diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
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+name: Docs
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  docs:
+    name: Check docs
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@f0ec1fc3b38f5e7cd731bb6ce540c5af426746bb # v6.1.0
+      - run: uv sync --group docs
+      - run: uv run mkdocs build
+        env:
+          DISABLE_MKDOCS_2_WARNING: "true"
+          NO_MKDOCS_2_WARNING: "true"
+      - run: uv run python ci/check_unlinked_types.py
diff --git a/ci/check_unlinked_types.py b/ci/check_unlinked_types.py
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+"""Check for unlinked type annotations in built documentation.
+
+mkdocstrings renders resolved types as <a href="..."> links and unresolved
+types as <span title="fully.qualified.Name">Name</span> without an anchor.
+This script finds all such unlinked types in the built HTML and reports them.
+
+Usage:
+    python ci/check_unlinked_types.py [site_dir]
+
+Raises ValueError if unlinked types are found.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Matches the griffe/mkdocstrings pattern for unlinked cross-references:
+# <span class="n"><span title="fully.qualified.Name">Name</span></span>
+UNLINKED_PATTERN = re.compile(
+    r'<span class="n"><span title="(?P<qualname>[^"]+)">(?P<name>[^<]+)</span></span>'
+)
+
+# Patterns to exclude from the report
+EXCLUDE_PATTERNS = [
+    # TypeVars and type parameters (single brackets like Foo[T])
+    re.compile(r"\[.+\]$"),
+    # Dataclass field / namedtuple field references (contain parens)
+    re.compile(r"\("),
+    # Private names
+    re.compile(r"\._"),
+    # Dunder attributes
+    re.compile(r"\.__\w+__$"),
+    # Testing utilities
+    re.compile(r"^zarr\.testing\."),
+    # Third-party types (hypothesis, pytest, etc.)
+    re.compile(r"^(hypothesis|pytest|typing_extensions|builtins|dataclasses)\."),
+]
+
+
+def should_exclude(qualname: str) -> bool:
+    return any(p.search(qualname) for p in EXCLUDE_PATTERNS)
+
+
+def find_unlinked_types(site_dir: Path) -> dict[str, set[str]]:
+    """Find all unlinked types in built HTML files.
+
+    Returns a dict mapping qualified type names to the set of pages where they appear.
+    """
+    api_dir = site_dir / "api"
+    if not api_dir.exists():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"{api_dir} does not exist. Run 'mkdocs build' first.")
+
+    unlinked: dict[str, set[str]] = {}
+    for html_file in api_dir.rglob("*.html"):
+        content = html_file.read_text(errors="replace")
+        rel_path = str(html_file.relative_to(site_dir))
+        for match in UNLINKED_PATTERN.finditer(content):
+            qualname = match.group("qualname")
+            if not should_exclude(qualname):
+                unlinked.setdefault(qualname, set()).add(rel_path)
+
+    return unlinked
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    site_dir = Path(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else Path("site")
+    unlinked = find_unlinked_types(site_dir)
+
+    if not unlinked:
+        print("No unlinked types found.")
+        return
+
+    lines = [f"Found {len(unlinked)} unlinked types:\n"]
+    for qualname in sorted(unlinked):
+        pages = sorted(unlinked[qualname])
+        lines.append(f"  {qualname}")
+        lines.extend(f"    - {page}" for page in pages)
+
+    all_pages = {p for ps in unlinked.values() for p in ps}
+    lines.append(f"\nTotal: {len(unlinked)} unlinked types across {len(all_pages)} pages")
+    report = "\n".join(lines)
+    raise ValueError(report)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()