diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-vitest-scenarios.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-vitest-scenarios.yaml
index 150382b4d04..dd7f41fa710 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-vitest-scenarios.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-vitest-scenarios.yaml
@@ -598,6 +598,52 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           docker logout docker.io >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 
+  # Checkout-local CLI/docs parity and local Markdown/MDX link validation.
+  # This preserves nightly-e2e.yaml:docs-validation-e2e as a discrete,
+  # default-enabled contract until the focused docs workflows are required
+  # and demonstrably subsume its full-repository boundary.
+  docs-validation-vitest:
+    needs: generate-matrix
+    if: ${{ (inputs.jobs == '' && inputs.scenarios == '') || contains(format(',{0},', inputs.jobs), ',docs-validation-vitest,') || contains(format(',{0},', inputs.scenarios), ',docs-validation,') }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    env:
+      FREE_STANDING_VITEST_JOB: "1"
+      FREE_STANDING_SCENARIO_ID: "docs-validation"
+      CHECK_DOC_LINKS_REMOTE: "0"
+      E2E_ARTIFACT_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/e2e-artifacts/vitest/docs-validation
+      NEMOCLAW_RUN_E2E_SCENARIOS: "1"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Set up Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.0.0
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: npm
+
+      - name: Install root dependencies
+        run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
+
+      - name: Run docs validation live Vitest test
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          npx vitest run --project e2e-scenarios-live \
+            test/e2e-scenario/live/docs-validation.test.ts \
+            --silent=false --reporter=default
+
+      - name: Upload docs validation artifacts
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: e2e-vitest-scenarios-docs-validation
+          path: e2e-artifacts/vitest/docs-validation/
+          include-hidden-files: false
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+          retention-days: 14
+
   hermes-root-entrypoint-smoke-vitest:
     needs: generate-matrix
     if: ${{ needs.generate-matrix.result == 'success' && ((inputs.jobs == '' && inputs.scenarios == '') || contains(format(',{0},', inputs.jobs), ',hermes-root-entrypoint-smoke-vitest,') || contains(format(',{0},', inputs.scenarios), ',hermes-root-entrypoint-smoke,')) }}
@@ -5981,6 +6027,7 @@ jobs:
         onboard-negative-paths-vitest,
         skill-agent-vitest,
         openclaw-skill-cli-vitest,
+        docs-validation-vitest,
         inference-routing-vitest,
         cloud-inference-vitest,
         gpu-e2e-vitest,
diff --git a/test/e2e-scenario/support-tests/docs-validation-workflow-boundary.test.ts b/test/e2e-scenario/support-tests/docs-validation-workflow-boundary.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c7aa18a4b90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-scenario/support-tests/docs-validation-workflow-boundary.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import YAML from "yaml";
+import {
+  readDocsValidationWorkflow,
+  validateDocsValidationWorkflow,
+  validateDocsValidationWorkflowBoundary,
+} from "../../../tools/e2e-scenarios/docs-validation-workflow-boundary.mts";
+import {
+  evaluateE2eVitestWorkflowDispatchSelectors,
+  validateE2eVitestScenariosWorkflowBoundary,
+} from "../../../tools/e2e-scenarios/workflow-boundary.mts";
+
+describe("docs validation workflow boundary", () => {
+  it("is default-enabled and selectively dispatchable", () => {
+    expect(validateDocsValidationWorkflowBoundary()).toEqual([]);
+    expect(validateE2eVitestScenariosWorkflowBoundary()).toEqual([]);
+
+    for (const selector of [{ scenarios: "docs-validation" }, { jobs: "docs-validation-vitest" }]) {
+      expect(evaluateE2eVitestWorkflowDispatchSelectors(selector)).toMatchObject({
+        valid: true,
+        liveScenariosRuns: false,
+        selectedFreeStandingJobs: ["docs-validation-vitest"],
+      });
+    }
+    expect(evaluateE2eVitestWorkflowDispatchSelectors({}).selectedFreeStandingJobs).toContain(
+      "docs-validation-vitest",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("makes execution, determinism, and aggregation part of the focused ratchet", () => {
+    const workflow = readDocsValidationWorkflow();
+    const job = workflow.jobs["docs-validation-vitest"];
+    job.env!.CHECK_DOC_LINKS_REMOTE = "1";
+    job.steps!.find((step) => step.name === "Run docs validation live Vitest test")!.run =
+      "echo skipped";
+    workflow.jobs["report-to-pr"].needs = (workflow.jobs["report-to-pr"].needs as string[]).filter(
+      (name) => name !== "docs-validation-vitest",
+    );
+
+    expect(validateDocsValidationWorkflow(workflow)).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        "docs-validation-vitest must keep link checks deterministic and local-only",
+        "docs-validation-vitest step Run docs validation live Vitest test must contain: test/e2e-scenario/live/docs-validation.test.ts",
+        "report-to-pr must wait for docs-validation-vitest",
+      ]),
+    );
+
+    const directory = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "nemoclaw-docs-validation-workflow-"));
+    const workflowPath = join(directory, "workflow.yaml");
+    try {
+      writeFileSync(workflowPath, YAML.stringify(workflow));
+      expect(validateDocsValidationWorkflowBoundary(workflowPath)).toContain(
+        "report-to-pr must wait for docs-validation-vitest",
+      );
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(directory, { force: true, recursive: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("reports empty workflow input as contract errors instead of throwing", () => {
+    const directory = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "nemoclaw-docs-validation-empty-"));
+    const workflowPath = join(directory, "workflow.yaml");
+    try {
+      writeFileSync(workflowPath, "");
+      expect(validateDocsValidationWorkflowBoundary(workflowPath)).toContain(
+        "docs-validation-vitest must depend on generate-matrix",
+      );
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(directory, { force: true, recursive: true });
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tools/e2e-scenarios/docs-validation-workflow-boundary.mts b/tools/e2e-scenarios/docs-validation-workflow-boundary.mts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3bde9d450e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/e2e-scenarios/docs-validation-workflow-boundary.mts
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import YAML from "yaml";
+
+const REPO_ROOT = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..", "..");
+const DEFAULT_WORKFLOW_PATH = join(REPO_ROOT, ".github", "workflows", "e2e-vitest-scenarios.yaml");
+const JOB_NAME = "docs-validation-vitest";
+
+type WorkflowStep = {
+  if?: string;
+  name?: string;
+  run?: string;
+  uses?: string;
+  with?: Record<string, unknown>;
+};
+
+type WorkflowJob = {
+  env?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  if?: string;
+  needs?: string[] | string;
+  steps?: WorkflowStep[];
+  "runs-on"?: string;
+  "timeout-minutes"?: number;
+};
+
+export type DocsValidationWorkflow = {
+  jobs: Record<string, WorkflowJob>;
+};
+
+export function readDocsValidationWorkflow(
+  workflowPath = DEFAULT_WORKFLOW_PATH,
+): DocsValidationWorkflow {
+  const parsed: unknown = YAML.parse(readFileSync(workflowPath, "utf8"));
+  const jobs =
+    parsed && typeof parsed === "object" && !Array.isArray(parsed)
+      ? (parsed as { jobs?: unknown }).jobs
+      : undefined;
+  return {
+    jobs:
+      jobs && typeof jobs === "object" && !Array.isArray(jobs)
+        ? (jobs as Record<string, WorkflowJob>)
+        : {},
+  };
+}
+
+function findStep(job: WorkflowJob, name: string): WorkflowStep {
+  return job.steps?.find((step) => step.name === name) ?? {};
+}
+
+function requireEqual(errors: string[], actual: unknown, expected: unknown, message: string): void {
+  if (actual !== expected) errors.push(message);
+}
+
+function requireRunContains(errors: string[], step: WorkflowStep, fragment: string): void {
+  if (!step.run?.includes(fragment)) {
+    errors.push(`${JOB_NAME} step ${step.name ?? "<missing>"} must contain: ${fragment}`);
+  }
+}
+
+export function validateDocsValidationWorkflow(workflow: DocsValidationWorkflow): string[] {
+  const errors: string[] = [];
+  const job = workflow.jobs[JOB_NAME] ?? {};
+  const env = job.env ?? {};
+
+  requireEqual(errors, job.needs, "generate-matrix", `${JOB_NAME} must depend on generate-matrix`);
+  requireEqual(
+    errors,
+    job.if,
+    "${{ (inputs.jobs == '' && inputs.scenarios == '') || contains(format(',{0},', inputs.jobs), ',docs-validation-vitest,') || contains(format(',{0},', inputs.scenarios), ',docs-validation,') }}",
+    `${JOB_NAME} must remain default-enabled and selectively dispatchable`,
+  );
+  requireEqual(errors, job["runs-on"], "ubuntu-latest", `${JOB_NAME} must run on ubuntu-latest`);
+  requireEqual(errors, job["timeout-minutes"], 15, `${JOB_NAME} timeout must remain 15 minutes`);
+  requireEqual(errors, env.FREE_STANDING_VITEST_JOB, "1", `${JOB_NAME} must be free-standing`);
+  requireEqual(
+    errors,
+    env.FREE_STANDING_SCENARIO_ID,
+    "docs-validation",
+    `${JOB_NAME} must publish the docs-validation selector`,
+  );
+  requireEqual(
+    errors,
+    env.CHECK_DOC_LINKS_REMOTE,
+    "0",
+    `${JOB_NAME} must keep link checks deterministic and local-only`,
+  );
+  requireEqual(
+    errors,
+    env.E2E_ARTIFACT_DIR,
+    "${{ github.workspace }}/e2e-artifacts/vitest/docs-validation",
+    `${JOB_NAME} must isolate docs-validation artifacts`,
+  );
+  requireEqual(
+    errors,
+    env.NEMOCLAW_RUN_E2E_SCENARIOS,
+    "1",
+    `${JOB_NAME} must enable live Vitest scenarios`,
+  );
+
+  const checkout = job.steps?.find((step) => step.uses?.startsWith("actions/checkout@"));
+  if (!checkout || !/^actions\/checkout@[0-9a-f]{40}$/u.test(checkout.uses ?? "")) {
+    errors.push(`${JOB_NAME} checkout must pin a full action SHA`);
+  }
+  if (checkout?.with?.["persist-credentials"] !== false) {
+    errors.push(`${JOB_NAME} checkout must disable persisted credentials`);
+  }
+
+  const setup = findStep(job, "Set up Node");
+  if (!/^actions\/setup-node@[0-9a-f]{40}$/u.test(setup.uses ?? "")) {
+    errors.push(`${JOB_NAME} setup-node must pin a full action SHA`);
+  }
+  requireRunContains(errors, findStep(job, "Install root dependencies"), "npm ci --ignore-scripts");
+
+  const run = findStep(job, "Run docs validation live Vitest test");
+  requireRunContains(errors, run, "npx vitest run --project e2e-scenarios-live");
+  requireRunContains(errors, run, "test/e2e-scenario/live/docs-validation.test.ts");
+
+  const upload = findStep(job, "Upload docs validation artifacts");
+  requireEqual(errors, upload.if, "always()", `${JOB_NAME} artifact upload must always run`);
+  if (!/^actions\/upload-artifact@[0-9a-f]{40}$/u.test(upload.uses ?? "")) {
+    errors.push(`${JOB_NAME} artifact upload must pin a full action SHA`);
+  }
+  requireEqual(
+    errors,
+    upload.with?.name,
+    "e2e-vitest-scenarios-docs-validation",
+    `${JOB_NAME} artifact name must remain stable`,
+  );
+  requireEqual(
+    errors,
+    upload.with?.path,
+    "e2e-artifacts/vitest/docs-validation/",
+    `${JOB_NAME} must upload docs-validation artifacts`,
+  );
+  requireEqual(
+    errors,
+    upload.with?.["include-hidden-files"],
+    false,
+    `${JOB_NAME} artifact upload must exclude hidden files`,
+  );
+  requireEqual(
+    errors,
+    upload.with?.["if-no-files-found"],
+    "ignore",
+    `${JOB_NAME} artifact upload must tolerate missing failure artifacts`,
+  );
+  requireEqual(
+    errors,
+    upload.with?.["retention-days"],
+    14,
+    `${JOB_NAME} artifact retention must remain 14 days`,
+  );
+
+  const reportNeeds = workflow.jobs["report-to-pr"]?.needs;
+  if (!Array.isArray(reportNeeds) || !reportNeeds.includes(JOB_NAME)) {
+    errors.push(`report-to-pr must wait for ${JOB_NAME}`);
+  }
+
+  return errors;
+}
+
+export function validateDocsValidationWorkflowBoundary(
+  workflowPath = DEFAULT_WORKFLOW_PATH,
+): string[] {
+  return validateDocsValidationWorkflow(readDocsValidationWorkflow(workflowPath));
+}