diff --git a/bedrock-haiku.tf b/bedrock-haiku.tf
index 9dafadf1..6328607b 100644
--- a/bedrock-haiku.tf
+++ b/bedrock-haiku.tf
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #     (BedrockRuntimeInvoke in dev-instance-common.tf); this file leaves them alone. Not here: the GPU boxes
 #     run with no instance profile at all (gpu-box.tf), the jumpboxes are administrators, and runners and
 #     the AMI builder are CI machines, not boxes.
+#   - the fcvm fleet coordinator's task role, in the fleet account, for the viewer word check. Its grant is in
+#     fcvm-fleet.tf (CheckViewerWordsWithClaudeHaiku55) with that account's id, using the model locals below.
 #
 # The model, from AWS's model card (docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/
 # model-card-anthropic-claude-haiku-5-5.html, checked 2026-10-10; launched on Bedrock 2026-10-07):
diff --git a/fcvm-fleet.tf b/fcvm-fleet.tf
index 871ca79a..f6eb05f4 100644
--- a/fcvm-fleet.tf
+++ b/fcvm-fleet.tf
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ locals {
     ["--dns-subzone", local.fcvm_fleet_names_zone, "--dns-subzone-ns", join(",", local.fcvm_fleet_names_ns), "--dns-listen", "0.0.0.0:${local.fcvm_fleet_dns_port}"],
     # The EC2 half's aggregator beside the coordinator: its layout on loopback, browsers on 443 of the task's own addresses.
     local.fcvm_fleet_aggregated ? ["--ec2-aggregate-listen", "127.0.0.1:${local.fcvm_fleet_aggregate_port}", "--ec2-aggregate-tls", "--ec2-aggregate-tls-dir", "/run/fcvm-fleet/tls"] : [],
+    # Every viewer word is checked by Claude Haiku 5.5 on Bedrock before it enters the scene (the task role's
+    # CheckViewerWordsWithClaudeHaiku55). Without a checker the coordinator refuses every word.
+    ["--text-check", "bedrock", "--text-check-model", local.bedrock_haiku_profile, "--text-check-region", local.bedrock_haiku_region],
   )
 
   fcvm_fleet_coordinator_running = local.fcvm_fleet_coordinator_enabled && local.fcvm_fleet_coordinator_tag != ""
@@ -722,6 +725,33 @@ resource "aws_iam_role_policy" "fcvm_fleet_coordinator_task" {
         Action   = "secretsmanager:PutSecretValue"
         Resource = local.fcvm_fleet_secret_arn["tls-wildcard"]
       },
+      {
+        # The viewer word check (--text-check bedrock): Claude Haiku 5.5 through the US inference profile, which routes
+        # from us-west-2 to us-east-1, us-east-2 and us-west-2 (bedrock-haiku.tf), all of them fleet regions the SCP admits.
+        # A routed call needs the profile in this account and the foundation model in the region it lands in.
+        Sid    = "CheckViewerWordsWithClaudeHaiku55"
+        Effect = "Allow"
+        Action = "bedrock:InvokeModel"
+        Resource = [
+          "arn:aws:bedrock:*:${local.fcvm_fleet_account_id}:inference-profile/${local.bedrock_haiku_profile}",
+          "arn:aws:bedrock:*::foundation-model/${local.bedrock_haiku_model}",
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        # The account's first Haiku 5.5 call subscribes it to the model's Marketplace product with the caller's
+        # permissions (as for the box roles in bedrock-haiku.tf); limited to that product, no Unsubscribe.
+        Sid       = "SubscribeClaudeHaiku55OnFirstUse"
+        Effect    = "Allow"
+        Action    = "aws-marketplace:Subscribe"
+        Resource  = "*"
+        Condition = { "ForAnyValue:StringEquals" = { "aws-marketplace:ProductId" = ["prod-6cyn7tgqazjhu"] } }
+      },
+      {
+        Sid      = "ViewMarketplaceSubscriptions"
+        Effect   = "Allow"
+        Action   = "aws-marketplace:ViewSubscriptions"
+        Resource = "*"
+      },
       {
         # Created resources: only through a tile template, in the fleet regions.
         Sid       = "LaunchTilesFromTheirTemplates"
diff --git a/scripts/test-fcvm-fleet.py b/scripts/test-fcvm-fleet.py
index 9f4a08b2..b76d76a3 100644
--- a/scripts/test-fcvm-fleet.py
+++ b/scripts/test-fcvm-fleet.py
@@ -459,6 +459,19 @@ def test_the_coordinator_sleeps_and_runs_the_ec2_side(self):
         task = block('resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "fcvm_fleet_coordinator"')
         self.assertIn("command   = local.fcvm_fleet_coordinator_running ? local.fcvm_fleet_coordinator_command : null", task)
 
+    def test_the_coordinator_checks_viewer_words_with_haiku_it_may_invoke(self):
+        # The default, --text-check none, refuses every viewer word. The model the command names is the one the
+        # task role may invoke, through the profile in the fleet account and the foundation model it routes to.
+        cmd = TF.split("fcvm_fleet_coordinator_command = concat(", 1)[1].split("\n  )\n", 1)[0]
+        self.assertIn('["--text-check", "bedrock", "--text-check-model", local.bedrock_haiku_profile, '
+                      '"--text-check-region", local.bedrock_haiku_region]', cmd)
+        pol = block('resource "aws_iam_role_policy" "fcvm_fleet_coordinator_task"')
+        grant = pol.split('Sid    = "CheckViewerWordsWithClaudeHaiku55"', 1)[1].split("\n      },", 1)[0]
+        self.assertIn('Action = "bedrock:InvokeModel"', grant)
+        self.assertIn('"arn:aws:bedrock:*:${local.fcvm_fleet_account_id}:inference-profile/${local.bedrock_haiku_profile}"', grant)
+        self.assertIn('"arn:aws:bedrock:*::foundation-model/${local.bedrock_haiku_model}"', grant)
+        self.assertIn('"aws-marketplace:ProductId" = ["prod-6cyn7tgqazjhu"]', pol)
+
 
 class TileSubnetTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_both_tile_templates_name_a_fleet_subnet(self):