diff --git a/.github/workflows/pages.yml b/.github/workflows/pages.yml
index 2092f6b90..c11bb7797 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pages.yml
@@ -69,15 +69,23 @@ jobs:
             python3 scripts/demos/render_session.py "$s" --output "website/static/demos/$slug.cast"
           done
 
-      - name: Seal generated pages (build key) and verify every seal
+      - name: Seal generated pages (build key) and check seals
         # Curated pages carry committed human-key claims; generated pages are sealed here with the
         # CI build key so the deployed site quotes a seal on every page (Innsigle ADR-004).
+        #
+        # The check is tests/validate-innsigle.sh, the same gate the website workflow runs, so one
+        # file defines the policy: an unsigned or stale page warns, and only evidence of a broken or
+        # wrong signature fails. This step used to call `innsigle verify --all` raw, which also fails
+        # on STALE. Sealing a curated page needs the human key from 1Password, which CI does not
+        # have, so a page that passed review blocked the deploy instead — twice, at #50 and again at
+        # v0.14.0. A stale seal costs that page its rendered seal; it never renders a wrong one.
         env:
           INNSIGLE_BUILD_KEY: ${{ secrets.INNSIGLE_BUILD_KEY }}
+          INNSIGLE_REQUIRED: '1'
         run: |
           [ -n "$INNSIGLE_BUILD_KEY" ] || { echo "::error::INNSIGLE_BUILD_KEY secret is not set; run just innsigle-build-key and store the PEM as a repository secret"; exit 1; }
           bash scripts/innsigle-seal.sh --role build
-          bash scripts/innsigle-cli.sh verify --all
+          bash tests/validate-innsigle.sh
 
       - name: Setup Pages
         id: pages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-tag.yml b/.github/workflows/release-tag.yml
index a9888de74..7cc609a73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-tag.yml
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Determine tag from PR title and manifests
         id: version
+        env:
+          PR_TITLE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
         run: |
-          TITLE=${{ toJSON(github.event.pull_request.title) }}
-          python3 - "$TITLE" <<'PY'
+          python3 - "$PR_TITLE" <<'PY'
           import json, re, sys, os
 
-          title = json.loads(sys.argv[1])
+          title = sys.argv[1]
           m = re.match(r'^chore\(release\): (v\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\b', title)
           if not m:
               print(f"::error::PR title does not start with 'chore(release): vX.Y.Z': {title!r}")
diff --git a/.innsigle/public/claims/use-anti-slop-md.attestation.json b/.innsigle/public/claims/use-anti-slop-md.attestation.json
index 3f799a593..12e140e75 100644
--- a/.innsigle/public/claims/use-anti-slop-md.attestation.json
+++ b/.innsigle/public/claims/use-anti-slop-md.attestation.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "payload": {
     "innsigle": "1",
     "type": "https://innsigle.dev/claim/colophon/v1",
-    "issued_at": "2026-09-16T02:47:37Z",
+    "issued_at": "2026-09-22T19:20:30Z",
     "issuer": {
       "id": "helix",
       "name": "HELIX",
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
     },
     "subjects": [
       {
-        "uri": "https://documentdrivendx.github.io/helix/use/anti-slop.md",
+        "uri": "https://documentdrivendx.github.io/helix/use/anti-slop/",
         "digest": {
           "alg": "sha256",
-          "value": "ef0e0753f238cdba13908582d68ab30092a34a9e346ee7d54a5142827141931e"
+          "value": "6edad2e6c896feab312c0dced2435f91f75df94eeacdb9a49014830fbad95a02"
         }
       }
     ],
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
     {
       "key_id": "ed25519:d5a0b2d95482db5ff68fc8318a1ad4de",
       "alg": "ed25519",
-      "sig": "8YJyhhYW7tedR-FWSgx1_fO1Fpn-9P4zxmIcDgPsZmGOWIG3wRQPo_rx96FGb14WuK4zMPptJP7I2MxakB3sAA",
-      "signed_at": "2026-09-16T02:47:37Z"
+      "sig": "OLVv4twZXN2U-WUJ-CL9y_r91PSLN33gnmMlcGAnYQyYakmQdZmHZAfwCbXIL5paGyw2THzwF3movxhQvByGBg",
+      "signed_at": "2026-09-22T19:20:30Z"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/.innsigle/public/claims/use-claude-code-recipe-md.attestation.json b/.innsigle/public/claims/use-claude-code-recipe-md.attestation.json
index 4e8bab874..c065ede8e 100644
--- a/.innsigle/public/claims/use-claude-code-recipe-md.attestation.json
+++ b/.innsigle/public/claims/use-claude-code-recipe-md.attestation.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "payload": {
     "innsigle": "1",
     "type": "https://innsigle.dev/claim/colophon/v1",
-    "issued_at": "2026-09-19T04:11:18Z",
+    "issued_at": "2026-09-22T19:20:30Z",
     "issuer": {
       "id": "helix",
       "name": "HELIX",
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         "uri": "https://documentdrivendx.github.io/helix/use/claude-code-recipe/",
         "digest": {
           "alg": "sha256",
-          "value": "86516a8e29ae19430fce905c0e736718b2097f57f9728329281a5b20df8cff64"
+          "value": "501d8cb353c60e37f27625e20b0a11c47f4ca3e3c972526e45ea7da278f42db0"
         }
       }
     ],
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
     {
       "key_id": "ed25519:d5a0b2d95482db5ff68fc8318a1ad4de",
       "alg": "ed25519",
-      "sig": "OhYQp2sXCPw9iWM5UOKv_ppCIs2dTfBqsYY9dRrLEes_K2FnB341MBSnP71HQAcljtssyhnsuEC4qCeu6fr3Cw",
-      "signed_at": "2026-09-19T04:11:18Z"
+      "sig": "NESjDwpiA8FXD1SFwzkrucb0OApMjN9x5jS60wf5EL7xTqrmbf_I1prB5rvN_aZtAxPQTFLdDS3x5LEJGSizAQ",
+      "signed_at": "2026-09-22T19:20:30Z"
     }
   ]
 }