diff --git a/.github/scripts/check-contrib.sh b/.github/scripts/check-contrib.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/check-contrib.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+set -e
+
+bash --version
+zsh --version
+
+find contrib -type f \( -name '*.sh' -o -name '*.bash' \) -exec bash --norc -n {} \;
+find contrib/zsh_compl -type f -name '_rgb*' -exec zsh -n {} \;
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-contrib.yml b/.github/workflows/check-contrib.yml
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+name: Contrib script syntax checking
+on:
+  - push
+  - pull_request
+
+env:
+  # Force colored output (see https://bixense.com/clicolors/ and https://force-color.org/)
+  TERM: xterm-256color
+  CLICOLOR: 1
+  CLICOLOR_FORCE: 1
+
+jobs:
+  check-contrib:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - name: Install zsh
+        run: |
+          sudo apt install -Uyq zsh
+      - name: Check contrib scripts
+        run: |
+          .github/scripts/check-contrib.sh