diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e38f5cb..4b53f83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -114,6 +114,19 @@ jobs:
             printf 'everything=true\nsolver=true\nwasm=true\n' >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           fi
 
+  bots:
+    name: Claim and triage bot tests
+    if: github.event.schedule != '41 4 * * 0' && (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository || github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: scripts
+      # scripts/claim and scripts/triage run in .github/workflows/claim.yml and triage.yml through
+      # actions/github-script; their tests use only node:test against a fake client.
+      - run: node --test scripts/claim/*.test.js scripts/triage/*.test.js
+
   ci:
     name: cargo xtask ci
     needs: plan