diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/cd.yml b/.gitea/workflows/cd.yml
index 61911f3..3882d02 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - id: detect
+        # Detect an UNSUBSTITUTED template by the leftover __PLACEHOLDER__ tokens.
+        # Must not grep for the substituted module path — that pattern is itself
+        # substituted at generate time, so it would match every real child repo's
+        # own go.mod and skip all CI forever (template-go-web bug, see repo #).
         run: |
-          if grep -q 'git.d-ma.be/mathias/cad-atlas' go.mod; then
+          if grep -qE '__[A-Z_]+__' go.mod; then
             echo "is_template=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           else
             echo "is_template=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"