diff --git a/scripts/check_links.py b/scripts/check_links.py
index ba2907ee..d65a91b5 100644
--- a/scripts/check_links.py
+++ b/scripts/check_links.py
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@
 the browser verbatim and 404s.
 
 This checker works on the built output instead, so it sees exactly what a
-reader's browser would request: every ``<a href>`` must resolve to a real file
-in the build, and any fragment must match an ``id`` on the target page.
+reader's browser would request: every ``<a href>`` and ``<img src>`` must
+resolve to a real file in the build, and any fragment on an HTML target must
+match an ``id`` on that page.
+
+Checking ``<img src>`` also keeps ``svg_theme.py`` honest: that hook rewrites
+figure tags to point at variants it generates separately, and nothing else
+notices when the two halves disagree.
 
 Usage:
     python scripts/check_links.py [site_dir]
@@ -31,11 +36,12 @@
 
 
 class PageParser(HTMLParser):
-    """Collect outgoing hrefs and available anchor ids from one page."""
+    """Collect outgoing hrefs, image srcs, and available anchor ids from one page."""
 
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__(convert_charrefs=True)
         self.hrefs: list[str] = []
+        self.srcs: list[str] = []
         self.ids: set[str] = set()
 
     def handle_starttag(self, tag, attrs):
@@ -47,6 +53,8 @@ def handle_starttag(self, tag, attrs):
             self.ids.add(value)
         if tag == "a" and (href := attrs.get("href")):
             self.hrefs.append(href)
+        if tag == "img" and (src := attrs.get("src")):
+            self.srcs.append(src)
 
 
 def parse(path: Path) -> PageParser:
@@ -83,7 +91,8 @@ def main() -> int:
         rel_page = page.relative_to(site)
         if str(rel_page).startswith(EXCLUDED_PREFIXES):
             continue
-        for href in doc.hrefs:
+        references = (*(("page", h) for h in doc.hrefs), *(("image", s) for s in doc.srcs))
+        for kind, href in references:
             if EXTERNAL.match(href):
                 continue
             path, fragment = urldefrag(href)
@@ -95,15 +104,18 @@ def main() -> int:
             ):
                 continue
             if not target.is_file():
-                failures.append(f"{rel_page}: '{href}' -> no such page")
+                failures.append(f"{rel_page}: '{href}' -> no such {kind}")
                 continue
-            if fragment:
+            # A fragment names an anchor only on an HTML page.  On anything else
+            # it is a selector hook -- svg_theme.py marks figure variants with
+            # #only-light / #only-dark -- and there is no document to look it up in.
+            if fragment and target.suffix == ".html":
                 target_doc = parsed.get(target) or parse(target)
                 if fragment not in target_doc.ids:
                     failures.append(f"{rel_page}: '{href}' -> no anchor '#{fragment}'")
 
     if failures:
-        print(f"{len(failures)} broken internal link(s) in the built site:\n")
+        print(f"{len(failures)} broken internal reference(s) in the built site:\n")
         for failure in failures:
             print(f"  {failure}")
         print(
@@ -113,7 +125,7 @@ def main() -> int:
         )
         return 1
 
-    print(f"OK: internal links resolve across {len(pages)} built pages")
+    print(f"OK: internal links and images resolve across {len(pages)} built pages")
     return 0
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/svg_theme.py b/scripts/svg_theme.py
index 998f19cb..8422a49c 100644
--- a/scripts/svg_theme.py
+++ b/scripts/svg_theme.py
@@ -34,13 +34,23 @@
 )
 
 IMG_TAG = re.compile(r"<img\b[^>]*?>", re.IGNORECASE)
-IMG_SRC = re.compile(r'\bsrc\s*=\s*"([^"]+?)"', re.IGNORECASE)
+IMG_SRC = re.compile(r"""\bsrc\s*=\s*(["'])(.+?)\1""", re.IGNORECASE)
 
-# Populated by on_files, consumed by on_post_page: the stems of the figures
+# Figures are keyed by their path under ``images/`` rather than by bare stem, so
+# that two figures of the same name in different subdirectories cannot collide.
+IMAGES_PREFIX = re.compile(rf"(?:^|/){re.escape(IMAGES_SUBDIR)}/")
+
+# Populated by on_files, consumed by on_post_page: the keys of the figures
 # that actually carry a dark block.
 _themed: set = set()
 
 
+def _image_key(path):
+    """Return a figure's path relative to the images directory, or None."""
+    match = IMAGES_PREFIX.search(path)
+    return path[match.end() :] if match else None
+
+
 def _split_media_block(text):
     """Return (before, inner, after) around the dark block, or None."""
     match = MEDIA_OPEN.search(text)
@@ -76,7 +86,7 @@ def on_files(files, config):
         if not file.src_uri.endswith(".svg"):
             continue
         if MEDIA_OPEN.search(Path(file.abs_src_path).read_text(encoding="utf-8")):
-            _themed.add(Path(file.src_uri).stem)
+            _themed.add(file.src_uri[len(IMAGES_SUBDIR) + 1 :])
     return files
 
 
@@ -89,11 +99,17 @@ def rewrite(match):
         src = IMG_SRC.search(tag)
         if not src:
             return tag
-        path = src.group(1)
-        stem = Path(path.split("#")[0].split("?")[0]).stem
-        if not path.lower().endswith(".svg") or stem not in _themed:
+        path = src.group(2)
+        # Strip any query or fragment before testing and slicing.  The variants
+        # carry their own #only-light / #only-dark marker, which the CSS keys on,
+        # so whatever the author wrote there cannot survive the rewrite anyway.
+        bare = path.split("#", 1)[0].split("?", 1)[0]
+        if not bare.lower().endswith(".svg"):
+            return tag
+        key = _image_key(bare)
+        if key is None or key not in _themed:
             return tag
-        base = path[: -len(".svg")]
+        base = bare[: -len(".svg")]
         light = IMG_SRC.sub(lambda _: f'src="{base}.light.svg#only-light"', tag, count=1)
         dark = IMG_SRC.sub(lambda _: f'src="{base}.dark.svg#only-dark"', tag, count=1)
         return light + dark
@@ -105,7 +121,7 @@ def on_post_build(config):
     images = Path(config["site_dir"]) / IMAGES_SUBDIR
     if not images.is_dir():
         return
-    for svg in sorted(images.glob("*.svg")):
+    for svg in sorted(images.rglob("*.svg")):
         if svg.name.endswith((".light.svg", ".dark.svg")):
             continue
         pair = variants(svg.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
diff --git a/src/images/pipeline.svg b/src/images/pipeline.svg
index e4ef0c90..6dcd26dc 100644
--- a/src/images/pipeline.svg
+++ b/src/images/pipeline.svg
@@ -6,13 +6,7 @@
        prefers-color-scheme: dark. Colors are unique per role, so attribute
        selectors override the inline presentation attributes unambiguously;
        the three whites (page, code panel, part fill) are disambiguated by
-       class since they map to different darks.
-
-       On docs.datajoint.com the media query is resolved at build time by
-       scripts/svg_theme.py, which splits this file into a light and a dark
-       variant so the figure follows the site's palette toggle rather than the
-       reader's OS setting. The media query still governs everywhere else the
-       file is viewed directly (GitHub, a raw link, a README). -->
+       class since they map to different darks. -->
   <style>
     @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
       .bg { fill: #161A21; }