diff --git a/scripts/gate/audit.test.ts b/scripts/gate/audit.test.ts
index 4d5339c29c..165ac791c7 100644
--- a/scripts/gate/audit.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/gate/audit.test.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ test('raw shell text cannot declare ownership', () => {
   assert.ok(!audit(model).some((failure) => /not-a-real-check/.test(failure.message)));
 });
 
-test('reusable workflows fail closed because their action declarations are hidden', () => {
+test('a reusable workflow the loader cannot open fails closed', () => {
   const model = plant(`name: Planted
 on:
   pull_request:
diff --git a/scripts/gate/workflows.test.ts b/scripts/gate/workflows.test.ts
index 2ac09ef9f4..a73f6b207a 100644
--- a/scripts/gate/workflows.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/gate/workflows.test.ts
@@ -194,3 +194,100 @@ jobs:
     'a gate five levels down is still credited to the lane',
   );
 });
+
+test('a local reusable workflow is opened, so its gates belong to the calling lane', () => {
+  const lanes = planted({
+    '.github/workflows/planted.yml': `name: Planted
+on:
+  pull_request:
+jobs:
+  planted:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/called.yml
+`,
+    '.github/workflows/called.yml': `name: Called
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+jobs:
+  called:
+    steps:
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/run-gate
+        with:
+          gate: layering
+`,
+  });
+  const caller = lanes.find((lane) => lane.workflow === 'planted.yml');
+  assert.deepEqual(caller?.gates, ['layering']);
+  assert.deepEqual(caller?.unsupported, []);
+  assert.ok(caller?.uses.includes('.github/workflows/called.yml'));
+});
+
+test('a remote or nested reusable workflow fails closed', () => {
+  const lanes = planted({
+    '.github/workflows/planted.yml': `name: Planted
+on:
+  pull_request:
+jobs:
+  remote:
+    uses: octo/repo/.github/workflows/called.yml@main
+  nested:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/outer.yml
+`,
+    '.github/workflows/outer.yml': `name: Outer
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+jobs:
+  inner:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/inner.yml
+`,
+  });
+  for (const job of ['remote', 'nested']) {
+    const lane = lanes.find((candidate) => candidate.label === `Planted / ${job}`);
+    assert.equal(lane?.unsupported.length, 1, `${job} must stay unsupported`);
+    assert.deepEqual(lane?.gates, []);
+  }
+});
+
+test("a reusable workflow's gate input resolves from the caller's with", () => {
+  const lanes = planted({
+    '.github/workflows/planted.yml': `name: Planted
+on:
+  pull_request:
+jobs:
+  planted:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/called.yml
+    with:
+      gate: layering
+`,
+    '.github/workflows/called.yml': `name: Called
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      gate:
+        type: string
+jobs:
+  called:
+    steps:
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/run-gate
+        with:
+          gate: \${{ inputs.gate }}
+`,
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(lanes.find((lane) => lane.workflow === 'planted.yml')?.gates, ['layering']);
+});
+
+test('a reusable workflow with no jobs fails closed', () => {
+  const lanes = planted({
+    '.github/workflows/planted.yml': `name: Planted
+on:
+  pull_request:
+jobs:
+  planted:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/empty.yml
+`,
+    '.github/workflows/empty.yml': `name: Empty
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+`,
+  });
+  assert.equal(lanes.find((lane) => lane.workflow === 'planted.yml')?.unsupported.length, 1);
+});
diff --git a/scripts/gate/workflows.ts b/scripts/gate/workflows.ts
index 5c04b9c632..1672a85430 100644
--- a/scripts/gate/workflows.ts
+++ b/scripts/gate/workflows.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type RawStep = {
   with?: Record<string, unknown>;
 };
 
-type Job = { name?: string; steps?: RawStep[]; uses?: string };
+type Job = { name?: string; steps?: RawStep[]; uses?: string; with?: Record<string, unknown> };
 type WorkflowDoc = {
   name?: string;
   on?: Record<string, never>;
@@ -151,20 +151,55 @@ function workflowLanes(
   >;
   const qualifying = 'pull_request' in on || 'schedule' in on;
   const { paths, pathsIgnore } = triggerPaths(on);
-  return Object.entries(doc.jobs ?? {}).map(([jobId, job]) => ({
-    workflow: file,
-    label: laneLabel(doc.name ?? file, job.name ?? jobId),
-    qualifying,
-    triggers: Object.keys(on),
-    gates: [...new Set(declaredGates(job.steps ?? [], root))],
-    uses: [...new Set([`.github/workflows/${file}`, ...localActionFiles(job.steps ?? [], root)])],
-    verbatim: (job.steps ?? []).flatMap((step) =>
-      typeof step.run === 'string' ? verbatimScripts(step.run, scripts) : [],
-    ),
-    paths,
-    pathsIgnore,
-    unsupported: job.uses ? [`\`uses: ${job.uses}\` (reusable workflow)`] : [],
-  }));
+  return Object.entries(doc.jobs ?? {}).map(([jobId, job]) => {
+    const { steps, inputs, files, unsupported } = jobSteps(job, root);
+    return {
+      workflow: file,
+      label: laneLabel(doc.name ?? file, job.name ?? jobId),
+      qualifying,
+      triggers: Object.keys(on),
+      gates: [...new Set(declaredGates(steps, root, [], inputs))],
+      uses: [...new Set([`.github/workflows/${file}`, ...files, ...localActionFiles(steps, root)])],
+      verbatim: steps.flatMap((step) =>
+        typeof step.run === 'string' ? verbatimScripts(step.run, scripts) : [],
+      ),
+      paths,
+      pathsIgnore,
+      unsupported,
+    };
+  });
+}
+
+/** The jobs of a reusable workflow in this repository, or null when it is elsewhere or jobless. */
+function readLocalWorkflowJobs(uses: string, root: string): Job[] | null {
+  if (!uses.startsWith('./.github/workflows/')) return null;
+  const file = path.join(root, uses.slice(2));
+  if (!fs.existsSync(file)) return null;
+  const jobs = Object.values((parse(fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8')) as WorkflowDoc).jobs ?? {});
+  return jobs.length > 0 ? jobs : null;
+}
+
+/** What a job runs, with the caller's `with` inputs that the steps' `${{ inputs.* }}` resolve to. */
+type JobSteps = {
+  steps: RawStep[];
+  inputs: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>>;
+  files: string[];
+  unsupported: string[];
+};
+
+/**
+ * A job's steps, opening a local reusable workflow so the gates it runs stay visible. A remote,
+ * missing, jobless, or nested reusable workflow fails closed as unsupported.
+ */
+function jobSteps(job: Job, root: string): JobSteps {
+  if (!job.uses) return { steps: job.steps ?? [], inputs: {}, files: [], unsupported: [] };
+  const called = readLocalWorkflowJobs(job.uses, root);
+  if (!called || called.some((calledJob) => calledJob.uses)) {
+    const unsupported = [`\`uses: ${job.uses}\` (reusable workflow)`];
+    return { steps: [], inputs: {}, files: [], unsupported };
+  }
+  const steps = called.flatMap((calledJob) => calledJob.steps ?? []);
+  return { steps, inputs: job.with ?? {}, files: [job.uses.slice(2)], unsupported: [] };
 }
 
 export function loadLanes(