diff --git a/scripts/lint/generate-compile-commands.sh b/scripts/lint/generate-compile-commands.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77b5b4c70
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+++ b/scripts/lint/generate-compile-commands.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+# Generate compile_commands.json by wrapping make with Bear.
+# Usage: ./generate-compile-commands.sh <build-cmd>
+
+BUILD_CMD=${1:-"make -j$(nproc)"}
+
+if ! command -v bear >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "bear is required. Install it (e.g. apt install bear)" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Running: bear -- ${BUILD_CMD}"
+rm -f compile_commands.json
+bear -- ${BUILD_CMD}
+echo "compile_commands.json generated"
diff --git a/scripts/lint/normalize-clang-tidy.py b/scripts/lint/normalize-clang-tidy.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a83c313a7
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+++ b/scripts/lint/normalize-clang-tidy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+import yaml
+import os
+
+"""
+Simple normalizer for clang-tidy export-fixes YAML. Produces sorted text lines:
+<file>:<line>: <check> - <message>
+"""
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+    print("Usage: normalize-clang-tidy.py <export-fixes.yaml>")
+    sys.exit(2)
+
+path = sys.argv[1]
+if not os.path.exists(path):
+    # No diagnostics
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+data = yaml.safe_load(open(path))
+diagnostics = []
+for diag in data.get('Diagnostics', []):
+    msg = diag.get('DiagnosticMessage', {})
+    file = msg.get('FilePath', '<unknown>')
+    offset = msg.get('FileOffset', 0)
+    # Best effort to map offset to line
+    try:
+        with open(file, 'rb') as fh:
+            content = fh.read()
+        line_no = content[:offset].count(b"\n") + 1
+    except Exception:
+        line_no = 0
+    check = diag.get('CheckName', '')
+    message = msg.get('Message', '').strip()
+    diagnostics.append(f"{file}:{line_no}: {check} - {message}")
+
+for l in sorted(set(diagnostics)):
+    print(l)
diff --git a/scripts/lint/normalize-cppcheck.py b/scripts/lint/normalize-cppcheck.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3851220dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lint/normalize-cppcheck.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+import re
+import os
+
+"""
+Normalize cppcheck stderr output. Produce lines like:
+<file>:<line>: <id> - <message>
+"""
+
+path = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else None
+data = ''
+if path and os.path.exists(path):
+    data = open(path).read()
+else:
+    data = sys.stdin.read()
+
+lines = []
+for raw in data.splitlines():
+    # cppcheck prints: [path:line]: (id) message
+    m = re.match(r"\[(?P<file>[^:]+):(?P<line>\d+)\] (?P<id>[^:]+): (?P<msg>.*)", raw)
+    if m:
+        lines.append(f"{m.group('file')}:{m.group('line')}: {m.group('id').strip()} - {m.group('msg').strip()}")
+
+for l in sorted(set(lines)):
+    print(l)
diff --git a/scripts/lint/run-local.sh b/scripts/lint/run-local.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9eed1d469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lint/run-local.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Runs clang-tidy and cppcheck for the initial scope (lib/ and include/)
+# Expectation: compile_commands.json exists in repo root (generated by generate-compile-commands.sh)
+
+SCOPE_GLOB="lib/**/*.cpp include/**/*.h"
+CLANG_TIDY_BIN=${CLANG_TIDY_BIN:-clang-tidy}
+CPPCHECK_BIN=${CPPCHECK_BIN:-cppcheck}
+
+if [ ! -f compile_commands.json ]; then
+  echo "compile_commands.json not found. Run scripts/lint/generate-compile-commands.sh first." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir -p lint
+echo "Running clang-tidy..."
+# Export fixes to a YAML file per run; list files explicitly from git to scope to lib/ and include/
+FILES=$(git ls-files lib | tr '\n' ' ')
+${CLANG_TIDY_BIN} -p . -checks='clang-analyzer-*,bugprone-*,performance-*,modernize-*,readability-*' --export-fixes=lint/clang-tidy-fixes.yaml ${FILES} || true
+
+echo "Running cppcheck..."
+${CPPCHECK_BIN} --enable=warning,performance,portability,style --std=c++17 --project=compile_commands.json --inline-suppr 2> lint/cppcheck-output.txt || true
+
+echo "Normalizing outputs..."
+python3 scripts/lint/normalize-clang-tidy.py lint/clang-tidy-fixes.yaml > lint/clang-tidy.txt || true
+python3 scripts/lint/normalize-cppcheck.py lint/cppcheck-output.txt > lint/cppcheck.txt || true
+
+echo "Local lint run complete. Reports written to lint/clang-tidy.txt and lint/cppcheck.txt"