warning: in the working copy of 'crates/xtask/src/main.rs', LF will be replaced by CRLF the next time Git touches it
 crates/xtask/src/main.rs | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
warning: in the working copy of 'crates/xtask/src/main.rs', LF will be replaced by CRLF the next time Git touches it
diff --git a/crates/xtask/src/main.rs b/crates/xtask/src/main.rs
index 7adcdca..3b748b8 100644
--- a/crates/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -566,8 +566,7 @@ fn inline_field(table: &str, key: &str) -> Option<String> {
     let mut from = 0;
     while let Some(rel) = table[from..].find(key) {
         let at = from + rel;
-        let delimited = at == 0
-            || matches!(bytes[at - 1], b'{' | b',' | b' ' | b'\t');
+        let delimited = at == 0 || matches!(bytes[at - 1], b'{' | b',' | b' ' | b'\t');
         if delimited {
             if let Some(val) = field_after(&table[at..], key) {
                 return Some(val);
@@ -821,21 +820,30 @@ fn check_llms_links() {
             continue;
         }
         let target = target.trim_start_matches('/');
-        // Site-root assets are placed by `site`; page links map into src/.
-        let exists = match target {
-            "llms-full.txt" | "manifest.schema.json" => true,
-            "install.sh" | "install.ps1" => true,
-            t => root.join("docs-site/src").join(t).exists(),
-        };
-        if !exists {
+        if !llms_target_exists(&root, target) {
             dead.push(target.to_string());
         }
     }
+
     if !dead.is_empty() {
         eprintln!("xtask check: dead links in docs-site/llms.txt: {dead:?}");
         std::process::exit(1);
     }
 }
+/// Resolve one curated-index target against the artifact that actually produces
+/// it. Generated `llms-full.txt` is exercised through its generator; stored
+/// root assets must exist at their real source path.
+// [impl->REQ-DOCS-5]
+fn llms_target_exists(root: &Path, target: &str) -> bool {
+    match target {
+        "llms-full.txt" => !llms_full(root).is_empty(),
+        "manifest.schema.json" => root
+            .join("crates/spt-runtime/manifest.schema.json")
+            .is_file(),
+        "install.sh" | "install.ps1" => root.join(target).is_file(),
+        t => root.join("docs-site/src").join(t).is_file(),
+    }
+}
 
 /// llms-full.txt: the CI-concatenated full export — every page in SUMMARY
 /// order, fenced with its site path so agents can cite anchors
@@ -2077,6 +2085,29 @@ mod docs_token_gate_tests {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod llms_link_tests {
+    use super::llms_target_exists;
+
+    // [unit->REQ-DOCS-5]
+    #[test]
+    fn stored_root_assets_must_really_exist() {
+        let root = tempfile::tempdir().expect("temp root");
+        assert!(
+            !llms_target_exists(root.path(), "manifest.schema.json"),
+            "a missing checked-in schema must red the curated-link gate"
+        );
+        let schema = root.path().join("crates/spt-runtime/manifest.schema.json");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(schema.parent().unwrap()).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(&schema, "{}").unwrap();
+        assert!(llms_target_exists(root.path(), "manifest.schema.json"));
+
+        assert!(!llms_target_exists(root.path(), "install.sh"));
+        std::fs::write(root.path().join("install.sh"), "#!/bin/sh").unwrap();
+        assert!(llms_target_exists(root.path(), "install.sh"));
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod heavy_class_tests {
     use super::{binds_real_broker_in_tests, filter_classifies};