diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily.yml b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
index 884303937f60..bda568659b9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Daily test
+name: Daily tests
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/meta_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/meta_tests.yml
index 6c6775572834..56892de7dcd8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/meta_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/meta_tests.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This workflow is for testing typeshed's scripts and tests themselves
-name: Meta-tests
+name: Infrastructure tests
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   mypy:
-    name: Check scripts and tests with mypy
+    name: "mypy: type check"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
           --platform=${{ matrix.platform }}
 
   pyright:
-    name: Check scripts and tests with pyright
+    name: "pyright: type check"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
           project: ./pyrightconfig.scripts_and_tests.json
 
   stubsabot-dry-run:
-    name: Stubsabot dry run
+    name: "stubsabot: dry run"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mypy_primer.yml b/.github/workflows/mypy_primer.yml
index 729b3a8237dd..43b42076ed41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mypy_primer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mypy_primer.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Run mypy_primer
+name: mypy_primer
 
 on:
   # Only run on PR, since we diff against main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mypy_primer_comment.yml b/.github/workflows/mypy_primer_comment.yml
index 1096653ed4e8..ca8179fbdfde 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mypy_primer_comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mypy_primer_comment.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Comment with mypy_primer diff
+name: mypy_primer (comment)
 
 on:
   workflow_run:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stubsabot.yml b/.github/workflows/stubsabot.yml
index d42ede654545..b4fced712206 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stubsabot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stubsabot.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Run stubsabot daily
+name: Stubsabot
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stubtest_stdlib.yml b/.github/workflows/stubtest_stdlib.yml
index c384324e3d6a..5a4ad30473f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stubtest_stdlib.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stubtest_stdlib.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Stdlib stubtest
+name: "Stubtest: stdlib"
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stubtest_third_party.yml b/.github/workflows/stubtest_third_party.yml
index e3ba59e7006e..540a609ca1c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stubtest_third_party.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stubtest_third_party.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Third-party stubtest
+name: "Stubtest: third-party"
 
 on:
   pull_request:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index af66891790f6..fb8fe504c110 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Test
+name: Type check, regression tests
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           ./tests/check_typeshed_structure.py
 
   mypy:
-    name: "mypy: Check stubs"
+    name: "mypy: type check"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python ./tests/mypy_test.py --platform=${{ matrix.platform }} --python-version=${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
   regression-tests:
-    name: "mypy: Run test cases"
+    name: "mypy: regression tests"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
           --verbosity=QUIET
 
   ty:
-    name: "ty: Check stubs"
+    name: "ty: type check"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python tests/ty_test.py --platform=${{ matrix.platform }} --python-version=${{ matrix.python-version }} --python=.venv
 
   pyrefly:
-    name: "pyrefly: Check stubs"
+    name: "pyrefly: type check"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python tests/pyrefly_test.py --platform=${{ matrix.platform }} --python-version=${{ matrix.python-version }} --python=.venv/bin/python
 
   pyright:
-    name: "pyright: Run test cases"
+    name: "pyright: regression tests"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ jobs:
           project: ./pyrightconfig.testcases.json
 
   stub-uploader:
-    name: stub_uploader tests
+    name: "stub uploader: tests"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout typeshed