diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 55a324e..4b40e02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -32,10 +32,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install
         run: npm ci
 
-      # sync-widgets.mjs is deliberately not run here. It reads ../stackyard,
-      # which is not present on a runner. The copies under public/ are committed.
+      # The development and changelog pages are generated from the application
+      # repository at build time. Without it they fall back to a link, and the
+      # checks below would pass against a site two pages short of the real one.
+      - name: Fetch the application repository
+        run: git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SandObserver/stackyard.git "$RUNNER_TEMP/stackyard"
+
+      # sync-widgets.mjs is deliberately not run here. The copies under public/
+      # are committed, so the previews do not depend on this checkout.
       - name: Build
         run: npm run build
+        env:
+          STACKYARD_REPO: ${{ runner.temp }}/stackyard
 
       - name: Check build output
         run: npm run check
diff --git a/scripts/check-dist.mjs b/scripts/check-dist.mjs
index ee4175b..1ca8f51 100644
--- a/scripts/check-dist.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-dist.mjs
@@ -97,6 +97,21 @@ report('secrets', secretHits);
 /* House style. */
 report('style', files.filter((f) => f.startsWith('src') && read(f).includes('—')));
 
+/* The development and changelog pages are generated from the application
+   repository. When that checkout is absent they render a link instead, which
+   is a valid page and would otherwise pass every check above. */
+const generated = [
+  ['dist/docs/development/index.html', 'CONTRIBUTING.md'],
+  ['dist/docs/changelog/index.html', 'CHANGELOG.md'],
+];
+report(
+  'genpage',
+  generated
+    .filter(([f]) => existsSync(f))
+    .filter(([f]) => read(f).includes('was not available for this build'))
+    .map(([f, src]) => `${f} fell back: ${src} was not read. Set STACKYARD_REPO.`),
+);
+
 /* The placeholder domain must never ship. */
 report('domain', html.filter((f) => read(f).includes('stackyard.example')).map((f) => relative(DIST, f)));