diff --git a/.github/workflows/boj-build.yml b/.github/workflows/boj-build.yml
index 20848c4..fe681a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/boj-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/boj-build.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ jobs:
   trigger-boj:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
-    if: ${{ vars.BOJ_SERVER_URL != '' || secrets.BOJ_SERVER_URL != '' }}
+    # No job-level enablement gate: the `secrets` context is not available in
+    # `if:` (referencing it invalidates the whole workflow), and gating on
+    # `vars` alone would silently drop a secret-only configuration. The
+    # "Trigger BoJ Server" step shell-guards on an empty BOJ_URL and exits 0,
+    # so an unconfigured repo is a fast no-op regardless of secret-or-var.
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard-enforcer.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecard-enforcer.yml
index 6d68c35..5c33aa3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard-enforcer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard-enforcer.yml
@@ -21,15 +21,18 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
-  # Scorecard publish job — must be isolated from run steps per OpenSSF guidance.
-  scorecard-publish:
+  # Publish job. The OSSF attestation flow requires that a job invoking
+  # ossf/scorecard-action with publish_results: true contain ONLY `uses:`
+  # steps (no `run:`). A `run:` step in this job makes the OSSF publish
+  # endpoint reject the upload with HTTP 400 ("scorecard job must only have
+  # steps with `uses`"), failing the whole workflow. Score enforcement is
+  # therefore split into the separate unprivileged `score-gate` job below.
+  scorecard:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 30
+    timeout-minutes: 15
     permissions:
       security-events: write
       id-token: write  # For OIDC
-      contents: read
-      actions: read
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
@@ -47,11 +50,17 @@ jobs:
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
 
-  # Score enforcement job — separate from publish to satisfy scorecard_publish_with_run_step rule.
-  scorecard-enforce:
+  # Unprivileged enforcement gate. Re-derives the score read-only (no
+  # publish, no id-token), so it may legally contain a `run:` step.
+  # NOTE: uses JSON output deliberately. The SARIF format does NOT carry the
+  # aggregate score at .runs[0].tool.driver.properties.score (it is absent
+  # there, so a SARIF-based gate reads the `// 0` fallback and ALWAYS fails
+  # the < MIN_SCORE check); the JSON format exposes the aggregate at the
+  # top-level `.score`. publish_results is false here and does not affect the
+  # computed score, so enforcement behaviour is unchanged.
+  score-gate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
-    needs: scorecard-publish
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
@@ -59,17 +68,17 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - name: Run Scorecard (score only, no publish)
+      - name: Run Scorecard (analysis only)
         uses: ossf/scorecard-action@4eaacf0543bb3f2c246792bd56e8cdeffafb205a # v2.4.3
         with:
-          results_file: results.sarif
-          results_format: sarif
+          results_file: results.json
+          results_format: json
           publish_results: false
 
       - name: Check minimum score
         run: |
-          # Parse score from results
-          SCORE=$(jq -r '.runs[0].tool.driver.properties.score // 0' results.sarif 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+          # JSON output carries the aggregate score at the top-level `.score`.
+          SCORE=$(jq -r '.score // 0' results.json 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
 
           echo "OpenSSF Scorecard Score: $SCORE"