diff --git a/docs/developer-guide.md b/docs/developer-guide.md
index cc82ee36..61716533 100644
--- a/docs/developer-guide.md
+++ b/docs/developer-guide.md
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ crates/
   sysknife-brain/     LLM planner, provider adapters, safety fence
   sysknife-types/     Shared domain types (CallerRole, RiskLevel, JobState, …)
   sysknife-core/      Config loading, shared constants
-  sysknife-daemon/    Privileged executor, 189 actions with an `ActionSpec`,
+  sysknife-daemon/    Privileged executor, 191 actions with an `ActionSpec`,
                       IPC, rollback, SQLite
   sysknife-proto/     Protobuf definitions (future use)
 apps/
diff --git a/scripts/check_evidence_claims.py b/scripts/check_evidence_claims.py
index 8bf99e9d..d8d380dc 100755
--- a/scripts/check_evidence_claims.py
+++ b/scripts/check_evidence_claims.py
@@ -647,7 +647,21 @@ def check_bare_story_counts(
     return problems
 
 
-def check_action_figures(texts: dict[str, str], catalogue: int) -> list[str]:
+def count_action_specs(root: Path) -> int:
+    """Derive the executor ActionSpec count from the generated reference table."""
+    path = root / "docs/action-reference.md"
+    if not path.exists():
+        raise Failure("docs/action-reference.md is missing; cannot derive ActionSpec count")
+    row = re.compile(r"^\| `[A-Za-z0-9_]+` \|")
+    count = sum(1 for line in path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines() if row.match(line))
+    if count == 0:
+        raise Failure("docs/action-reference.md contains no generated ActionSpec rows")
+    return count
+
+
+def check_action_figures(
+    texts: dict[str, str], catalogue: int, action_specs: int
+) -> list[str]:
     """Catch a bare "N actions" that is not the catalogue size.
 
     `check_figure` only sees the exact noun it is given ("typed actions"), so
@@ -664,11 +678,22 @@ def check_action_figures(texts: dict[str, str], catalogue: int) -> list[str]:
     drifting.
     """
     bare = re.compile(r"\b([0-9]{2,})\s+(?:typed\s+)?actions\b", re.IGNORECASE)
+    subset = re.compile(
+        r"\b([0-9]+)\s+actions\s+(?:with|have)\s+an\s+`?ActionSpec`?\b",
+        re.IGNORECASE,
+    )
 
     problems = []
     for rel, text in texts.items():
         for line in text.splitlines():
-            if "ActionSpec" in line:
+            subset_match = subset.search(line)
+            if subset_match:
+                count = int(subset_match.group(1))
+                if count != action_specs:
+                    problems.append(
+                        f"{rel}: claims {count} actions with an ActionSpec, "
+                        f"derived {action_specs} from docs/action-reference.md"
+                    )
                 continue
             for match in bare.finditer(line):
                 count = int(match.group(1))
@@ -806,7 +831,7 @@ def main() -> int:
         problems += check_debian_only_prose_claims(texts, root)
         problems += check_bare_story_counts(texts, story_runs, root)
         problems += check_validated_tiers(texts, root)
-        problems += check_action_figures(texts, count_actions(root))
+        problems += check_action_figures(texts, count_actions(root), count_action_specs(root))
 
         expected_tests = f"{baseline['tests']:,} Rust tests"
         for rel in REQUIRE_TEST_COUNT:
diff --git a/tests/release/public-claims.test.sh b/tests/release/public-claims.test.sh
index 75b875a3..f038bcc2 100755
--- a/tests/release/public-claims.test.sh
+++ b/tests/release/public-claims.test.sh
@@ -700,6 +700,58 @@ sed -i "s/${actions} typed actions/999 typed actions/" "$fixture/docs/introducti
 assert_rejected 'action count that disagrees with the catalogue source'
 cp "$repo_root/docs/introduction.md" "$fixture/docs/introduction.md"
 
+# An ActionSpec qualifier must not exempt a stale subset count from evidence.
+python3 - "$fixture/docs/developer-guide.md" <<'PYEOF'
+import re
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+path = Path(sys.argv[1])
+text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+updated, count = re.subn(
+    r"[0-9]+ actions with an `ActionSpec`",
+    "4 actions with an `ActionSpec`",
+    text,
+    count=1,
+)
+if count != 1:
+    raise SystemExit("could not find the ActionSpec count in the fixture")
+path.write_text(updated, encoding="utf-8")
+PYEOF
+assert_rejected_with_diagnostic \
+    'ActionSpec count that disagrees with the generated table' \
+    'developer-guide.md' 'claims 4 actions with an ActionSpec' 'derived'
+cp "$repo_root/docs/developer-guide.md" "$fixture/docs/developer-guide.md"
+
+# The generated-table reader must fail closed on an empty table and count rows exactly.
+python3 - "$repo_root/scripts/check_evidence_claims.py" <<'PYEOF'
+import importlib.util
+import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
+import sys
+spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("checker", sys.argv[1])
+mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+spec.loader.exec_module(mod)
+with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+    root = Path(tmp)
+    docs = root / "docs"
+    docs.mkdir()
+    ref = docs / "action-reference.md"
+    ref.write_text(
+        "| Action | Command |\n|---|---|\n"
+        "| `One` | `one` |\n| `Two2` | `two` |\n| `Three_3` | `three` |\n",
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+    if mod.count_action_specs(root) != 3:
+        raise SystemExit("ActionSpec row fixture did not derive exactly 3")
+    ref.write_text("| Action | Command |\n|---|---|\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    try:
+        mod.count_action_specs(root)
+    except mod.Failure:
+        pass
+    else:
+        raise SystemExit("empty ActionSpec table did not fail closed")
+PYEOF
+
 # No evidence at all must fail loudly rather than pass for lack of anything to
 # compare against.
 mv "$fixture/tests/evidence/workspace-tests.json" "$fixture/tests/evidence/held.json"