diff --git a/plugins/toolchain/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/toolchain/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 95ba05c3f8..96df38e949 100644
--- a/plugins/toolchain/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/toolchain/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/claude-code-plugin-manifest.json",
   "name": "toolchain",
-  "version": "0.8.0",
+  "version": "0.9.0",
   "description": "Repo-agnostic polyglot verification toolchain: build + test + lint for changed files across .NET, Python, TypeScript, Bash, PowerShell, Markdown, Go, YAML, and cross-cutting surfaces (`/toolchain:check`, `/toolchain:lint`), plus a re-runnable `/toolchain:setup` with check (report the configured ecosystems and their command surface) and apply (interview, infer, and write the tracked per-ecosystem command config those skills resolve first).",
   "author": {
     "name": "Melodic Software",
diff --git a/plugins/toolchain/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/toolchain/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e371480c2..635efc155e 100644
--- a/plugins/toolchain/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/toolchain/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@
 All notable changes to the `toolchain` plugin are documented here. Format follows
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); this plugin uses semantic versioning.
 
+## [0.9.0]
+
+### Added
+
+- **`lychee-offline` added to the `cross-cutting` ecosystem default.** The bundled
+  `reference/ecosystems/cross-cutting.yaml` `check-cmd` now runs `lychee --offline --no-progress
+  './**/*.md'` alongside `typos`/`gitleaks`/editorconfig-checker — on-disk link/anchor integrity,
+  network-free (`--offline` skips external URLs; only local file and fragment targets are verified).
+  Opt-in follows the same per-tool-config pattern as the existing cross-cutting tools: an optional
+  `lychee.toml` at repo root customizes the ruleset (exclusions, fragment-check mode), absent means
+  lychee's own defaults. `install-hint` gains the `lycheeverse.lychee` winget package / `lychee`
+  brew formula. Per Brief item 3, `docs/topics/lint-static-analysis-gaps/PLAN.md`. Closes #833.
+
 ## [0.8.0]
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/plugins/toolchain/reference/ecosystems/cross-cutting.yaml b/plugins/toolchain/reference/ecosystems/cross-cutting.yaml
index bac093879c..d9b28df594 100644
--- a/plugins/toolchain/reference/ecosystems/cross-cutting.yaml
+++ b/plugins/toolchain/reference/ecosystems/cross-cutting.yaml
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ check-cmd: |
   gitleaks detect --source . --redact --no-banner --no-git
   # editorconfig-checker — binary name varies by install method (ec / editorconfig-checker / ec-windows-amd64)
   "$EC_BIN"
+  # lychee-offline — on-disk link/anchor integrity; --offline = no network (external URLs skipped)
+  lychee --offline --no-progress './**/*.md'
 fix-cmd: null
-opt-in: "each tool's own config at repo root (_typos.toml, .gitleaks.toml, .editorconfig-checker.json / .editorconfig)"
+opt-in: "each tool's own config at repo root (_typos.toml, .gitleaks.toml, .editorconfig-checker.json / .editorconfig, lychee.toml)"
 install-hint: |
   typos: winget install Crate-CI.Typos | brew install typos-cli
   gitleaks: winget install Gitleaks.Gitleaks | brew install gitleaks
   editorconfig-checker: winget install EditorConfig-Checker.EditorConfig-Checker | brew install editorconfig-checker
+  lychee: winget install lycheeverse.lychee | brew install lychee
 notes: "Lint-only — owned by /toolchain:lint. /toolchain:check does not run this ecosystem."
diff --git a/plugins/toolchain/skills/lint/evals/evals.json b/plugins/toolchain/skills/lint/evals/evals.json
index 696046a65c..7617de73f9 100644
--- a/plugins/toolchain/skills/lint/evals/evals.json
+++ b/plugins/toolchain/skills/lint/evals/evals.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       "id": 3,
       "name": "owns-yaml-and-cross-cutting-surfaces",
       "prompt": "/toolchain:lint all — the change set includes a GitHub Actions workflow YAML and touches several text files across the repo.",
-      "expected_output": "Runs the lint-only `yaml` and `cross-cutting` surfaces that /toolchain:check does not — yaml for the workflow file, and cross-cutting (typos/gitleaks/editorconfig-checker) when any text file changed and the repo opts into those tools — resolving the editorconfig-checker binary-name variant before substituting it in.",
+      "expected_output": "Runs the lint-only `yaml` and `cross-cutting` surfaces that /toolchain:check does not — yaml for the workflow file, and cross-cutting (typos/gitleaks/editorconfig-checker/lychee-offline) when any text file changed and the repo opts into those tools — resolving the editorconfig-checker binary-name variant before substituting it in.",
       "files": [],
       "expectations": [
         "Runs the `yaml` surface for the workflow file (a `/toolchain:lint`-only surface not covered by `/toolchain:check`)",
diff --git a/plugins/toolchain/skills/setup/SKILL.md b/plugins/toolchain/skills/setup/SKILL.md
index 3cf2a868f9..d218c0cb73 100644
--- a/plugins/toolchain/skills/setup/SKILL.md
+++ b/plugins/toolchain/skills/setup/SKILL.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ then specialize it to the repo:
 - **markdown** — a markdownlint config present.
 - **yaml** — `.github/workflows/` present (lint-only surface — `/toolchain:lint` runs it,
   `/toolchain:check` does not).
-- **cross-cutting** — repo-root config for `typos`/`gitleaks`/editorconfig-checker present (lint-only).
+- **cross-cutting** — repo-root config for `typos`/`gitleaks`/`editorconfig-checker`/`lychee-offline` present (lint-only).
 
 Repo-specific CI-parity gates beyond plain build/test/lint (lockfile drift, generated-artifact
 freshness, schema regeneration) belong in the ecosystem file's `gates` array — draft one when the