diff --git a/check_templatesync.go b/check_templatesync.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+// The bn chrome files authored in cms/backend/templates/bn and mechanically
+// synced (make sync-templates) into the sibling core repo's templates/bn.
+// Guest-side plugin templates compile core's copy into their wasm, so the two
+// checkouts must stay byte-identical. validation.go is intentionally NOT in
+// this set (cms's is a two-context-key bridge over the SDK tracker); neither
+// is img.templ (cms-only, not referenced by the chrome).
+// See cms docs/superpowers/specs/2026-07-07-bn-chrome-single-source-design.md.
+var templateSyncSet = []string{
+	"head.templ",
+	"toolbar.templ",
+	"engagement.templ",
+	"asset_hooks.go",
+}
+
+func init() {
+	register(Check{
+		Seq:   310,
+		ID:    "31",
+		Title: "bn chrome templates in sync between cms and core",
+		Run: func(ctx *ScanContext, rep *Reporter) {
+			cmsDir := filepath.Join(ctx.repoRoot, "backend", "templates", "bn")
+			if _, err := os.Stat(cmsDir); err != nil {
+				rep.Skip("no backend/templates/bn in this repo — template-sync gate not applicable")
+				return
+			}
+			coreDir := filepath.Join(ctx.repoRoot, "..", "core", "templates", "bn")
+			if _, err := os.Stat(coreDir); err != nil {
+				rep.Skip("sibling core checkout not found — cannot verify template sync")
+				return
+			}
+
+			var drifted []string
+			for _, name := range templateSyncSet {
+				cmsBytes, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(cmsDir, name))
+				if err != nil {
+					drifted = append(drifted, name+" (unreadable in cms: "+err.Error()+")")
+					continue
+				}
+				coreBytes, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(coreDir, name))
+				if err != nil {
+					drifted = append(drifted, name+" (missing in core)")
+					continue
+				}
+				if !bytes.Equal(cmsBytes, coreBytes) {
+					drifted = append(drifted, name)
+				}
+			}
+
+			if len(drifted) > 0 {
+				rep.Fail("%d bn chrome file(s) drifted between cms and core", len(drifted))
+				for _, name := range drifted {
+					rep.Findingf("templates/bn/%s differs — cms is the authoring source; run `make sync-templates` in cms, then commit + tag + push core", name)
+				}
+			} else {
+				rep.OK("bn chrome sync set byte-identical across cms and core (%d files)", len(templateSyncSet))
+			}
+		},
+	})
+}