diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
index 985a80fc..dc76b499 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -40,3 +40,18 @@ jobs:
         # merge. Promote to a required check once the tree is clean.
         # See scripts/check-issue-refs.sh.
         run: sh scripts/check-issue-refs.sh
+
+  comment-blocks:
+    name: comment-block lint
+    runs-on: [hive-ci]
+    # Pure git+awk — seconds.
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: lint
+        # Flags contiguous comment blocks over 30 lines (a giant prose
+        # block belongs in docs/ as implementation notes, not in source).
+        # Own job, kept out of required checks while the tree settles: a
+        # hit reds this check without blocking merge. Promote to required
+        # once clean. See scripts/check-comment-blocks.sh.
+        run: sh scripts/check-comment-blocks.sh
diff --git a/scripts/check-comment-blocks.sh b/scripts/check-comment-blocks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c3b90fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-comment-blocks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# CI lint: flags a contiguous comment block longer than MAX lines. A giant
+# prose block in source is a signal it should live in docs/ as an
+# "implementation notes" section instead — short "why"/invariant/contract
+# comments stay, walls of text move out. See the hive convention in #2077.
+#
+# Emits a CI error annotation per offending block and exits 1 if any block
+# exceeds MAX. Runs as its own CI job, kept OUT of the required checks while
+# the tree settles: a hit turns the job red (visible, non-blocking) without
+# blocking merge. Promote to required once the tree is clean.
+#
+# Scope: tracked *.rs *.nix *.sh *.js *.ts *.css *.html. Markdown is exempt
+# (it is prose by nature). Comment forms: `#` line comments (nix/sh), `//`
+# line comments (rs/js/ts), and `/* */` (rs/js/ts/css) + `<!-- -->` (html)
+# block comments. A blank line separates two line-comment blocks (does NOT
+# extend a run); a blank inside a `/* */` / `<!-- -->` block stays part of it.
+#
+# Escape hatch: a `lint:allow-long-comment` marker anywhere in a block
+# exempts it (reserve for a genuinely irreducible block; prefer relocating).
+set -eu
+
+MAX=30
+
+# Collect annotations into a variable (not via xargs/awk exit codes) so a
+# hit in any xargs batch is preserved — mirrors scripts/check-issue-refs.sh.
+hits="$(
+  git ls-files -z '*.rs' '*.nix' '*.sh' '*.js' '*.ts' '*.css' '*.html' \
+    | xargs -0 -r awk -v MAX="$MAX" '
+        function mode_of(fn) {
+          if (fn ~ /\.(nix|sh)$/)   return "hash"
+          if (fn ~ /\.(rs|js|ts)$/) return "slash"
+          if (fn ~ /\.css$/)        return "cstyle"
+          if (fn ~ /\.html$/)       return "html"
+          return ""
+        }
+        function flush() {
+          if (run > MAX && !allow)
+            printf "::error file=%s,line=%d::comment block of %d lines exceeds the %d-line max — move long prose to docs/ as an implementation-notes section (or mark lint:allow-long-comment)\n", curfile, start, run, MAX
+          run = 0; allow = 0
+        }
+        FNR == 1 { flush(); curfile = FILENAME; mode = mode_of(FILENAME); inblock = 0 }
+        {
+          if (mode == "") next
+          c = 0
+          if (inblock) {
+            c = 1
+            if (index($0, blockend) > 0) inblock = 0
+          } else if (mode == "hash") {
+            if ($0 ~ /^[ \t]*#/) c = 1
+          } else if (mode == "slash") {
+            if ($0 ~ /^[ \t]*\/\//) c = 1
+            else if ($0 ~ /^[ \t]*\/\*/) { c = 1; if (index($0, "*/") == 0) { inblock = 1; blockend = "*/" } }
+          } else if (mode == "cstyle") {
+            if ($0 ~ /^[ \t]*\/\*/) { c = 1; if (index($0, "*/") == 0) { inblock = 1; blockend = "*/" } }
+          } else if (mode == "html") {
+            if ($0 ~ /^[ \t]*<!--/) { c = 1; if (index($0, "-->") == 0) { inblock = 1; blockend = "-->" } }
+          }
+          if (c) {
+            if (run == 0) start = FNR
+            run++
+            if ($0 ~ /lint:allow-long-comment/) allow = 1
+          } else {
+            flush()
+          }
+        }
+        END { flush() }
+      '
+)"
+
+if [ -n "$hits" ]; then
+  printf '%s\n' "$hits"
+  count="$(printf '%s\n' "$hits" | grep -c '::error' || true)"
+  printf 'check-comment-blocks: %s comment block(s) over %d lines found\n' "$count" "$MAX" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+exit 0