diff --git a/.github/workflows/mintlify-validate.yml b/.github/workflows/mintlify-validate.yml
index 47c4356c8..cdb7227bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mintlify-validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mintlify-validate.yml
@@ -27,5 +27,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate external snippet wrapper
         run: nix-shell --run 'npm run test:external-snippets'
 
+      - name: Validate authored snippet declarations
+        run: nix-shell --run 'npm run snippets:validate'
+
       - name: Run Mintlify validation
         run: nix-shell --run 'cd docs-main && npx mint validate'