diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b227f3ab..47e2db8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Lint (anvil)
         run: pnpm --filter ./apps/docs run check-anvil
 
+      # Each option the catalog lists is in its card page's tables, and each row is still one.
+      - name: Lint (option tables)
+        run: pnpm --filter ./apps/docs run check-option-tables
+
       # Once, for both the previews and the site; `code-checks` typechecks the site.
       - name: Build packages
         run: pnpm run build:packages
diff --git a/apps/docs/AGENTS.md b/apps/docs/AGENTS.md
index 0274ca93..533fdb18 100644
--- a/apps/docs/AGENTS.md
+++ b/apps/docs/AGENTS.md
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ carries a server changeset.
 - **Every example `uses:` is `<owner>/<repo>@<sha> # vX.Y.Z`**, the shape Renovate's custom manager
   reads ([#114]).
 - **`public/favicon-self-hosted.svg` is `favicon.svg` with blue bars**: change both.
+- **`check-option-tables` holds each card page to the catalog**: every option it lists sits in an
+  `Option` table on the card's page or is named on `customization/common-options.md`, and every
+  `Option` table row is one the card takes.
 
 ## Building and checking
 
diff --git a/apps/docs/package.json b/apps/docs/package.json
index 9d15a167..d54750cb 100644
--- a/apps/docs/package.json
+++ b/apps/docs/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "check-cards": "node scripts/generate-cards.ts --check",
     "test:live": "node --conditions=@stats/source --env-file-if-exists=../../.env scripts/test-live.ts",
     "check-anvil": "node --conditions=@stats/source scripts/check-anvil.ts",
+    "check-option-tables": "node --conditions=@stats/source scripts/check-option-tables.ts",
     "test:e2e": "playwright test",
     "generate-themes-page": "node --conditions=@stats/source scripts/generate-themes-page.ts",
     "check-themes-page": "node --conditions=@stats/source scripts/generate-themes-page.ts --check",
diff --git a/apps/docs/scripts/check-option-tables.ts b/apps/docs/scripts/check-option-tables.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e939097c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/docs/scripts/check-option-tables.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/**
+ * @file Fails when a card's page and the catalog disagree on the options the card takes.
+ *
+ * The tables are written by hand for their prose, so nothing else notices one falling behind.
+ *
+ * @returns Nothing; the process exits non-zero naming each option out of step.
+ */
+
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+
+import { cards } from '@stats-forge/github-stats-forge-catalog';
+
+import { CARDS } from '../src/anvil/cards.ts';
+
+const PAGES = new URL('../src/content/docs/docs/', import.meta.url);
+const COMMON_PAGE = 'customization/common-options.md';
+
+/** @returns The backticked names in `text`, such as both of `` `from` / `to` ``, or one given a value. */
+const namesIn = (text: string): Array<string> =>
+  [...text.matchAll(/`(?<name>[a-z_]+)(?:=[^`]*)?`/g)].flatMap(
+    (match) => match.groups?.['name'] ?? [],
+  );
+
+/** @returns The names in the first column of each table whose first header reads `Option`. */
+const optionTableNames = (page: string): Set<string> => {
+  const names = new Set<string>();
+  let inOptionTable = false;
+  let header = true;
+  for (const line of page.split('\n')) {
+    if (!line.startsWith('|')) {
+      header = true;
+      inOptionTable = false;
+      continue;
+    }
+    const firstCell = line.split('|')[1]?.trim() ?? '';
+    if (header) {
+      inOptionTable = firstCell === 'Option';
+      header = false;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (inOptionTable) {
+      for (const name of namesIn(firstCell)) {
+        names.add(name);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return names;
+};
+
+const read = (path: string): string => readFileSync(new URL(path, PAGES), 'utf8');
+
+const common = read(COMMON_PAGE);
+const commonNames = new Set(namesIn(common));
+const failures: Array<string> = [];
+
+for (const card of cards) {
+  const docs = CARDS.find((extra) => extra.id === card.id)?.docs;
+  if (docs === undefined) {
+    failures.push(`${card.id}: the anvil names no page for it`);
+    continue;
+  }
+  const path = `cards/${docs}.md`;
+  const documented = optionTableNames(read(path));
+  const taken = new Set([...card.required, ...card.options].map((option) => option.name));
+
+  for (const name of taken) {
+    if (!documented.has(name) && !commonNames.has(name)) {
+      failures.push(`${path}: \`${name}\` is not in an Option table, nor on ${COMMON_PAGE}`);
+    }
+  }
+  for (const name of documented) {
+    if (!taken.has(name)) {
+      failures.push(
+        `${path}: \`${name}\` is in an Option table, but the ${card.id} card takes no such option`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const takenByAny = new Set(cards.flatMap((card) => card.options.map((option) => option.name)));
+for (const name of optionTableNames(common)) {
+  if (!takenByAny.has(name)) {
+    failures.push(`${COMMON_PAGE}: \`${name}\` is in an Option table, but no card takes it`);
+  }
+}
+
+if (failures.length > 0) {
+  process.stderr.write(`${failures.join('\n')}\n`);
+  process.exitCode = 1;
+} else {
+  process.stderr.write(`  ✓ every option of ${String(cards.length)} cards is documented\n`);
+}
diff --git a/scripts/check-all.ts b/scripts/check-all.ts
index ccc195cc..54c33e73 100644
--- a/scripts/check-all.ts
+++ b/scripts/check-all.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const CHECKS: Record<string, Array<string>> = {
   'graphql types': ['--filter', './packages/core', 'run', 'check-graphql-types'],
   'themes page': ['--filter', './apps/docs', 'run', 'check-themes-page'],
   anvil: ['--filter', './apps/docs', 'run', 'check-anvil'],
+  'option tables': ['--filter', './apps/docs', 'run', 'check-option-tables'],
   // after `typecheck`, which leaves the CLI built for it
   'card previews': ['--filter', './apps/docs', 'run', 'check-cards'],
   'docs site': ['run', 'docs:build'],