diff --git a/.github/workflows/internals-distcheck-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/internals-distcheck-ci.yml
index db64e3de5..b37aad4ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/internals-distcheck-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/internals-distcheck-ci.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 name: Internals distcheck CI
 
 # Verification for the internals/distcheck uv package (the dirsql-distcheck
-# publishability flows). Consumers (the SDK test workflows' distcheck jobs)
-# are deliberately not fanned out to; this lane's own gates are the guard.
+# publishability flows). Consumers (the SDK workflows' distcheck jobs) are
+# deliberately not fanned out to; this lane runs the flows itself.
 on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
@@ -30,3 +30,70 @@ jobs:
       source: internals/distcheck/src
       base: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha || 'origin/main' }}
       gates: '["colocated-test", "unit-lint", "integration-lint", "unit-coverage", "mutation"]'
+
+  python-flow:
+    name: dirsql-distcheck python
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Install Rust
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+
+      - name: Rust cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          workspaces: ". -> target"
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.13"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies (maturin)
+        run: uv sync
+        working-directory: packages/python
+
+      - name: Put maturin on PATH
+        run: echo "$PWD/packages/python/.venv/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+
+      - name: Run the python flow (build -> pack -> install -> run)
+        run: uv run --project internals/distcheck dirsql-distcheck python
+
+  node-flow:
+    name: dirsql-distcheck node
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Install Rust
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+
+      - name: Rust cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          workspaces: ". -> target"
+
+      - name: Install Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: "24"
+
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          version: 11
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        working-directory: packages/ts
+        run: pnpm install
+
+      - name: Build native module + stage platform
+        working-directory: packages/ts
+        run: pnpm build
+
+      - name: Run the node flow (build -> pack -> install -> run)
+        run: uv run --project internals/distcheck dirsql-distcheck node
diff --git a/internals/distcheck/README.md b/internals/distcheck/README.md
index d165f6bda..f143dc79a 100644
--- a/internals/distcheck/README.md
+++ b/internals/distcheck/README.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Each flow follows the same shape (mirroring `internals/checks`):
   and calls `gate.run`, turning a `DistcheckError` into a non-zero exit.
 
 Every module (except empty `__init__.py`s) carries a colocated `*_test.py`,
-gated by `conventions.yml`'s `internals-distcheck` job: `colocated-test`,
+gated by `internals-distcheck-ci.yml`'s `internals-distcheck` job: `colocated-test`,
 `unit-lint`, `integration-lint`, `unit-coverage`, and `mutation`.
 
 ## Test tiers
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ gated by `conventions.yml`'s `internals-distcheck` job: `colocated-test`,
   execution is the `dirsql-distcheck <flow>` job, which builds them first.
 
 No e2e tier / attestation: `tests/integration/` is the outermost tier, and the
-CI `distcheck` jobs (`python-test.yml` / `ts-test.yml`) run the real flows directly.
+`python-flow` / `node-flow` jobs in `internals-distcheck-ci.yml` run the real
+flows directly.
 
 ```bash
 uv run --project internals/distcheck python -m pytest internals/distcheck/src internals/distcheck/tests -q