diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 6e5a58e76777..d2b45616892d 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -133,6 +133,55 @@ test/lint/lint-circular-dependencies.py
 Functional-test prerequisites and usage details live in `test/README.md`.
 Several Dash-specific tests need the `dash_hash` Python package.
 
+### Running Linters Exactly Like CI
+
+Running `test/lint/*` scripts directly on the host is fine when the locally
+installed tools behave. If host results disagree with CI (version drift in
+codespell/flake8/mypy/shellcheck, or a lint passing locally but failing in
+CI), reproduce the CI lint job (`ci/dash/lint.sh` with CI-pinned tool
+versions) with the lint container:
+
+```bash
+# One-time setup; rebuild only when ci/lint/ changes.
+docker build --platform=linux/amd64 -t dash-linter ci/lint
+```
+
+**Commit or stash tracked changes before running.** With `PULL_REQUEST=true`,
+the range is fed to `test/lint/commit-script-check.sh`, which checks out
+commits and runs `git reset --hard` while replaying `scripted-diff:` commits.
+The command below refuses to start with tracked changes present. Only run it
+against commits you trust because scripted-diff verification commands are
+executed inside the container.
+
+```bash
+( git diff --quiet && git diff --cached --quiet || { echo "Commit or stash tracked changes before running the lint container." >&2; exit 1; }; G="$(git rev-parse --path-format=absolute --git-common-dir)"; docker run --rm --platform=linux/amd64 --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -e HOME=/tmp -v "$PWD":"$PWD" -v "$G":"$G" -w "$PWD" -e BUILD_TARGET=linux64 -e CHECK_DOC=1 -e PULL_REQUEST=true -e COMMIT_RANGE="$(git merge-base develop HEAD)..HEAD" dash-linter bash -c 'git config --global --add safe.directory "$PWD" && ./ci/dash/lint.sh' )
+```
+
+Notes:
+
+- The dual mount (`$PWD` plus the git common dir) makes this work from git
+  worktrees as well as normal checkouts; run it from the repo/worktree root.
+- The image selects the x86_64 or aarch64 ShellCheck payload for the target
+  architecture, matching the multi-architecture support in CI's `ci-slim`
+  container.
+- `--user` plus `HOME=/tmp` keeps generated caches and temporary git config
+  writable without leaving root-owned files in the bind-mounted worktree.
+- `COMMIT_RANGE` is computed against your local `develop`; make sure it exists
+  and is current with `dashpay/dash` (CI computes the range against a freshly
+  fetched `origin/develop`).
+- Do not use the bare `docker run ... dash-linter` flow from
+  `test/lint/README.md` to reproduce CI: its default entrypoint merge-bases
+  against `master` instead of `develop` and runs `check-doc.py` plus
+  git-subtree checks that the CI lint job does not run.
+- The image builds cppcheck from source at the same version as CI's `ci-slim`
+  container, so the cppcheck lint runs locally too; expect the first
+  `docker build` to take a few minutes.
+- Codespell warnings are non-fatal in CI; pre-existing hits on `develop` are
+  expected.
+- The run creates a `ci-cache-<BUILD_TARGET>/` directory in the repo root
+  (same CI env default as the real job). Keep it for faster cppcheck reruns
+  or delete it freely; it is untracked.
+
 ## Backport Work
 
 Dash Core regularly backports Bitcoin Core changes. Treat backports as
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 6e5a58e76777..d2b45616892d 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -133,6 +133,55 @@ test/lint/lint-circular-dependencies.py
 Functional-test prerequisites and usage details live in `test/README.md`.
 Several Dash-specific tests need the `dash_hash` Python package.
 
+### Running Linters Exactly Like CI
+
+Running `test/lint/*` scripts directly on the host is fine when the locally
+installed tools behave. If host results disagree with CI (version drift in
+codespell/flake8/mypy/shellcheck, or a lint passing locally but failing in
+CI), reproduce the CI lint job (`ci/dash/lint.sh` with CI-pinned tool
+versions) with the lint container:
+
+```bash
+# One-time setup; rebuild only when ci/lint/ changes.
+docker build --platform=linux/amd64 -t dash-linter ci/lint
+```
+
+**Commit or stash tracked changes before running.** With `PULL_REQUEST=true`,
+the range is fed to `test/lint/commit-script-check.sh`, which checks out
+commits and runs `git reset --hard` while replaying `scripted-diff:` commits.
+The command below refuses to start with tracked changes present. Only run it
+against commits you trust because scripted-diff verification commands are
+executed inside the container.
+
+```bash
+( git diff --quiet && git diff --cached --quiet || { echo "Commit or stash tracked changes before running the lint container." >&2; exit 1; }; G="$(git rev-parse --path-format=absolute --git-common-dir)"; docker run --rm --platform=linux/amd64 --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -e HOME=/tmp -v "$PWD":"$PWD" -v "$G":"$G" -w "$PWD" -e BUILD_TARGET=linux64 -e CHECK_DOC=1 -e PULL_REQUEST=true -e COMMIT_RANGE="$(git merge-base develop HEAD)..HEAD" dash-linter bash -c 'git config --global --add safe.directory "$PWD" && ./ci/dash/lint.sh' )
+```
+
+Notes:
+
+- The dual mount (`$PWD` plus the git common dir) makes this work from git
+  worktrees as well as normal checkouts; run it from the repo/worktree root.
+- The image selects the x86_64 or aarch64 ShellCheck payload for the target
+  architecture, matching the multi-architecture support in CI's `ci-slim`
+  container.
+- `--user` plus `HOME=/tmp` keeps generated caches and temporary git config
+  writable without leaving root-owned files in the bind-mounted worktree.
+- `COMMIT_RANGE` is computed against your local `develop`; make sure it exists
+  and is current with `dashpay/dash` (CI computes the range against a freshly
+  fetched `origin/develop`).
+- Do not use the bare `docker run ... dash-linter` flow from
+  `test/lint/README.md` to reproduce CI: its default entrypoint merge-bases
+  against `master` instead of `develop` and runs `check-doc.py` plus
+  git-subtree checks that the CI lint job does not run.
+- The image builds cppcheck from source at the same version as CI's `ci-slim`
+  container, so the cppcheck lint runs locally too; expect the first
+  `docker build` to take a few minutes.
+- Codespell warnings are non-fatal in CI; pre-existing hits on `develop` are
+  expected.
+- The run creates a `ci-cache-<BUILD_TARGET>/` directory in the repo root
+  (same CI env default as the real job). Keep it for faster cppcheck reruns
+  or delete it freely; it is untracked.
+
 ## Backport Work
 
 Dash Core regularly backports Bitcoin Core changes. Treat backports as
diff --git a/ci/lint/04_install.sh b/ci/lint/04_install.sh
index 9ca5ebe37216..ed369bce6138 100755
--- a/ci/lint/04_install.sh
+++ b/ci/lint/04_install.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ ${CI_RETRY_EXE} pip3 install pyzmq==24.0.1
 ${CI_RETRY_EXE} pip3 install vulture==2.6
 
 SHELLCHECK_VERSION=v0.8.0
-curl -sL "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}.linux.x86_64.tar.xz" | \
+ARCH_INFERRED="${TARGETARCH}"
+if [ -z "${ARCH_INFERRED}" ]; then
+    ARCH_INFERRED="$(dpkg --print-architecture || true)"
+fi
+case "${ARCH_INFERRED}" in
+    amd64|x86_64) SC_ARCH="x86_64" ;;
+    arm64|aarch64) SC_ARCH="aarch64" ;;
+    *) echo "Unsupported architecture for ShellCheck: ${ARCH_INFERRED}"; exit 1 ;;
+esac
+curl -sL "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}.linux.${SC_ARCH}.tar.xz" | \
     tar --xz -xf - --directory /tmp/
 mv "/tmp/shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck" /usr/bin/
diff --git a/ci/lint/Dockerfile b/ci/lint/Dockerfile
index 76f9c27b06ca..4e4ac23f8da8 100644
--- a/ci/lint/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/lint/Dockerfile
@@ -5,11 +5,37 @@
 # entire repo as docker context during build; if it lived elsewhere, it wouldn't be
 # able to make back-references to pull in the install scripts. So here it lives.
 
+# Builder for cppcheck; keep the version in sync with
+# contrib/containers/ci/ci-slim.Dockerfile so results match the CI lint job.
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS cppcheck-builder
+ARG CPPCHECK_VERSION=2.21.0
+ARG CPPCHECK_ARCHIVE_SHA256=f028ff75ca5372738f3737c8b3e8611426a6526b6aea2ef01301ab0f5902f044
+RUN set -ex; \
+    apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        curl \
+        ca-certificates \
+        cmake \
+        make \
+        g++ \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
+    echo "Downloading Cppcheck version: ${CPPCHECK_VERSION}"; \
+    curl -fL "https://github.com/danmar/cppcheck/archive/${CPPCHECK_VERSION}.tar.gz" -o /tmp/cppcheck.tar.gz; \
+    echo "${CPPCHECK_ARCHIVE_SHA256}  /tmp/cppcheck.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -; \
+    mkdir -p /src/cppcheck && tar -xzf /tmp/cppcheck.tar.gz -C /src/cppcheck --strip-components=1; \
+    rm /tmp/cppcheck.tar.gz; \
+    cd /src/cppcheck; \
+    mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && cmake --build . -j"$(nproc)"; \
+    strip bin/cppcheck
+
 FROM python:3.10.19-bookworm
+ARG TARGETARCH
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
+COPY --from=cppcheck-builder /src/cppcheck/build/bin/cppcheck /usr/local/bin/cppcheck
+COPY --from=cppcheck-builder /src/cppcheck/cfg /usr/local/share/Cppcheck/cfg
+
 # This is used by the 04_install.sh script; we can't read the Python version from
 # .python-version for the same reasons as above, and it's more efficient to pull a
 # preexisting Python image than it is to build from source.
diff --git a/contrib/containers/ci/ci-slim.Dockerfile b/contrib/containers/ci/ci-slim.Dockerfile
index 73c864983939..53e70dc0d46c 100644
--- a/contrib/containers/ci/ci-slim.Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/containers/ci/ci-slim.Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Builder for cppcheck
 FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS cppcheck-builder
 ARG CPPCHECK_VERSION=2.21.0
+ARG CPPCHECK_ARCHIVE_SHA256=f028ff75ca5372738f3737c8b3e8611426a6526b6aea2ef01301ab0f5902f044
 RUN set -ex; \
     apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         curl \
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
     echo "Downloading Cppcheck version: ${CPPCHECK_VERSION}"; \
     curl -fL "https://github.com/danmar/cppcheck/archive/${CPPCHECK_VERSION}.tar.gz" -o /tmp/cppcheck.tar.gz; \
+    echo "${CPPCHECK_ARCHIVE_SHA256}  /tmp/cppcheck.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -; \
     mkdir -p /src/cppcheck && tar -xzf /tmp/cppcheck.tar.gz -C /src/cppcheck --strip-components=1; \
     rm /tmp/cppcheck.tar.gz; \
     cd /src/cppcheck; \