diff --git a/examples/hooks-and-scripts/README.md b/examples/hooks-and-scripts/README.md
index ea77731c8..49b4ed312 100644
--- a/examples/hooks-and-scripts/README.md
+++ b/examples/hooks-and-scripts/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ pnpm example:hooks
 The example is credential-free. It models a release preparation session with a
 session-start Hook, a manifest-backed packaging check, and a risk-register
 check so the Workbench can show canonical Hook simulation, successful and
-blocking script traces, and live Logs.
+blocking script traces, and live Logs. Both scripts export `main` and return
+their exit codes; the build generates the process envelope that owns argv,
+awaiting, and exit-code adoption.
 
 ## Workbench walkthrough
 
diff --git a/examples/hooks-and-scripts/src/scripts/detect-risk.ts b/examples/hooks-and-scripts/src/scripts/detect-risk.ts
index 05369d5ee..ba595a133 100644
--- a/examples/hooks-and-scripts/src/scripts/detect-risk.ts
+++ b/examples/hooks-and-scripts/src/scripts/detect-risk.ts
@@ -13,20 +13,22 @@ interface RiskRegister {
 
 const registerPath = new URL('../assets/release/risk-register.json', import.meta.url);
 
-try {
-  const register = JSON.parse(await readFile(registerPath, 'utf8')) as RiskRegister;
-  if (!Array.isArray(register.risks)) throw new Error('risk register must contain a risks array');
+export const main = async (): Promise<number> => {
+  try {
+    const register = JSON.parse(await readFile(registerPath, 'utf8')) as RiskRegister;
+    if (!Array.isArray(register.risks)) throw new Error('risk register must contain a risks array');
 
-  const blockers = register.risks.filter((risk) => risk.status === 'open' && risk.severity === 'high');
-  if (blockers.length === 0) {
-    process.stdout.write('No open high-severity release risks found.\n');
-  } else {
+    const blockers = register.risks.filter((risk) => risk.status === 'open' && risk.severity === 'high');
+    if (blockers.length === 0) {
+      process.stdout.write('No open high-severity release risks found.\n');
+      return 0;
+    }
     for (const risk of blockers) {
       process.stderr.write(`${typeof risk.id === 'string' ? risk.id : 'UNIDENTIFIED'}: ${typeof risk.summary === 'string' ? risk.summary : 'Open high-severity release risk'}\n`);
     }
-    process.exitCode = 2;
+    return 2;
+  } catch (error) {
+    process.stderr.write(`Unable to detect release risks: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}\n`);
+    return 1;
   }
-} catch (error) {
-  process.stderr.write(`Unable to detect release risks: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}\n`);
-  process.exitCode = 1;
-}
+};
diff --git a/examples/hooks-and-scripts/src/scripts/verify-release.ts b/examples/hooks-and-scripts/src/scripts/verify-release.ts
index 85b99f3c5..1d6510e56 100644
--- a/examples/hooks-and-scripts/src/scripts/verify-release.ts
+++ b/examples/hooks-and-scripts/src/scripts/verify-release.ts
@@ -35,16 +35,18 @@ const validationErrors = (manifest: ReleaseManifest): readonly string[] => {
   return errors;
 };
 
-try {
-  const manifest = await readManifest();
-  const errors = validationErrors(manifest);
-  if (errors.length > 0) {
-    process.stderr.write(`Release manifest is incomplete:\n${errors.map((error) => `- ${error}`).join('\n')}\n`);
-    process.exitCode = 1;
-  } else {
+export const main = async (): Promise<number> => {
+  try {
+    const manifest = await readManifest();
+    const errors = validationErrors(manifest);
+    if (errors.length > 0) {
+      process.stderr.write(`Release manifest is incomplete:\n${errors.map((error) => `- ${error}`).join('\n')}\n`);
+      return 1;
+    }
     process.stdout.write(`Release ${manifest.version} is ready for packaging.\n`);
+    return 0;
+  } catch (error) {
+    process.stderr.write(`Unable to verify release manifest: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}\n`);
+    return 1;
   }
-} catch (error) {
-  process.stderr.write(`Unable to verify release manifest: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}\n`);
-  process.exitCode = 1;
-}
+};