diff --git a/.github/workflows/experiment-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/experiment-tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07485bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/experiment-tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: Experiment Tests
+
+# Runs on every PR to main (and pushes to main) that touch the experiment app, so
+# a broken change is caught here rather than by the post-merge image build.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - 'experiment/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/experiment-tests.yml'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - 'experiment/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/experiment-tests.yml'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# Least privilege: these jobs only need to read the repo to check it out.
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    working-directory: experiment
+
+jobs:
+  unit:
+    name: Unit tests (Vitest)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+          cache: npm
+          cache-dependency-path: experiment/package-lock.json
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+      - name: Typecheck
+        run: npm run typecheck
+      # `npm test` is watch mode in this package; test:run is the one-shot script.
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        run: npm run test:run
diff --git a/.husky/pre-push b/.husky/pre-push
deleted file mode 100755
index f59bd2b3..00000000
--- a/.husky/pre-push
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-
-# Get the remote ref being pushed to
-remote="$1"
-url="$2"
-
-# Read stdin to get local and remote refs
-while read local_ref local_sha remote_ref remote_sha; do
-  # Check if pushing to main branch
-  if [ "$remote_ref" = "refs/heads/main" ]; then
-    echo "🔍 Pushing to main - running typecheck for experiment..."
-    
-    # Run typecheck in experiment directory
-    cd experiment && npm run typecheck
-    
-    # Capture exit code
-    TYPECHECK_EXIT=$?
-    
-    if [ $TYPECHECK_EXIT -ne 0 ]; then
-      echo "❌ Type check failed! Fix errors or use --no-verify to skip."
-      exit 1
-    fi
-    
-    echo "✅ Type check passed!"
-  fi
-done
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fa45efe2..33c1165b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6,26 +6,7 @@
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "writing-tools",
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "devDependencies": {
-        "husky": "^9.0.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/husky": {
-      "version": "9.1.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/husky/-/husky-9.1.7.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-5gs5ytaNjBrh5Ow3zrvdUUY+0VxIuWVL4i9irt6friV+BqdCfmV11CQTWMiBYWHbXhco+J1kHfTOUkePhCDvMA==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "bin": {
-        "husky": "bin.js"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=18"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/typicode"
-      }
+      "version": "1.0.0"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 187736dd..7aa79e1b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,11 +2,5 @@
   "name": "writing-tools",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "private": true,
-  "description": "Writing tools monorepo",
-  "scripts": {
-    "prepare": "husky"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "husky": "^9.0.0"
-  }
+  "description": "Writing tools monorepo. No root build: each app (frontend, backend, experiment) has its own package.json."
 }