diff --git a/packages/@eep-dev/compliance-cli/src/helpers.test.ts b/packages/@eep-dev/compliance-cli/src/helpers.test.ts
index dc2b18b..9c852db 100644
--- a/packages/@eep-dev/compliance-cli/src/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@eep-dev/compliance-cli/src/helpers.test.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,31 @@ describe('@eep-dev/compliance-cli helpers', () => {
             runner.fail('t1', 'err');
             expect(runner.conformanceLabel('core')).toBe('❌ Not EEP Compliant (1 failure)');
         });
+
+        it('should NOT award a medal when no checks ran (empty run)', () => {
+            const runner = createTestRunner();
+            expect(runner.conformanceLabel('full')).toBe('❌ Not EEP Compliant (no checks verified)');
+        });
+
+        it('should NOT award a medal when every check skipped', () => {
+            const runner = createTestRunner();
+            runner.skip('t1', 'n/a');
+            runner.skip('t2', 'n/a');
+            expect(runner.conformanceLabel('full')).toBe('❌ Not EEP Compliant (no checks verified)');
+        });
+
+        it('should report "incomplete" when some checks skipped (no failures)', () => {
+            const runner = createTestRunner();
+            runner.pass('t1');
+            runner.skip('t2', 'n/a');
+            expect(runner.conformanceLabel('full')).toBe('⚠️ Full EEP: incomplete (1 skipped, 1 passed)');
+        });
+
+        it('should fall back to a generic compliant label for an unknown level', () => {
+            const runner = createTestRunner();
+            runner.pass('t1');
+            expect(runner.conformanceLabel('enterprise')).toBe('✅ Enterprise EEP Compliant');
+        });
     });
 
     // ── validateArgs ────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/packages/@eep-dev/compliance-cli/src/helpers.ts b/packages/@eep-dev/compliance-cli/src/helpers.ts
index 5e7d6d1..7f7b5b9 100644
--- a/packages/@eep-dev/compliance-cli/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/@eep-dev/compliance-cli/src/helpers.ts
@@ -40,11 +40,28 @@ export function createTestRunner() {
     }
 
     function conformanceLabel(level: string): string {
-        const { failed } = summary();
-        if (failed === 0 && level === 'core') return '🥉 Core EEP Compliant';
-        if (failed === 0 && level === 'standard') return '🥈 Standard EEP Compliant';
-        if (failed === 0 && level === 'full') return '🏆 Full EEP Compliant';
-        return `❌ Not EEP Compliant (${failed} failure${failed !== 1 ? 's' : ''})`;
+        const { passed, failed, skipped } = summary();
+        const lvl = level.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + level.slice(1);
+        if (failed > 0) {
+            return `❌ Not EEP Compliant (${failed} failure${failed !== 1 ? 's' : ''})`;
+        }
+        // A conformance claim must be *earned*, not granted by omission. A run
+        // with zero passing checks, or with skipped checks, has not actually
+        // verified the level — so it must not receive a compliance medal even
+        // though `failed === 0`. (Otherwise a near-empty or fully-skipped run
+        // would print "Full EEP Compliant".)
+        if (passed === 0) {
+            return '❌ Not EEP Compliant (no checks verified)';
+        }
+        if (skipped > 0) {
+            return `⚠️ ${lvl} EEP: incomplete (${skipped} skipped, ${passed} passed)`;
+        }
+        const labels: Record<string, string> = {
+            core: '🥉 Core EEP Compliant',
+            standard: '🥈 Standard EEP Compliant',
+            full: '🏆 Full EEP Compliant',
+        };
+        return labels[level] ?? `✅ ${lvl} EEP Compliant`;
     }
 
     return { pass, fail, skip, results, summary, conformanceLabel };
diff --git a/packages/eep-compliance-cli-python/eep_compliance_cli/helpers.py b/packages/eep-compliance-cli-python/eep_compliance_cli/helpers.py
index ed1bd5e..9e994ee 100644
--- a/packages/eep-compliance-cli-python/eep_compliance_cli/helpers.py
+++ b/packages/eep-compliance-cli-python/eep_compliance_cli/helpers.py
@@ -43,15 +43,27 @@ def summary(self) -> Dict[str, int]:
 
     def conformance_label(self, level: str) -> str:
         s = self.summary()
-        if s["failed"] == 0:
-            labels = {
-                "core": "🥉 Core EEP Compliant",
-                "standard": "🥈 Standard EEP Compliant",
-                "full": "🏆 Full EEP Compliant",
-            }
-            return labels.get(level, f"✅ {level.title()} EEP Compliant")
-        count = s["failed"]
-        return f"❌ Not EEP Compliant ({count} failure{'s' if count != 1 else ''})"
+        if s["failed"] > 0:
+            count = s["failed"]
+            return f"❌ Not EEP Compliant ({count} failure{'s' if count != 1 else ''})"
+        # A conformance claim must be *earned*, not granted by omission. A run
+        # with zero passing checks, or with skipped checks, has not actually
+        # verified the level — so it must not receive a compliance medal even
+        # though ``failed == 0``. (Otherwise a near-empty or fully-skipped run
+        # would print "Full EEP Compliant".)
+        if s["passed"] == 0:
+            return "❌ Not EEP Compliant (no checks verified)"
+        if s["skipped"] > 0:
+            return (
+                f"⚠️ {level.title()} EEP: incomplete "
+                f"({s['skipped']} skipped, {s['passed']} passed)"
+            )
+        labels = {
+            "core": "🥉 Core EEP Compliant",
+            "standard": "🥈 Standard EEP Compliant",
+            "full": "🏆 Full EEP Compliant",
+        }
+        return labels.get(level, f"✅ {level.title()} EEP Compliant")
 
 
 def normalize_target(url: str) -> str:
diff --git a/packages/eep-compliance-cli-python/tests/test_helpers.py b/packages/eep-compliance-cli-python/tests/test_helpers.py
index 119c9f4..d30c0a1 100644
--- a/packages/eep-compliance-cli-python/tests/test_helpers.py
+++ b/packages/eep-compliance-cli-python/tests/test_helpers.py
@@ -37,6 +37,27 @@ def test_conformance_label_failure(self):
         assert "Not EEP Compliant" in label
         assert "1 failure" in label
 
+    def test_conformance_label_empty_run_not_compliant(self):
+        r = TestRunner()
+        assert r.conformance_label("full") == "❌ Not EEP Compliant (no checks verified)"
+
+    def test_conformance_label_all_skipped_not_compliant(self):
+        r = TestRunner()
+        r.skip("A", "n/a")
+        r.skip("B", "n/a")
+        assert r.conformance_label("full") == "❌ Not EEP Compliant (no checks verified)"
+
+    def test_conformance_label_partial_skips_incomplete(self):
+        r = TestRunner()
+        r.pass_("A")
+        r.skip("B", "n/a")
+        assert r.conformance_label("full") == "⚠️ Full EEP: incomplete (1 skipped, 1 passed)"
+
+    def test_conformance_label_unknown_level_fallback(self):
+        r = TestRunner()
+        r.pass_("A")
+        assert r.conformance_label("enterprise") == "✅ Enterprise EEP Compliant"
+
 
 class TestNormalizeTarget:
     def test_strips_trailing_slash(self):