diff --git a/.github/scripts/evaluate-workflow-status.js b/.github/scripts/evaluate-workflow-status.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70337cbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/evaluate-workflow-status.js
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+const DEFAULT_REQUIRED_BRANCH = 'main';
+
+function resolveBranch(context) {
+  const { eventName, ref, payload } = context;
+
+  if (eventName === 'workflow_run') {
+    return payload.workflow_run?.head_branch || '';
+  }
+
+  if (eventName === 'pull_request' || eventName === 'pull_request_target') {
+    return payload.pull_request?.head?.ref || '';
+  }
+
+  if (typeof ref === 'string' && ref.startsWith('refs/heads/')) {
+    return ref.replace('refs/heads/', '');
+  }
+
+  return '';
+}
+
+async function ensureSuccessfulRun({ github, context, core }, workflowFile, branch) {
+  const { data } = await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRuns({
+    owner: context.repo.owner,
+    repo: context.repo.repo,
+    workflow_id: workflowFile,
+    branch,
+    per_page: 1,
+    status: 'completed'
+  });
+
+  if (!data.workflow_runs.length) {
+    core.setFailed(`No completed runs of ${workflowFile} found on branch ${branch}.`);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const [run] = data.workflow_runs;
+
+  if (run.conclusion !== 'success') {
+    core.setFailed(`Latest ${workflowFile} run (${run.id}) concluded with ${run.conclusion}.`);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  core.info(`Dependency workflow ${workflowFile} succeeded on branch ${branch} (run id ${run.id}).`);
+  return true;
+}
+
+async function evaluateWorkflowStatus({ github, context, core }, options) {
+  const {
+    dependencyWorkflowFile,
+    requiredBranch = DEFAULT_REQUIRED_BRANCH,
+  } = options;
+  const branch = resolveBranch(context);
+
+  if (!branch) {
+    core.info('Unable to determine triggering branch, skipping downstream jobs.');
+    core.setOutput('should-run', 'false');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (branch !== requiredBranch) {
+    core.info(`Branch ${branch} is not ${requiredBranch}; skipping downstream jobs.`);
+    core.setOutput('should-run', 'false');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (context.eventName === 'workflow_run') {
+    const conclusion = context.payload.workflow_run?.conclusion;
+    if (conclusion !== 'success') {
+      core.setFailed(`Upstream workflow ${context.payload.workflow_run?.name} concluded with ${conclusion}.`);
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
+  const ok = await ensureSuccessfulRun({ github, context, core }, dependencyWorkflowFile, branch);
+  if (!ok) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  core.setOutput('should-run', 'true');
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  evaluateWorkflowStatus,
+};
diff --git a/.github/workflows/iac-pipeline-create.yml b/.github/workflows/iac-pipeline-create.yml
index b49d65fd..64b4093f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/iac-pipeline-create.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/iac-pipeline-create.yml
@@ -15,9 +15,41 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     branches:
       - main
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows:
+      - Alicloud Landing Zone Baseline
+    types:
+      - completed
 
 jobs:
+  verify-baseline-status:
+    name: Verify Alicloud baseline readiness
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+    outputs:
+      should-run: ${{ steps.evaluate.outputs.should-run }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout helpers
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            .github/scripts/evaluate-workflow-status.js
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+      - name: Evaluate upstream workflow status
+        id: evaluate
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { evaluateWorkflowStatus } = require('./.github/scripts/evaluate-workflow-status');
+            await evaluateWorkflowStatus({ github, context, core }, {
+              dependencyWorkflowFile: 'iac-pipeline-alicloud-landingzone-baseline.yaml',
+            });
+
   apply-cluster-resources:
+    needs: verify-baseline-status
+    if: needs.verify-baseline-status.outputs.should-run == 'true'
     uses: svc-design/actions/.github/workflows/setup-gcp-cloud.yml@main
     with:
       config: 'multi-cluster-config.yaml'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/iac-pipeline-infrastructure-monitor-exporter.yml b/.github/workflows/iac-pipeline-infrastructure-monitor-exporter.yml
index cfb15778..e9501f34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/iac-pipeline-infrastructure-monitor-exporter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/iac-pipeline-infrastructure-monitor-exporter.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,41 @@ on:
         description: 'Whether to perform a dry-run'
         required: false
         default: 'true'
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows:
+      - Provision Monitor Server Infrastructure
+    types:
+      - completed
 
 jobs:
+  verify-dependencies:
+    name: Verify dependency workflows
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+    outputs:
+      should-run: ${{ steps.evaluate.outputs.should-run }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout helpers
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            .github/scripts/evaluate-workflow-status.js
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+      - name: Evaluate upstream workflow status
+        id: evaluate
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { evaluateWorkflowStatus } = require('./.github/scripts/evaluate-workflow-status');
+            await evaluateWorkflowStatus({ github, context, core }, {
+              dependencyWorkflowFile: 'iac-pipeline-infrastructure-monitor-server.yml',
+            });
+
   deploy:
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+    needs: verify-dependencies
+    if: needs.verify-dependencies.outputs.should-run == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       DEPLOY_ACTION: ${{ github.event.inputs.deploy_action || 'upgrade' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/iac-pipeline-infrastructure-monitor-server.yml b/.github/workflows/iac-pipeline-infrastructure-monitor-server.yml
index d99d4f1c..17414b1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/iac-pipeline-infrastructure-monitor-server.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/iac-pipeline-infrastructure-monitor-server.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ on:
         description: "Run Ansible in check mode"
         required: false
         default: 'true'
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows:
+      - MultiCluster Pipeline Create with IAC tools
+    types:
+      - completed
   push:
     branches:
       - main
@@ -25,15 +30,44 @@ env:
   ANSIBLE_LOAD_CALLBACK_PLUGINS: 'true'
 
 jobs:
+  verify-dependencies:
+    name: Verify dependency workflows
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+    outputs:
+      should-run: ${{ steps.evaluate.outputs.should-run }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout helpers
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            .github/scripts/evaluate-workflow-status.js
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+      - name: Evaluate upstream workflow status
+        id: evaluate
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { evaluateWorkflowStatus } = require('./.github/scripts/evaluate-workflow-status');
+            await evaluateWorkflowStatus({ github, context, core }, {
+              dependencyWorkflowFile: 'iac-pipeline-create.yml',
+            });
+
   pre-setup:
+    needs: verify-dependencies
+    if: needs.verify-dependencies.outputs.should-run == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Pre-setup confirmation
         run: echo "Pre-setup stage completed"
 
   deploy:
-    needs: pre-setup
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+    needs:
+      - pre-setup
+      - verify-dependencies
+    if: needs.verify-dependencies.outputs.should-run == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix: