diff --git a/.github/workflows/_smoke.yml b/.github/workflows/_smoke.yml
index d2429db4e..75e4506fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_smoke.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_smoke.yml
@@ -194,3 +194,22 @@ jobs:
           scripts/security-strings.sh ./codebase-memory-mcp
           scripts/security-install.sh ./codebase-memory-mcp
           scripts/security-network.sh ./codebase-memory-mcp
+
+  # ── Glama directory check image (non-gating) ──────────────────────
+  # Builds packaging/glama/Dockerfile — the image Glama builds to score the
+  # server — and runs an MCP initialize + tools/list handshake to confirm the
+  # containerized stdio server still starts and introspects. Guards the Glama
+  # listing integration against drift (Dockerfile breakage, release-asset
+  # renames, introspection regressions).
+  #
+  # continue-on-error: a broken *directory* image must never block a release —
+  # the shipped product binaries are unaffected. The red X is the signal to fix
+  # the Glama integration, not a release gate.
+  smoke-glama-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    continue-on-error: true
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+      - name: Build Glama image and verify MCP introspection
+        run: bash packaging/glama/verify.sh
diff --git a/glama.json b/glama.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8304bca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glama.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://glama.ai/mcp/schemas/server.json",
+  "maintainers": ["DeusData"]
+}
diff --git a/packaging/glama/Dockerfile b/packaging/glama/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52d364a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/glama/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Glama MCP directory (glama.ai) check image — NOT required to run the tool.
+#
+# codebase-memory-mcp ships as a single, fully-static Linux binary (gcc -static)
+# and needs NO Docker to run. This image exists only so Glama can build a
+# sandbox, launch the stdio MCP server, and run its introspection checks, which
+# power the directory's score badge. The same image is exercised locally and in
+# CI by packaging/glama/verify.sh to guard against drift.
+#
+# The binary is static, so the runtime base is arbitrary. We fetch the latest
+# released binary for the build platform's architecture (TARGETARCH is amd64 /
+# arm64, matching the release asset names).
+
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS fetch
+ARG TARGETARCH
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl ca-certificates \
+ && curl -fsSL "https://github.com/DeusData/codebase-memory-mcp/releases/latest/download/codebase-memory-mcp-linux-${TARGETARCH}.tar.gz" \
+      | tar -xz -C /tmp codebase-memory-mcp \
+ && chmod +x /tmp/codebase-memory-mcp \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
+COPY --from=fetch /tmp/codebase-memory-mcp /usr/local/bin/codebase-memory-mcp
+ENV CBM_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/cbm
+ENTRYPOINT ["codebase-memory-mcp"]
diff --git a/packaging/glama/verify.sh b/packaging/glama/verify.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0a7950a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/glama/verify.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Build the Glama check image and confirm the MCP stdio server starts and
+# answers initialize + tools/list with no project indexed — exactly what
+# Glama's directory check does. Used locally and by the CI smoke suite.
+#
+# Env:
+#   IMAGE        image tag to build (default: cbm-glama-check)
+#   DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS  extra args for `docker build` (e.g. --platform linux/amd64)
+set -euo pipefail
+
+IMAGE="${IMAGE:-cbm-glama-check}"
+DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+
+run_with_timeout() {
+  local t="$1"; shift
+  if command -v timeout >/dev/null 2>&1; then timeout "$t" "$@"
+  elif command -v gtimeout >/dev/null 2>&1; then gtimeout "$t" "$@"
+  else "$@"; fi
+}
+
+echo "==> building ${IMAGE} (${DIR}/Dockerfile)"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+docker build ${DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS:-} -f "${DIR}/Dockerfile" -t "${IMAGE}" "${DIR}"
+
+echo "==> MCP introspection handshake (initialize -> initialized -> tools/list)"
+REQ="$(printf '%s\n%s\n%s\n' \
+  '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2024-11-05","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"glama-verify","version":"1"}}}' \
+  '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"notifications/initialized"}' \
+  '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/list","params":{}}')"
+OUT="$(printf '%s' "${REQ}" | run_with_timeout 60 docker run -i --rm "${IMAGE}" || true)"
+
+printf '%s\n' "${OUT}"
+
+echo "==> assertions"
+printf '%s' "${OUT}" | grep -q '"result"'     || { echo "FAIL: no JSON-RPC result (server did not respond)"; exit 1; }
+printf '%s' "${OUT}" | grep -q 'search_graph' || { echo "FAIL: tools/list missing expected tool 'search_graph'"; exit 1; }
+COUNT="$(printf '%s' "${OUT}" | grep -o '"name"' | wc -l | tr -d ' ')"
+echo "PASS: server started and introspected; ~${COUNT} name entries (>=14 tools expected)"