diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-16-desktop-logging.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-16-desktop-logging.i18n.yaml
index ad319b04fa..2bdbe59b97 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-16-desktop-logging.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-08-16-desktop-logging.i18n.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Bilingual-pair consistency record: the git blob hash of each side as of the last
 # confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority. Update both files
 # and re-record their hashes after editing either side.
-2026-08-16-desktop-logging.md: 8e1df3e52fcc58688fac242a8688b1d18816edad
-2026-08-16-desktop-logging.zh.md: 97346bb31546427cf9e98e9039c6ad6ba33663a5
+2026-08-16-desktop-logging.md: f97287a0b0ed06a08b31aeb0da303c3a23ea5310
+2026-08-16-desktop-logging.zh.md: f1a3b3717c5c59b151768ae4415abeb8b2f1f904
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e15c4f8ba3..356d99818d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ jobs:
           HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
+          node --test scripts/bilingual-docs.test.mjs
+          node scripts/verify-bilingual-docs.mjs
+          node --test scripts/market-dependency-direction.test.mjs
+          node scripts/verify-market-dependency-direction.mjs
           if [[ "$EVENT_NAME" == "workflow_dispatch" || -z "$BASE_SHA" || "$BASE_SHA" =~ ^0+$ ]]; then
             product=true
           else
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 10533b249d..6a8b560732 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@
     "build": "yarn workspace dsh-community-market build && yarn workspace dsh-plugin-desktop build",
     "typecheck": "yarn workspace dsh-plugin-desktop typecheck && yarn workspace dsh-community-market typecheck",
     "test": "yarn workspace dsh-plugin-desktop test && yarn workspace dsh-community-market test",
-    "check:layout": "node scripts/verify-layout.mjs",
+    "test:bilingual-docs": "node --test scripts/bilingual-docs.test.mjs",
+    "check:bilingual-docs": "yarn test:bilingual-docs && node scripts/verify-bilingual-docs.mjs",
+    "test:architecture-gates": "node --test scripts/market-dependency-direction.test.mjs",
+    "check:architecture": "yarn test:architecture-gates && node scripts/verify-market-dependency-direction.mjs",
+    "check:layout": "yarn check:bilingual-docs && yarn check:architecture && node scripts/verify-layout.mjs",
     "check": "yarn check:layout && yarn workspace dsh-community-fabric check && yarn workspace dsh-community-market check && yarn workspace dsh-plugin-desktop check",
     "dev": "yarn workspace dsh-community-market build && yarn workspace dsh-plugin-desktop dev",
     "start": "yarn workspace dsh-plugin-desktop start",
diff --git a/scripts/bilingual-docs.mjs b/scripts/bilingual-docs.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95a7f0a682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bilingual-docs.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process'
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { basename, dirname, isAbsolute, relative, resolve } from 'node:path'
+
+const HASH_PATTERN = /^[0-9a-f]{40}$/u
+const DOCUMENT_PATTERN = /\.mdx?$/u
+
+function normalizePath(path) {
+  return path.replaceAll('\\', '/')
+}
+
+function runGit(root, args) {
+  return execFileSync('git', args, {
+    cwd: root,
+    encoding: 'utf8',
+    stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
+  })
+}
+
+export function parseBilingualRecord(recordPath, content) {
+  const entries = []
+  for (const [index, line] of content.split(/\r?\n/u).entries()) {
+    const trimmed = line.trim()
+    if (trimmed.length === 0 || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue
+    const match = /^([^:]+):\s*([0-9a-f]{40})$/u.exec(trimmed)
+    if (match === null) {
+      throw new Error(`${recordPath}:${String(index + 1)} is not a filename and Git blob hash`)
+    }
+    const filename = match[1]?.trim() ?? ''
+    const hash = match[2] ?? ''
+    if (filename !== basename(filename) || isAbsolute(filename) || !DOCUMENT_PATTERN.test(filename)) {
+      throw new Error(`${recordPath}:${String(index + 1)} must name one Markdown file beside the record`)
+    }
+    if (!HASH_PATTERN.test(hash)) {
+      throw new Error(`${recordPath}:${String(index + 1)} has an invalid Git blob hash`)
+    }
+    entries.push({ filename, hash })
+  }
+  if (entries.length !== 2) {
+    throw new Error(`${recordPath} must contain exactly two bilingual document records`)
+  }
+  if (entries[0]?.filename === entries[1]?.filename) {
+    throw new Error(`${recordPath} must reference two distinct bilingual documents`)
+  }
+  return entries
+}
+
+export function verifyBilingualRecords({ root, recordPaths, readText, hashDocument }) {
+  let documentCount = 0
+  const violations = []
+  for (const recordPath of recordPaths) {
+    const normalizedRecord = normalizePath(recordPath)
+    const recordDirectory = dirname(resolve(root, normalizedRecord))
+    let entries
+    try {
+      entries = parseBilingualRecord(normalizedRecord, readText(resolve(root, normalizedRecord)))
+    } catch (cause) {
+      violations.push(cause instanceof Error ? cause.message : String(cause))
+      continue
+    }
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+      const documentPath = resolve(recordDirectory, entry.filename)
+      const relativeDocument = normalizePath(relative(root, documentPath))
+      if (relativeDocument.startsWith('../') || isAbsolute(relativeDocument)) {
+        violations.push(`${normalizedRecord} references a document outside the repository`)
+        continue
+      }
+      try {
+        readText(documentPath)
+        const actual = hashDocument(relativeDocument)
+        if (actual !== entry.hash) {
+          violations.push(`${normalizedRecord} is stale for ${relativeDocument}: expected ${actual}, recorded ${entry.hash}`)
+        }
+      } catch (cause) {
+        violations.push(`${normalizedRecord} cannot verify ${relativeDocument}: ${cause instanceof Error ? cause.message : String(cause)}`)
+      }
+      documentCount += 1
+    }
+  }
+  if (violations.length > 0) {
+    throw new Error(`bilingual documentation gate failed:\n- ${violations.join('\n- ')}`)
+  }
+  return { recordCount: recordPaths.length, documentCount }
+}
+
+export function verifyTrackedBilingualRecords(root) {
+  const recordPaths = runGit(root, ['ls-files', '-z', '--', '*.i18n.yaml'])
+    .split('\0')
+    .filter(Boolean)
+    .map(normalizePath)
+  return verifyBilingualRecords({
+    root,
+    recordPaths,
+    readText: path => readFileSync(path, 'utf8'),
+    hashDocument: relativePath => runGit(root, [
+      'hash-object',
+      `--path=${relativePath}`,
+      '--',
+      relativePath,
+    ]).trim(),
+  })
+}
diff --git a/scripts/bilingual-docs.test.mjs b/scripts/bilingual-docs.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff194c037c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bilingual-docs.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { test } from 'node:test'
+import { resolve } from 'node:path'
+import {
+  parseBilingualRecord,
+  verifyBilingualRecords,
+} from './bilingual-docs.mjs'
+
+test('parses exactly two Markdown blob records', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(parseBilingualRecord('docs/topic.i18n.yaml', [
+    '# Both languages carry equal authority.',
+    `topic.md: ${'a'.repeat(40)}`,
+    `topic.zh.md: ${'b'.repeat(40)}`,
+    '',
+  ].join('\n')), [
+    { filename: 'topic.md', hash: 'a'.repeat(40) },
+    { filename: 'topic.zh.md', hash: 'b'.repeat(40) },
+  ])
+})
+
+test('rejects malformed, incomplete, and escaping bilingual records', () => {
+  assert.throws(
+    () => parseBilingualRecord('docs/topic.i18n.yaml', `topic.md: ${'a'.repeat(40)}\n`),
+    /exactly two/u,
+  )
+  assert.throws(
+    () => parseBilingualRecord('docs/topic.i18n.yaml', `topic.md = ${'a'.repeat(40)}\ntopic.zh.md: ${'b'.repeat(40)}\n`),
+    /not a filename/u,
+  )
+  assert.throws(
+    () => parseBilingualRecord('docs/topic.i18n.yaml', `../topic.md: ${'a'.repeat(40)}\ntopic.zh.md: ${'b'.repeat(40)}\n`),
+    /beside the record/u,
+  )
+})
+
+test('verifies every recorded document hash', () => {
+  const root = resolve('repository')
+  const recordPath = 'docs/topic.i18n.yaml'
+  const record = `topic.md: ${'a'.repeat(40)}\ntopic.zh.md: ${'b'.repeat(40)}\n`
+  const reads = new Map([
+    [resolve(root, recordPath), record],
+    [resolve(root, 'docs/topic.md'), 'English'],
+    [resolve(root, 'docs/topic.zh.md'), 'Chinese'],
+  ])
+  const result = verifyBilingualRecords({
+    root,
+    recordPaths: [recordPath],
+    readText: path => {
+      const value = reads.get(path)
+      if (value === undefined) throw new Error(`missing ${path}`)
+      return value
+    },
+    hashDocument: path => path.endsWith('.zh.md') ? 'b'.repeat(40) : 'a'.repeat(40),
+  })
+  assert.deepEqual(result, { recordCount: 1, documentCount: 2 })
+  assert.throws(() => verifyBilingualRecords({
+    root,
+    recordPaths: [recordPath],
+    readText: path => reads.get(path) ?? '',
+    hashDocument: () => 'c'.repeat(40),
+  }), /is stale/u)
+})
+
+test('reports malformed records and missing documents in one failure', () => {
+  const root = resolve('repository')
+  const records = new Map([
+    [resolve(root, 'docs/broken.i18n.yaml'), 'not a record\n'],
+    [resolve(root, 'docs/missing.i18n.yaml'), [
+      `missing.md: ${'a'.repeat(40)}`,
+      `missing.zh.md: ${'b'.repeat(40)}`,
+      '',
+    ].join('\n')],
+  ])
+
+  assert.throws(() => verifyBilingualRecords({
+    root,
+    recordPaths: ['docs/broken.i18n.yaml', 'docs/missing.i18n.yaml'],
+    readText: path => {
+      const value = records.get(path)
+      if (value === undefined) throw new Error(`missing ${path}`)
+      return value
+    },
+    hashDocument: () => 'a'.repeat(40),
+  }), /broken\.i18n\.yaml:1[\s\S]*cannot verify docs\/missing\.md[\s\S]*cannot verify docs\/missing\.zh\.md/u)
+})
diff --git a/scripts/market-dependency-direction.mjs b/scripts/market-dependency-direction.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ca44c205c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/market-dependency-direction.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process'
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { resolve } from 'node:path'
+
+const IMPORT_SPECIFIER = /(?:\bfrom\s*|\bimport\s*\(\s*|\brequire\s*\(\s*|\bimport\s*)['"]([^'"]+)['"]/gu
+const DESKTOP_MODULE = /(?:^|\/)dsh-plugin-desktop(?:\/|$)/u
+
+function normalizePath(path) {
+  return path.replaceAll('\\', '/')
+}
+
+export function verifyMarketDependencyDirection(files) {
+  const violations = []
+  for (const [path, source] of files) {
+    for (const match of source.matchAll(IMPORT_SPECIFIER)) {
+      const specifier = match[1] ?? ''
+      if (DESKTOP_MODULE.test(normalizePath(specifier))) {
+        violations.push(normalizePath(path))
+        break
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if (violations.length > 0) {
+    throw new Error(`Market source must not import Desktop implementation: ${violations.join(', ')}`)
+  }
+  return { fileCount: files.length }
+}
+
+export function verifyTrackedMarketDependencyDirection(root) {
+  const paths = execFileSync('git', ['ls-files', '-z', '--', 'dsh-community-market/src'], {
+    cwd: root,
+    encoding: 'utf8',
+    stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
+  })
+    .split('\0')
+    .filter(path => /\.[cm]?[jt]sx?$/u.test(path))
+    .map(normalizePath)
+  return verifyMarketDependencyDirection(
+    paths.map(path => [path, readFileSync(resolve(root, path), 'utf8')]),
+  )
+}
diff --git a/scripts/market-dependency-direction.test.mjs b/scripts/market-dependency-direction.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1182e818d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/market-dependency-direction.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { test } from 'node:test'
+import { verifyMarketDependencyDirection } from './market-dependency-direction.mjs'
+
+test('allows product-name data in Market source', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(verifyMarketDependencyDirection([
+    ['dsh-community-market/src/install.ts', "const blocked = new Set(['dsh-plugin-desktop'])\n"],
+  ]), { fileCount: 1 })
+})
+
+test('rejects Market imports of Desktop implementation', () => {
+  assert.throws(() => verifyMarketDependencyDirection([
+    ['dsh-community-market/src/index.ts', "import type { DesktopRuntime } from 'dsh-plugin-desktop/runtime'\n"],
+  ]), /must not import Desktop implementation/u)
+  assert.throws(() => verifyMarketDependencyDirection([
+    ['dsh-community-market/src/index.ts', "const desktop = await import('dsh-plugin-desktop')\n"],
+  ]), /must not import Desktop implementation/u)
+  assert.throws(() => verifyMarketDependencyDirection([
+    ['dsh-community-market/src/index.ts', "export { runtime } from '../../dsh-plugin-desktop/src/runtime.js'\n"],
+  ]), /must not import Desktop implementation/u)
+})
diff --git a/scripts/verify-bilingual-docs.mjs b/scripts/verify-bilingual-docs.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5146526842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/verify-bilingual-docs.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { verifyTrackedBilingualRecords } from './bilingual-docs.mjs'
+
+const root = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '..')
+const result = verifyTrackedBilingualRecords(root)
+
+process.stdout.write(
+  `verify-bilingual-docs: ${String(result.recordCount)} records and ${String(result.documentCount)} documents are consistent\n`,
+)
diff --git a/scripts/verify-layout.mjs b/scripts/verify-layout.mjs
index b72f7b96af..d49b1c2cb9 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-layout.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify-layout.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process'
 import { existsSync, lstatSync, readFileSync, readlinkSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { basename, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { resolve } from 'node:path'
 
 const root = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '..')
 const readJson = path => JSON.parse(readFileSync(resolve(root, path), 'utf8'))
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ const plugin = readJson('dsh-plugin-desktop/package.json')
 const fabric = readJson('dsh-community-fabric/package.json')
 const market = readJson('dsh-community-market/package.json')
 const upstreamPackage = readJson('deepseek-harness/package.json')
-const noteDirectory = '.agents/notes/implemented/process'
-const noteName = '2026-08-15-pinned-upstream-and-isolated-yarn-workspace'
-const notePaths = [`${noteDirectory}/${noteName}.md`, `${noteDirectory}/${noteName}.zh.md`]
-const noteRecordPath = `${noteDirectory}/${noteName}.i18n.yaml`
 
 if (workspace.packageManager !== 'yarn@4.18.0') {
   fail('the product workspace must pin yarn@4.18.0')
@@ -113,24 +109,4 @@ for (const name of Object.keys(plugin.dependencies).filter(name => name === '@de
   }
 }
 
-const noteRecord = readFileSync(resolve(root, noteRecordPath), 'utf8')
-for (const notePath of notePaths) {
-  // Hash the committed blob, not the working tree: checkout line endings
-  // differ per host, while HEAD:<path> is identical everywhere.
-  const expected = run('git', ['rev-parse', `HEAD:${notePath}`])
-  const recordLine = `${basename(notePath)}: ${expected}`
-  if (!noteRecord.split(/\r?\n/u).includes(recordLine)) {
-    fail(`${noteRecordPath} is stale for ${notePath}`)
-  }
-}
-
-const readmeRecord = readFileSync(resolve(root, 'README.i18n.yaml'), 'utf8')
-for (const readmeName of ['README.md', 'README.en.md']) {
-  const expected = run('git', ['rev-parse', `HEAD:${readmeName}`])
-  const recordLine = `${readmeName}: ${expected}`
-  if (!readmeRecord.split(/\r?\n/u).includes(recordLine)) {
-    fail(`README.i18n.yaml is stale for ${readmeName}`)
-  }
-}
-
 process.stdout.write(`verify-layout: Yarn workspace and upstream ${upstream.commit.slice(0, 10)} are consistent\n`)
diff --git a/scripts/verify-market-dependency-direction.mjs b/scripts/verify-market-dependency-direction.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7bfc4bd663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/verify-market-dependency-direction.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { verifyTrackedMarketDependencyDirection } from './market-dependency-direction.mjs'
+
+const root = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '..')
+const result = verifyTrackedMarketDependencyDirection(root)
+
+process.stdout.write(
+  `verify-market-dependency-direction: ${String(result.fileCount)} Market source files are independent of Desktop implementation\n`,
+)