diff --git a/.agents/skills/docs-governance/scripts/markdown_links.py b/.agents/skills/docs-governance/scripts/markdown_links.py
index 02ef308ea..239679740 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/docs-governance/scripts/markdown_links.py
+++ b/.agents/skills/docs-governance/scripts/markdown_links.py
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ def markdown_link_targets(text: str) -> list[str]:
 
 def normalize_link_target(raw: str) -> str | None:
     target = raw.strip()
+    is_unc_path = target.startswith("\\\\")
     if target.startswith("<"):
         closing = target.find(">")
         if closing == -1:
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ def normalize_link_target(raw: str) -> str | None:
         if title:
             target = target[: title.start()]
     target = unquote(target.split("#", 1)[0].split("?", 1)[0]).replace("\\", "/")
-    if not target or target.startswith("//"):
+    if not target or (target.startswith("//") and not is_unc_path):
         return None
     if EXTERNAL_URI_RE.match(target):
         return None
diff --git a/skills/docs-governance/scripts/markdown_links.py b/skills/docs-governance/scripts/markdown_links.py
index 02ef308ea..239679740 100644
--- a/skills/docs-governance/scripts/markdown_links.py
+++ b/skills/docs-governance/scripts/markdown_links.py
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ def markdown_link_targets(text: str) -> list[str]:
 
 def normalize_link_target(raw: str) -> str | None:
     target = raw.strip()
+    is_unc_path = target.startswith("\\\\")
     if target.startswith("<"):
         closing = target.find(">")
         if closing == -1:
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ def normalize_link_target(raw: str) -> str | None:
         if title:
             target = target[: title.start()]
     target = unquote(target.split("#", 1)[0].split("?", 1)[0]).replace("\\", "/")
-    if not target or target.startswith("//"):
+    if not target or (target.startswith("//") and not is_unc_path):
         return None
     if EXTERNAL_URI_RE.match(target):
         return None
diff --git a/tests/test_docs_governance_audit.py b/tests/test_docs_governance_audit.py
index 761c99f16..e66f72370 100644
--- a/tests/test_docs_governance_audit.py
+++ b/tests/test_docs_governance_audit.py
@@ -128,6 +128,16 @@ def test_artifact_scope_ignores_protocol_relative_external_links(project: Path)
     assert result.returncode == 0, result.stdout
 
 
+def test_artifact_scope_checks_unc_style_links(project: Path) -> None:
+    (project / "guide.md").write_text(
+        "[missing](\\\\server\\share\\missing.md)\n", encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+    result = run_audit(project, "artifacts")
+    assert result.returncode == 1
+    assert "Broken Markdown link" in result.stdout
+    assert "//server/share/missing.md" in result.stdout
+
+
 def test_artifact_scope_ignores_external_uri_schemes_case_insensitively(
     project: Path,
 ) -> None: