diff --git a/packages/domain/src/__tests__/lint-gate.test.ts b/packages/domain/src/__tests__/lint-gate.test.ts
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+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { checkLintGate } from "../../../../scripts/check-lint-gate.mjs";
+
+describe("lint gate", () => {
+	it("fails on warnings instead of silently passing", () => {
+		const violations = checkLintGate();
+		if (violations.length > 0) {
+			throw new Error(
+				`Lint gate integrity violations:\n  ${violations.join("\n  ")}`,
+			);
+		}
+		expect(violations).toHaveLength(0);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/scripts/check-lint-gate.mjs b/scripts/check-lint-gate.mjs
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+import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+const ROOT = new URL("..", import.meta.url).pathname.replace(/\/$/, "");
+const RUN_LINE_RE = /^\s*run:\s*(.+?)\s*$/;
+
+/** @param {string} path */
+const read = (path) => readFileSync(join(ROOT, path), "utf-8");
+
+/**
+ * Gates must invoke `pnpm oxlint` with no extra arguments: pnpm forwards them
+ * after `--`, where oxlint reads them as file paths and lints nothing.
+ * @param {Record<string, string>} scripts
+ */
+function findGatesWithOwnFlags(scripts) {
+	const commands = Object.entries(scripts)
+		.filter(([name]) => name !== "oxlint")
+		.flatMap(([name, body]) =>
+			body.split("&&").map((c) => [`scripts.${name}`, c.trim()]),
+		);
+	for (const line of read("lefthook.yml").split("\n")) {
+		const command = RUN_LINE_RE.exec(line)?.[1];
+		if (command) commands.push(["lefthook.yml", command]);
+	}
+	return commands
+		.filter(([, c]) => c.includes("oxlint") && c !== "pnpm oxlint")
+		.map(([source, c]) => `${source} runs "${c}" instead of "pnpm oxlint"`);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Runs the configured command with one rule forced to warn. A working gate
+ * exits non-zero; exiting 0 means it lints nothing, or does not fail on
+ * warnings.
+ * @param {string} oxlintScript
+ */
+function failsOnWarnings(oxlintScript) {
+	const args = [...oxlintScript.split(" ").slice(1), "-W", "no-console"];
+	try {
+		execFileSync(join(ROOT, "node_modules/.bin/oxlint"), args, {
+			cwd: ROOT,
+			stdio: "ignore",
+		});
+		return false;
+	} catch {
+		return true;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reports ways the oxlint gate could pass without checking anything, which is
+ * indistinguishable from a clean run.
+ * @returns {string[]}
+ */
+export function checkLintGate() {
+	/** @type {Record<string, string>} */
+	const scripts = JSON.parse(read("package.json")).scripts;
+	const violations = findGatesWithOwnFlags(scripts);
+
+	// The canary rule below is not type-aware, so the probe alone cannot
+	// detect type-aware rules being switched off.
+	if (!scripts.oxlint.includes("--type-aware")) {
+		violations.push("scripts.oxlint is missing --type-aware");
+	}
+	if (!failsOnWarnings(scripts.oxlint)) {
+		violations.push(
+			`scripts.oxlint exits 0 despite no-console violations: "${scripts.oxlint}"`,
+		);
+	}
+	return violations;
+}