diff --git a/.vale.ini b/.vale.ini
index 250e9b2dd..547f93b8a 100644
--- a/.vale.ini
+++ b/.vale.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ MinAlertLevel = error
 Packages = https://github.com/tbhb/vale-ai-tells/releases/download/v1.29.0/ai-tells.zip
 
 [*.{rst,md}]
-BasedOnStyles = ai-tells
+BasedOnStyles = ai-tells, snapper
+snapper.SemanticLineBreaks = error
 
 # These rules misclassify established technical, example, or release-note prose
 # in this repository. All other ai-tells rules remain enforced.
diff --git a/docs/source/unreleased.rst b/docs/source/unreleased.rst
index 22ac74723..d297d1976 100644
--- a/docs/source/unreleased.rst
+++ b/docs/source/unreleased.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Unreleased changes
 ==================
 
-Changes that have landed on the main branch but are not yet part of a
-tagged release.  These entries are assembled into the
+Changes that have landed on the main branch but are not yet part of a tagged release.
+These entries are assembled into the
 :doc:`changelog` when the next release is published.
 
 .. towncrier-draft-entries::
diff --git a/prek.toml b/prek.toml
index c013e7e46..9869ba179 100644
--- a/prek.toml
+++ b/prek.toml
@@ -364,6 +364,19 @@ hooks = [
     additional_dependencies = ["uv==0.11.7"],
     stages = ["pre-commit"]
   },
+  {
+    id = "snapper",
+    name = "snapper",
+    entry = "uv run --group=dev snapper --max-width 0 --in-place",
+    language = "python",
+    types_or = [
+      "rst",
+      "markdown"
+    ],
+    require_serial = true,
+    additional_dependencies = ["uv==0.11.7"],
+    stages = ["pre-commit"]
+  },
   {
     id = "vale",
     name = "vale",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d764b3dcd..57d650a43 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ dev = [
     # use it to lint shell commands in GitHub workflow files.
     "shellcheck-py==0.11.0.1",
     "shfmt-py==4.1.0",
+    "snapper-fmt==0.11.0",
     "sphinx==9.1.0",
     "sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2",
     "sphinx-lint==1.0.2",
diff --git a/styles/snapper/LongProseLine.yml b/styles/snapper/LongProseLine.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f5029f7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/styles/snapper/LongProseLine.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+# Vale style rule: flag prose lines that are suspiciously long.
+# Likely indicates wrapped text that should use semantic line breaks.
+extends: existence
+message: Prose line exceeds 120 characters. Consider running 'snapper' to break at
+  sentence boundaries.
+level: suggestion
+scope: paragraph
+# This catches lines > 120 chars that contain a period followed by a space.
+# Pure code or URLs are less likely to match.
+tokens: ['.{120,}']
diff --git a/styles/snapper/SemanticLineBreaks.yml b/styles/snapper/SemanticLineBreaks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f4edaf55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/styles/snapper/SemanticLineBreaks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+# Vale style rule: flag lines containing multiple sentences.
+# These should be broken at sentence boundaries.
+extends: existence
+message: Line contains multiple sentences. Run 'snapper --check' or reformat with
+  'snapper --in-place'.
+level: warning
+scope: paragraph
+# Match a sentence-ending punctuation followed by a space and a capital letter
+# on the same line (indicating two sentences on one line).
+tokens: ['[.!?]\\s+[A-Z]']