diff --git a/scripts/generate_typos_config.py b/scripts/generate_typos_config.py
index 9c91be4..9fe07cb 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_typos_config.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_typos_config.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run python
+#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script
 # /// script
 # requires-python = ">=3.13"
 # dependencies = []
diff --git a/template/docs/scripting-standards.md b/template/docs/scripting-standards.md
index d8ea71c..13c4315 100644
--- a/template/docs/scripting-standards.md
+++ b/template/docs/scripting-standards.md
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ as a default.
   inline.
 - Each script starts with an `uv` script block so runtime and dependency
   expectations travel with the file. Prefer the shebang
-  `#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run python` followed by the metadata block shown in the
-  example below.
+  `#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script` followed by the metadata block shown in
+  the example below. `uv run --script` reads the PEP 723 inline metadata block
+  and installs its declared dependencies before execution; `uv run python`
+  invokes the interpreter directly and silently ignores the metadata block, so
+  a directly executed script (`./script.py`) fails at import time because its
+  dependencies were never installed.
 - External processes are invoked via
   [`cuprum`](https://github.com/leynos/cuprum/) to provide typed,
   allowlist-based command execution rather than ad‑hoc shell strings. Cuprum's
@@ -435,7 +439,7 @@ except FileNotFoundError:
 ## Cyclopts + cuprum + pathlib together (reference script)
 
 ```python
-#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run python
+#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script
 # /// script
 # requires-python = ">=3.13"
 # dependencies = ["cyclopts>=2.9", "cuprum", "cmd-mox"]
diff --git a/template/scripts/generate_typos_config.py b/template/scripts/generate_typos_config.py
index 9c91be4..9fe07cb 100644
--- a/template/scripts/generate_typos_config.py
+++ b/template/scripts/generate_typos_config.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run python
+#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script
 # /// script
 # requires-python = ">=3.13"
 # dependencies = []
diff --git a/tests/test_scripting_shebang.py b/tests/test_scripting_shebang.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6be292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_scripting_shebang.py
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+"""Validate the PEP 723 uv script shebang standard.
+
+``#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run python`` executes the interpreter directly and
+silently ignores the PEP 723 inline metadata block (``# /// script`` ...
+``# ///``), so a script invoked directly (``./script.py``) fails at import
+time because its declared dependencies were never installed. The correct
+shebang is ``#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script``, which reads the metadata
+block and installs the declared dependencies before execution.
+
+This module guards against the broken shebang reappearing anywhere in the
+repository or the Copier template tree, and behaviourally proves that the
+prescribed shebang works as intended.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import shutil
+import stat
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+REPOSITORY_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+BROKEN_SHEBANG = "#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run python"
+CORRECT_SHEBANG = "#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script"
+SCRIPT_BLOCK_MARKER = "# /// script"
+EXCLUDED_DIRECTORY_NAMES = {".git"}
+LOOKAHEAD_LINES = 5
+
+
+def _iter_repository_files() -> list[Path]:
+    """Return every tracked-style file under the repository, excluding VCS internals."""
+    files: list[Path] = []
+    for path in REPOSITORY_ROOT.rglob("*"):
+        if not path.is_file():
+            continue
+        if EXCLUDED_DIRECTORY_NAMES & set(path.relative_to(REPOSITORY_ROOT).parts):
+            continue
+        files.append(path)
+    return files
+
+
+def _find_broken_shebang_pep723_scripts() -> list[str]:
+    """Return relative paths of files whose broken shebang heads a PEP 723 block.
+
+    A violation is a line exactly matching ``BROKEN_SHEBANG`` with a
+    ``# /// script`` marker within the next few lines, which indicates the
+    shebang introduces a PEP 723 inline-metadata script rather than merely
+    appearing in prose or an unrelated command example.
+    """
+    violations: list[str] = []
+    for path in _iter_repository_files():
+        try:
+            text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        except (UnicodeDecodeError, OSError):
+            continue
+        lines = text.splitlines()
+        for index, line in enumerate(lines):
+            if line.strip() != BROKEN_SHEBANG:
+                continue
+            lookahead = lines[index + 1 : index + 1 + LOOKAHEAD_LINES]
+            if any(SCRIPT_BLOCK_MARKER in candidate for candidate in lookahead):
+                violations.append(str(path.relative_to(REPOSITORY_ROOT)))
+    return violations
+
+
+def test_no_broken_uv_shebang_heads_a_pep723_script() -> None:
+    """No file in the repository or template tree ships the broken shebang.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    None
+        The test passes when every PEP 723 script block is introduced by
+        ``#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script`` rather than the broken
+        ``#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run python`` form, which silently ignores the
+        metadata block on direct execution.
+    """
+    violations = _find_broken_shebang_pep723_scripts()
+    assert violations == [], (
+        "expected no PEP 723 script to be headed by the broken "
+        f"'{BROKEN_SHEBANG}' shebang; offending files: {violations}"
+    )
+
+
+def test_correct_uv_shebang_installs_declared_dependency(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """A script with the prescribed shebang installs and imports its dependency.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    tmp_path : Path
+        Temporary directory used to host the executable script under test.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    None
+        The test passes when a directly executed script using
+        ``#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script`` installs its declared
+        dependency, imports it successfully, and exits with code ``0``.
+    """
+    uv_executable = shutil.which("uv")
+    if uv_executable is None:
+        pytest.skip("uv is unavailable to exercise the shebang behaviourally")
+
+    script_path = tmp_path / "shebang_probe.py"
+    script_source = (
+        f"{CORRECT_SHEBANG}\n"
+        "# /// script\n"
+        '# requires-python = ">=3.13"\n'
+        '# dependencies = ["packaging"]\n'
+        "# ///\n"
+        "\n"
+        "import packaging\n"
+        "\n"
+        'print(f"packaging-ok:{packaging.__version__}")\n'
+    )
+    script_path.write_text(script_source, encoding="utf-8")
+    script_path.chmod(script_path.stat().st_mode | stat.S_IEXEC)
+
+    result = subprocess.run(  # noqa: S603 - argv is the freshly written temp script.
+        [str(script_path)],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        timeout=120,
+        check=False,
+    )
+
+    assert result.returncode == 0, (
+        "expected the correctly shebanged script to run and exit cleanly:\n"
+        f"stdout: {result.stdout}\nstderr: {result.stderr}"
+    )
+    assert "packaging-ok:" in result.stdout, (
+        "expected the script to successfully import its declared dependency:\n"
+        f"stdout: {result.stdout}\nstderr: {result.stderr}"
+    )