diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index d0cef7b..b5c4367 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -292,6 +292,11 @@ replaced the previously exposed `ignoreManager()`.
   asserts the assistant message is stamped with the request id, history is built
   correctly (thinking + text + tool use/result), the typed event stream is emitted,
   and wire errors are categorized.
+- `BundledAgentsTest` — loads every bundled agent through the real loader (extends
+  + partials resolved from the qrc) and renders each `[body]` against the synthetic
+  validation context. This is the load-time validation guarantee run in CI: a broken
+  bundled body, partial, or `extends` chain fails the test instead of surfacing as a
+  silent runtime drop.
 
 ---
 
@@ -300,8 +305,8 @@ replaced the previously exposed `ignoreManager()`.
 1. **Qt-Creator-free core build + CI** — `AgentFactory` / `ContextRenderer` still
    call `Core::ICore::userResourcePath`, so the core targets link `QtCreator::Core`.
    A `ResourcePaths` port + adapter would let the core build without Qt Creator and
-   enable a CI job that fails on a layering-violating include, plus golden
-   rendered-body snapshots over the bundled agents loaded through the real loader.
+   enable a CI job that fails on a layering-violating include. (The bundled-agent
+   render check already runs in the QtC-linked test binary — see §8.)
 2. **§9 target module layout** — the `core/ ide/ features/ hosts/` physical target
    split in `target-architecture.md` is not yet reflected in the directory layout.
 ```
diff --git a/test/BundledAgentsTest.cpp b/test/BundledAgentsTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee5b822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/BundledAgentsTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024-2026 Petr Mironychev
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+// Additional attribution terms under GPLv3 §7(b) apply — see LICENSE
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <QString>
+
+#include <AgentConfig.hpp>
+#include <AgentLoader.hpp>
+#include <JsonPromptTemplate.hpp>
+
+using QodeAssist::Agents::AgentLoader;
+using QodeAssist::Templates::JsonPromptTemplate;
+
+TEST(BundledAgentsTest, AllBundledAgentsLoadResolveAndRender)
+{
+    Q_INIT_RESOURCE(agents);
+
+    const AgentLoader::LoadResult result = AgentLoader::load(QStringLiteral(":/agents"), QString());
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(result.errors.isEmpty())
+        << "bundled agent load errors: "
+        << result.errors.join(QStringLiteral("; ")).toStdString();
+
+    ASSERT_FALSE(result.configs.empty()) << "no bundled agents were loaded from :/agents";
+
+    for (const auto &cfg : result.configs) {
+        QString error;
+        const auto tmpl = JsonPromptTemplate::fromConfig(cfg, &error);
+        EXPECT_NE(tmpl, nullptr) << "bundled agent '" << cfg.name.toStdString()
+                                 << "' body failed to render: " << error.toStdString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e7ded4..0e6b472 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ add_executable(QodeAssistTest
     LLMSuggestionTest.cpp
     JsonPromptTemplateTest.cpp
     ResponseRouterTest.cpp
+    BundledAgentsTest.cpp
     # LLMClientInterfaceTests.cpp
     unittest_main.cpp
 )