diff --git a/scripts/lint-genomes.sh b/scripts/lint-genomes.sh
index 20cf546..7ec6e23 100644
--- a/scripts/lint-genomes.sh
+++ b/scripts/lint-genomes.sh
@@ -31,21 +31,15 @@ for entry in "${GENOMES[@]}"; do
     # Lint all .md files except AGENTS.md and core-karpathy reference
     while IFS= read -r md_file; do
 
-        lint_markdown_file "$md_file" "$GENOME_NAME"
-        file_errors=$?
-        TOTAL_ERRORS=$((TOTAL_ERRORS + file_errors))
+        lint_markdown_file "$md_file" "$GENOME_NAME" && fe=0   || fe=$?
+        check_privacy_consistency "$md_file"          && pce=0  || pce=$?
+        check_page_size "$md_file"                    && pse=0  || pse=$?
+        TOTAL_ERRORS=$((TOTAL_ERRORS + fe + pce + pse))
 
-        check_privacy_consistency "$md_file"
-        TOTAL_ERRORS=$((TOTAL_ERRORS + $?))
-
-        check_page_size "$md_file"
-        TOTAL_ERRORS=$((TOTAL_ERRORS + $?))
-
-        check_knowledge_decay "$md_file"
-        stale=$?
+        check_knowledge_decay "$md_file"              && stale=0 || stale=$?
         TOTAL_STALE=$((TOTAL_STALE + stale))
 
-        check_broken_links "$md_file"
+        check_broken_links "$md_file" || true   # warnings only, never contributes to errors
 
     done < <(find "$genome_dir" -name "*.md" \
                 ! -name "AGENTS.md" \