diff --git a/.bumpy/ci-check-channel-bump-files.md b/.bumpy/ci-check-channel-bump-files.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b271f08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bumpy/ci-check-channel-bump-files.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@varlock/bumpy': patch
+---
+
+`ci check` now reads bump files in channel directories, so promotion PRs (channel → main) and graduation PRs (channel → channel) correctly report the cycle's pending releases instead of failing with "no bump files found". Channel-dir bump files render with their subdir path (`next/feature.md`) so view/edit links resolve.
diff --git a/packages/bumpy/src/commands/ci.ts b/packages/bumpy/src/commands/ci.ts
index dc94834..df1d17c 100644
--- a/packages/bumpy/src/commands/ci.ts
+++ b/packages/bumpy/src/commands/ci.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,13 @@ export async function ciCheckCommand(rootDir: string, opts: CheckOptions): Promi
   const config = await loadConfig(rootDir);
   const { packages } = await discoverWorkspace(rootDir, config);
   const depGraph = new DependencyGraph(packages);
-  const { bumpFiles: allBumpFiles, errors: parseErrors } = await readBumpFiles(rootDir);
+  // Read channel dirs too: on promotion (channel → main) and graduation (channel →
+  // channel) PRs, the pending bump files live in `.bumpy/<channel>/`. Feature PRs
+  // never have shipped channel files in their diff vs the PR base, so this only
+  // surfaces files where they're genuinely pending.
+  const { bumpFiles: allBumpFiles, errors: parseErrors } = await readBumpFiles(rootDir, {
+    channels: channelNames(config),
+  });
 
   // Skip on the version PR branch (and channel release PR branches) — they move/consume
   // bump files by design
@@ -1073,7 +1079,8 @@ export function formatReleasePlanComment(
   lines.push(`#### Bump files in this PR`);
   lines.push('');
   for (const bf of bumpFiles) {
-    const filename = `${bf.id}.md`;
+    // Channel-dir files (pending on promotion/graduation PRs) live at `.bumpy/<channel>/`
+    const filename = bf.channel ? `${bf.channel}/${bf.id}.md` : `${bf.id}.md`;
     const parts: string[] = [`\`${filename}\``];
     if (repo) {
       parts.push(
diff --git a/packages/bumpy/test/core/bump-file-channels.test.ts b/packages/bumpy/test/core/bump-file-channels.test.ts
index 387eb3d..ac03688 100644
--- a/packages/bumpy/test/core/bump-file-channels.test.ts
+++ b/packages/bumpy/test/core/bump-file-channels.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ import { describe, test, expect } from 'bun:test';
 import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { resolve } from 'node:path';
-import { readBumpFiles, moveBumpFilesToChannel, recoverDeletedBumpFiles } from '../../src/core/bump-file.ts';
+import {
+  readBumpFiles,
+  moveBumpFilesToChannel,
+  recoverDeletedBumpFiles,
+  filterBranchBumpFiles,
+} from '../../src/core/bump-file.ts';
 import { createTempGitRepo, cleanupTempDir, gitInDir } from '../helpers.ts';
 
 async function writeBumpFileAt(dir: string, relPath: string, pkgName = 'pkg-a', bump = 'minor'): Promise<void> {
@@ -41,6 +46,19 @@ describe('readBumpFiles with channels', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test('channel-dir files match diff paths in filterBranchBumpFiles (promotion PR shape)', async () => {
+    const dir = await createTempGitRepo();
+    try {
+      await writeBumpFileAt(dir, '.bumpy/next/shipped-feature.md');
+      const { bumpFiles } = await readBumpFiles(dir, { channels: ['next'] });
+      // A promotion PR's diff vs main lists the channel-dir path
+      const { branchBumpFiles } = filterBranchBumpFiles(bumpFiles, ['.bumpy/next/shipped-feature.md'], dir);
+      expect(branchBumpFiles.map((bf) => bf.id)).toEqual(['shipped-feature']);
+    } finally {
+      await cleanupTempDir(dir);
+    }
+  });
+
   test('flags duplicate IDs across root and channel dirs as an error', async () => {
     const dir = await createTempGitRepo();
     try {
diff --git a/packages/bumpy/test/core/ci-channel-comment.test.ts b/packages/bumpy/test/core/ci-channel-comment.test.ts
index b548ecd..7b50132 100644
--- a/packages/bumpy/test/core/ci-channel-comment.test.ts
+++ b/packages/bumpy/test/core/ci-channel-comment.test.ts
@@ -44,3 +44,21 @@ describe('formatReleasePlanComment — prerelease channel', () => {
     expect(comment).toContain('Promote to a stable release by merging `next`');
   });
 });
+
+describe('formatReleasePlanComment — promotion PR (channel-dir bump files, stable target)', () => {
+  // On a promotion PR (next → main) the pending bump files live in `.bumpy/next/`
+  const promotionPlan = makeReleasePlan(
+    [makeRelease('@myorg/core', '1.2.0', { type: 'minor', oldVersion: '1.1.0', bumpFiles: ['feat'] })],
+    [{ ...makeBumpFile('feat', [{ name: '@myorg/core', type: 'minor' }], 'Add a feature'), channel: 'next' }],
+  );
+  const comment = formatReleasePlanComment(promotionPlan, promotionPlan.bumpFiles, '1', 'next', 'npm');
+
+  test('renders channel-dir bump files with their subdir path', () => {
+    expect(comment).toContain('`next/feat.md`');
+  });
+
+  test('shows the stable plan (no channel banner, no preid suffix)', () => {
+    expect(comment).toContain('1.1.0 → **1.2.0**');
+    expect(comment).not.toContain('prerelease channel');
+  });
+});