       │
+             │                                       ▼
+             │                         ┌──────────────────────────────┐
+             │                         │ ScheduledScanWorkflow        │
+             │                         │ launcher only; no scanning   │
+             │                         └──────────────┬───────────────┘
+             │                                        │
+             └────────────────────┬───────────────────┘
+                                  ▼
+┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│  SINGLETON SCAN WORKFLOW                                   │
+│  workflow ID: version-guard-active-scan                    │
+│  Temporal rejects a second open run with this same ID       │
+└────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┘
+                             ▼
+┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│  STAGE 1: DETECT                                           │
+│  Fan-Out: parallel detection per resource type             │
+│  Inventory (Wiz) + EOL data + classify                     │
+└────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┘
+                             ▼
 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
-│  STAGE 1: DETECT (Temporal Workflow)                       │
-│                                                            │
-│   Fan-Out: Parallel Detection per Resource Type            │
-│   ┌───────┐  ┌─────────┐  ┌───────┐                        │
-│   │Aurora │  │   EKS   │  │ More  │  ...                   │
-│   └───┬───┘  └────┬────┘  └───┬───┘                        │
-│       └───────────┼───────────┘                            │
-│                   ▼                                        │
-│   Inventory (Wiz) + EOL Data + Classify                    │
-│                   │                                        │
-└───────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┘
-                    │
-┌───────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │  STAGE 2: STORE                                            │
-│                   ▼                                        │
-│   Create Versioned JSON Snapshot                           │
-│                   │                                        │
-│   s3://bucket/snapshots/YYYY/MM/DD/{snapshot-id}.json      │
-│   s3://bucket/snapshots/latest.json                        │
-│                                                            │
-└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-                    │
-                    ▼
-          📤 YOUR CUSTOM EMITTERS
-        (See "Extending Version Guard")
+│  s3://bucket/snapshots/YYYY/MM/DD/{snapshot-id}.json       │
+│  s3://bucket/snapshots/latest.json                         │
+└────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┘
+                             ▼
+                   📤 YOUR CUSTOM EMITTERS
+                 (See "Extending Version Guard")
 ```
 
 **Key Components:**
@@ -248,11 +255,13 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8081/scan \
 **Via Temporal directly:**
 
 ```bash
-# Temporal CLI (from inside the temporal container if using docker-compose)
+# Manual scan through the singleton orchestrator workflow. Use the fixed
+# workflow ID so Temporal enforces "only one active scan at a time".
 docker compose exec temporal temporal workflow start \
+  --workflow-id version-guard-active-scan \
   --task-queue version-guard-detection \
   --type OrchestratorWorkflow \
-  --input '{}' \
+  --input '{"ResourceTypes":["aurora-mysql","eks"],"ScanScope":"full"}' \
   --address localhost:7233 \
   --namespace version-guard-dev
 
@@ -284,7 +293,7 @@ Resource Breakdown:
 
 **Verify snapshot creation:**
 
-Snapshots are stored in MinIO (local S3) at `s3://version-guard-snapshots/snapshots/YYYY/MM/DD/{workflow-id}.json`:
+Snapshots are stored in MinIO (local S3) at `s3://version-guard-snapshots/snapshots/YYYY/MM/DD/{snapshot-id}.json`. For scheduled runs, the snapshot ID remains the schedule-generated run ID (for example `version-guard-scheduled-scan-2026-06-11T18:00:00Z`) even though the underlying scan workflow uses the fixed singleton ID:
 
 ```bash
 # List snapshots (from logs)
@@ -376,7 +385,16 @@ export SCHEDULE_CRON="*/30 * * * *"  # Every 30 minutes
 export SCHEDULE_JITTER="2m"
 ```
 
-The schedule uses a create-or-update pattern — safe to restart the server without creating duplicate schedules. If the cron expression changes, the existing schedule is updated automatically.
+The public configuration has not changed: `SCHEDULE_ENABLED`, `SCHEDULE_CRON`, `SCHEDULE_ID`, `SCHEDULE_JITTER`, and `TEMPORAL_TASK_QUEUE` are still the only knobs. The schedule uses a create-or-update pattern — safe to restart the server without creating duplicate schedules. If the cron expression changes, the existing schedule is updated automatically.
+
+Under the hood, the schedule starts `ScheduledScanWorkflow`. Temporal schedules may append the scheduled fire time to that workflow ID (for example `version-guard-scheduled-scan-2026-06-11T08:00:00Z`). That launcher then starts the real scan as child workflow ID `version-guard-active-scan`. Manual scans use the same fixed `version-guard-active-scan` ID directly. Because both paths converge on the same fixed workflow ID, Temporal rejects overlapping scans while still allowing each completed daily schedule to create a unique snapshot.
+
+In short:
+
+- **Config stays the same** — no new env vars, chart values, ports, task queues, or schedule IDs.
+- **Manual scans stay the same** — `POST /scan` and the CLI start `version-guard-active-scan`.
+- **Scheduled scans keep unique snapshot IDs** — the scheduled launcher ID is passed through as `ScanID`.
+- **Only one collector scan can run at a time** — scheduled and manual triggers both contend on `version-guard-active-scan`.
 
 ```bash
 # Verify the schedule
diff --git a/cmd/server/main.go b/cmd/server/main.go
index 261551b..5c84e15 100644
--- a/cmd/server/main.go
+++ b/cmd/server/main.go
@@ -422,8 +422,9 @@ func (s *ServerCLI) Run(_ *kong.Context) error {
 
 	// Register workflows
 	w.RegisterWorkflow(detection.DetectionWorkflow)
+	w.RegisterWorkflow(orchestrator.ScheduledScanWorkflow)
 	w.RegisterWorkflow(orchestrator.OrchestratorWorkflow)
-	fmt.Println("✓ Workflows registered (detection, orchestrator)")
+	fmt.Println("✓ Workflows registered (detection, scheduled scan, orchestrator)")
 
 	// Register activities
 	// Detection workflow activities
@@ -478,8 +479,9 @@ func (s *ServerCLI) Run(_ *kong.Context) error {
 	if s.ScheduleEnabled {
 		fmt.Printf("   Scans will run automatically (schedule: %s)\n", s.ScheduleCron)
 	}
-	fmt.Println("\n📖 To trigger a scan manually, use the Temporal UI or CLI:")
-	fmt.Printf("   temporal workflow start --workflow-id %s --task-queue %s --type %s --input '{}'\n", orchestrator.ActiveScanWorkflowID, s.TemporalTaskQueue, orchestrator.OrchestratorWorkflowType)
+	fmt.Println("\n📖 To trigger a scan manually, use the HTTP admin API:")
+	fmt.Printf("   curl -X POST http://localhost:%d/scan\n", s.HTTPPort)
+	fmt.Printf("   Advanced Temporal users: start %s with workflow ID %s and explicit ResourceTypes input\n", orchestrator.OrchestratorWorkflowType, orchestrator.ActiveScanWorkflowID)
 	fmt.Println("\n📖 For more information, see the README.md")
 	fmt.Println("\nPress Ctrl+C to stop...")
 
diff --git a/pkg/schedule/schedule.go b/pkg/schedule/schedule.go
index ead7e34..c425b6b 100644
--- a/pkg/schedule/schedule.go
+++ b/pkg/schedule/schedule.go
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ func (m *Manager) EnsureSchedule(ctx context.Context, cfg Config) error {
 			Jitter:          cfg.Jitter,
 		},
 		Action: &client.ScheduleWorkflowAction{
-			ID:       orchestrator.ActiveScanWorkflowID,
-			Workflow: orchestrator.OrchestratorWorkflow,
+			ID:       orchestrator.ScheduledScanWorkflowID,
+			Workflow: orchestrator.ScheduledScanWorkflow,
 			Args: []interface{}{orchestrator.WorkflowInput{
 				ResourceTypes:     cfg.ResourceTypes,
 				EmitterWebhookURL: cfg.EmitterWebhookURL,
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ func (m *Manager) EnsureSchedule(ctx context.Context, cfg Config) error {
 			}
 			input.Description.Schedule.Policy.Overlap = enumspb.SCHEDULE_OVERLAP_POLICY_SKIP
 			if action, ok := input.Description.Schedule.Action.(*client.ScheduleWorkflowAction); ok {
-				action.ID = orchestrator.ActiveScanWorkflowID
+				action.ID = orchestrator.ScheduledScanWorkflowID
+				action.Workflow = orchestrator.ScheduledScanWorkflow
 				action.TaskQueue = cfg.TaskQueue
 				action.Args = []interface{}{orchestrator.WorkflowInput{
 					ResourceTypes:     cfg.ResourceTypes,
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ func scheduleActionMatches(action client.ScheduleAction, cfg *Config) bool {
 	if !ok {
 		return false
 	}
-	if wfAction.ID != orchestrator.ActiveScanWorkflowID {
+	if wfAction.ID != orchestrator.ScheduledScanWorkflowID {
 		return false
 	}
 	if wfAction.TaskQueue != cfg.TaskQueue {
diff --git a/pkg/schedule/schedule_test.go b/pkg/schedule/schedule_test.go
index ae66069..d75fd52 100644
--- a/pkg/schedule/schedule_test.go
+++ b/pkg/schedule/schedule_test.go
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ func TestEnsureSchedule_CreatesNew(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5*time.Minute, mock.createOpts.Spec.Jitter)
 	assert.Equal(t, enumspb.SCHEDULE_OVERLAP_POLICY_SKIP, mock.createOpts.Overlap)
 	action := mock.createOpts.Action.(*client.ScheduleWorkflowAction)
-	assert.Equal(t, orchestrator.ActiveScanWorkflowID, action.ID)
+	assert.Equal(t, orchestrator.ScheduledScanWorkflowID, action.ID)
+	assert.NotNil(t, action.Workflow)
 	assert.Equal(t, "test-queue", action.TaskQueue)
 	assert.Equal(t, 2*time.Hour, action.WorkflowExecutionTimeout)
 	require.Len(t, action.Args, 1)
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ func TestEnsureSchedule_AlreadyExists_SameCron(t *testing.T) {
 					Jitter:          5 * time.Minute,
 				},
 				Action: &client.ScheduleWorkflowAction{
-					ID:        orchestrator.ActiveScanWorkflowID,
+					ID:        orchestrator.ScheduledScanWorkflowID,
 					TaskQueue: "test-queue",
 					Args: []interface{}{orchestrator.WorkflowInput{
 						ResourceTypes: testResourceTypes,
@@ -181,6 +182,59 @@ func TestEnsureSchedule_AlreadyExists_SameCron(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.False(t, handle.updateCalled, "Update should not be called when cron and action match")
 }
 
+func TestEnsureSchedule_AlreadyExists_OldDirectOrchestratorActionUpdates(t *testing.T) {
+	handle := &mockScheduleHandle{
+		id: "test-schedule",
+		describeOut: &client.ScheduleDescription{
+			Schedule: client.Schedule{
+				Policy: &client.SchedulePolicies{Overlap: enumspb.SCHEDULE_OVERLAP_POLICY_SKIP},
+				Spec: &client.ScheduleSpec{
+					CronExpressions: []string{"0 */6 * * *"},
+					Jitter:          5 * time.Minute,
+				},
+				Action: &client.ScheduleWorkflowAction{
+					ID:        orchestrator.ActiveScanWorkflowID,
+					Workflow:  orchestrator.OrchestratorWorkflow,
+					TaskQueue: "test-queue",
+					Args: []interface{}{orchestrator.WorkflowInput{
+						ResourceTypes: testResourceTypes,
+						ScanScope:     orchestrator.ScanScopeFull,
+					}},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	var captured *client.ScheduleUpdate
+	handle.updateFn = func(opts client.ScheduleUpdateOptions) {
+		input := client.ScheduleUpdateInput{Description: *handle.describeOut}
+		result, err := opts.DoUpdate(input)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		captured = result
+	}
+	mock := &mockCreator{
+		createErr: temporal.ErrScheduleAlreadyRunning,
+		handle:    handle,
+	}
+	mgr := NewManagerWithClient(mock)
+
+	err := mgr.EnsureSchedule(context.Background(), Config{
+		Enabled:        true,
+		ScheduleID:     "test-schedule",
+		CronExpression: "0 */6 * * *",
+		Jitter:         5 * time.Minute,
+		TaskQueue:      "test-queue",
+		ResourceTypes:  testResourceTypes,
+	})
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, handle.updateCalled, "Update should rewrite the pre-hotfix direct orchestrator schedule action")
+	require.NotNil(t, captured)
+	action, ok := captured.Schedule.Action.(*client.ScheduleWorkflowAction)
+	require.True(t, ok)
+	assert.Equal(t, orchestrator.ScheduledScanWorkflowID, action.ID)
+	assert.NotNil(t, action.Workflow)
+}
+
 // TestEnsureSchedule_AlreadyExists_NewWebhookURL guards the contract that
 // setting EMITTER_WEBHOOK_URL on a deployment whose schedule already
 // exists must propagate into the schedule's WorkflowInput. Without this
@@ -236,7 +290,8 @@ func TestEnsureSchedule_AlreadyExists_NewWebhookURL(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, enumspb.SCHEDULE_OVERLAP_POLICY_SKIP, captured.Schedule.Policy.Overlap)
 	action, ok := captured.Schedule.Action.(*client.ScheduleWorkflowAction)
 	require.True(t, ok, "action should be a ScheduleWorkflowAction")
-	assert.Equal(t, orchestrator.ActiveScanWorkflowID, action.ID)
+	assert.Equal(t, orchestrator.ScheduledScanWorkflowID, action.ID)
+	assert.NotNil(t, action.Workflow)
 	require.Len(t, action.Args, 1)
 	in, ok := action.Args[0].(orchestrator.WorkflowInput)
 	require.True(t, ok)
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/orchestrator/orchestrator_test.go b/pkg/workflow/orchestrator/orchestrator_test.go
index 06f62b3..9140dd5 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/orchestrator/orchestrator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/orchestrator/orchestrator_test.go
@@ -133,6 +133,40 @@ func TestOrchestratorWorkflow_RejectsNonSingletonWorkflowID(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), ActiveScanWorkflowID)
 }
 
+func TestScheduledScanWorkflow_StartsSingletonChildWithScheduledScanID(t *testing.T) {
+	suite := &testsuite.WorkflowTestSuite{}
+	env := suite.NewTestWorkflowEnvironment()
+	env.SetStartWorkflowOptions(client.StartWorkflowOptions{ID: ScheduledScanWorkflowID + "-2026-06-11T08:00:00Z"})
+	env.RegisterWorkflow(ScheduledScanWorkflow)
+	env.RegisterWorkflow(OrchestratorWorkflow)
+
+	var capturedInput WorkflowInput
+	env.OnWorkflow(OrchestratorWorkflow, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).
+		Return(func(ctx workflow.Context, in WorkflowInput) (*WorkflowOutput, error) {
+			capturedInput = in
+			assert.Equal(t, ActiveScanWorkflowID, workflow.GetInfo(ctx).WorkflowExecution.ID)
+			return &WorkflowOutput{
+				ScanID:     in.ScanID,
+				SnapshotID: "snapshot-from-child",
+			}, nil
+		})
+
+	env.ExecuteWorkflow(ScheduledScanWorkflow, WorkflowInput{
+		ResourceTypes: []types.ResourceType{types.ResourceTypeAurora},
+		ScanScope:     ScanScopeFull,
+	})
+
+	require.True(t, env.IsWorkflowCompleted())
+	require.NoError(t, env.GetWorkflowError())
+	assert.Equal(t, ScheduledScanWorkflowID+"-2026-06-11T08:00:00Z", capturedInput.ScanID)
+	assert.Equal(t, []types.ResourceType{types.ResourceTypeAurora}, capturedInput.ResourceTypes)
+
+	var output WorkflowOutput
+	require.NoError(t, env.GetWorkflowResult(&output))
+	assert.Equal(t, capturedInput.ScanID, output.ScanID)
+	assert.Equal(t, "snapshot-from-child", output.SnapshotID)
+}
+
 func TestOrchestratorWorkflow_ScanIDDefaultsToWorkflowID(t *testing.T) {
 	env := newOrchestratorEnv(t)
 
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/orchestrator/workflow.go b/pkg/workflow/orchestrator/workflow.go
index 553ee7f..e56542e 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/orchestrator/workflow.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/orchestrator/workflow.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
+	enumspb "go.temporal.io/api/enums/v1"
 	"go.temporal.io/sdk/temporal"
 	"go.temporal.io/sdk/workflow"
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ const (
 	OrchestratorWorkflowType = "VersionGuardOrchestratorWorkflow"
 	TaskQueueName            = "version-guard-orchestrator"
 	ActiveScanWorkflowID     = "version-guard-active-scan"
+	ScheduledScanWorkflowID  = "version-guard-scheduled-scan"
 
 	ScanScopeFull     = "full"
 	ScanScopeTargeted = "targeted"
@@ -75,6 +77,42 @@ type ResourceTypeResult struct {
 	Error          string // Empty if successful
 }
 
+// ScheduledScanWorkflow is the Temporal schedule entry point. Temporal appends
+// the scheduled fire time to workflow IDs for uniqueness, so schedules cannot
+// start OrchestratorWorkflow directly while it enforces ActiveScanWorkflowID.
+// This launcher may have a timestamp-suffixed ID, but it starts the real scan
+// as a child workflow using the fixed singleton ID. That keeps scheduled and
+// manual scans mutually exclusive while preserving unique scheduled ScanIDs.
+func ScheduledScanWorkflow(ctx workflow.Context, input WorkflowInput) (*WorkflowOutput, error) {
+	info := workflow.GetInfo(ctx)
+	if input.ScanID == "" {
+		input.ScanID = info.WorkflowExecution.ID
+	}
+
+	childOpts := workflow.ChildWorkflowOptions{
+		WorkflowID:               ActiveScanWorkflowID,
+		WorkflowExecutionTimeout: 2 * time.Hour,
+		WorkflowIDReusePolicy:    enumspb.WORKFLOW_ID_REUSE_POLICY_ALLOW_DUPLICATE,
+	}
+	childCtx := workflow.WithChildOptions(ctx, childOpts)
+
+	var output WorkflowOutput
+	err := workflow.ExecuteChildWorkflow(childCtx, OrchestratorWorkflow, input).Get(ctx, &output)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger := workflow.GetLogger(ctx)
+		logger.Error("Scheduled scan workflow failed",
+			"event", "scheduled_scan_workflow_failed",
+			"scanID", input.ScanID,
+			"workflowID", info.WorkflowExecution.ID,
+			"runID", info.WorkflowExecution.RunID,
+			"childWorkflowID", ActiveScanWorkflowID,
+			"error", err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &output, nil
+}
+
 // OrchestratorWorkflow is the main workflow that orchestrates the three-stage pipeline:
 // Stage 1: Detect - Fan out across resource types in parallel
 // Stage 2: Store - Write classified findings to S3 as versioned snapshot