diff --git a/scripts/__tests__/validate-repository.test.js b/scripts/__tests__/validate-repository.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02d8acf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/__tests__/validate-repository.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { validateRepository } from '../validate-repository.js';
+
+const TEAM_MEMBER = `---
+name: Alice
+role:
+  fr: Consultante
+  en: Consultant
+track: RevOps
+avatar: https://example.com/alice.png
+bio:
+  fr: Bio
+  en: Bio
+displayOrder: 1
+---
+`;
+
+const TOOL = '---\nname: HubSpot\ncategory: CRM\n---\n';
+
+const blogPost = ({ author = 'alice', title = 'A post' } = {}) => `---
+title: ${title}
+author: ${author}
+description: A description
+date: 2026-01-15
+image: https://example.com/post.png
+---
+Body
+`;
+
+let repoRoot;
+
+const write = (file, content) => {
+  const abs = join(repoRoot, file);
+  mkdirSync(dirname(abs), { recursive: true });
+  writeFileSync(abs, content);
+};
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  repoRoot = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'ocobo-validate-'));
+  write('team/alice.md', TEAM_MEMBER);
+  write('tools/hubspot.md', TOOL);
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  rmSync(repoRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+describe('validateRepository', () => {
+  it('returns no failures for a valid repository', () => {
+    write('blog/fr/a-post.md', blogPost());
+
+    expect(validateRepository(repoRoot)).toEqual({
+      failures: [],
+      assetErrors: [],
+      assetWarnings: [],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('reports a schema error against the failing file', () => {
+    write('blog/fr/a-post.md', blogPost({ title: '""' }));
+
+    const { failures } = validateRepository(repoRoot);
+
+    expect(failures).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(failures[0].file).toBe('blog/fr/a-post.md');
+    expect(failures[0].schemaErrors).toEqual([
+      { path: ['title'], message: expect.any(String) },
+    ]);
+    expect(failures[0].crossRefErrors).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('reports a dangling author cross-reference', () => {
+    write('blog/en/a-post.md', blogPost({ author: 'ghost' }));
+
+    const { failures } = validateRepository(repoRoot);
+
+    expect(failures).toEqual([
+      {
+        file: 'blog/en/a-post.md',
+        schemaErrors: [],
+        crossRefErrors: [
+          { path: ['author'], message: '"ghost" does not match any team slug' },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('returns client asset errors and warnings without failing any file', () => {
+    write('assets/clients/acme-avatar.jpeg', '');
+
+    const { failures, assetErrors, assetWarnings } = validateRepository(repoRoot);
+
+    expect(failures).toEqual([]);
+    expect(assetErrors).toEqual([expect.stringContaining('assets/clients/acme-avatar.jpeg')]);
+    expect(assetWarnings).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/scripts/validate-content.js b/scripts/validate-content.js
index b4cad8b..f6e9d3e 100644
--- a/scripts/validate-content.js
+++ b/scripts/validate-content.js
@@ -1,84 +1,14 @@
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { join, relative } from 'node:path';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import { glob } from 'glob';
-import matter from 'gray-matter';
-import { validateBlogPost } from './schemas/blog-post.schema.js';
-import { validateJob } from './schemas/job.schema.js';
-import { validateStory } from './schemas/story.schema.js';
-import { validateTeamMember } from './schemas/team-member.schema.js';
-import { validateTool } from './schemas/tool.schema.js';
-import { createResolver } from './cross-ref-resolver.js';
-import { checkClientAssets } from './validate-client-assets.js';
+import { validateRepository } from './validate-repository.js';
 
 const REPO_ROOT = join(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), '../..');
 
-const VALIDATORS = {
-  tool: { patterns: ['tools/*.md'], validate: validateTool },
-  'team-member': { patterns: ['team/*.md'], validate: validateTeamMember },
-  'blog-post': { patterns: ['blog/fr/*.md', 'blog/en/*.md'], validate: validateBlogPost },
-  story: { patterns: ['stories/fr/*.md', 'stories/en/*.md'], validate: validateStory },
-  job: { patterns: ['jobs/fr/*.md', 'jobs/en/*.md'], validate: validateJob },
-};
-
 const formatErrors = (issues) =>
   issues.map((i) => `  • ${i.path.join('.') || 'root'}: ${i.message}`).join('\n');
 
-const validateCrossRefs = (type, slug, data, resolver) => {
-  const errors = [];
-  if (type === 'blog-post' && data.author && !resolver.isValidTeamSlug(data.author)) {
-    errors.push(`  • author: "${data.author}" does not match any team slug`);
-  }
-  if (type === 'story') {
-    (data.tools ?? []).forEach((t) => {
-      if (!resolver.isValidToolSlug(t)) errors.push(`  • tools: "${t}" does not match any tool slug`);
-    });
-    if (data.featuredTool && !resolver.isValidToolSlug(data.featuredTool)) {
-      errors.push(`  • featuredTool: "${data.featuredTool}" does not match any tool slug`);
-    }
-  }
-  if (type === 'job' && data.hiringContact && !resolver.isValidTeamSlug(data.hiringContact)) {
-    errors.push(`  • hiringContact: "${data.hiringContact}" does not match any team slug`);
-  }
-  return errors;
-};
-
 const run = () => {
-  const resolver = createResolver(REPO_ROOT);
-  const failures = [];
-  const storySlugs = new Set();
-
-  for (const [type, { patterns, validate }] of Object.entries(VALIDATORS)) {
-    for (const pattern of patterns) {
-      const files = glob.sync(pattern, { cwd: REPO_ROOT });
-      for (const file of files) {
-        const abs = join(REPO_ROOT, file);
-        const raw = readFileSync(abs, 'utf8');
-        const { data } = matter(raw);
-        const slug = file.replace(/\.md$/, '').split('/').pop();
-        if (type === 'story') storySlugs.add(slug);
-
-        const result = validate(data);
-        const schemaErrors = result.success ? [] : result.error.issues.map((i) => ({
-          path: i.path, message: i.message,
-        }));
-        const crossRefErrors = validateCrossRefs(type, slug, data, resolver);
-
-        if (schemaErrors.length > 0 || crossRefErrors.length > 0) {
-          failures.push({
-            file: relative(REPO_ROOT, abs),
-            schemaErrors,
-            crossRefErrors,
-          });
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  const { errors: assetErrors, warnings: assetWarnings } = checkClientAssets(
-    REPO_ROOT,
-    [...storySlugs],
-  );
+  const { failures, assetErrors, assetWarnings } = validateRepository(REPO_ROOT);
 
   assetWarnings.forEach((w) => console.warn(`⚠️  ${w}`));
 
@@ -92,7 +22,7 @@ const run = () => {
     for (const { file, schemaErrors, crossRefErrors } of failures) {
       console.error(`${file}`);
       if (schemaErrors.length > 0) console.error(formatErrors(schemaErrors));
-      crossRefErrors.forEach((e) => console.error(e));
+      if (crossRefErrors.length > 0) console.error(formatErrors(crossRefErrors));
       console.error('');
     }
   }
diff --git a/scripts/validate-repository.js b/scripts/validate-repository.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..046c4b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/validate-repository.js
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { glob } from 'glob';
+import matter from 'gray-matter';
+import { validateBlogPost } from './schemas/blog-post.schema.js';
+import { validateJob } from './schemas/job.schema.js';
+import { validateStory } from './schemas/story.schema.js';
+import { validateTeamMember } from './schemas/team-member.schema.js';
+import { validateTool } from './schemas/tool.schema.js';
+import { createResolver } from './cross-ref-resolver.js';
+import { checkClientAssets } from './validate-client-assets.js';
+
+const VALIDATORS = {
+  tool: { patterns: ['tools/*.md'], validate: validateTool },
+  'team-member': { patterns: ['team/*.md'], validate: validateTeamMember },
+  'blog-post': { patterns: ['blog/fr/*.md', 'blog/en/*.md'], validate: validateBlogPost },
+  story: { patterns: ['stories/fr/*.md', 'stories/en/*.md'], validate: validateStory },
+  job: { patterns: ['jobs/fr/*.md', 'jobs/en/*.md'], validate: validateJob },
+};
+
+// Cross-reference errors share the schema error shape ({ path, message }) so
+// the CLI formats both the same way.
+const validateCrossRefs = (type, data, resolver) => {
+  const errors = [];
+  if (type === 'blog-post' && data.author && !resolver.isValidTeamSlug(data.author)) {
+    errors.push({ path: ['author'], message: `"${data.author}" does not match any team slug` });
+  }
+  if (type === 'story') {
+    (data.tools ?? []).forEach((t) => {
+      if (!resolver.isValidToolSlug(t)) {
+        errors.push({ path: ['tools'], message: `"${t}" does not match any tool slug` });
+      }
+    });
+    if (data.featuredTool && !resolver.isValidToolSlug(data.featuredTool)) {
+      errors.push({
+        path: ['featuredTool'],
+        message: `"${data.featuredTool}" does not match any tool slug`,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  if (type === 'job' && data.hiringContact && !resolver.isValidTeamSlug(data.hiringContact)) {
+    errors.push({
+      path: ['hiringContact'],
+      message: `"${data.hiringContact}" does not match any team slug`,
+    });
+  }
+  return errors;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Validates every content file under a repository root. Reads the files but
+ * never prints and never exits: the caller decides how to report.
+ *
+ * @param {string} repoRoot
+ * @returns {{
+ *   failures: Array<{
+ *     file: string,
+ *     schemaErrors: Array<{ path: PropertyKey[], message: string }>,
+ *     crossRefErrors: Array<{ path: PropertyKey[], message: string }>,
+ *   }>,
+ *   assetErrors: string[],
+ *   assetWarnings: string[],
+ * }}
+ */
+export const validateRepository = (repoRoot) => {
+  const resolver = createResolver(repoRoot);
+  const failures = [];
+  const storySlugs = new Set();
+
+  for (const [type, { patterns, validate }] of Object.entries(VALIDATORS)) {
+    for (const pattern of patterns) {
+      const files = glob.sync(pattern, { cwd: repoRoot });
+      for (const file of files) {
+        const raw = readFileSync(join(repoRoot, file), 'utf8');
+        const { data } = matter(raw);
+        const slug = file.replace(/\.md$/, '').split('/').pop();
+        if (type === 'story') storySlugs.add(slug);
+
+        const result = validate(data);
+        const schemaErrors = result.success ? [] : result.error.issues.map((i) => ({
+          path: i.path, message: i.message,
+        }));
+        const crossRefErrors = validateCrossRefs(type, data, resolver);
+
+        if (schemaErrors.length > 0 || crossRefErrors.length > 0) {
+          failures.push({ file, schemaErrors, crossRefErrors });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  const { errors: assetErrors, warnings: assetWarnings } = checkClientAssets(
+    repoRoot,
+    [...storySlugs],
+  );
+
+  return { failures, assetErrors, assetWarnings };
+};