diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/lint.yml b/.gitea/workflows/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c40fc0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: Linting
+
+# Split out of tests.yml so a lint failure is legible on its own: it is the
+# fastest check in the pipeline and the one most often broken, and it used to be
+# reported as one job among the suites rather than as its own result.
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  # Fails only on the rules with real defect-catching value — unhandled
+  # promises, hook dependencies, missing alt text. Everything else is a warning
+  # and does not block, which is why no --max-warnings flag appears here:
+  # ESLint exits non-zero on errors and zero on warnings on its own. The split,
+  # and the measurements behind it, are in
+  # docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-19-eslint-design.md.
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20'
+
+      - name: Install backend deps
+        run: npm install
+        working-directory: backend
+
+      - name: Lint backend
+        run: npm run lint
+        working-directory: backend
+
+      - name: Install frontend deps
+        run: npm install
+        working-directory: frontend
+
+      - name: Lint frontend
+        run: npm run lint
+        working-directory: frontend
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/tests.yml b/.gitea/workflows/tests.yml
index 4a59509..67cc1db 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -15,39 +15,6 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  # Fails only on the rules with real defect-catching value — unhandled
-  # promises, hook dependencies, missing alt text. Everything else is a warning
-  # and does not block, which is why no --max-warnings flag appears here:
-  # ESLint exits non-zero on errors and zero on warnings on its own. The split,
-  # and the measurements behind it, are in
-  # docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-19-eslint-design.md.
-  lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Setup Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '20'
-
-      - name: Install backend deps
-        run: npm install
-        working-directory: backend
-
-      - name: Lint backend
-        run: npm run lint
-        working-directory: backend
-
-      - name: Install frontend deps
-        run: npm install
-        working-directory: frontend
-
-      - name: Lint frontend
-        run: npm run lint
-        working-directory: frontend
-
   backend-unit:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps: