diff --git a/skills-codex/.agentops-manifest.json b/skills-codex/.agentops-manifest.json
index e66074bd5..b0b0c23ad 100644
--- a/skills-codex/.agentops-manifest.json
+++ b/skills-codex/.agentops-manifest.json
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@
     {
       "name": "heal-skill",
       "source_skill": "skills/heal-skill",
-      "source_hash": "bae0dc8ce6e916ad059776627ce2f94a42ed1ef15ff9c169f07ecd3cfb2f8c5e",
+      "source_hash": "901f981bf69ce82bfc7535b38241c672c0465978c6aaaa3f91cc5176c47a1b91",
       "generated_hash": "0a4b01de799212b1c33f718aba85c1ea0e03a033542a8e81929ddbd52425ab4b"
     },
     {
diff --git a/skills-codex/heal-skill/.agentops-generated.json b/skills-codex/heal-skill/.agentops-generated.json
index 5b8f4b809..3137a04bc 100644
--- a/skills-codex/heal-skill/.agentops-generated.json
+++ b/skills-codex/heal-skill/.agentops-generated.json
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
   "generator": "manual-maintained",
   "source_skill": "skills/heal-skill",
   "layout": "modular",
-  "source_hash": "bae0dc8ce6e916ad059776627ce2f94a42ed1ef15ff9c169f07ecd3cfb2f8c5e",
+  "source_hash": "901f981bf69ce82bfc7535b38241c672c0465978c6aaaa3f91cc5176c47a1b91",
   "generated_hash": "0a4b01de799212b1c33f718aba85c1ea0e03a033542a8e81929ddbd52425ab4b"
 }
diff --git a/skills/heal-skill/scripts/heal.sh b/skills/heal-skill/scripts/heal.sh
index 2e26591e3..718f28be0 100755
--- a/skills/heal-skill/scripts/heal.sh
+++ b/skills/heal-skill/scripts/heal.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
   esac
 done
 
-# Find repo root (location of skills/ directory)
+# Find repo root (location of skills/ directory). HEAL_REPO_ROOT overrides for
+# fixture-driven tests (tests/scripts/heal-dispositions.bats); production derives
+# it from the script location.
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../../.." && pwd)"
+REPO_ROOT="${HEAL_REPO_ROOT:-$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../../.." && pwd)}"
 SKILLS_ROOT="$REPO_ROOT/skills"
 
 # If no targets, scan all skill dirs (skills/ and skills-codex/)
@@ -459,6 +461,25 @@ for skill_check in "$SKILLS_ROOT"/*/SKILL.md; do
   fi
 done
 
+# Check 12: Dispositions coverage (global, not per-skill). Every user-invocable
+# skills/<n> must have a row in docs/contracts/skill-dispositions.yaml. This is
+# the gate that silently passed when /burndown (ag-3yl8 #600) was added, costing
+# a CI round — heal --strict now catches it locally (ag-cw2y item 1).
+DISPOSITIONS_FILE="$REPO_ROOT/docs/contracts/skill-dispositions.yaml"
+if [[ -f "$DISPOSITIONS_FILE" ]]; then
+  for skill_check in "$SKILLS_ROOT"/*/SKILL.md; do
+    [[ -f "$skill_check" ]] || continue
+    check_dir="$(dirname "$skill_check")"
+    check_name="$(basename "$check_dir")"
+    # Skip internal/non-invocable skills (same exemptions as catalog check).
+    if grep -q 'user-invocable: false' "$skill_check" 2>/dev/null; then continue; fi
+    if grep -q 'internal: true' "$skill_check" 2>/dev/null; then continue; fi
+    if ! grep -qE "^[[:space:]]*-[[:space:]]+skill:[[:space:]]+${check_name}[[:space:]]*$" "$DISPOSITIONS_FILE" 2>/dev/null; then
+      report "MISSING_DISPOSITION" "$check_dir" "user-invocable but has no row in docs/contracts/skill-dispositions.yaml"
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
 if [[ $FINDINGS -gt 0 ]]; then
   echo ""
   echo "$FINDINGS finding(s) detected."
diff --git a/tests/scripts/heal-dispositions.bats b/tests/scripts/heal-dispositions.bats
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84174c05c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scripts/heal-dispositions.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+# Regression for ag-cw2y item 1: heal --strict must flag a user-invocable skill
+# that has no row in docs/contracts/skill-dispositions.yaml. This is the exact
+# gate that silently passed when /burndown (ag-3yl8 #600) was added, costing a
+# CI round. The check is fixture-driven via the HEAL_REPO_ROOT override.
+
+setup() {
+  HEAL="$BATS_TEST_DIRNAME/../../skills/heal-skill/scripts/heal.sh"
+  FIX="$(mktemp -d)"
+  mkdir -p "$FIX/skills/foo" "$FIX/docs/contracts"
+  cat > "$FIX/skills/foo/SKILL.md" <<'EOF'
+---
+name: foo
+description: A fixture skill for the dispositions coverage check.
+skill_api_version: 1
+---
+# foo
+EOF
+  cat > "$FIX/docs/contracts/skill-dispositions.yaml" <<'EOF'
+dispositions:
+  - skill:          bar
+    domain:         "BC1 Corpus"
+    hexagonal_role: domain
+    disposition:    keep
+    rationale:      "unrelated existing row"
+EOF
+}
+
+teardown() { rm -rf "$FIX"; }
+
+@test "heal flags a user-invocable skill missing from skill-dispositions.yaml" {
+  run env HEAL_REPO_ROOT="$FIX" bash "$HEAL" --check skills/foo
+  [[ "$output" == *"MISSING_DISPOSITION"* ]]
+  [[ "$output" == *"foo"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "heal does NOT flag a skill that has a dispositions row" {
+  cat >> "$FIX/docs/contracts/skill-dispositions.yaml" <<'EOF'
+  - skill:          foo
+    domain:         "BC1 Corpus"
+    hexagonal_role: domain
+    disposition:    keep
+    rationale:      "now covered"
+EOF
+  run env HEAL_REPO_ROOT="$FIX" bash "$HEAL" --check skills/foo
+  [[ "$output" != *"MISSING_DISPOSITION"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "heal --strict exits non-zero and names the missing disposition" {
+  run env HEAL_REPO_ROOT="$FIX" bash "$HEAL" --check --strict skills/foo
+  [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+  [[ "$output" == *"MISSING_DISPOSITION"* ]]
+}