diff --git a/packages/eval/__tests__/builtin-judges.test.ts b/packages/eval/__tests__/builtin-judges.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b4768d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eval/__tests__/builtin-judges.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+import type { StepEntry } from "@united-workforce/protocol";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+  runFrontmatterJudge,
+  runHallucinationJudge,
+  runTokenStatsJudge,
+  runUpstreamJudge,
+} from "../src/judge/builtin/index.js";
+
+// Mock the shared read-steps helper so the judges never shell out to `uwf`.
+vi.mock("../src/judge/builtin/read-steps.js", () => ({
+  readThreadSteps: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+import { readThreadSteps } from "../src/judge/builtin/read-steps.js";
+
+const mockedReadSteps = vi.mocked(readThreadSteps);
+
+function makeStep(overrides: Partial<StepEntry>): StepEntry {
+  return {
+    hash: "HASH000000000",
+    role: "worker",
+    output: "---\n$status: done\n---\n\nbody",
+    detail: "DETAIL0000000",
+    agent: "hermes",
+    timestamp: 0,
+    durationMs: 0,
+    usage: null,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  mockedReadSteps.mockReset();
+});
+
+describe("frontmatter-compliance judge", () => {
+  test("all steps have valid frontmatter → score 1.0", async () => {
+    mockedReadSteps.mockReturnValue([
+      makeStep({ role: "a", output: "---\n$status: done\n---\n\nwork" }),
+      makeStep({ role: "b", output: "---\n$status: needs_input\n---\nmore" }),
+    ]);
+
+    const result = await runFrontmatterJudge("T1");
+    const data = result.data as { stepsTotal: number; stepsValid: number; invalidSteps: unknown[] };
+
+    expect(result.score).toBe(1.0);
+    expect(data.stepsTotal).toBe(2);
+    expect(data.stepsValid).toBe(2);
+    expect(data.invalidSteps).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  test("some steps missing $status → partial score", async () => {
+    mockedReadSteps.mockReturnValue([
+      makeStep({ role: "a", output: "---\n$status: done\n---\nok" }),
+      makeStep({ role: "b", output: "---\nfoo: bar\n---\nmissing status" }),
+      makeStep({ role: "c", output: "no frontmatter at all" }),
+    ]);
+
+    const result = await runFrontmatterJudge("T2");
+    const data = result.data as {
+      stepsTotal: number;
+      stepsValid: number;
+      invalidSteps: Array<{ stepIndex: number; role: string; errors: string[] }>;
+    };
+
+    expect(result.score).toBeCloseTo(1 / 3, 10);
+    expect(data.stepsTotal).toBe(3);
+    expect(data.stepsValid).toBe(1);
+    expect(data.invalidSteps).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(data.invalidSteps[0]).toMatchObject({ stepIndex: 1, role: "b" });
+    expect(data.invalidSteps[1]).toMatchObject({ stepIndex: 2, role: "c" });
+  });
+
+  test("no steps → score 0 (0/0 edge case)", async () => {
+    mockedReadSteps.mockReturnValue([]);
+
+    const result = await runFrontmatterJudge("T3");
+    const data = result.data as { stepsTotal: number; stepsValid: number; invalidSteps: unknown[] };
+
+    expect(result.score).toBe(0);
+    expect(data.stepsTotal).toBe(0);
+    expect(data.stepsValid).toBe(0);
+    expect(data.invalidSteps).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  test("empty-string $status counts as invalid", async () => {
+    mockedReadSteps.mockReturnValue([makeStep({ role: "a", output: '---\n$status: ""\n---\nx' })]);
+
+    const result = await runFrontmatterJudge("T4");
+    expect(result.score).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("token-stats judge", () => {
+  test("steps with usage → sums correctly", async () => {
+    mockedReadSteps.mockReturnValue([
+      makeStep({
+        role: "a",
+        usage: { turns: 2, inputTokens: 100, outputTokens: 50, duration: 1.5 },
+      }),
+      makeStep({
+        role: "b",
+        usage: { turns: 3, inputTokens: 200, outputTokens: 75, duration: 2.0 },
+      }),
+    ]);
+
+    const result = await runTokenStatsJudge("T1");
+    const data = result.data as {
+      totalInput: number;
+      totalOutput: number;
+      totalTurns: number;
+      perStep: Array<{ role: string; inputTokens: number; outputTokens: number; turns: number }>;
+    };
+
+    expect(result.score).toBe(1.0);
+    expect(data.totalInput).toBe(300);
+    expect(data.totalOutput).toBe(125);
+    expect(data.totalTurns).toBe(5);
+    expect(data.perStep).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(data.perStep[0]).toEqual({
+      role: "a",
+      inputTokens: 100,
+      outputTokens: 50,
+      turns: 2,
+      duration: 1.5,
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("steps with null usage → zeros", async () => {
+    mockedReadSteps.mockReturnValue([
+      makeStep({ role: "a", usage: null }),
+      makeStep({ role: "b", usage: null }),
+    ]);
+
+    const result = await runTokenStatsJudge("T2");
+    const data = result.data as {
+      totalInput: number;
+      totalOutput: number;
+      totalTurns: number;
+      perStep: Array<{
+        inputTokens: number;
+        outputTokens: number;
+        turns: number;
+        duration: number;
+      }>;
+    };
+
+    expect(result.score).toBe(1.0);
+    expect(data.totalInput).toBe(0);
+    expect(data.totalOutput).toBe(0);
+    expect(data.totalTurns).toBe(0);
+    expect(data.perStep[0]).toEqual({
+      role: "a",
+      inputTokens: 0,
+      outputTokens: 0,
+      turns: 0,
+      duration: 0,
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("empty steps → all zeros, score 1.0", async () => {
+    mockedReadSteps.mockReturnValue([]);
+
+    const result = await runTokenStatsJudge("T3");
+    const data = result.data as {
+      totalInput: number;
+      totalOutput: number;
+      totalTurns: number;
+      perStep: unknown[];
+    };
+
+    expect(result.score).toBe(1.0);
+    expect(data.totalInput).toBe(0);
+    expect(data.totalOutput).toBe(0);
+    expect(data.totalTurns).toBe(0);
+    expect(data.perStep).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("LLM-as-judge stubs", () => {
+  test("upstream-consumption returns a stub", async () => {
+    const result = await runUpstreamJudge("T1");
+    expect(result.score).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.data).toEqual({ perStep: [] });
+    expect(result.schema.title).toBe("@uwf/eval-judge-upstream");
+  });
+
+  test("hallucination returns a stub", async () => {
+    const result = await runHallucinationJudge("T1");
+    expect(result.score).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.data).toEqual({ perStep: [] });
+    expect(result.schema.title).toBe("@uwf/eval-judge-hallucination");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/eval/__tests__/collect.test.ts b/packages/eval/__tests__/collect.test.ts
index 7622d09..5d22c14 100644
--- a/packages/eval/__tests__/collect.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eval/__tests__/collect.test.ts
@@ -133,25 +133,20 @@ describe("collect", () => {
     expect(tokenStats?.weight).toBe(0);
   });
 
-  test("builtin judges are skipped with placeholder score 0", async () => {
+  test("unknown builtin judge name throws via the default runner", async () => {
     const evalStore = makeEvalStore();
-    const manifest = makeManifest([makeJudge("frontmatter-compliance", 1.0, true)]);
+    const manifest = makeManifest([makeJudge("not-a-real-judge", 1.0, true)]);
 
-    // Use the default runner (no injected runner) → builtin skipped → score 0.
-    const result = await collect({
-      evalStore,
-      taskDir: "/tmp/task",
-      workDir: "/tmp/work",
-      threadId: "THREAD123",
-      manifest,
-      config: CONFIG,
-    });
-
-    expect(result.overall).toBe(0);
-    expect(result.judges[0]).toEqual({
-      name: "frontmatter-compliance",
-      score: 0,
-      weight: 1.0,
-    });
+    // Use the default runner (no injected runner) → builtin dispatch → unknown name throws.
+    await expect(
+      collect({
+        evalStore,
+        taskDir: "/tmp/task",
+        workDir: "/tmp/work",
+        threadId: "THREAD123",
+        manifest,
+        config: CONFIG,
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/unknown builtin judge/);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/frontmatter.ts b/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/frontmatter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46ab5a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/frontmatter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import { createLogger } from "@united-workforce/util";
+import { parse as parseYaml } from "yaml";
+
+import { EVAL_JUDGE_FRONTMATTER_SCHEMA } from "../../storage/index.js";
+import { readThreadSteps } from "./read-steps.js";
+import type { BuiltinJudgeOutput } from "./types.js";
+
+const log = createLogger({ sink: { kind: "stderr" } });
+
+const LOG_RESULT = "F2QH7R4M";
+
+const FENCE = "---";
+
+type InvalidStep = {
+  stepIndex: number;
+  role: string;
+  errors: string[];
+};
+
+/**
+ * Extract the YAML frontmatter block from a step output. Returns the inner YAML
+ * string when the output starts with a `---\n` block closed by a `\n---` fence,
+ * otherwise null.
+ */
+function extractFrontmatterYaml(output: unknown): string | null {
+  if (typeof output !== "string") {
+    return null;
+  }
+  if (!output.startsWith(`${FENCE}\n`)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const rest = output.slice(FENCE.length + 1);
+  const closeIndex = rest.indexOf(`\n${FENCE}`);
+  if (closeIndex === -1) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return rest.slice(0, closeIndex);
+}
+
+/** Validate a single step's frontmatter, returning a list of errors (empty = valid). */
+function validateStepFrontmatter(output: unknown): string[] {
+  const yaml = extractFrontmatterYaml(output);
+  if (yaml === null) {
+    return ["output does not begin with a valid '---' frontmatter block"];
+  }
+
+  let parsed: unknown;
+  try {
+    parsed = parseYaml(yaml);
+  } catch (e) {
+    const message = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e);
+    return [`frontmatter YAML failed to parse: ${message}`];
+  }
+
+  if (typeof parsed !== "object" || parsed === null || Array.isArray(parsed)) {
+    return ["frontmatter is not a YAML mapping"];
+  }
+
+  const status = (parsed as Record<string, unknown>).$status;
+  if (typeof status !== "string" || status.trim() === "") {
+    return ["$status field is missing or not a non-empty string"];
+  }
+
+  return [];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Deterministic judge: every step's agent output must contain valid YAML
+ * frontmatter with a non-empty `$status` field. Score = stepsValid / stepsTotal
+ * (0 when there are no steps).
+ */
+export async function runFrontmatterJudge(threadId: string): Promise<BuiltinJudgeOutput> {
+  const steps = readThreadSteps(threadId);
+
+  const invalidSteps: InvalidStep[] = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < steps.length; i++) {
+    const step = steps[i];
+    const errors = validateStepFrontmatter(step.output);
+    if (errors.length > 0) {
+      invalidSteps.push({ stepIndex: i, role: step.role, errors });
+    }
+  }
+
+  const stepsTotal = steps.length;
+  const stepsValid = stepsTotal - invalidSteps.length;
+  const score = stepsTotal > 0 ? stepsValid / stepsTotal : 0;
+
+  log(LOG_RESULT, `frontmatter thread=${threadId} valid=${stepsValid}/${stepsTotal}`);
+
+  return {
+    score,
+    data: { stepsTotal, stepsValid, invalidSteps },
+    schema: EVAL_JUDGE_FRONTMATTER_SCHEMA,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/hallucination.ts b/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/hallucination.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..702b743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/hallucination.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { EVAL_JUDGE_HALLUCINATION_SCHEMA } from "../../storage/index.js";
+import type { BuiltinJudgeOutput } from "./types.js";
+
+/**
+ * LLM-as-judge: detects claims in each step's output that are not grounded in
+ * the available context (hallucinations).
+ *
+ * TODO: LLM-as-judge — needs provider config to call LLM API. Returns a stub
+ * (score 0, empty perStep) until the LLM call path is wired up.
+ */
+export async function runHallucinationJudge(_threadId: string): Promise<BuiltinJudgeOutput> {
+  return {
+    score: 0,
+    data: { perStep: [] },
+    schema: EVAL_JUDGE_HALLUCINATION_SCHEMA,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/index.ts b/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7dad57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export { runFrontmatterJudge } from "./frontmatter.js";
+export { runHallucinationJudge } from "./hallucination.js";
+export { readThreadSteps } from "./read-steps.js";
+export { runTokenStatsJudge } from "./token-stats.js";
+export type { BuiltinJudge, BuiltinJudgeOutput } from "./types.js";
+export { runUpstreamJudge } from "./upstream.js";
diff --git a/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/read-steps.ts b/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/read-steps.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38221b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/read-steps.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
+
+import type { StepEntry, ThreadStepsOutput } from "@united-workforce/protocol";
+
+/** Shell out to `uwf step list` and return the parsed step entries (excludes start entry). */
+export function readThreadSteps(threadId: string): StepEntry[] {
+  const stdout = execFileSync("uwf", ["step", "list", threadId], {
+    encoding: "utf8",
+    stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
+  }).trim();
+  const parsed = JSON.parse(stdout) as ThreadStepsOutput;
+  // steps[0] is the StartEntry; the rest are StepEntry records.
+  return parsed.steps.slice(1) as StepEntry[];
+}
diff --git a/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/token-stats.ts b/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/token-stats.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd7396d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/token-stats.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { createLogger } from "@united-workforce/util";
+
+import { EVAL_JUDGE_TOKEN_STATS_SCHEMA } from "../../storage/index.js";
+import { readThreadSteps } from "./read-steps.js";
+import type { BuiltinJudgeOutput } from "./types.js";
+
+const log = createLogger({ sink: { kind: "stderr" } });
+
+const LOG_RESULT = "T7KQ3M9P";
+
+type PerStepStats = {
+  role: string;
+  inputTokens: number;
+  outputTokens: number;
+  turns: number;
+  duration: number;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Informational judge: aggregate token usage across every step. Always scores
+ * 1.0 — it never penalizes a run, it only reports usage. Steps with null usage
+ * contribute zeros.
+ */
+export async function runTokenStatsJudge(threadId: string): Promise<BuiltinJudgeOutput> {
+  const steps = readThreadSteps(threadId);
+
+  let totalInput = 0;
+  let totalOutput = 0;
+  let totalTurns = 0;
+  const perStep: PerStepStats[] = [];
+
+  for (const step of steps) {
+    const usage = step.usage;
+    const inputTokens = usage !== null ? usage.inputTokens : 0;
+    const outputTokens = usage !== null ? usage.outputTokens : 0;
+    const turns = usage !== null ? usage.turns : 0;
+    const duration = usage !== null ? usage.duration : 0;
+
+    totalInput += inputTokens;
+    totalOutput += outputTokens;
+    totalTurns += turns;
+
+    perStep.push({ role: step.role, inputTokens, outputTokens, turns, duration });
+  }
+
+  log(LOG_RESULT, `token-stats thread=${threadId} in=${totalInput} out=${totalOutput}`);
+
+  return {
+    score: 1.0,
+    data: { totalInput, totalOutput, totalTurns, perStep },
+    schema: EVAL_JUDGE_TOKEN_STATS_SCHEMA,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/types.ts b/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d21037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import type { JSONSchema } from "@ocas/core";
+
+/**
+ * Output produced by a builtin judge. Structurally identical to the runner's
+ * `JudgeRunOutput`; defined locally to keep the judge module free of a
+ * dependency on the runner module.
+ */
+export type BuiltinJudgeOutput = {
+  score: number;
+  data: unknown;
+  /** Schema describing `data`, used when persisting to CAS. */
+  schema: JSONSchema;
+};
+
+/** A builtin judge analyzes a thread's steps and returns a scored result. */
+export type BuiltinJudge = (threadId: string) => Promise<BuiltinJudgeOutput>;
diff --git a/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/upstream.ts b/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/upstream.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fb548f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eval/src/judge/builtin/upstream.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { EVAL_JUDGE_UPSTREAM_SCHEMA } from "../../storage/index.js";
+import type { BuiltinJudgeOutput } from "./types.js";
+
+/**
+ * LLM-as-judge: measures how well each role consumed the relevant outputs from
+ * upstream steps.
+ *
+ * TODO: LLM-as-judge — needs provider config to call LLM API. Returns a stub
+ * (score 0, empty perStep) until the LLM call path is wired up.
+ */
+export async function runUpstreamJudge(_threadId: string): Promise<BuiltinJudgeOutput> {
+  return {
+    score: 0,
+    data: { perStep: [] },
+    schema: EVAL_JUDGE_UPSTREAM_SCHEMA,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/eval/src/judge/index.ts b/packages/eval/src/judge/index.ts
index ebb4dfb..84c63e5 100644
--- a/packages/eval/src/judge/index.ts
+++ b/packages/eval/src/judge/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,10 @@
+export {
+  type BuiltinJudge,
+  type BuiltinJudgeOutput,
+  readThreadSteps,
+  runFrontmatterJudge,
+  runHallucinationJudge,
+  runTokenStatsJudge,
+  runUpstreamJudge,
+} from "./builtin/index.js";
 export type { JudgeInput, JudgeOutput } from "./types.js";
diff --git a/packages/eval/src/runner/collect.ts b/packages/eval/src/runner/collect.ts
index b487dc8..da745f7 100644
--- a/packages/eval/src/runner/collect.ts
+++ b/packages/eval/src/runner/collect.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ import type { CasRef } from "@united-workforce/protocol";
 import { createLogger } from "@united-workforce/util";
 
 import type { JudgeOutput } from "../judge/index.js";
+import {
+  runFrontmatterJudge,
+  runHallucinationJudge,
+  runTokenStatsJudge,
+  runUpstreamJudge,
+} from "../judge/index.js";
 import type { EvalJudgeRecord, EvalRunPayload } from "../storage/index.js";
 import { EVAL_RUN_SCHEMA, setEvalLatest } from "../storage/index.js";
 import type { JudgeEntry } from "../task/index.js";
@@ -89,13 +95,29 @@ async function loadSchema(path: string): Promise<JSONSchema> {
   return JSON.parse(text) as JSONSchema;
 }
 
+/** Dispatch a builtin judge by name. Throws on an unknown builtin name. */
+async function runBuiltinJudge(name: string, threadId: string): Promise<JudgeRunOutput> {
+  switch (name) {
+    case "frontmatter-compliance":
+      return runFrontmatterJudge(threadId);
+    case "upstream-consumption":
+      return runUpstreamJudge(threadId);
+    case "hallucination":
+      return runHallucinationJudge(threadId);
+    case "token-stats":
+      return runTokenStatsJudge(threadId);
+    default:
+      throw new Error(`unknown builtin judge "${name}"`);
+  }
+}
+
 /**
- * Default judge runner. Builtin judges are skipped for now (placeholder score 0
- * with empty data); task judges spawn their entry script.
+ * Default judge runner. Builtin judges are dispatched by name; task judges spawn
+ * their entry script.
  */
 const defaultJudgeRunner: JudgeRunner = async (taskDir, workDir, threadId, judge) => {
   if (judge.builtin) {
-    return { score: 0, data: {}, schema: GENERIC_DATA_SCHEMA };
+    return runBuiltinJudge(judge.name, threadId);
   }
   return runTaskJudge(taskDir, workDir, threadId, judge);
 };