diff --git a/template/Validate-SetupState.ps1 b/template/Validate-SetupState.ps1
index 6b5458d..402ffc1 100644
--- a/template/Validate-SetupState.ps1
+++ b/template/Validate-SetupState.ps1
@@ -220,6 +220,14 @@ try {
             $msb -and (Test-Path $msb.Source)
         }
 
+        # Tier-1 Toolchain (§6.6)
+        Chk 'Git for Windows (git.exe in PATH)' {
+            Get-Command git -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+        }
+        Chk '7-Zip (7z.exe in PATH)' {
+            Get-Command 7z -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+        }
+
         # No leftover installer files in C:\CI root
         Chk 'no leftover installer scripts in C:\CI' {
             $leftovers = Get-ChildItem 'C:\CI' -File -EA SilentlyContinue |
@@ -337,6 +345,8 @@ try {
         Chk 'Python C:\Python\python.exe present' { Test-Path 'C:\Python\python.exe' }
         Chk "Python version $PythonVersion" { $v=(& 'C:\Python\python.exe' --version 2>&1) -as [string]; $v -and $v.Trim() -eq "Python $PythonVersion" }
         Chk 'MSBuild.exe present' { $msb=Get-Command msbuild -EA SilentlyContinue; $msb -and (Test-Path $msb.Source) }
+        Chk 'Git for Windows (git.exe in PATH)' { Get-Command git -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue }
+        Chk '7-Zip (7z.exe in PATH)' { Get-Command 7z -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue }
         Chk 'no leftover installer scripts in C:\CI' { $l=Get-ChildItem 'C:\CI' -File -EA SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.Name -match 'wu_worker|wu_result|vs_buildtools|dotnet-install' }; $l.Count -eq 0 }
         return $results.ToArray()
     } -ArgumentList $BuildUsername, $DotNetChannel, $PythonVersion