diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-example-repos.yml b/.github/workflows/check-example-repos.yml
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@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Check Example Repos
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  check-example-repos:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Verify every linked example repo is live and not archived
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          errors=0
+          repos=$(grep -oE '\]\(https://github\.com/[^)]+\)' skills/fastly-reference-architectures/references/examples.md \
+            | sed -E 's#\]\(https://github\.com/([^)]+)\)#\1#')
+          for repo in $repos; do
+            echo "Checking $repo..."
+            if ! info=$(gh api "repos/$repo" 2>&1); then
+              echo "::error::$repo is unreachable (removed, renamed, or private)"
+              errors=$((errors + 1))
+              continue
+            fi
+            if [[ "$(echo "$info" | jq -r '.archived')" == "true" ]]; then
+              echo "::error::$repo is archived"
+              errors=$((errors + 1))
+            fi
+          done
+          if [[ $errors -gt 0 ]]; then
+            echo "Error: $errors example repo(s) failed the liveness check" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58b693c..b169bcf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ It is a skills-only package, so it does not include an `mcp.json` configuration.
 - `fastly-cli`: Using the Fastly CLI to manage services, compute apps, logging, WAF, TLS, key-value stores, and stats.
 - `fastly-fiddle`: Testing VCL against real Fastly edge infrastructure with Fastly Fiddle, covering assertion-based tests, the Fiddle HTTP API, shareable bug reproductions, and CI integration.
 - `fastly-stats`: Fastly traffic numbers via the CLI or raw HTTP, covering the Historical Stats, Real-Time analytics, and Origin/Domain Inspector APIs, and owning the unit, window, and aggregation conventions that decide whether a reported figure is right.
+- `fastly-reference-architectures`: Curated GitHub repositories demonstrating working reference architectures on Fastly, from single Compute applications to systems combining multiple Fastly products.
 - `falco`: VCL development with Falco, covering linting, testing, simulation, formatting, REPL, and Terraform integration.
 - `fastlike`: Running Fastly Compute locally with Fastlike (Go-based), covering backend configuration, builds, and testing.
 - `viceroy`: Running Fastly Compute locally with Viceroy (WASM-based), covering serving, configuration, testing, and SDK adaptation.
diff --git a/skills/fastly-reference-architectures/SKILL.md b/skills/fastly-reference-architectures/SKILL.md
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+++ b/skills/fastly-reference-architectures/SKILL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: fastly-reference-architectures
+description: "Curated GitHub repositories demonstrating working reference architectures on the Fastly platform, from single Compute applications to systems combining multiple Fastly products. Use when designing a new solution on Fastly and a worked example of the target pattern would help, or when implementing and a concrete assembled reference would clarify the shape of the code. Not for documentation of how a specific Fastly tool or API works on its own — see the tool-specific skills for that."
+---
+
+# Fastly reference architectures
+
+Example projects running on Fastly (git repositories): [references/examples.md](references/examples.md)
diff --git a/skills/fastly-reference-architectures/references/examples.md b/skills/fastly-reference-architectures/references/examples.md
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index 0000000..5d80fb5
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+++ b/skills/fastly-reference-architectures/references/examples.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Example projects running on Fastly
+
+| Project | Description | Platform |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| [google-apple-github-auth](https://github.com/bharwani/google-apple-github-auth) | Social login via Google/Apple (OIDC) and GitHub (OAuth2), verified entirely at the edge | Compute |
+| [fastly-compute-news-with-content-paywall](https://github.com/saschanowak/fastly-compute-news-with-content-paywall) | Paywall / access-control gating for content | Compute |
+| [vcl_shielding](https://github.com/bharwani/vcl_shielding) | Custom origin shielding topology via peering/IX | VCL |
+| [fastly-bulk-redirects](https://github.com/Fcuervo21/fastly-bulk-redirects) | Bulk redirect table in Config Store, served by an edge worker | Compute |
+| [fastly-edge-ab-testing](https://github.com/Fcuervo21/fastly-edge-ab-testing) | Cookie-based A/B test bucket allocation | Compute |
+| [compute-mcp-demo](https://github.com/bharwani/compute-mcp-demo) | Turns a Shopify store into an MCP server, edge-cached | Compute |
+| [fastly-examples-live-betting-fanout](https://github.com/dmichael-fastly/fastly-examples-live-betting-fanout) | Real-time score/odds fan-out to many concurrent clients | Compute, Fanout |
+| [edge-mcp](https://github.com/fastly/edge-mcp) | Stateless MCP protocol server (point-in-time example, unmaintained) | Compute |
+| [fastly-serverless-cms](https://github.com/chrisbuckley/fastly-serverless-cms) | Full CMS with no origin servers | Compute, KV Store, Object Storage |
+| [fastly-serverless-checkers](https://github.com/chrisbuckley/fastly-serverless-checkers) | Real-time multiplayer checkers, no backend servers | Compute, Fanout, KV Store |
+| [infiniteboard](https://github.com/anaramirezmorones/infiniteboard) | Collaborative infinite whiteboard | Compute, Fanout, KV Store, Object Storage |
+| [fastly-log-analytics](https://github.com/fastly/fastly-log-analytics) | Request-level log analytics dashboard | Compute, Object Storage |
+| [fos-migrator](https://github.com/benjaminshaver/fos-migrator) | Bulk content migration into Object Storage | Compute, Object Storage |