diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-review.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-review.yml
index f713c8f74..6a9c31a74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-review.yml
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ jobs:
 
   # Summary report
   summary:
-    needs: [setup, changes, vale-lint, editorial-review-skill, consolidated-review]
+    needs: [setup, changes, editorial-review-skill, consolidated-review]
     if: always() && needs.changes.outputs.docs == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -482,7 +482,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           script: |
             const jobs = [
-              { name: 'Terminology (Vale)', status: '${{ needs.vale-lint.result }}' },
               { name: 'Editorial Review (AI)', status: '${{ needs.editorial-review-skill.result }}' },
               { name: 'Consolidated Review', status: '${{ needs.consolidated-review.result }}' }
             ];
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vale.yml b/.github/workflows/vale.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e4c2356b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/vale.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: Vale
+
+# Vale runs on every PR push (cheap, fast, deterministic). Editorial review
+# orchestration lives in docs-review.yml and is triggered on demand via
+# `/editorial-review`; those two flows are independent.
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'platform-enterprise_docs/**/*.md'
+      - 'platform-enterprise_docs/**/*.mdx'
+      - 'platform-cloud/docs/**/*.md'
+      - 'platform-cloud/docs/**/*.mdx'
+      - '.github/styles/**'
+      - '.vale.ini'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  vale:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # ratchet:actions/checkout@v6.0.2
+
+      - name: Vale Terminology Check
+        uses: errata-ai/vale-action@85f9f7f2c5f449ac0ae5b66662961bae3f77ca6a # v2.1.2
+        with:
+          # platform-enterprise_versioned_docs intentionally excluded — frozen
+          # release snapshots; Vale findings there are noise.
+          files: |
+            platform-enterprise_docs
+            platform-cloud/docs
+          reporter: github-pr-review
+          # Substitution rules in .github/styles/Seqera/*.yml are level: error.
+          # Block the check so the declared severity actually means something.
+          fail_on_error: true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.vale.ini b/.vale.ini
index 94321d9f0..1a0403c35 100644
--- a/.vale.ini
+++ b/.vale.ini
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 # Vale configuration for Seqera documentation
-# Minimal setup - only catches terminology issues you care about
+# Minimal setup — only catches Seqera-specific terminology issues.
+#
+# Styles are vendored under .github/styles/Seqera/. CI installs Vale via
+# errata-ai/vale-action; no package hub fetch is needed.
 
 StylesPath = .github/styles
 
-# Download packages from Vale package hub
-Packages = write-good
-
-# Only check markdown files
-[*.md]
-BasedOnStyles = Seqera, write-good
+[*.{md,mdx}]
+BasedOnStyles = Seqera
 
 # Make context-dependent rules warnings (not blockers)
 Seqera.Features.CE = warning           # CE might match unrelated terms
@@ -16,32 +15,6 @@ Seqera.Features.Workspace = warning    # Workspace capitalization is context-dep
 Seqera.Features.PAT = warning          # PAT expansion depends on first use
 Seqera.Products.Tower = warning        # Tower is OK in legacy contexts
 
-# Disable noisy write-good rules
-write-good.Weasel = NO                 # "very", "really" sometimes needed
-write-good.ThereIs = NO                # "There is" is fine in technical docs
-write-good.So = NO                     # "So" is fine for transitions
-write-good.Passive = suggestion        # Passive voice is OK sometimes
-
-# Also check MDX files
-[*.mdx]
-BasedOnStyles = Seqera, write-good
-
-# Same overrides for MDX
-Seqera.Features.CE = warning
-Seqera.Features.Workspace = warning
-Seqera.Features.PAT = warning
-Seqera.Products.Tower = warning
-write-good.Weasel = NO
-write-good.ThereIs = NO
-write-good.So = NO
-write-good.Passive = suggestion
-
-# Ignore code blocks entirely
-BlockIgnores = (?s) *(`{3}.*?`{3})
+# Ignore code fences, inline code, and frontmatter
+BlockIgnores = (?s) *(`{3}.*?`{3}), (?s)^---.*?---
 TokenIgnores = (`[^`]+`)
-
-# Ignore frontmatter
-BlockIgnores = (?s)^---.*?---
-
-# Paths to check (relative patterns)
-# Vale will check files matching these when run