diff --git a/.github/actions/install-eval-clis/action.yml b/.github/actions/install-eval-clis/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9bc0c3bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/install-eval-clis/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+name: Install Agent Harnesses
+description: Install the Claude Code and GitHub Copilot CLIs used by the evaluation workflows
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Install Claude Code
+      run: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.1.160
+      shell: pwsh
+
+    - name: Install GitHub Copilot CLI
+      run: npm install -g @github/copilot@1.0.57
+      shell: pwsh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/claude-evaluation.yml b/.github/workflows/claude-evaluation.yml
index d91282bf2..5952c6026 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/claude-evaluation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/claude-evaluation.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
+      copilot-requests: write  # code-review semantic judge runs via Copilot CLI
     name: ${{ matrix.entry }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -113,16 +114,18 @@ jobs:
           dotnet tool install -g Microsoft.Dynamics.BusinessCentral.Development.Tools --version 18.0.37.11445-beta
           echo "$HOME\.dotnet\tools" >> $env:GITHUB_PATH
 
-      - name: Install Claude Code
-        run: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.1.160
+      - name: Install Agent Harnesses
+        uses: ./.github/actions/install-eval-clis
 
       - name: Run Claude Code for entry ${{ matrix.entry }}
         timeout-minutes: 120
         shell: pwsh
         env:
           ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}  # used by the code-review semantic judge
         run: |
           Write-Output "::add-mask::$env:ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"
+          Write-Output "::add-mask::$env:COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN"
 
           uv run bcbench evaluate claude "${{ matrix.entry }}" `
             --model "${{ inputs.model }}" `
diff --git a/.github/workflows/copilot-evaluation.yml b/.github/workflows/copilot-evaluation.yml
index dd373536d..f0f11d787 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/copilot-evaluation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/copilot-evaluation.yml
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ jobs:
           dotnet tool install -g Microsoft.Dynamics.BusinessCentral.Development.Tools --version 18.0.37.11445-beta
           echo "$HOME\.dotnet\tools" >> $env:GITHUB_PATH
 
-      - name: Install GitHub Copilot CLI
-        run: npm install -g @github/copilot@1.0.57
+      - name: Install evaluation CLIs
+        uses: ./.github/actions/install-eval-clis
 
       - name: Run GitHub Copilot CLI for entry ${{ matrix.entry }}
         timeout-minutes: 120