diff --git a/skill/scripts/live/roots.mjs b/skill/scripts/live/roots.mjs
index 192367df3..bdca69d75 100644
--- a/skill/scripts/live/roots.mjs
+++ b/skill/scripts/live/roots.mjs
@@ -393,14 +393,41 @@ export function resolveLiveRoots(cwd = process.cwd(), { targetPath = null } = {}
   return { manifest: fresh.manifest, source: 'fresh' };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Consume a `--target <path>` / `--target=<path>` pair from an argv array,
+ * returning the value and removing the tokens so downstream flag parsers
+ * (which do not know the option) never see them.
+ */
+export function consumeTargetArg(argv = process.argv) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) {
+    const arg = argv[i];
+    if (arg === '--target' && typeof argv[i + 1] === 'string') {
+      const value = argv[i + 1];
+      argv.splice(i, 2);
+      return value;
+    }
+    if (typeof arg === 'string' && arg.startsWith('--target=')) {
+      const value = arg.slice('--target='.length);
+      argv.splice(i, 1);
+      return value;
+    }
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
 /**
  * Entry-point guard for live CLI scripts: resolve the governing roots and
  * make appRoot the process cwd so every downstream path derivation agrees
- * with the boot. Returns the manifest. Never throws; on selection ambiguity
- * it stays in the current directory (the boot flow handles prompting).
+ * with the boot. An explicit `--target <path>` on the helper's command line
+ * overrides pointer resolution, which is what disambiguates a repo with
+ * several live apps (the multi-app warning names this escape hatch, so it
+ * has to actually work on every helper). Returns the manifest. Never
+ * throws; on selection ambiguity it stays in the current directory (the
+ * boot flow handles prompting).
  */
 export function enterLiveRoot(cwd = process.cwd()) {
-  const resolved = resolveLiveRoots(cwd);
+  const targetPath = consumeTargetArg(process.argv);
+  const resolved = resolveLiveRoots(cwd, targetPath ? { targetPath } : {});
   if (!resolved.manifest) return null;
   const appRoot = resolved.manifest.appRoot;
   if (path.resolve(cwd) !== path.resolve(appRoot) && isDir(appRoot)) {
diff --git a/tests/live-roots.test.mjs b/tests/live-roots.test.mjs
index d82410676..4f81d4482 100644
--- a/tests/live-roots.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/live-roots.test.mjs
@@ -267,3 +267,38 @@ describe('review regressions: stopped-session recovery', () => {
     }
   });
 });
+
+describe('review regressions: helper --target', () => {
+  it('enterLiveRoot honors --target and strips it from argv', () => {
+    const repo = realpathSync(mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'impeccable-roots-target-')));
+    try {
+      mkdirSync(join(repo, '.git'), { recursive: true });
+      for (const name of ['appA', 'appB']) {
+        write(repo, `${name}/vite.config.js`, 'export default {};');
+      }
+      const a = resolveRoots({ cwd: repo, targetPath: join(repo, 'appA/vite.config.js') }).manifest;
+      const b = resolveRoots({ cwd: repo, targetPath: join(repo, 'appB/vite.config.js') }).manifest;
+      writeRootsManifest(a);
+      writeRootsManifest(b);
+      // Both alive: pointer resolution alone is ambiguous (A? B?); --target
+      // must decide, and downstream flag parsing must not see the tokens.
+      write(repo, 'appA/.impeccable/live/server.json', JSON.stringify({ pid: process.pid, port: 1, token: 't' }));
+      write(repo, 'appB/.impeccable/live/server.json', JSON.stringify({ pid: process.pid, port: 2, token: 't' }));
+
+      const res = spawnSync(process.execPath, [
+        '-e',
+        `import(${JSON.stringify(ROOTS_MODULE)}).then((m) => {
+          process.argv.push('--target', ${JSON.stringify(join(repo, 'appB'))});
+          m.enterLiveRoot();
+          console.log(JSON.stringify({ cwd: process.cwd(), argvHasTarget: process.argv.includes('--target') }));
+        });`,
+      ], { cwd: repo, encoding: 'utf-8' });
+      assert.equal(res.status, 0, res.stderr);
+      const out = JSON.parse(res.stdout.trim().split('\n').pop());
+      assert.equal(realpathSync(out.cwd), join(repo, 'appB'));
+      assert.equal(out.argvHasTarget, false);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(repo, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+});