diff --git a/docs/developer-guide.md b/docs/developer-guide.md
index 61716533..fecd896a 100644
--- a/docs/developer-guide.md
+++ b/docs/developer-guide.md
@@ -254,30 +254,26 @@ is useful for debugging the dispatcher or previewing action output.
 
 ## Pre-commit Hooks
 
-Pre-commit runs on every `git commit`. Run all hooks manually before
-pushing:
+After `scripts/ci-local.sh --install-hooks`, Git runs `.githooks/pre-commit`
+on every `git commit`. From the repository root, the hook runs these steps
+in order and stops at the first failure:
 
 ```sh
-pre-commit run --all-files
+scripts/check_no_secrets.sh --staged
+cargo fmt --all --check
+cargo clippy --workspace --all-features --all-targets --locked -- -D warnings
+RUSTDOCFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo doc --no-deps --workspace --locked
+scripts/test_baseline.sh
 ```
 
-Hooks included:
+These check staged secrets, Rust formatting, Clippy warnings, rustdoc warnings,
+and the workspace test baseline. `scripts/test_baseline.sh` runs
+`cargo nextest run --workspace --locked` and checks the measured test count.
+Run `bash .githooks/pre-commit` to invoke the same gate manually.
 
-| Hook | What it checks |
-|---|---|
-| trailing-whitespace | Removes trailing spaces |
-| end-of-file-fixer | Ensures files end with a newline |
-| check-yaml / check-toml / check-json | Syntax validity |
-| no-commit-to-branch | Blocks direct commits to `main` |
-| gitleaks | Detects hardcoded secrets |
-| cargo fmt | Rust formatting (`--check` mode) |
-| cargo check | Workspace compilation |
-| tsc --noEmit | TypeScript type checking |
-| markdownlint-cli2 | Markdown style |
-| yamllint | YAML style |
-
-Intentionally excluded from pre-commit (they run in CI instead):
-`cargo clippy` (20–30 s), `cargo nextest run` (minutes), `vitest` (minutes).
+Vitest is not part of this pre-commit hook; it runs in CI.
+`.pre-commit-config.yaml` is an unused remnant of the earlier framework setup,
+not the active Git hook configuration.
 
 ## Configuration
 
@@ -425,13 +421,12 @@ the script exits non-zero only if something in the summary actually failed.
 failure. Bypass a single push with `git push --no-verify`; undo the hook
 entirely with `git config --unset core.hooksPath`.
 
-`.githooks/` already ships a `pre-commit` hook (`cargo fmt --all --check` +
-`cargo nextest run --workspace --locked`) alongside the new `pre-push` one.
+`.githooks/` also ships the `pre-commit` hook with the ordered checks listed
+under [Pre-commit Hooks](#pre-commit-hooks).
 Both are opt-in via the same `core.hooksPath` setting. Note that
 `core.hooksPath` is a single switch: pointing it at `.githooks` means Git
 stops looking in `.git/hooks`, so it supersedes hooks installed by the
-`pre-commit` framework (see [Pre-commit Hooks](#pre-commit-hooks) above) —
-use one mechanism or the other, not both, per clone.
+`pre-commit` framework. Use the repository's `.githooks` setup, not the framework.
 
 ### Full workflow replay
 
diff --git a/scripts/check_evidence_claims.py b/scripts/check_evidence_claims.py
index d8d380dc..8bd0f3e9 100755
--- a/scripts/check_evidence_claims.py
+++ b/scripts/check_evidence_claims.py
@@ -807,6 +807,28 @@ def load_test_baseline(root: Path) -> dict:
     return baseline
 
 
+def check_pre_commit_commands(root: Path, guide: str) -> list[str]:
+    """Compare the documented gate with the executable hook, in order."""
+    hook = root / ".githooks/pre-commit"
+    if not hook.exists():
+        raise Failure(".githooks/pre-commit is missing")
+    commands = [
+        line.strip()
+        for line in hook.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()
+        if line.strip()
+        and not line.lstrip().startswith(("#", "set ", "cd ", "echo "))
+    ]
+    section = guide.split("## Pre-commit Hooks\n", 1)[-1].split("\n## ", 1)[0]
+    block = re.search(r"```sh\n(.*?)\n```", section, re.S)
+    documented = block.group(1).splitlines() if block else []
+    if documented == commands:
+        return []
+    return [
+        "docs/developer-guide.md: pre-commit steps differ from .githooks/pre-commit; "
+        f"expected {commands!r}; documented {documented!r}"
+    ]
+
+
 def main() -> int:
     root = Path(sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else ".").resolve()
     try:
@@ -815,6 +837,7 @@ def main() -> int:
         baseline = load_test_baseline(root)
 
         problems = []
+        problems += check_pre_commit_commands(root, texts["docs/developer-guide.md"])
         problems += check_figure(texts, "Rust tests", baseline["tests"])
         problems += check_figure(texts, "frontend tests", baseline["frontend_tests"])
         problems += check_figure(texts, "typed actions", count_actions(root))
diff --git a/tests/release/public-claims.test.sh b/tests/release/public-claims.test.sh
index f038bcc2..bae23353 100755
--- a/tests/release/public-claims.test.sh
+++ b/tests/release/public-claims.test.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ PYEOF
 
 fixture_files=(
     "${claim_files_from_checker[@]}"
+    ".githooks/pre-commit"
     "assets/demo/mcp-flow-mock.sh"
     # Evidence the numeric claims derive from, and the source the action count is
     # counted out of. Without these the checker aborts on its own input check and
@@ -94,6 +95,14 @@ assert_rejected_with_diagnostic() {
     done
 }
 
+# Hook/prose drift must name the changed command, not merely fail on a fixture.
+printf '\nnode --version\n' >> "$fixture/.githooks/pre-commit"
+assert_rejected_with_diagnostic 'undocumented sixth hook step' 'pre-commit steps differ' 'node --version'
+cp "$repo_root/.githooks/pre-commit" "$fixture/.githooks/pre-commit"
+sed '/^scripts\/test_baseline.sh$/d' "$repo_root/.githooks/pre-commit" > "$fixture/.githooks/pre-commit"
+assert_rejected_with_diagnostic 'documented step removed from hook' 'pre-commit steps differ' 'scripts/test_baseline.sh'
+cp "$repo_root/.githooks/pre-commit" "$fixture/.githooks/pre-commit"
+
 # The story coverage sentence is a derived claim, not a second catalogue. Mutate
 # its published All-family figure without repeating today's value in this test.
 read -r derived_all published_all < <(