diff --git a/.github/workflows/vale-autofix.yml b/.github/workflows/vale-autofix.yml
index 80e5f8fcea..032be3061a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vale-autofix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vale-autofix.yml
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ jobs:
           ./scripts/check-anchors.sh "${FILES[@]}" > /tmp/anchor-check-output.txt 2>&1 || BROKEN=1
           if [ "$BROKEN" -eq 1 ]; then
             grep '^\s' /tmp/anchor-check-output.txt > /tmp/anchor-errors.txt || true
-            BROKEN=$(wc -l < /tmp/anchor-errors.txt | tr -d ' ')
+            BROKEN=$(grep -oE 'Found [0-9]+' /tmp/anchor-check-output.txt | grep -oE '[0-9]+' | tail -1 || echo "0")
             echo "Broken anchors found:"
             cat /tmp/anchor-check-output.txt
           fi
@@ -355,9 +355,9 @@ jobs:
           # Collect anchor check results
           BROKEN_ANCHORS=0
           ANCHOR_BODY=""
-          if [ -f /tmp/anchor-errors.txt ] && [ -s /tmp/anchor-errors.txt ]; then
-            BROKEN_ANCHORS=$(wc -l < /tmp/anchor-errors.txt | tr -d ' ')
-            ANCHOR_BODY=$(cat /tmp/anchor-errors.txt)
+          if [ -f /tmp/anchor-check-output.txt ] && [ -s /tmp/anchor-check-output.txt ]; then
+            BROKEN_ANCHORS=$(grep -oE 'Found [0-9]+' /tmp/anchor-check-output.txt | grep -oE '[0-9]+' | tail -1 || echo "0")
+            ANCHOR_BODY=$(cat /tmp/anchor-errors.txt 2>/dev/null || true)
           fi
 
           # Build the summary comment
diff --git a/scripts/check-anchors.sh b/scripts/check-anchors.sh
index 2f1467bc3e..ee5b842662 100755
--- a/scripts/check-anchors.sh
+++ b/scripts/check-anchors.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # check-anchors.sh — Validate that #anchor hrefs in markdown files resolve to real headings
 # Usage:
-#   check-anchors.sh --staged          check staged .md docs/ files (pre-commit mode)
+#   check-anchors.sh --staged          check staged .md/.mdx docs/ files (pre-commit mode)
 #   check-anchors.sh <file> [file...]  check specific files
-# Exits 1 if any broken anchors are found
+# Exits 1 if any broken links are found
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ anchor_exists() {
   [[ "${HEADING_CACHE[$file]}" == *" $anchor "* ]]
 }
 
+list_anchors() {
+  local file="$1"
+  load_headings "$file"
+  local slugs="${HEADING_CACHE[$file]:-}" result=""
+  for slug in $slugs; do
+    result="${result:+$result · }#$slug"
+  done
+  printf '%s' "$result"
+}
+
 check_file() {
   local source_file="$1"
   local abs_source source_dir
@@ -70,20 +80,25 @@ check_file() {
       continue
     fi
     $in_fence && continue
-    [[ "$line" == *"#"* ]] || continue
+    [[ "$line" == *"]("* ]] || continue
 
     local rest="$line"
     while [[ "$rest" =~ $link_re ]]; do
       local href="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
       rest="${rest#*]($href)}"
-      [[ "$href" == *"#"* ]] || continue
 
       # Strip optional link title: path#anchor "title" -> path#anchor
       href="$(sed -E "s/[[:space:]]+[\"'][^\"']*[\"']$//" <<< "$href")"
 
+      # Skip external URLs and special schemes (http://, mailto:, etc.)
+      [[ "$href" =~ ^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9+.-]*: ]] && continue
+
       local path="${href%%#*}"
-      local anchor="${href#*#}"
-      [[ -n "$anchor" ]] || continue
+      local anchor=""
+      [[ "$href" == *"#"* ]] && anchor="${href#*#}"
+
+      # Nothing to check — empty href
+      [[ -z "$path" && -z "$anchor" ]] && continue
 
       local target_file
       if [[ -z "$path" ]]; then
@@ -95,12 +110,29 @@ check_file() {
       fi
       target_file="$(realpath -m "$target_file" 2>/dev/null || printf '%s' "$target_file")"
 
-      # Skip if target doesn't exist — broken links are Docusaurus's job
-      [[ -f "$target_file" ]] || continue
+      local trimmed_line="${line#"${line%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
+
+      # Check if target file exists; report broken links to markdown files
+      if [[ -n "$path" ]] && ! [[ -f "$target_file" ]]; then
+        if [[ "$target_file" =~ \.(md|mdx)$ ]]; then
+          printf '  %s:%d\n' "${source_file#$REPO_ROOT/}" "$line_num"
+          printf '    %s\n' "$trimmed_line"
+          printf '    %s not found\n' "${target_file#$REPO_ROOT/}"
+          printf '\n'
+          (( ERRORS++ )) || true
+        fi
+        continue
+      fi
 
-      if ! anchor_exists "$target_file" "$anchor"; then
-        printf '  %s:%d -> #%s not found in %s\n' \
-          "${source_file#$REPO_ROOT/}" "$line_num" "$anchor" "${target_file#$REPO_ROOT/}"
+      # Check anchor if present
+      if [[ -n "$anchor" ]] && ! anchor_exists "$target_file" "$anchor"; then
+        local available
+        available="$(list_anchors "$target_file")"
+        printf '  %s:%d\n' "${source_file#$REPO_ROOT/}" "$line_num"
+        printf '    %s\n' "$trimmed_line"
+        printf '    #%s not found in %s\n' "$anchor" "${target_file#$REPO_ROOT/}"
+        [[ -n "$available" ]] && printf '    Available: %s\n' "$available"
+        printf '\n'
         (( ERRORS++ )) || true
       fi
     done
@@ -113,7 +145,7 @@ if [[ "${1:-}" == "--staged" ]]; then
   while IFS= read -r f; do
     [[ -f "$REPO_ROOT/$f" ]] && FILES+=("$REPO_ROOT/$f")
   done < <(git -C "$REPO_ROOT" diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=ACM \
-    | grep -E '\.md$' | grep '^docs/' || true)
+    | grep -E '\.mdx?$' | grep '^docs/' || true)
 else
   for f in "$@"; do
     [[ -f "$f" ]] && FILES+=("$f")
@@ -124,13 +156,13 @@ if [[ ${#FILES[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-printf 'Checking anchor links in %d file(s)...\n' "${#FILES[@]}"
+printf 'Checking links in %d file(s)...\n' "${#FILES[@]}"
 for file in "${FILES[@]}"; do
   check_file "$file"
 done
 
 if [[ "$ERRORS" -gt 0 ]]; then
-  printf '\nFound %d broken anchor link(s).\n' "$ERRORS"
+  printf '\nFound %d broken link(s).\n' "$ERRORS"
   exit 1
 fi