diff --git a/standards/ci-standards.md b/standards/ci-standards.md
index a58ae81e6..b20ccecb7 100644
--- a/standards/ci-standards.md
+++ b/standards/ci-standards.md
@@ -732,12 +732,17 @@ first time it is **added** to a SonarCloud-gated repo. (The legacy per-file
 also works and is accepted during transition, but the inline marker is canonical.)
 
 Caller-stub templates that use `secrets: inherit` and therefore carry the S7635
-marker: `initiative-planner.yml`, `idea-triage.yml`, `idea-enhancer.yml`.
-**Pending:** `dev-lead.yml`, `auto-rebase.yml`, `dependabot-automerge.yml`, and
-`pr-review-mention.yml` also use `secrets: inherit` but do not yet carry the
-marker; because they are already deployed fleet-wide (so re-syncing them fans out
-broadly) the marker is being added to them under a separate rollout — until then a
-**new** adoption of one of those four needs the legacy per-file S7635 exemption.
+marker: `initiative-planner.yml`, `idea-triage.yml`, `idea-enhancer.yml`,
+`persona-mention.yml`, `dev-lead.yml`, `auto-rebase.yml`,
+`dependabot-automerge.yml`. Every template with a `secrets: inherit` line now
+carries the marker; the
+[`s7635-secrets-inherit.bats`](https://github.com/petry-projects/.github/blob/main/test/scripts/standards-templates/s7635-secrets-inherit.bats)
+template guard fails CI if any such line drops it (mirrors the S7637 v-form pin
+guard).
+
+Stubs that pass secrets **explicitly** (least privilege — no `secrets: inherit`
+line, e.g. `add-to-project.yml`, `pr-review-mention.yml`) never trip S7635 and
+carry **no** marker. Do not add one, as the marker is only necessary for `secrets: inherit` lines, which these stubs lack.
 
 ### 4. Secret Scanning (`ci.yml` — gitleaks job)
 
diff --git a/standards/workflows/auto-rebase.yml b/standards/workflows/auto-rebase.yml
index 78eb4dea2..ec4140e23 100644
--- a/standards/workflows/auto-rebase.yml
+++ b/standards/workflows/auto-rebase.yml
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ jobs:
       contents: write      # update-branch via GITHUB_TOKEN (may touch .github/workflows/)
       pull-requests: write # post comments on PRs
     uses: petry-projects/.github/.github/workflows/auto-rebase-reusable.yml@auto-rebase/v2-stable  # NOSONAR(githubactions:S7637) first-party channel ref
-    secrets: inherit
+    secrets: inherit  # NOSONAR(githubactions:S7635) first-party trusted reusable
diff --git a/standards/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yml b/standards/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yml
index 0a19abc73..eddb767ed 100644
--- a/standards/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yml
+++ b/standards/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yml
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       pull-requests: read
     uses: petry-projects/.github/.github/workflows/dependabot-automerge-reusable.yml@dependabot-automerge/v2-stable  # NOSONAR(githubactions:S7637) first-party channel ref
-    secrets: inherit
+    secrets: inherit  # NOSONAR(githubactions:S7635) first-party trusted reusable
diff --git a/standards/workflows/dev-lead.yml b/standards/workflows/dev-lead.yml
index ec2c71f64..fbceadb33 100644
--- a/standards/workflows/dev-lead.yml
+++ b/standards/workflows/dev-lead.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: petry-projects/.github-private/.github/workflows/dev-lead-reusable.yml@dev-lead/v1-stable  # NOSONAR(githubactions:S7637) first-party channel ref
     with:
       agent_ref: dev-lead/v1-stable
-    secrets: inherit
+    secrets: inherit  # NOSONAR(githubactions:S7635) first-party trusted reusable
     permissions:
       contents: write
       pull-requests: write
diff --git a/test/scripts/standards-templates/s7635-secrets-inherit.bats b/test/scripts/standards-templates/s7635-secrets-inherit.bats
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23a291df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/scripts/standards-templates/s7635-secrets-inherit.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+# Template-guard for the S7635 NOSONAR marker on caller-stub templates under
+# standards/workflows/ (#875, mirrors the #860 v-form/S7637 pin guard).
+#
+# A caller stub that hands the reusable every org secret via `secrets: inherit`
+# trips SonarCloud rule `githubactions:S7635` ("only pass required secrets").
+# The reusable is first-party and fully trusted, so the stub carries an inline
+#   secrets: inherit  # NOSONAR(githubactions:S7635) <prose>
+# marker that suppresses S7635 on exactly that line and travels with the stub to
+# every consumer repo. Dropping the marker regresses any consumer that copied
+# the stub (re-triggers S7635 in their SonarCloud run). This guard fails in CI
+# the moment a template with `secrets: inherit` loses the marker.
+#
+# Stubs that pass secrets EXPLICITLY (least privilege, no `secrets: inherit`
+# line — e.g. add-to-project.yml, pr-review-mention.yml) do not trip S7635 and
+# are correctly ignored: the guard only inspects real `secrets: inherit` lines.
+
+REPO_ROOT="$(cd -- "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../../.." && pwd)"
+WF_DIR="${REPO_ROOT}/standards/workflows"
+
+# The exact NOSONAR token every marked line must carry (grep -F, literal).
+MARKER='NOSONAR(githubactions:S7635)'
+
+# Emit `secrets: inherit` lines that are REAL YAML (indented key), never a `#`
+# comment mention. Anchors `secrets:` to the start-of-line-after-indent so a
+# prose line like `# ... secrets: inherit ...` is not matched.
+secrets_inherit_lines() {
+  grep -nE '^[[:space:]]*secrets:[[:space:]]+inherit([[:space:]]|$)' "$1" || true
+}
+
+@test "every template with 'secrets: inherit' carries the S7635 marker" {
+  local violations=()
+  local f name lines line lineno content
+  for f in "${WF_DIR}"/*.yml; do
+    name="$(basename "$f")"
+    lines="$(secrets_inherit_lines "$f")"
+    [ -n "$lines" ] || continue
+    while IFS= read -r line; do
+      lineno="${line%%:*}"
+      content="${line#*:}"
+      if ! grep -qF "$MARKER" <<<"$content"; then
+        violations+=("${name}:${lineno}: 'secrets: inherit' line lacks ${MARKER}")
+      fi
+    done <<<"$lines"
+  done
+  if [ "${#violations[@]}" -ne 0 ]; then
+    printf 'missing S7635 marker -> %s\n' "${violations[@]}"
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+@test "every S7635 marker uses the canonical inline shape" {
+  # Two spaces before the '#', then the exact token. Trailing prose is free-form
+  # (e.g. 'first-party trusted reusable' vs 'org secrets are scoped ...'), but
+  # the marker itself must be byte-consistent so SonarCloud honours it.
+  local violations=()
+  local f name lines line lineno content
+  for f in "${WF_DIR}"/*.yml; do
+    name="$(basename "$f")"
+    lines="$(secrets_inherit_lines "$f")"
+    [ -n "$lines" ] || continue
+    while IFS= read -r line; do
+      lineno="${line%%:*}"
+      content="${line#*:}"
+      grep -qF "$MARKER" <<<"$content" || continue
+      if ! grep -qE 'secrets: inherit  # NOSONAR\(githubactions:S7635\) ' <<<"$content"; then
+        violations+=("${name}:${lineno}: marker is not the canonical 'secrets: inherit  # NOSONAR(githubactions:S7635) <prose>' shape")
+      fi
+    done <<<"$lines"
+  done
+  if [ "${#violations[@]}" -ne 0 ]; then
+    printf 'bad marker shape -> %s\n' "${violations[@]}"
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+@test "the guard actually inspects at least one 'secrets: inherit' stub" {
+  # Positive control: without this, a broken matcher that finds nothing would let
+  # the first test pass vacuously (its `[ -n "$lines" ] || continue` skips every
+  # file). At least one template uses `secrets: inherit` by design.
+  local f found=0
+  for f in "${WF_DIR}"/*.yml; do
+    [ -n "$(secrets_inherit_lines "$f")" ] && found=1 && break
+  done
+  [ "$found" -eq 1 ] || { echo "no template with a real 'secrets: inherit' line found"; return 1; }
+}