diff --git a/scripts/lib/github-discussions.js b/scripts/lib/github-discussions.js
index b9c2c6fc..17767fea 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/github-discussions.js
+++ b/scripts/lib/github-discussions.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
 
 const DEFAULT_DISCUSSION_FIRST = 100;
 const MAINTAINER_ASSOCIATIONS = new Set(['OWNER', 'MEMBER', 'COLLABORATOR']);
+const DISCUSSION_ENABLED_QUERY = 'query($owner: String!, $name: String!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $name) { hasDiscussionsEnabled } }';
 const DISCUSSION_QUERY = 'query($owner: String!, $name: String!, $first: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $name) { hasDiscussionsEnabled discussions(first: $first, orderBy: {field: UPDATED_AT, direction: DESC}) { totalCount nodes { number title url updatedAt authorAssociation category { name isAnswerable } answer { url authorAssociation } comments(first: 20) { nodes { authorAssociation } } } } } }';
 
 function splitRepo(repo) {
@@ -91,6 +92,22 @@ function summarizeDiscussion(discussion) {
 function fetchDiscussionSummary(repo, options = {}) {
   const { owner, name } = splitRepo(repo);
   const first = Number.isFinite(options.first) ? options.first : DEFAULT_DISCUSSION_FIRST;
+  const enabledPayload = runGhJson([
+    'api',
+    'graphql',
+    '-f',
+    `owner=${owner}`,
+    '-f',
+    `name=${name}`,
+    '-f',
+    `query=${DISCUSSION_ENABLED_QUERY}`,
+  ], options);
+  const enabledRepository = enabledPayload && enabledPayload.data && enabledPayload.data.repository;
+
+  if (!enabledRepository || !enabledRepository.hasDiscussionsEnabled) {
+    return emptyDiscussionSummary();
+  }
+
   const payload = runGhJson([
     'api',
     'graphql',
@@ -130,6 +147,7 @@ function emptyDiscussionSummary() {
 
 module.exports = {
   DEFAULT_DISCUSSION_FIRST,
+  DISCUSSION_ENABLED_QUERY,
   DISCUSSION_QUERY,
   MAINTAINER_ASSOCIATIONS,
   discussionNeedsAcceptedAnswer,
diff --git a/tests/scripts/discussion-audit.test.js b/tests/scripts/discussion-audit.test.js
index fb26c2ee..1a6ff218 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/discussion-audit.test.js
+++ b/tests/scripts/discussion-audit.test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ const path = require('path');
 const { execFileSync, spawnSync } = require('child_process');
 
 const SCRIPT = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'scripts', 'discussion-audit.js');
-const { DISCUSSION_QUERY } = require(path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'scripts', 'lib', 'github-discussions'));
+const {
+  DISCUSSION_ENABLED_QUERY,
+  DISCUSSION_QUERY
+} = require(path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'scripts', 'lib', 'github-discussions'));
 
 function createTempDir(prefix) {
   return fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), prefix));
@@ -23,6 +26,10 @@ function discussionGhKey(owner, name, first = 100) {
   return `api graphql -f owner=${owner} -f name=${name} -F first=${first} -f query=${DISCUSSION_QUERY}`;
 }
 
+function discussionEnabledGhKey(owner, name) {
+  return `api graphql -f owner=${owner} -f name=${name} -f query=${DISCUSSION_ENABLED_QUERY}`;
+}
+
 function writeGhShim(rootDir, responses) {
   const shimPath = path.join(rootDir, 'gh-shim.js');
   fs.writeFileSync(shimPath, `
@@ -95,6 +102,9 @@ function runTests() {
 
     try {
       const shimPath = writeGhShim(rootDir, {
+        [discussionEnabledGhKey('affaan-m', 'everything-claude-code')]: {
+          data: { repository: { hasDiscussionsEnabled: true } }
+        },
         [discussionGhKey('affaan-m', 'everything-claude-code')]: {
           data: {
             repository: {
@@ -155,6 +165,9 @@ function runTests() {
 
     try {
       const shimPath = writeGhShim(rootDir, {
+        [discussionEnabledGhKey('affaan-m', 'everything-claude-code')]: {
+          data: { repository: { hasDiscussionsEnabled: true } }
+        },
         [discussionGhKey('affaan-m', 'everything-claude-code')]: {
           data: {
             repository: {
@@ -207,6 +220,9 @@ function runTests() {
 
     try {
       const shimPath = writeGhShim(rootDir, {
+        [discussionEnabledGhKey('affaan-m', 'everything-claude-code')]: {
+          data: { repository: { hasDiscussionsEnabled: true } }
+        },
         [discussionGhKey('affaan-m', 'everything-claude-code')]: {
           data: {
             repository: {
@@ -237,6 +253,34 @@ function runTests() {
     }
   })) passed++; else failed++;
 
+  if (test('passes without heavy query when discussions are disabled', () => {
+    const rootDir = createTempDir('discussion-audit-disabled-');
+
+    try {
+      const shimPath = writeGhShim(rootDir, {
+        [discussionEnabledGhKey('ECC-Tools', 'ECC-website')]: {
+          data: { repository: { hasDiscussionsEnabled: false } }
+        }
+      });
+
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(run([
+        '--json',
+        '--repo',
+        'ECC-Tools/ECC-website'
+      ], {
+        cwd: rootDir,
+        env: { ECC_GH_SHIM: shimPath }
+      }));
+
+      assert.strictEqual(parsed.ready, true);
+      assert.strictEqual(parsed.repos[0].discussions.enabled, false);
+      assert.strictEqual(parsed.totals.totalDiscussions, 0);
+      assert.strictEqual(parsed.totals.errors, 0);
+    } finally {
+      cleanup(rootDir);
+    }
+  })) passed++; else failed++;
+
   if (test('cli help and invalid args exit cleanly', () => {
     const help = runProcess(['--help']);
     assert.strictEqual(help.status, 0);
diff --git a/tests/scripts/platform-audit.test.js b/tests/scripts/platform-audit.test.js
index 3419d182..04c08547 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/platform-audit.test.js
+++ b/tests/scripts/platform-audit.test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ const path = require('path');
 const { execFileSync, spawnSync } = require('child_process');
 
 const SCRIPT = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'scripts', 'platform-audit.js');
-const { DISCUSSION_QUERY } = require(path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'scripts', 'lib', 'github-discussions'));
+const {
+  DISCUSSION_ENABLED_QUERY,
+  DISCUSSION_QUERY
+} = require(path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'scripts', 'lib', 'github-discussions'));
 
 function createTempDir(prefix) {
   return fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), prefix));
@@ -91,6 +94,10 @@ function discussionGhKey(owner, name, first = 100) {
   return `api graphql -f owner=${owner} -f name=${name} -F first=${first} -f query=${DISCUSSION_QUERY}`;
 }
 
+function discussionEnabledGhKey(owner, name) {
+  return `api graphql -f owner=${owner} -f name=${name} -f query=${DISCUSSION_ENABLED_QUERY}`;
+}
+
 function writeGhShim(rootDir, responses) {
   const shimPath = path.join(rootDir, 'gh-shim.js');
   fs.writeFileSync(shimPath, `
@@ -251,6 +258,9 @@ function runTests() {
       const shimPath = writeGhShim(projectRoot, {
         'pr list --repo affaan-m/everything-claude-code --state open --json number,title,isDraft,mergeStateStatus,updatedAt,url,author': [],
         'issue list --repo affaan-m/everything-claude-code --state open --json number,title,updatedAt,url,author,labels': [],
+        [discussionEnabledGhKey('affaan-m', 'everything-claude-code')]: {
+          data: { repository: { hasDiscussionsEnabled: true } }
+        },
         [discussionGhKey('affaan-m', 'everything-claude-code')]: {
           data: {
             repository: {
@@ -317,6 +327,9 @@ function runTests() {
       const shimPath = writeGhShim(projectRoot, {
         'pr list --repo affaan-m/everything-claude-code --state open --json number,title,isDraft,mergeStateStatus,updatedAt,url,author': prs,
         'issue list --repo affaan-m/everything-claude-code --state open --json number,title,updatedAt,url,author,labels': [],
+        [discussionEnabledGhKey('affaan-m', 'everything-claude-code')]: {
+          data: { repository: { hasDiscussionsEnabled: true } }
+        },
         [discussionGhKey('affaan-m', 'everything-claude-code')]: {
           data: {
             repository: {
@@ -364,6 +377,38 @@ function runTests() {
     }
   })) passed++; else failed++;
 
+  if (test('discussion-disabled repos skip the heavy discussion query', () => {
+    const projectRoot = createTempDir('platform-audit-discussions-disabled-');
+
+    try {
+      seedRepo(projectRoot);
+      const shimPath = writeGhShim(projectRoot, {
+        'pr list --repo ECC-Tools/ECC-website --state open --json number,title,isDraft,mergeStateStatus,updatedAt,url,author': [],
+        'issue list --repo ECC-Tools/ECC-website --state open --json number,title,updatedAt,url,author,labels': [],
+        [discussionEnabledGhKey('ECC-Tools', 'ECC-website')]: {
+          data: { repository: { hasDiscussionsEnabled: false } }
+        }
+      });
+
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(run([
+        '--format=json',
+        `--root=${projectRoot}`,
+        '--repo',
+        'ECC-Tools/ECC-website'
+      ], {
+        cwd: projectRoot,
+        env: { ECC_GH_SHIM: shimPath }
+      }));
+
+      assert.strictEqual(parsed.ready, true);
+      assert.strictEqual(parsed.github.repos[0].discussions.enabled, false);
+      assert.strictEqual(parsed.github.repos[0].discussions.totalCount, 0);
+      assert.strictEqual(parsed.github.totals.errors, 0);
+    } finally {
+      cleanup(projectRoot);
+    }
+  })) passed++; else failed++;
+
   if (test('cli help and invalid args exit cleanly', () => {
     const help = runProcess(['--help']);
     assert.strictEqual(help.status, 0);