diff --git a/.github/workflows/enforce-pr-target.yml b/.github/workflows/enforce-pr-target.yml
index 6bd6e13..51f5b92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/enforce-pr-target.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/enforce-pr-target.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   check-pr-target:
+    # Skip PipeCraft's own promotion PRs (pipecraft-promote/*). They legitimately target
+    # downstream/final branches as part of the flow; this guard is for human-authored PRs.
+    if: ${{ !startsWith(github.head_ref, 'pipecraft-promote/') }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check PR base branch
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-title-check.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-title-check.yml
index 4952b1d..ff39b43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-title-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-title-check.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   main:
     name: Validate PR title
+    # Skip PipeCraft's own promotion PRs (pipecraft-promote/*): their titles are release
+    # messages ("🚀 Release X to Y"), not conventional commits, so the check shouldn't gate them.
+    if: ${{ !startsWith(github.head_ref, 'pipecraft-promote/') }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v5