diff --git a/.github/workflows/claims-latest.yml b/.github/workflows/claims-latest.yml
index 841d85f..e1cef3a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/claims-latest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/claims-latest.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,4 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   pins:
     name: README pins equal the newest tag
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: cosmichackerx/claims-check@v0.2.0
-        with:
-          config: .claims-latest.json
+    uses: cosmichackerx/claims-check/.github/workflows/reusable-latest-tag.yml@v0.3.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/release-gate.yml
index 9656648..3d05154 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-gate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-gate.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Pre-release claims gate: the README, the package version and the tag being released must agree.
 # Run it by hand BEFORE tagging (Actions > Release gate > Run workflow, tag = v1.2.3), and it runs again on the tag.
+# The steps live in cosmichackerx/claims-check (reusable workflow); this file only says when to run and what to set up.
 name: Release gate
 
 on:
@@ -16,27 +17,10 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
-  claims:
+  gate:
     name: claims-check against the tag
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
-        with:
-          node-version: 24
-          cache: npm
-      - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm run build
-      - name: Tag looks like a version
-        run: |
-          case "$RELEASE_TAG" in v[0-9]*) ;; *) echo "RELEASE_TAG=$RELEASE_TAG is not a version tag (use v1.2.3 in the tag input)"; exit 1;; esac
-      - name: README numbers and pins hold
-        uses: cosmichackerx/claims-check@v0.2.0
-      - name: README pins and package version equal the tag being released
-        uses: cosmichackerx/claims-check@v0.2.0
-        with:
-          config: .claims-release.json
+    uses: cosmichackerx/claims-check/.github/workflows/reusable-release-gate.yml@v0.3.0
+    with:
+      tag: ${{ inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}
+      node-version: "24"
+      setup: npm ci && npm run build