diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
index f8aeee56..9d09e193 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
@@ -361,3 +361,112 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "✅ Integration test passed for ${{ matrix.repo }}"
           echo "The action successfully generated README from ${{ matrix.action_path }}"
+
+
+  pre-commit-hook:
+    name: Test published pre-commit hook
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout hook provider
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
+        with:
+          path: hook-source
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.13'
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js for hook consumer
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v7.1.0
+        with:
+          node-version: '24.19.0'
+
+      - name: Install pre-commit
+        run: python -m pip install pre-commit==4.6.2
+
+      - name: Create consumer fixture
+        env:
+          HOOK_REPO: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.clone_url || format('https://github.com/{0}', github.repository) }}
+          HOOK_REF: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p consumer/docs
+          cd consumer
+          git init
+          git config user.name "pre-commit smoke test"
+          git config user.email "pre-commit-smoke@example.invalid"
+
+          cat > action.yml <<'YAML'
+          name: Consumer Action
+          description: Generated through the published pre-commit hook
+          runs:
+            using: composite
+            steps: []
+          YAML
+
+          cat > README.md <<'MARKDOWN'
+          # Default README
+
+          <!-- start description -->
+          default README must stay stale
+          <!-- end description -->
+          MARKDOWN
+
+          cat > docs/ACTION.md <<'MARKDOWN'
+          # Consumer
+
+          <!-- start description -->
+          stale description
+          <!-- end description -->
+          MARKDOWN
+
+          cat > .ghadocs.json <<'JSON'
+          {
+            "owner": "example",
+            "repo": "consumer-action",
+            "paths": {
+              "action": "action.yml",
+              "readme": "README.md"
+            },
+            "sections": ["description"],
+            "prettier": false
+          }
+          JSON
+
+          cat > .pre-commit-config.yaml <<YAML
+          repos:
+            - repo: $HOOK_REPO
+              rev: $HOOK_REF
+              hooks:
+                - id: github-action-readme-generator
+                  args: [--readme, docs/ACTION.md]
+          YAML
+
+          git add action.yml README.md docs/ACTION.md .ghadocs.json .pre-commit-config.yaml
+          git commit -m "test: add consumer fixture"
+
+      - name: Install and run hook through pre-commit
+        working-directory: consumer
+        run: |
+          pre-commit validate-manifest ../hook-source/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+          pre-commit validate-config .pre-commit-config.yaml
+
+          set +e
+          pre-commit run github-action-readme-generator --all-files --verbose
+          first_status=$?
+          set -e
+
+          if [ "$first_status" -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "::error::first run should report the target README modification"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          grep -F "Generated through the published pre-commit hook" docs/ACTION.md
+          grep -F "default README must stay stale" README.md
+          cp docs/ACTION.md ACTION.after-first-run.md
+          git add docs/ACTION.md
+
+          pre-commit run github-action-readme-generator --all-files --verbose
+          cmp ACTION.after-first-run.md docs/ACTION.md
diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c097107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+- id: github-action-readme-generator
+  name: Generate GitHub Action README
+  description: Sync generated README sections from action.yml.
+  entry: scripts/pre-commit-hook.sh
+  language: unsupported_script
+  minimum_pre_commit_version: 4.4.0
+  always_run: true
+  pass_filenames: false
+  stages: [pre-commit]
diff --git a/scripts/pre-commit-hook.sh b/scripts/pre-commit-hook.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e4277a01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/pre-commit-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+if ! command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1 || ! command -v npx >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "github-action-readme-generator pre-commit hook requires Node.js and npm/npx." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+script_dir=$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd)
+package_json="$script_dir/../package.json"
+version=$(node -e 'const fs = require("node:fs"); const p = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(process.argv[1], "utf8")); process.stdout.write(p.version);' "$package_json")
+
+exec npx --yes "github-action-readme-generator@$version" "$@"