diff --git a/.github/scripts/README.md b/.github/scripts/README.md
index 0d16ef0702..2be7a85f0a 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/README.md
+++ b/.github/scripts/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@ This script ensures that all HDL project directories contain properly formatted
 - **Board names** are uppercased and underscores are replaced with hyphens (e.g., `ad9081_fmca_ebz` → `AD9081-FMCA-EBZ`);
 - **Carrier names** are uppercased as-is (e.g., `de10nano` → `DE10NANO`), except for special carriers.
 
-#### 3. Special carrier exceptions
+#### 3. Special projects exceptions
+
+The following projects are allowed to use exceptions from the template in their project/README file:
+
+- `xcvr_wizard`
+
+#### 4. Special carrier exceptions
 
 The following carriers are allowed to use underscore in their README titles and are not flagged for title mismatches:
 
@@ -59,7 +65,7 @@ is_special_carrier() {
 }
 ```
 
-#### 4. Required sections
+#### 5. Required sections
 
 - **Main board README** MUST contain:
   - `Building the project`
@@ -80,7 +86,7 @@ Include these flags on the first line of the README.md file, as a MarkDown comme
 <!-- no_build_example, no_dts, no_no_os -->
 ```
 
-#### 5. Forbidden content
+#### 6. Forbidden content
 
 - Links to the following are not allowed:
   - `https://wiki.analog.com/resources/tools-software/linux-drivers-all`
diff --git a/.github/scripts/check_readme.sh b/.github/scripts/check_readme.sh
index 27c4570937..f6822fc5d3 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/check_readme.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/check_readme.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@ is_special_carrier() {
     esac
 }
 
+# Function to detect special projects (e.g., projects that need title check skipped)
+is_special_project() {
+    case "$1" in
+        xcvr_wizard)
+            return 0
+            ;;
+        *)
+            return 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
 # Function to extract flags from first line of README
 extract_flags() {
     local file=$1
@@ -72,9 +84,16 @@ check_readme() {
         echo "$flags" | grep -q "$1"
     }
 
-    # Check title (skip for special carriers)
-    if [ "$is_main_readme" -eq 0 ] && is_special_carrier "$carrier"; then
-        :
+    # Check title (skip for special carriers or special projects)
+    if [ "$is_main_readme" -eq 0 ]; then
+        if is_special_carrier "$carrier" || is_special_project "$board"; then
+            :
+        else
+            if ! grep -q "$expected_title" "$file"; then
+                echo "    ✖ Incorrect or missing title. Expected: $expected_title"
+                local_fail=1
+            fi
+        fi
     else
         if ! grep -q "$expected_title" "$file"; then
             echo "    ✖ Incorrect or missing title. Expected: $expected_title"
@@ -89,7 +108,7 @@ check_readme() {
                 local_fail=1
             fi
         fi
-        if ! grep -q "Supported parts" "$file"; then
+        if ! grep -q "Supported parts" "$file" && ! is_special_project "$board"; then
             echo "    ✖ Missing section \"Supported parts\""
             local_fail=1
         fi