diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-powershell.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-powershell.yml
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+name: Validate PowerShell
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.ps1'
+      - 'PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1'
+      - '.github/workflows/validate-powershell.yml'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.ps1'
+      - 'PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1'
+      - '.github/workflows/validate-powershell.yml'
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: PSScriptAnalyzer
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install PSScriptAnalyzer
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          if (-not (Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name PSScriptAnalyzer)) {
+            Install-Module -Name PSScriptAnalyzer -Force -SkipPublisherCheck -Scope CurrentUser
+          }
+          Import-Module PSScriptAnalyzer
+
+      - name: Run PSScriptAnalyzer on all PowerShell scripts
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          $results = Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -Path . -Recurse -Settings PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1
+          if ($results) {
+            $results | Format-Table -AutoSize
+            Write-Error "PSScriptAnalyzer found $($results.Count) issue(s). Please fix them before merging."
+            exit 1
+          }
+          Write-Host "PSScriptAnalyzer: No issues found." -ForegroundColor Green
diff --git a/PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1 b/PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1
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+@{
+    ExcludeRules = @(
+        # Cosmetic only - trailing whitespace does not affect script behaviour
+        'PSAvoidTrailingWhitespace',
+
+        # Write-Host is appropriate in interactive console/profile scripts
+        'PSAvoidUsingWriteHost',
+
+        # Private helper functions in personal scripts are not exported module
+        # cmdlets, so approved-verb and singular-noun requirements do not apply
+        'PSUseApprovedVerbs',
+        'PSUseSingularNouns',
+
+        # Invoke-Expression is used for standard install patterns such as the
+        # Chocolatey bootstrap and oh-my-posh shell initialisation
+        'PSAvoidUsingInvokeExpression',
+
+        # UTF-8 without BOM is the preferred encoding for cross-platform scripts
+        'PSUseBOMForUnicodeEncodedFile',
+
+        # These are standalone scripts and git hooks, not reusable pipeline cmdlets
+        'PSUseShouldProcessForStateChangingFunctions',
+        'PSUseProcessBlockForPipelineCommand',
+
+        # Script-level variables ($UserBucket etc.) are intentionally shared
+        # across dot-sourced scripts and are not accidental globals
+        'PSAvoidGlobalVars',
+
+        # False positive: $Filter is used inside a pipeline Where-Object block
+        # that PSScriptAnalyzer cannot statically trace
+        'PSReviewUnusedParameter',
+
+        # Information level only; [OutputType] declarations are documentation
+        'PSUseOutputTypeCorrectly',
+
+        # Profile.ps1 uses intentionally empty catch blocks for TLS setup and
+        # mutex cleanup that must not interrupt an interactive shell session
+        'PSAvoidUsingEmptyCatchBlock',
+
+        # Third-party CLI wrappers (choco, scoop) use positional parameters
+        # by convention; enforcing named params here would be incorrect
+        'PSAvoidUsingPositionalParameters'
+    )
+}