diff --git a/lib/crewai/tests/test_ci_check_classifier.py b/lib/crewai/tests/test_ci_check_classifier.py
new file mode 100644
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+"""Tests for the deterministic CI check-state classifier.
+
+Covers every category defined in the acceptance criteria for issue #4576:
+  - passed
+  - failed
+  - pending
+  - no_checks
+  - policy_blocked
+
+Also validates that source check metadata is retained for audit/review,
+and that the output contract (JSON shape) is stable.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import importlib.util
+import json
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import pytest
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Dynamic import of the classifier script from ``scripts/``
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_SCRIPT_PATH = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3] / "scripts" / "classify_ci_checks.py"
+
+_spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("classify_ci_checks", _SCRIPT_PATH)
+assert _spec is not None and _spec.loader is not None
+_mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(_spec)
+_spec.loader.exec_module(_mod)
+
+classify = _mod.classify
+main = _mod.main
+PASSED = _mod.PASSED
+FAILED = _mod.FAILED
+PENDING = _mod.PENDING
+NO_CHECKS = _mod.NO_CHECKS
+POLICY_BLOCKED = _mod.POLICY_BLOCKED
+ALL_STATES = _mod.ALL_STATES
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Helpers
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _make_check_run(
+    name: str = "ci",
+    status: str = "completed",
+    conclusion: str = "success",
+    started_at: str = "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+    completed_at: str = "2026-01-01T00:05:00Z",
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Build a minimal GitHub check-run dict."""
+    return {
+        "name": name,
+        "status": status,
+        "conclusion": conclusion,
+        "started_at": started_at,
+        "completed_at": completed_at,
+    }
+
+
+def _make_commit_status(
+    context: str = "ci/status",
+    state: str = "success",
+    updated_at: str = "2026-01-01T00:05:00Z",
+) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """Build a minimal GitHub commit-status dict."""
+    return {
+        "context": context,
+        "state": state,
+        "updated_at": updated_at,
+    }
+
+
+# ===================================================================
+# Category: no_checks
+# ===================================================================
+
+
+class TestNoChecks:
+    """When there are zero check runs and zero statuses -> ``no_checks``."""
+
+    def test_empty_check_runs_list(self) -> None:
+        result = classify({"check_runs": []})
+        assert result["state"] == NO_CHECKS
+        assert result["total"] == 0
+
+    def test_empty_payload(self) -> None:
+        result = classify({})
+        assert result["state"] == NO_CHECKS
+        assert result["total"] == 0
+
+    def test_empty_check_runs_and_statuses(self) -> None:
+        result = classify({"check_runs": [], "statuses": []})
+        assert result["state"] == NO_CHECKS
+        assert result["total"] == 0
+
+    def test_summary_message(self) -> None:
+        result = classify({"check_runs": []})
+        assert "No CI checks found" in result["summary"]
+
+
+# ===================================================================
+# Category: passed
+# ===================================================================
+
+
+class TestPassed:
+    """All checks completed successfully -> ``passed``."""
+
+    def test_single_success(self) -> None:
+        result = classify({"check_runs": [_make_check_run()]})
+        assert result["state"] == PASSED
+        assert result["total"] == 1
+
+    def test_multiple_successes(self) -> None:
+        runs = [
+            _make_check_run(name="lint"),
+            _make_check_run(name="tests (3.10)"),
+            _make_check_run(name="tests (3.12)"),
+        ]
+        result = classify({"check_runs": runs})
+        assert result["state"] == PASSED
+        assert result["total"] == 3
+
+    def test_neutral_conclusion_counts_as_passed(self) -> None:
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [_make_check_run(conclusion="neutral")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == PASSED
+
+    def test_skipped_conclusion_counts_as_passed(self) -> None:
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [_make_check_run(conclusion="skipped")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == PASSED
+
+    def test_commit_status_success(self) -> None:
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [], "statuses": [_make_commit_status(state="success")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == PASSED
+
+    def test_mixed_check_runs_and_statuses_all_pass(self) -> None:
+        result = classify({
+            "check_runs": [_make_check_run(name="build")],
+            "statuses": [_make_commit_status(context="deploy", state="success")],
+        })
+        assert result["state"] == PASSED
+        assert result["total"] == 2
+
+
+# ===================================================================
+# Category: failed
+# ===================================================================
+
+
+class TestFailed:
+    """At least one check failed -> ``failed``."""
+
+    def test_single_failure(self) -> None:
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [_make_check_run(conclusion="failure")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == FAILED
+
+    def test_timed_out(self) -> None:
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [_make_check_run(conclusion="timed_out")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == FAILED
+
+    def test_cancelled(self) -> None:
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [_make_check_run(conclusion="cancelled")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == FAILED
+
+    def test_startup_failure(self) -> None:
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [_make_check_run(conclusion="startup_failure")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == FAILED
+
+    def test_failure_among_successes(self) -> None:
+        runs = [
+            _make_check_run(name="lint"),
+            _make_check_run(name="tests", conclusion="failure"),
+            _make_check_run(name="build"),
+        ]
+        result = classify({"check_runs": runs})
+        assert result["state"] == FAILED
+        assert result["total"] == 3
+
+    def test_commit_status_failure(self) -> None:
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [], "statuses": [_make_commit_status(state="failure")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == FAILED
+
+    def test_commit_status_error(self) -> None:
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [], "statuses": [_make_commit_status(state="error")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == FAILED
+
+    def test_failed_overrides_pending(self) -> None:
+        """Failed takes precedence over pending."""
+        runs = [
+            _make_check_run(name="lint", status="in_progress", conclusion=""),
+            _make_check_run(name="tests", conclusion="failure"),
+        ]
+        result = classify({"check_runs": runs})
+        assert result["state"] == FAILED
+
+
+# ===================================================================
+# Category: pending
+# ===================================================================
+
+
+class TestPending:
+    """At least one check still in progress or queued -> ``pending``."""
+
+    def test_queued(self) -> None:
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [_make_check_run(status="queued", conclusion="")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == PENDING
+
+    def test_in_progress(self) -> None:
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [_make_check_run(status="in_progress", conclusion="")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == PENDING
+
+    def test_waiting(self) -> None:
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [_make_check_run(status="waiting", conclusion="")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == PENDING
+
+    def test_pending_among_successes(self) -> None:
+        runs = [
+            _make_check_run(name="lint"),
+            _make_check_run(name="tests", status="in_progress", conclusion=""),
+        ]
+        result = classify({"check_runs": runs})
+        assert result["state"] == PENDING
+
+    def test_commit_status_pending(self) -> None:
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [], "statuses": [_make_commit_status(state="pending")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == PENDING
+
+
+# ===================================================================
+# Category: policy_blocked
+# ===================================================================
+
+
+class TestPolicyBlocked:
+    """A check requires manual action -> ``policy_blocked``."""
+
+    def test_action_required(self) -> None:
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [_make_check_run(conclusion="action_required")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == POLICY_BLOCKED
+
+    def test_policy_blocked_overrides_failed(self) -> None:
+        """policy_blocked has highest priority after no_checks."""
+        runs = [
+            _make_check_run(name="lint", conclusion="failure"),
+            _make_check_run(name="review", conclusion="action_required"),
+        ]
+        result = classify({"check_runs": runs})
+        assert result["state"] == POLICY_BLOCKED
+
+    def test_policy_blocked_overrides_pending(self) -> None:
+        runs = [
+            _make_check_run(name="build", status="in_progress", conclusion=""),
+            _make_check_run(name="policy", conclusion="action_required"),
+        ]
+        result = classify({"check_runs": runs})
+        assert result["state"] == POLICY_BLOCKED
+
+
+# ===================================================================
+# Output contract / metadata retention
+# ===================================================================
+
+
+class TestOutputContract:
+    """The JSON output has a stable shape and retains source metadata."""
+
+    def test_result_keys(self) -> None:
+        result = classify({"check_runs": [_make_check_run()]})
+        assert set(result.keys()) == {"state", "total", "summary", "checks"}
+
+    def test_state_is_a_known_value(self) -> None:
+        for conclusion in ("success", "failure", "action_required"):
+            result = classify({"check_runs": [_make_check_run(conclusion=conclusion)]})
+            assert result["state"] in ALL_STATES
+
+    def test_check_metadata_retained(self) -> None:
+        cr = _make_check_run(name="my-job", conclusion="success")
+        result = classify({"check_runs": [cr]})
+        meta = result["checks"][0]
+        assert meta["name"] == "my-job"
+        assert meta["status"] == "completed"
+        assert meta["conclusion"] == "success"
+        assert meta["started_at"] == "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"
+        assert meta["completed_at"] == "2026-01-01T00:05:00Z"
+
+    def test_commit_status_metadata_retained(self) -> None:
+        cs = _make_commit_status(context="ci/deploy", state="success")
+        result = classify({"check_runs": [], "statuses": [cs]})
+        meta = result["checks"][0]
+        assert meta["name"] == "ci/deploy"
+        assert meta["status"] == "success"
+
+    def test_result_is_json_serialisable(self) -> None:
+        result = classify({
+            "check_runs": [_make_check_run()],
+            "statuses": [_make_commit_status()],
+        })
+        roundtripped = json.loads(json.dumps(result))
+        assert roundtripped == result
+
+    def test_total_matches_checks_length(self) -> None:
+        runs = [_make_check_run(name=f"job-{i}") for i in range(5)]
+        result = classify({"check_runs": runs})
+        assert result["total"] == len(result["checks"]) == 5
+
+
+# ===================================================================
+# CLI entry-point (main)
+# ===================================================================
+
+
+class TestCLI:
+    """Test the ``main()`` function that wraps classify for CLI use."""
+
+    def test_exit_code_passed(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        payload = {"check_runs": [_make_check_run()]}
+        f = tmp_path / "input.json"
+        f.write_text(json.dumps(payload))
+        assert main([str(f)]) == 0
+
+    def test_exit_code_failed(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        payload = {"check_runs": [_make_check_run(conclusion="failure")]}
+        f = tmp_path / "input.json"
+        f.write_text(json.dumps(payload))
+        assert main([str(f)]) == 1
+
+    def test_exit_code_pending(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        payload = {"check_runs": [_make_check_run(status="queued", conclusion="")]}
+        f = tmp_path / "input.json"
+        f.write_text(json.dumps(payload))
+        assert main([str(f)]) == 2
+
+    def test_exit_code_no_checks(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        payload = {"check_runs": []}
+        f = tmp_path / "input.json"
+        f.write_text(json.dumps(payload))
+        assert main([str(f)]) == 2
+
+    def test_exit_code_policy_blocked(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        payload = {"check_runs": [_make_check_run(conclusion="action_required")]}
+        f = tmp_path / "input.json"
+        f.write_text(json.dumps(payload))
+        assert main([str(f)]) == 1
+
+    def test_invalid_json_returns_error(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        f = tmp_path / "bad.json"
+        f.write_text("NOT JSON")
+        assert main([str(f)]) == 1
+
+    def test_missing_file_returns_error(self) -> None:
+        assert main(["/nonexistent/path.json"]) == 1
+
+
+# ===================================================================
+# Edge cases
+# ===================================================================
+
+
+class TestEdgeCases:
+    """Boundary and edge-case scenarios."""
+
+    def test_check_run_with_missing_fields(self) -> None:
+        """Gracefully handles check runs that omit optional fields."""
+        result = classify({"check_runs": [{"status": "completed", "conclusion": "success"}]})
+        assert result["state"] == PASSED
+        meta = result["checks"][0]
+        assert meta["name"] == ""
+        assert meta["started_at"] == ""
+
+    def test_case_insensitive_conclusion(self) -> None:
+        """Conclusion strings are normalised to lowercase."""
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [_make_check_run(conclusion="FAILURE")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == FAILED
+
+    def test_case_insensitive_status(self) -> None:
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [_make_check_run(status="IN_PROGRESS", conclusion="")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == PENDING
+
+    def test_stale_conclusion_is_not_failure(self) -> None:
+        """``stale`` is a non-blocking conclusion."""
+        result = classify(
+            {"check_runs": [_make_check_run(conclusion="stale")]}
+        )
+        assert result["state"] == PASSED
+
+    def test_large_number_of_checks(self) -> None:
+        """Classifier handles many checks without error."""
+        runs = [_make_check_run(name=f"job-{i}") for i in range(500)]
+        result = classify({"check_runs": runs})
+        assert result["state"] == PASSED
+        assert result["total"] == 500
+
+    def test_mixed_all_states(self) -> None:
+        """When all state types are present, policy_blocked wins."""
+        runs = [
+            _make_check_run(name="pass", conclusion="success"),
+            _make_check_run(name="fail", conclusion="failure"),
+            _make_check_run(name="pend", status="queued", conclusion=""),
+            _make_check_run(name="block", conclusion="action_required"),
+        ]
+        result = classify({"check_runs": runs})
+        assert result["state"] == POLICY_BLOCKED
+        assert result["total"] == 4
diff --git a/scripts/classify_ci_checks.py b/scripts/classify_ci_checks.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cfeeefb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/classify_ci_checks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,293 @@
+"""Deterministic CI check-state classifier for CrewAI PR triage.
+
+Normalizes raw GitHub CI check data into a deterministic JSON contract
+so that cross-repo planning and execution can rely on a stable,
+machine-readable CI-state output.
+
+Categories
+----------
+- ``passed``         -- every check completed successfully
+- ``failed``         -- at least one check failed, timed-out, or was cancelled
+- ``pending``        -- at least one check is still queued or in progress
+- ``no_checks``      -- the PR has no associated check runs or commit statuses
+- ``policy_blocked`` -- at least one check requires manual action (e.g. review)
+
+Usage
+-----
+Pipe JSON from the GitHub Checks API (or a compatible payload) into stdin::
+
+    gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{ref}/check-runs | python scripts/classify_ci_checks.py
+
+Or supply a file path as the first positional argument::
+
+    python scripts/classify_ci_checks.py checks.json
+
+The script prints a single JSON object to stdout and exits with code 0 for
+``passed``, 1 for ``failed``/``policy_blocked``, and 2 for ``pending``/``no_checks``.
+
+Example output::
+
+    {
+      "state": "failed",
+      "total": 3,
+      "summary": "1 failed, 2 passed (3 total)",
+      "checks": [
+        {
+          "name": "tests (3.12)",
+          "status": "completed",
+          "conclusion": "failure",
+          "started_at": "2026-02-24T10:00:00Z",
+          "completed_at": "2026-02-24T10:05:00Z"
+        },
+        ...
+      ]
+    }
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import sys
+from typing import Any
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Public state constants
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+PASSED: str = "passed"
+FAILED: str = "failed"
+PENDING: str = "pending"
+NO_CHECKS: str = "no_checks"
+POLICY_BLOCKED: str = "policy_blocked"
+
+ALL_STATES: frozenset[str] = frozenset(
+    {PASSED, FAILED, PENDING, NO_CHECKS, POLICY_BLOCKED}
+)
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Internal mapping helpers
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# GitHub check-run conclusions that map to *failed*
+_FAILED_CONCLUSIONS: frozenset[str] = frozenset(
+    {"failure", "timed_out", "cancelled", "startup_failure"}
+)
+
+# GitHub check-run conclusions that map to *policy_blocked*
+_POLICY_CONCLUSIONS: frozenset[str] = frozenset({"action_required"})
+
+# GitHub check-run statuses that map to *pending*
+_PENDING_STATUSES: frozenset[str] = frozenset({"queued", "in_progress", "waiting"})
+
+# GitHub commit-status states that map to *failed*
+_FAILED_COMMIT_STATES: frozenset[str] = frozenset({"failure", "error"})
+
+# GitHub commit-status states that map to *pending*
+_PENDING_COMMIT_STATES: frozenset[str] = frozenset({"pending"})
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Core classifier
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _extract_check_metadata(check: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Extract audit-relevant metadata from a single check run or status.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    check:
+        A single check-run or commit-status object from the GitHub API.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    dict:
+        Normalized metadata dict with name, status, conclusion, and timestamps.
+    """
+    return {
+        "name": check.get("name") or check.get("context") or "",
+        "status": check.get("status") or check.get("state") or "",
+        "conclusion": check.get("conclusion") or "",
+        "started_at": check.get("started_at") or "",
+        "completed_at": check.get("completed_at") or check.get("updated_at") or "",
+    }
+
+
+def classify(payload: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Classify CI check data into a deterministic state.
+
+    Accepts the JSON body returned by the GitHub ``check-runs`` endpoint
+    (which wraps runs in ``{"total_count": N, "check_runs": [...]}``),
+    a plain list of check-run objects, or a combined payload that also
+    includes commit statuses under the ``statuses`` key.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    payload:
+        Raw GitHub API response or a dict with ``check_runs`` and/or
+        ``statuses`` lists.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    dict:
+        Deterministic JSON-serialisable result with keys ``state``,
+        ``total``, ``summary``, and ``checks`` (source metadata).
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> result = classify({"check_runs": [], "statuses": []})
+    >>> result["state"]
+    'no_checks'
+
+    >>> result = classify({
+    ...     "check_runs": [
+    ...         {"name": "lint", "status": "completed", "conclusion": "success"}
+    ...     ]
+    ... })
+    >>> result["state"]
+    'passed'
+    """
+    # Normalise input: accept top-level list or wrapped object
+    if isinstance(payload.get("check_runs"), list):
+        check_runs: list[dict[str, Any]] = payload["check_runs"]
+    elif isinstance(payload, list):  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        check_runs = payload  # type: ignore[assignment]
+    else:
+        check_runs = []
+
+    statuses: list[dict[str, Any]] = payload.get("statuses", []) if isinstance(payload, dict) else []
+
+    all_metadata: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    has_policy_blocked = False
+    has_failed = False
+    has_pending = False
+
+    # --- Classify check runs ---
+    for cr in check_runs:
+        all_metadata.append(_extract_check_metadata(cr))
+        status = (cr.get("status") or "").lower()
+        conclusion = (cr.get("conclusion") or "").lower()
+
+        if conclusion in _POLICY_CONCLUSIONS:
+            has_policy_blocked = True
+        elif conclusion in _FAILED_CONCLUSIONS:
+            has_failed = True
+        elif status in _PENDING_STATUSES:
+            has_pending = True
+        # completed + success/neutral/skipped/stale → not a problem
+
+    # --- Classify commit statuses ---
+    for cs in statuses:
+        all_metadata.append(_extract_check_metadata(cs))
+        state = (cs.get("state") or "").lower()
+
+        if state in _FAILED_COMMIT_STATES:
+            has_failed = True
+        elif state in _PENDING_COMMIT_STATES:
+            has_pending = True
+
+    # --- Determine aggregate state (priority order) ---
+    total = len(all_metadata)
+
+    if total == 0:
+        state = NO_CHECKS
+    elif has_policy_blocked:
+        state = POLICY_BLOCKED
+    elif has_failed:
+        state = FAILED
+    elif has_pending:
+        state = PENDING
+    else:
+        state = PASSED
+
+    return {
+        "state": state,
+        "total": total,
+        "summary": _build_summary(state, all_metadata),
+        "checks": all_metadata,
+    }
+
+
+def _build_summary(state: str, checks: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> str:
+    """Build a human-readable one-line summary.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    state:
+        The classified state string.
+    checks:
+        List of normalized check metadata dicts.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str:
+        Human-readable summary string.
+    """
+    total = len(checks)
+    if total == 0:
+        return "No CI checks found"
+
+    # Count by conclusion/status bucket
+    counts: dict[str, int] = {}
+    for c in checks:
+        conclusion = c.get("conclusion", "")
+        status = c.get("status", "")
+        # Use conclusion if available, otherwise status
+        bucket = conclusion if conclusion else status
+        if not bucket:
+            bucket = "unknown"
+        counts[bucket] = counts.get(bucket, 0) + 1
+
+    parts = [f"{v} {k}" for k, v in sorted(counts.items())]
+    return f"{', '.join(parts)} ({total} total)"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# CLI entry-point
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Exit codes aligned to state severity
+_EXIT_CODES: dict[str, int] = {
+    PASSED: 0,
+    FAILED: 1,
+    POLICY_BLOCKED: 1,
+    PENDING: 2,
+    NO_CHECKS: 2,
+}
+
+
+def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
+    """CLI entry-point: read JSON from *stdin* or a file and classify.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    argv:
+        Command-line arguments (default: ``sys.argv[1:]``).
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    int:
+        Exit code (0 = passed, 1 = failed/blocked, 2 = pending/no checks).
+    """
+    args = argv if argv is not None else sys.argv[1:]
+
+    try:
+        if args:
+            with open(args[0]) as fh:
+                raw = fh.read()
+        else:
+            raw = sys.stdin.read()
+
+        payload = json.loads(raw)
+    except (json.JSONDecodeError, OSError) as exc:
+        print(json.dumps({"error": str(exc)}), file=sys.stderr)  # noqa: T201
+        return 1
+
+    result = classify(payload)
+    print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))  # noqa: T201
+    return _EXIT_CODES.get(result["state"], 1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())