diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/check.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bbb301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: check
+
+# Fast-fail lint/test on short-lived work branches, before it ever reaches
+# main and triggers a dev-track release build.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ['feature/**', 'fix/**']
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, hestia]
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          rm -rf src && mkdir src
+          git clone --branch "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" --depth 1 \
+            "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" src
+
+      - name: clippy
+        run: cd src && bash ci/build.sh cargo clippy --all-targets --locked -- -D warnings
+
+      - name: test
+        run: cd src && bash ci/build.sh cargo test --locked
diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/dev-release.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/dev-release.yml
index 3e9f402..5c7b221 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/dev-release.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/dev-release.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
             "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" src
 
       - name: build
-        run: cd src && cargo build --release --locked
+        run: cd src && bash ci/build.sh cargo build --release --locked
 
       - name: test
-        run: cd src && cargo test --release --locked
+        run: cd src && bash ci/build.sh cargo test --release --locked
 
       - name: compute dev version
         run: |
diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/rc-release.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/rc-release.yml
index df48184..2925ca0 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/rc-release.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/rc-release.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
             "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" src
 
       - name: build
-        run: cd src && cargo build --release --locked
+        run: cd src && bash ci/build.sh cargo build --release --locked
 
       - name: test
         run: cd src && cargo test --release --locked
diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
index c157709..29a4554 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
             "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" src
 
       - name: build
-        run: cd src && cargo build --release --locked
+        run: cd src && bash ci/build.sh cargo build --release --locked
 
       - name: test
         run: cd src && cargo test --release --locked
diff --git a/ci/bread-ecosystem.rev b/ci/bread-ecosystem.rev
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34e7aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/bread-ecosystem.rev
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+147cfbbf96ae4b171027defa1130d2caddb934b1
diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..668b199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Delegates to bread-ecosystem's shared CI build image/script, pinned to
+# the commit in ci/bread-ecosystem.rev — not `main`. bread-ecosystem's CI
+# files now affect every product's release pipeline, so bumping the pin
+# is a deliberate act instead of silent drift (see the bread-theme test
+# that broke here for exactly that reason, before it was pinned by rev).
+#
+# Usage: ci/build.sh cargo build --release --locked
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+REV="$(cat "${ROOT}/ci/bread-ecosystem.rev")"
+
+CACHE_DIR="/tmp/bread-ecosystem-ci-${REV}"
+if [ ! -d "$CACHE_DIR" ]; then
+    rm -rf /tmp/bread-ecosystem-ci-*
+    git clone https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem.git "$CACHE_DIR"
+    git -C "$CACHE_DIR" checkout --quiet "$REV"
+fi
+
+bash "${CACHE_DIR}/ci/build.sh" breadhelp "$ROOT" "$@"