Fix: reject root-relative .. segments and warn per scan

Dot-segment hrefs like /../outside.css could leave the project, and a process-wide warning set hid missing-sheet notices on later detectHtml calls.

AI assistance: implemented with Cursor Grok 4.6.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

.agents/skills/impeccable/scripts/detector/design-system.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const FALLBACK_DIRS = ['.agents/context', 'docs'];
 // CLI can't import (separate tree). `.git` and `package.json` are the common
 // boundaries; `.impeccable` is our own project marker.
 const PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS = ['.git', 'package.json', '.impeccable'];
+// Monorepo-root recognition, mirroring context.mjs's isMonorepoRoot: declared
+// workspace globs (package.json `workspaces`, pnpm-workspace.yaml `packages:`)
+// or a marker file beside apps/ or packages/ children.
+const MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES = ['pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'turbo.json', 'nx.json', 'lerna.json'];
+const MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS = ['apps', 'packages'];
 const COLOR_CHANNEL_TOLERANCE = 6;
 // Shadow blacks at different alphas are different tokens (0.28 vs 0.55 is the
 // difference between a documented shadow and drift), so shadow matching cannot
@@ -575,14 +580,179 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
   }
 }
 
+// Same two groups as context.mjs's readProjectPatternGroups: Impeccable
+// projectRoots govern any path they match (positive or negated); package-manager
+// globs only apply to paths the Impeccable group does not match.
+function readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir) {
+  const impeccable = [];
+  for (const name of ['config.json', 'config.local.json']) {
+    const roots = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, '.impeccable', name))?.projectRoots;
+    if (Array.isArray(roots)) {
+      impeccable.push(...roots.filter(entry => typeof entry === 'string' && entry.trim()).map(entry => entry.trim()));
+    }
+  }
+  const pkg = [];
+  const workspaces = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))?.workspaces;
+  if (Array.isArray(workspaces)) pkg.push(...workspaces);
+  else if (Array.isArray(workspaces?.packages)) pkg.push(...workspaces.packages);
+  const lernaPackages = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'lerna.json'))?.packages;
+  if (Array.isArray(lernaPackages)) pkg.push(...lernaPackages);
+  try {
+    let inPackages = false;
+    for (const line of fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const trimmed = stripInlineYamlComment(line).trim();
+      if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
+      const flow = trimmed.match(/^packages:\s*\[(.*)\]\s*$/);
+      if (flow) {
+        pkg.push(...flow[1].split(',').map(entry => entry.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).filter(Boolean));
+        break;
+      }
+      if (/^packages:\s*$/.test(trimmed)) { inPackages = true; continue; }
+      if (!inPackages) continue;
+      const item = trimmed.match(/^-\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (item) pkg.push(item[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+      else if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+:\s*/.test(trimmed)) break;
+    }
+  } catch { /* no pnpm-workspace.yaml */ }
+  return [impeccable, pkg];
+}
+
+function readWorkspacePatterns(dir) {
+  return readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir).flat();
+}
+
+function isMonorepoRoot(dir) {
+  if (readWorkspacePatterns(dir).some(pattern => !String(pattern).trim().startsWith('!'))) return true;
+  if (!MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES.some(file => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)))) return false;
+  return MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.some(name => {
+    try {
+      return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, name), { withFileTypes: true }).some(entry => entry.isDirectory());
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function monorepoOwnsPath(root, boundaryDir) {
+  const rel = path.relative(root, boundaryDir);
+  if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) return false;
+  const relSegments = rel.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern) {
+    return String(pattern || '')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  function escapeRegExp(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+  }
+
+  function segmentMatches(patternSegment, relSegment) {
+    if (patternSegment === '*') return true;
+    if (!patternSegment.includes('*')) return patternSegment === relSegment;
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(patternSegment).replace(/\\\*/g, '[^/]*')}$`);
+    return re.test(relSegment);
+  }
+
+  function matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments) {
+    function rec(pi, ri) {
+      if (pi === patternSegments.length) return ri === relSegments.length;
+      if (patternSegments[pi] === '**') {
+        if (pi === patternSegments.length - 1) return true;
+        for (let k = ri; k <= relSegments.length; k++) {
+          if (rec(pi + 1, k)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ri >= relSegments.length) return false;
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[pi], relSegments[ri])) return false;
+      return rec(pi + 1, ri + 1);
+    }
+    return rec(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Negations like !packages/excluded must also cover nested dirs under that path.
+  function matchesNegation(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Positive globs identify workspace packages at exact depth (`*` is a direct
+  // child). A nested package.json under that package is still owned: the
+  // ancestor directory of glob length must itself be a package.
+  function positiveOwns(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    if (relSegments.length === patternSegments.length) return true;
+    const ancestorDir = path.join(root, ...relSegments.slice(0, patternSegments.length));
+    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ancestorDir, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  function groupOwns(rawPatterns) {
+    const patterns = rawPatterns.map(normalizeWorkspacePattern).filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patterns.length) return null;
+    const excluded = patterns.some((pattern) => (
+      pattern.startsWith('!') && matchesNegation(pattern.slice(1))
+    ));
+    const included = patterns.filter((pattern) => !pattern.startsWith('!')).some(positiveOwns);
+    if (!excluded && !included) return null;
+    if (excluded) return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [impeccable, pkg] = readWorkspacePatternGroups(root);
+  const fromImpeccable = groupOwns(impeccable);
+  if (fromImpeccable !== null) return fromImpeccable;
+  const fromPkg = groupOwns(pkg);
+  if (fromPkg !== null) return fromPkg;
+  if ([...impeccable, ...pkg].some((pattern) => !normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).startsWith('!'))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return relSegments.length >= 2 && MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.includes(relSegments[0]);
+}
+
+// Both forms of the home directory. The walk compares path strings, and a
+// symlinked home (e.g. /home -> /var/home) never string-matches the physical
+// paths a cwd-resolved target produces, which would let the post-boundary walk
+// sail through $HOME and inherit from it.
+function homeDirForms() {
+  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const forms = new Set([homeDir]);
+  try {
+    forms.add(fs.realpathSync(homeDir));
+  } catch { /* keep the logical form only */ }
+  return forms;
+}
+
 // Walk up from `startDir` to the directory that governs the target's design
 // system, mirroring skill/scripts/context.mjs's project-boundary semantics:
 //
 //   - A directory carrying a DESIGN.md (directly or in a fallback dir) IS the
 //     design root — that's where the rules live.
 //   - A directory carrying a project marker (.git / package.json / .impeccable)
-//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY: the walk stops with no design
-//     system, so a sibling project never inherits a parent's or cwd's rules.
+//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY. A nested package.json inherits
+//     the ancestor DESIGN.md only when that ancestor's workspace declarations
+//     include the path (negations win; a nested package under a matched
+//     workspace still inherits). Marker-only roots (turbo/nx/lerna/pnpm
+//     with no globs) still own apps/<name> and packages/<name>. A stray nested
+//     package that matches no glob does not inherit. This is detect's
+//     contamination contract, not skill-context's repoRoot fallback for
+//     excluded paths. A nested separate repository (.git with no workspace
+//     declaration) still inherits nothing (issue #570).
 //   - Reaching the home directory / filesystem root with neither means no
 //     design system at all — never process.cwd()'s.
 //
@@ -590,15 +760,33 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
 // runs out. This is the fix for cross-project contamination.
 export function findDesignRoot(startDir) {
   let dir = path.resolve(startDir);
-  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const homeDirs = homeDirForms();
+  let boundary = null;
   while (true) {
-    if (resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
-    if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
-      return { dir, hasDesign: false };
+    if (!boundary && resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
+    if (boundary) {
+      // Past the boundary the walk only looks for the monorepo root that owns
+      // the workspace path (workspace globs including negations, or marker-only
+      // apps/packages fallback). Monorepo-root before .git, same order as
+      // context.mjs: a workspace root carrying its own .git is still recognized,
+      // while a .git that declares no workspaces is a separate repository and
+      // stops the walk with nothing inherited. The home directory is never an
+      // owning root, same as context.mjs's findMonorepoRoot, which stops at
+      // homeDir before its monorepo check.
+      if (!homeDirs.has(dir) && isMonorepoRoot(dir)) {
+        if (monorepoOwnsPath(dir, boundary.dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: !!resolveDesignMdPath(dir) };
+        return boundary;
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
+    } else if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
+      boundary = { dir, hasDesign: false };
+      // A boundary that is itself a monorepo root, or a separate repository
+      // with its own .git, inherits nothing from above.
+      if (isMonorepoRoot(dir) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
     }
-    if (dir === homeDir) return null;
+    if (homeDirs.has(dir)) return boundary;
     const parent = path.dirname(dir);
-    if (parent === dir) return null;
+    if (parent === dir) return boundary;
     dir = parent;
   }
 }

.claude/skills/impeccable/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

.claude/skills/impeccable/scripts/detector/design-system.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const FALLBACK_DIRS = ['.agents/context', 'docs'];
 // CLI can't import (separate tree). `.git` and `package.json` are the common
 // boundaries; `.impeccable` is our own project marker.
 const PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS = ['.git', 'package.json', '.impeccable'];
+// Monorepo-root recognition, mirroring context.mjs's isMonorepoRoot: declared
+// workspace globs (package.json `workspaces`, pnpm-workspace.yaml `packages:`)
+// or a marker file beside apps/ or packages/ children.
+const MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES = ['pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'turbo.json', 'nx.json', 'lerna.json'];
+const MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS = ['apps', 'packages'];
 const COLOR_CHANNEL_TOLERANCE = 6;
 // Shadow blacks at different alphas are different tokens (0.28 vs 0.55 is the
 // difference between a documented shadow and drift), so shadow matching cannot
@@ -575,14 +580,179 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
   }
 }
 
+// Same two groups as context.mjs's readProjectPatternGroups: Impeccable
+// projectRoots govern any path they match (positive or negated); package-manager
+// globs only apply to paths the Impeccable group does not match.
+function readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir) {
+  const impeccable = [];
+  for (const name of ['config.json', 'config.local.json']) {
+    const roots = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, '.impeccable', name))?.projectRoots;
+    if (Array.isArray(roots)) {
+      impeccable.push(...roots.filter(entry => typeof entry === 'string' && entry.trim()).map(entry => entry.trim()));
+    }
+  }
+  const pkg = [];
+  const workspaces = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))?.workspaces;
+  if (Array.isArray(workspaces)) pkg.push(...workspaces);
+  else if (Array.isArray(workspaces?.packages)) pkg.push(...workspaces.packages);
+  const lernaPackages = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'lerna.json'))?.packages;
+  if (Array.isArray(lernaPackages)) pkg.push(...lernaPackages);
+  try {
+    let inPackages = false;
+    for (const line of fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const trimmed = stripInlineYamlComment(line).trim();
+      if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
+      const flow = trimmed.match(/^packages:\s*\[(.*)\]\s*$/);
+      if (flow) {
+        pkg.push(...flow[1].split(',').map(entry => entry.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).filter(Boolean));
+        break;
+      }
+      if (/^packages:\s*$/.test(trimmed)) { inPackages = true; continue; }
+      if (!inPackages) continue;
+      const item = trimmed.match(/^-\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (item) pkg.push(item[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+      else if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+:\s*/.test(trimmed)) break;
+    }
+  } catch { /* no pnpm-workspace.yaml */ }
+  return [impeccable, pkg];
+}
+
+function readWorkspacePatterns(dir) {
+  return readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir).flat();
+}
+
+function isMonorepoRoot(dir) {
+  if (readWorkspacePatterns(dir).some(pattern => !String(pattern).trim().startsWith('!'))) return true;
+  if (!MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES.some(file => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)))) return false;
+  return MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.some(name => {
+    try {
+      return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, name), { withFileTypes: true }).some(entry => entry.isDirectory());
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function monorepoOwnsPath(root, boundaryDir) {
+  const rel = path.relative(root, boundaryDir);
+  if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) return false;
+  const relSegments = rel.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern) {
+    return String(pattern || '')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  function escapeRegExp(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+  }
+
+  function segmentMatches(patternSegment, relSegment) {
+    if (patternSegment === '*') return true;
+    if (!patternSegment.includes('*')) return patternSegment === relSegment;
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(patternSegment).replace(/\\\*/g, '[^/]*')}$`);
+    return re.test(relSegment);
+  }
+
+  function matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments) {
+    function rec(pi, ri) {
+      if (pi === patternSegments.length) return ri === relSegments.length;
+      if (patternSegments[pi] === '**') {
+        if (pi === patternSegments.length - 1) return true;
+        for (let k = ri; k <= relSegments.length; k++) {
+          if (rec(pi + 1, k)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ri >= relSegments.length) return false;
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[pi], relSegments[ri])) return false;
+      return rec(pi + 1, ri + 1);
+    }
+    return rec(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Negations like !packages/excluded must also cover nested dirs under that path.
+  function matchesNegation(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Positive globs identify workspace packages at exact depth (`*` is a direct
+  // child). A nested package.json under that package is still owned: the
+  // ancestor directory of glob length must itself be a package.
+  function positiveOwns(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    if (relSegments.length === patternSegments.length) return true;
+    const ancestorDir = path.join(root, ...relSegments.slice(0, patternSegments.length));
+    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ancestorDir, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  function groupOwns(rawPatterns) {
+    const patterns = rawPatterns.map(normalizeWorkspacePattern).filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patterns.length) return null;
+    const excluded = patterns.some((pattern) => (
+      pattern.startsWith('!') && matchesNegation(pattern.slice(1))
+    ));
+    const included = patterns.filter((pattern) => !pattern.startsWith('!')).some(positiveOwns);
+    if (!excluded && !included) return null;
+    if (excluded) return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [impeccable, pkg] = readWorkspacePatternGroups(root);
+  const fromImpeccable = groupOwns(impeccable);
+  if (fromImpeccable !== null) return fromImpeccable;
+  const fromPkg = groupOwns(pkg);
+  if (fromPkg !== null) return fromPkg;
+  if ([...impeccable, ...pkg].some((pattern) => !normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).startsWith('!'))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return relSegments.length >= 2 && MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.includes(relSegments[0]);
+}
+
+// Both forms of the home directory. The walk compares path strings, and a
+// symlinked home (e.g. /home -> /var/home) never string-matches the physical
+// paths a cwd-resolved target produces, which would let the post-boundary walk
+// sail through $HOME and inherit from it.
+function homeDirForms() {
+  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const forms = new Set([homeDir]);
+  try {
+    forms.add(fs.realpathSync(homeDir));
+  } catch { /* keep the logical form only */ }
+  return forms;
+}
+
 // Walk up from `startDir` to the directory that governs the target's design
 // system, mirroring skill/scripts/context.mjs's project-boundary semantics:
 //
 //   - A directory carrying a DESIGN.md (directly or in a fallback dir) IS the
 //     design root — that's where the rules live.
 //   - A directory carrying a project marker (.git / package.json / .impeccable)
-//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY: the walk stops with no design
-//     system, so a sibling project never inherits a parent's or cwd's rules.
+//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY. A nested package.json inherits
+//     the ancestor DESIGN.md only when that ancestor's workspace declarations
+//     include the path (negations win; a nested package under a matched
+//     workspace still inherits). Marker-only roots (turbo/nx/lerna/pnpm
+//     with no globs) still own apps/<name> and packages/<name>. A stray nested
+//     package that matches no glob does not inherit. This is detect's
+//     contamination contract, not skill-context's repoRoot fallback for
+//     excluded paths. A nested separate repository (.git with no workspace
+//     declaration) still inherits nothing (issue #570).
 //   - Reaching the home directory / filesystem root with neither means no
 //     design system at all — never process.cwd()'s.
 //
@@ -590,15 +760,33 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
 // runs out. This is the fix for cross-project contamination.
 export function findDesignRoot(startDir) {
   let dir = path.resolve(startDir);
-  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const homeDirs = homeDirForms();
+  let boundary = null;
   while (true) {
-    if (resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
-    if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
-      return { dir, hasDesign: false };
+    if (!boundary && resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
+    if (boundary) {
+      // Past the boundary the walk only looks for the monorepo root that owns
+      // the workspace path (workspace globs including negations, or marker-only
+      // apps/packages fallback). Monorepo-root before .git, same order as
+      // context.mjs: a workspace root carrying its own .git is still recognized,
+      // while a .git that declares no workspaces is a separate repository and
+      // stops the walk with nothing inherited. The home directory is never an
+      // owning root, same as context.mjs's findMonorepoRoot, which stops at
+      // homeDir before its monorepo check.
+      if (!homeDirs.has(dir) && isMonorepoRoot(dir)) {
+        if (monorepoOwnsPath(dir, boundary.dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: !!resolveDesignMdPath(dir) };
+        return boundary;
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
+    } else if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
+      boundary = { dir, hasDesign: false };
+      // A boundary that is itself a monorepo root, or a separate repository
+      // with its own .git, inherits nothing from above.
+      if (isMonorepoRoot(dir) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
     }
-    if (dir === homeDir) return null;
+    if (homeDirs.has(dir)) return boundary;
     const parent = path.dirname(dir);
-    if (parent === dir) return null;
+    if (parent === dir) return boundary;
     dir = parent;
   }
 }

.cursor/skills/impeccable/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

.cursor/skills/impeccable/scripts/detector/design-system.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const FALLBACK_DIRS = ['.agents/context', 'docs'];
 // CLI can't import (separate tree). `.git` and `package.json` are the common
 // boundaries; `.impeccable` is our own project marker.
 const PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS = ['.git', 'package.json', '.impeccable'];
+// Monorepo-root recognition, mirroring context.mjs's isMonorepoRoot: declared
+// workspace globs (package.json `workspaces`, pnpm-workspace.yaml `packages:`)
+// or a marker file beside apps/ or packages/ children.
+const MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES = ['pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'turbo.json', 'nx.json', 'lerna.json'];
+const MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS = ['apps', 'packages'];
 const COLOR_CHANNEL_TOLERANCE = 6;
 // Shadow blacks at different alphas are different tokens (0.28 vs 0.55 is the
 // difference between a documented shadow and drift), so shadow matching cannot
@@ -575,14 +580,179 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
   }
 }
 
+// Same two groups as context.mjs's readProjectPatternGroups: Impeccable
+// projectRoots govern any path they match (positive or negated); package-manager
+// globs only apply to paths the Impeccable group does not match.
+function readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir) {
+  const impeccable = [];
+  for (const name of ['config.json', 'config.local.json']) {
+    const roots = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, '.impeccable', name))?.projectRoots;
+    if (Array.isArray(roots)) {
+      impeccable.push(...roots.filter(entry => typeof entry === 'string' && entry.trim()).map(entry => entry.trim()));
+    }
+  }
+  const pkg = [];
+  const workspaces = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))?.workspaces;
+  if (Array.isArray(workspaces)) pkg.push(...workspaces);
+  else if (Array.isArray(workspaces?.packages)) pkg.push(...workspaces.packages);
+  const lernaPackages = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'lerna.json'))?.packages;
+  if (Array.isArray(lernaPackages)) pkg.push(...lernaPackages);
+  try {
+    let inPackages = false;
+    for (const line of fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const trimmed = stripInlineYamlComment(line).trim();
+      if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
+      const flow = trimmed.match(/^packages:\s*\[(.*)\]\s*$/);
+      if (flow) {
+        pkg.push(...flow[1].split(',').map(entry => entry.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).filter(Boolean));
+        break;
+      }
+      if (/^packages:\s*$/.test(trimmed)) { inPackages = true; continue; }
+      if (!inPackages) continue;
+      const item = trimmed.match(/^-\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (item) pkg.push(item[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+      else if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+:\s*/.test(trimmed)) break;
+    }
+  } catch { /* no pnpm-workspace.yaml */ }
+  return [impeccable, pkg];
+}
+
+function readWorkspacePatterns(dir) {
+  return readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir).flat();
+}
+
+function isMonorepoRoot(dir) {
+  if (readWorkspacePatterns(dir).some(pattern => !String(pattern).trim().startsWith('!'))) return true;
+  if (!MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES.some(file => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)))) return false;
+  return MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.some(name => {
+    try {
+      return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, name), { withFileTypes: true }).some(entry => entry.isDirectory());
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function monorepoOwnsPath(root, boundaryDir) {
+  const rel = path.relative(root, boundaryDir);
+  if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) return false;
+  const relSegments = rel.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern) {
+    return String(pattern || '')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  function escapeRegExp(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+  }
+
+  function segmentMatches(patternSegment, relSegment) {
+    if (patternSegment === '*') return true;
+    if (!patternSegment.includes('*')) return patternSegment === relSegment;
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(patternSegment).replace(/\\\*/g, '[^/]*')}$`);
+    return re.test(relSegment);
+  }
+
+  function matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments) {
+    function rec(pi, ri) {
+      if (pi === patternSegments.length) return ri === relSegments.length;
+      if (patternSegments[pi] === '**') {
+        if (pi === patternSegments.length - 1) return true;
+        for (let k = ri; k <= relSegments.length; k++) {
+          if (rec(pi + 1, k)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ri >= relSegments.length) return false;
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[pi], relSegments[ri])) return false;
+      return rec(pi + 1, ri + 1);
+    }
+    return rec(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Negations like !packages/excluded must also cover nested dirs under that path.
+  function matchesNegation(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Positive globs identify workspace packages at exact depth (`*` is a direct
+  // child). A nested package.json under that package is still owned: the
+  // ancestor directory of glob length must itself be a package.
+  function positiveOwns(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    if (relSegments.length === patternSegments.length) return true;
+    const ancestorDir = path.join(root, ...relSegments.slice(0, patternSegments.length));
+    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ancestorDir, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  function groupOwns(rawPatterns) {
+    const patterns = rawPatterns.map(normalizeWorkspacePattern).filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patterns.length) return null;
+    const excluded = patterns.some((pattern) => (
+      pattern.startsWith('!') && matchesNegation(pattern.slice(1))
+    ));
+    const included = patterns.filter((pattern) => !pattern.startsWith('!')).some(positiveOwns);
+    if (!excluded && !included) return null;
+    if (excluded) return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [impeccable, pkg] = readWorkspacePatternGroups(root);
+  const fromImpeccable = groupOwns(impeccable);
+  if (fromImpeccable !== null) return fromImpeccable;
+  const fromPkg = groupOwns(pkg);
+  if (fromPkg !== null) return fromPkg;
+  if ([...impeccable, ...pkg].some((pattern) => !normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).startsWith('!'))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return relSegments.length >= 2 && MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.includes(relSegments[0]);
+}
+
+// Both forms of the home directory. The walk compares path strings, and a
+// symlinked home (e.g. /home -> /var/home) never string-matches the physical
+// paths a cwd-resolved target produces, which would let the post-boundary walk
+// sail through $HOME and inherit from it.
+function homeDirForms() {
+  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const forms = new Set([homeDir]);
+  try {
+    forms.add(fs.realpathSync(homeDir));
+  } catch { /* keep the logical form only */ }
+  return forms;
+}
+
 // Walk up from `startDir` to the directory that governs the target's design
 // system, mirroring skill/scripts/context.mjs's project-boundary semantics:
 //
 //   - A directory carrying a DESIGN.md (directly or in a fallback dir) IS the
 //     design root — that's where the rules live.
 //   - A directory carrying a project marker (.git / package.json / .impeccable)
-//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY: the walk stops with no design
-//     system, so a sibling project never inherits a parent's or cwd's rules.
+//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY. A nested package.json inherits
+//     the ancestor DESIGN.md only when that ancestor's workspace declarations
+//     include the path (negations win; a nested package under a matched
+//     workspace still inherits). Marker-only roots (turbo/nx/lerna/pnpm
+//     with no globs) still own apps/<name> and packages/<name>. A stray nested
+//     package that matches no glob does not inherit. This is detect's
+//     contamination contract, not skill-context's repoRoot fallback for
+//     excluded paths. A nested separate repository (.git with no workspace
+//     declaration) still inherits nothing (issue #570).
 //   - Reaching the home directory / filesystem root with neither means no
 //     design system at all — never process.cwd()'s.
 //
@@ -590,15 +760,33 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
 // runs out. This is the fix for cross-project contamination.
 export function findDesignRoot(startDir) {
   let dir = path.resolve(startDir);
-  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const homeDirs = homeDirForms();
+  let boundary = null;
   while (true) {
-    if (resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
-    if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
-      return { dir, hasDesign: false };
+    if (!boundary && resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
+    if (boundary) {
+      // Past the boundary the walk only looks for the monorepo root that owns
+      // the workspace path (workspace globs including negations, or marker-only
+      // apps/packages fallback). Monorepo-root before .git, same order as
+      // context.mjs: a workspace root carrying its own .git is still recognized,
+      // while a .git that declares no workspaces is a separate repository and
+      // stops the walk with nothing inherited. The home directory is never an
+      // owning root, same as context.mjs's findMonorepoRoot, which stops at
+      // homeDir before its monorepo check.
+      if (!homeDirs.has(dir) && isMonorepoRoot(dir)) {
+        if (monorepoOwnsPath(dir, boundary.dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: !!resolveDesignMdPath(dir) };
+        return boundary;
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
+    } else if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
+      boundary = { dir, hasDesign: false };
+      // A boundary that is itself a monorepo root, or a separate repository
+      // with its own .git, inherits nothing from above.
+      if (isMonorepoRoot(dir) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
     }
-    if (dir === homeDir) return null;
+    if (homeDirs.has(dir)) return boundary;
     const parent = path.dirname(dir);
-    if (parent === dir) return null;
+    if (parent === dir) return boundary;
     dir = parent;
   }
 }

.gemini/skills/impeccable/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

.gemini/skills/impeccable/scripts/detector/design-system.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const FALLBACK_DIRS = ['.agents/context', 'docs'];
 // CLI can't import (separate tree). `.git` and `package.json` are the common
 // boundaries; `.impeccable` is our own project marker.
 const PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS = ['.git', 'package.json', '.impeccable'];
+// Monorepo-root recognition, mirroring context.mjs's isMonorepoRoot: declared
+// workspace globs (package.json `workspaces`, pnpm-workspace.yaml `packages:`)
+// or a marker file beside apps/ or packages/ children.
+const MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES = ['pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'turbo.json', 'nx.json', 'lerna.json'];
+const MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS = ['apps', 'packages'];
 const COLOR_CHANNEL_TOLERANCE = 6;
 // Shadow blacks at different alphas are different tokens (0.28 vs 0.55 is the
 // difference between a documented shadow and drift), so shadow matching cannot
@@ -575,14 +580,179 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
   }
 }
 
+// Same two groups as context.mjs's readProjectPatternGroups: Impeccable
+// projectRoots govern any path they match (positive or negated); package-manager
+// globs only apply to paths the Impeccable group does not match.
+function readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir) {
+  const impeccable = [];
+  for (const name of ['config.json', 'config.local.json']) {
+    const roots = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, '.impeccable', name))?.projectRoots;
+    if (Array.isArray(roots)) {
+      impeccable.push(...roots.filter(entry => typeof entry === 'string' && entry.trim()).map(entry => entry.trim()));
+    }
+  }
+  const pkg = [];
+  const workspaces = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))?.workspaces;
+  if (Array.isArray(workspaces)) pkg.push(...workspaces);
+  else if (Array.isArray(workspaces?.packages)) pkg.push(...workspaces.packages);
+  const lernaPackages = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'lerna.json'))?.packages;
+  if (Array.isArray(lernaPackages)) pkg.push(...lernaPackages);
+  try {
+    let inPackages = false;
+    for (const line of fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const trimmed = stripInlineYamlComment(line).trim();
+      if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
+      const flow = trimmed.match(/^packages:\s*\[(.*)\]\s*$/);
+      if (flow) {
+        pkg.push(...flow[1].split(',').map(entry => entry.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).filter(Boolean));
+        break;
+      }
+      if (/^packages:\s*$/.test(trimmed)) { inPackages = true; continue; }
+      if (!inPackages) continue;
+      const item = trimmed.match(/^-\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (item) pkg.push(item[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+      else if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+:\s*/.test(trimmed)) break;
+    }
+  } catch { /* no pnpm-workspace.yaml */ }
+  return [impeccable, pkg];
+}
+
+function readWorkspacePatterns(dir) {
+  return readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir).flat();
+}
+
+function isMonorepoRoot(dir) {
+  if (readWorkspacePatterns(dir).some(pattern => !String(pattern).trim().startsWith('!'))) return true;
+  if (!MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES.some(file => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)))) return false;
+  return MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.some(name => {
+    try {
+      return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, name), { withFileTypes: true }).some(entry => entry.isDirectory());
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function monorepoOwnsPath(root, boundaryDir) {
+  const rel = path.relative(root, boundaryDir);
+  if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) return false;
+  const relSegments = rel.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern) {
+    return String(pattern || '')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  function escapeRegExp(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+  }
+
+  function segmentMatches(patternSegment, relSegment) {
+    if (patternSegment === '*') return true;
+    if (!patternSegment.includes('*')) return patternSegment === relSegment;
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(patternSegment).replace(/\\\*/g, '[^/]*')}$`);
+    return re.test(relSegment);
+  }
+
+  function matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments) {
+    function rec(pi, ri) {
+      if (pi === patternSegments.length) return ri === relSegments.length;
+      if (patternSegments[pi] === '**') {
+        if (pi === patternSegments.length - 1) return true;
+        for (let k = ri; k <= relSegments.length; k++) {
+          if (rec(pi + 1, k)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ri >= relSegments.length) return false;
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[pi], relSegments[ri])) return false;
+      return rec(pi + 1, ri + 1);
+    }
+    return rec(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Negations like !packages/excluded must also cover nested dirs under that path.
+  function matchesNegation(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Positive globs identify workspace packages at exact depth (`*` is a direct
+  // child). A nested package.json under that package is still owned: the
+  // ancestor directory of glob length must itself be a package.
+  function positiveOwns(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    if (relSegments.length === patternSegments.length) return true;
+    const ancestorDir = path.join(root, ...relSegments.slice(0, patternSegments.length));
+    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ancestorDir, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  function groupOwns(rawPatterns) {
+    const patterns = rawPatterns.map(normalizeWorkspacePattern).filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patterns.length) return null;
+    const excluded = patterns.some((pattern) => (
+      pattern.startsWith('!') && matchesNegation(pattern.slice(1))
+    ));
+    const included = patterns.filter((pattern) => !pattern.startsWith('!')).some(positiveOwns);
+    if (!excluded && !included) return null;
+    if (excluded) return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [impeccable, pkg] = readWorkspacePatternGroups(root);
+  const fromImpeccable = groupOwns(impeccable);
+  if (fromImpeccable !== null) return fromImpeccable;
+  const fromPkg = groupOwns(pkg);
+  if (fromPkg !== null) return fromPkg;
+  if ([...impeccable, ...pkg].some((pattern) => !normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).startsWith('!'))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return relSegments.length >= 2 && MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.includes(relSegments[0]);
+}
+
+// Both forms of the home directory. The walk compares path strings, and a
+// symlinked home (e.g. /home -> /var/home) never string-matches the physical
+// paths a cwd-resolved target produces, which would let the post-boundary walk
+// sail through $HOME and inherit from it.
+function homeDirForms() {
+  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const forms = new Set([homeDir]);
+  try {
+    forms.add(fs.realpathSync(homeDir));
+  } catch { /* keep the logical form only */ }
+  return forms;
+}
+
 // Walk up from `startDir` to the directory that governs the target's design
 // system, mirroring skill/scripts/context.mjs's project-boundary semantics:
 //
 //   - A directory carrying a DESIGN.md (directly or in a fallback dir) IS the
 //     design root — that's where the rules live.
 //   - A directory carrying a project marker (.git / package.json / .impeccable)
-//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY: the walk stops with no design
-//     system, so a sibling project never inherits a parent's or cwd's rules.
+//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY. A nested package.json inherits
+//     the ancestor DESIGN.md only when that ancestor's workspace declarations
+//     include the path (negations win; a nested package under a matched
+//     workspace still inherits). Marker-only roots (turbo/nx/lerna/pnpm
+//     with no globs) still own apps/<name> and packages/<name>. A stray nested
+//     package that matches no glob does not inherit. This is detect's
+//     contamination contract, not skill-context's repoRoot fallback for
+//     excluded paths. A nested separate repository (.git with no workspace
+//     declaration) still inherits nothing (issue #570).
 //   - Reaching the home directory / filesystem root with neither means no
 //     design system at all — never process.cwd()'s.
 //
@@ -590,15 +760,33 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
 // runs out. This is the fix for cross-project contamination.
 export function findDesignRoot(startDir) {
   let dir = path.resolve(startDir);
-  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const homeDirs = homeDirForms();
+  let boundary = null;
   while (true) {
-    if (resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
-    if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
-      return { dir, hasDesign: false };
+    if (!boundary && resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
+    if (boundary) {
+      // Past the boundary the walk only looks for the monorepo root that owns
+      // the workspace path (workspace globs including negations, or marker-only
+      // apps/packages fallback). Monorepo-root before .git, same order as
+      // context.mjs: a workspace root carrying its own .git is still recognized,
+      // while a .git that declares no workspaces is a separate repository and
+      // stops the walk with nothing inherited. The home directory is never an
+      // owning root, same as context.mjs's findMonorepoRoot, which stops at
+      // homeDir before its monorepo check.
+      if (!homeDirs.has(dir) && isMonorepoRoot(dir)) {
+        if (monorepoOwnsPath(dir, boundary.dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: !!resolveDesignMdPath(dir) };
+        return boundary;
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
+    } else if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
+      boundary = { dir, hasDesign: false };
+      // A boundary that is itself a monorepo root, or a separate repository
+      // with its own .git, inherits nothing from above.
+      if (isMonorepoRoot(dir) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
     }
-    if (dir === homeDir) return null;
+    if (homeDirs.has(dir)) return boundary;
     const parent = path.dirname(dir);
-    if (parent === dir) return null;
+    if (parent === dir) return boundary;
     dir = parent;
   }
 }

.github/skills/impeccable/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

.github/skills/impeccable/scripts/detector/design-system.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const FALLBACK_DIRS = ['.agents/context', 'docs'];
 // CLI can't import (separate tree). `.git` and `package.json` are the common
 // boundaries; `.impeccable` is our own project marker.
 const PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS = ['.git', 'package.json', '.impeccable'];
+// Monorepo-root recognition, mirroring context.mjs's isMonorepoRoot: declared
+// workspace globs (package.json `workspaces`, pnpm-workspace.yaml `packages:`)
+// or a marker file beside apps/ or packages/ children.
+const MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES = ['pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'turbo.json', 'nx.json', 'lerna.json'];
+const MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS = ['apps', 'packages'];
 const COLOR_CHANNEL_TOLERANCE = 6;
 // Shadow blacks at different alphas are different tokens (0.28 vs 0.55 is the
 // difference between a documented shadow and drift), so shadow matching cannot
@@ -575,14 +580,179 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
   }
 }
 
+// Same two groups as context.mjs's readProjectPatternGroups: Impeccable
+// projectRoots govern any path they match (positive or negated); package-manager
+// globs only apply to paths the Impeccable group does not match.
+function readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir) {
+  const impeccable = [];
+  for (const name of ['config.json', 'config.local.json']) {
+    const roots = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, '.impeccable', name))?.projectRoots;
+    if (Array.isArray(roots)) {
+      impeccable.push(...roots.filter(entry => typeof entry === 'string' && entry.trim()).map(entry => entry.trim()));
+    }
+  }
+  const pkg = [];
+  const workspaces = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))?.workspaces;
+  if (Array.isArray(workspaces)) pkg.push(...workspaces);
+  else if (Array.isArray(workspaces?.packages)) pkg.push(...workspaces.packages);
+  const lernaPackages = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'lerna.json'))?.packages;
+  if (Array.isArray(lernaPackages)) pkg.push(...lernaPackages);
+  try {
+    let inPackages = false;
+    for (const line of fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const trimmed = stripInlineYamlComment(line).trim();
+      if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
+      const flow = trimmed.match(/^packages:\s*\[(.*)\]\s*$/);
+      if (flow) {
+        pkg.push(...flow[1].split(',').map(entry => entry.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).filter(Boolean));
+        break;
+      }
+      if (/^packages:\s*$/.test(trimmed)) { inPackages = true; continue; }
+      if (!inPackages) continue;
+      const item = trimmed.match(/^-\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (item) pkg.push(item[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+      else if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+:\s*/.test(trimmed)) break;
+    }
+  } catch { /* no pnpm-workspace.yaml */ }
+  return [impeccable, pkg];
+}
+
+function readWorkspacePatterns(dir) {
+  return readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir).flat();
+}
+
+function isMonorepoRoot(dir) {
+  if (readWorkspacePatterns(dir).some(pattern => !String(pattern).trim().startsWith('!'))) return true;
+  if (!MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES.some(file => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)))) return false;
+  return MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.some(name => {
+    try {
+      return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, name), { withFileTypes: true }).some(entry => entry.isDirectory());
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function monorepoOwnsPath(root, boundaryDir) {
+  const rel = path.relative(root, boundaryDir);
+  if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) return false;
+  const relSegments = rel.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern) {
+    return String(pattern || '')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  function escapeRegExp(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+  }
+
+  function segmentMatches(patternSegment, relSegment) {
+    if (patternSegment === '*') return true;
+    if (!patternSegment.includes('*')) return patternSegment === relSegment;
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(patternSegment).replace(/\\\*/g, '[^/]*')}$`);
+    return re.test(relSegment);
+  }
+
+  function matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments) {
+    function rec(pi, ri) {
+      if (pi === patternSegments.length) return ri === relSegments.length;
+      if (patternSegments[pi] === '**') {
+        if (pi === patternSegments.length - 1) return true;
+        for (let k = ri; k <= relSegments.length; k++) {
+          if (rec(pi + 1, k)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ri >= relSegments.length) return false;
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[pi], relSegments[ri])) return false;
+      return rec(pi + 1, ri + 1);
+    }
+    return rec(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Negations like !packages/excluded must also cover nested dirs under that path.
+  function matchesNegation(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Positive globs identify workspace packages at exact depth (`*` is a direct
+  // child). A nested package.json under that package is still owned: the
+  // ancestor directory of glob length must itself be a package.
+  function positiveOwns(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    if (relSegments.length === patternSegments.length) return true;
+    const ancestorDir = path.join(root, ...relSegments.slice(0, patternSegments.length));
+    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ancestorDir, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  function groupOwns(rawPatterns) {
+    const patterns = rawPatterns.map(normalizeWorkspacePattern).filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patterns.length) return null;
+    const excluded = patterns.some((pattern) => (
+      pattern.startsWith('!') && matchesNegation(pattern.slice(1))
+    ));
+    const included = patterns.filter((pattern) => !pattern.startsWith('!')).some(positiveOwns);
+    if (!excluded && !included) return null;
+    if (excluded) return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [impeccable, pkg] = readWorkspacePatternGroups(root);
+  const fromImpeccable = groupOwns(impeccable);
+  if (fromImpeccable !== null) return fromImpeccable;
+  const fromPkg = groupOwns(pkg);
+  if (fromPkg !== null) return fromPkg;
+  if ([...impeccable, ...pkg].some((pattern) => !normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).startsWith('!'))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return relSegments.length >= 2 && MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.includes(relSegments[0]);
+}
+
+// Both forms of the home directory. The walk compares path strings, and a
+// symlinked home (e.g. /home -> /var/home) never string-matches the physical
+// paths a cwd-resolved target produces, which would let the post-boundary walk
+// sail through $HOME and inherit from it.
+function homeDirForms() {
+  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const forms = new Set([homeDir]);
+  try {
+    forms.add(fs.realpathSync(homeDir));
+  } catch { /* keep the logical form only */ }
+  return forms;
+}
+
 // Walk up from `startDir` to the directory that governs the target's design
 // system, mirroring skill/scripts/context.mjs's project-boundary semantics:
 //
 //   - A directory carrying a DESIGN.md (directly or in a fallback dir) IS the
 //     design root — that's where the rules live.
 //   - A directory carrying a project marker (.git / package.json / .impeccable)
-//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY: the walk stops with no design
-//     system, so a sibling project never inherits a parent's or cwd's rules.
+//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY. A nested package.json inherits
+//     the ancestor DESIGN.md only when that ancestor's workspace declarations
+//     include the path (negations win; a nested package under a matched
+//     workspace still inherits). Marker-only roots (turbo/nx/lerna/pnpm
+//     with no globs) still own apps/<name> and packages/<name>. A stray nested
+//     package that matches no glob does not inherit. This is detect's
+//     contamination contract, not skill-context's repoRoot fallback for
+//     excluded paths. A nested separate repository (.git with no workspace
+//     declaration) still inherits nothing (issue #570).
 //   - Reaching the home directory / filesystem root with neither means no
 //     design system at all — never process.cwd()'s.
 //
@@ -590,15 +760,33 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
 // runs out. This is the fix for cross-project contamination.
 export function findDesignRoot(startDir) {
   let dir = path.resolve(startDir);
-  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const homeDirs = homeDirForms();
+  let boundary = null;
   while (true) {
-    if (resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
-    if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
-      return { dir, hasDesign: false };
+    if (!boundary && resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
+    if (boundary) {
+      // Past the boundary the walk only looks for the monorepo root that owns
+      // the workspace path (workspace globs including negations, or marker-only
+      // apps/packages fallback). Monorepo-root before .git, same order as
+      // context.mjs: a workspace root carrying its own .git is still recognized,
+      // while a .git that declares no workspaces is a separate repository and
+      // stops the walk with nothing inherited. The home directory is never an
+      // owning root, same as context.mjs's findMonorepoRoot, which stops at
+      // homeDir before its monorepo check.
+      if (!homeDirs.has(dir) && isMonorepoRoot(dir)) {
+        if (monorepoOwnsPath(dir, boundary.dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: !!resolveDesignMdPath(dir) };
+        return boundary;
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
+    } else if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
+      boundary = { dir, hasDesign: false };
+      // A boundary that is itself a monorepo root, or a separate repository
+      // with its own .git, inherits nothing from above.
+      if (isMonorepoRoot(dir) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
     }
-    if (dir === homeDir) return null;
+    if (homeDirs.has(dir)) return boundary;
     const parent = path.dirname(dir);
-    if (parent === dir) return null;
+    if (parent === dir) return boundary;
     dir = parent;
   }
 }

.grok/skills/impeccable/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

.grok/skills/impeccable/scripts/detector/design-system.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const FALLBACK_DIRS = ['.agents/context', 'docs'];
 // CLI can't import (separate tree). `.git` and `package.json` are the common
 // boundaries; `.impeccable` is our own project marker.
 const PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS = ['.git', 'package.json', '.impeccable'];
+// Monorepo-root recognition, mirroring context.mjs's isMonorepoRoot: declared
+// workspace globs (package.json `workspaces`, pnpm-workspace.yaml `packages:`)
+// or a marker file beside apps/ or packages/ children.
+const MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES = ['pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'turbo.json', 'nx.json', 'lerna.json'];
+const MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS = ['apps', 'packages'];
 const COLOR_CHANNEL_TOLERANCE = 6;
 // Shadow blacks at different alphas are different tokens (0.28 vs 0.55 is the
 // difference between a documented shadow and drift), so shadow matching cannot
@@ -575,14 +580,179 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
   }
 }
 
+// Same two groups as context.mjs's readProjectPatternGroups: Impeccable
+// projectRoots govern any path they match (positive or negated); package-manager
+// globs only apply to paths the Impeccable group does not match.
+function readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir) {
+  const impeccable = [];
+  for (const name of ['config.json', 'config.local.json']) {
+    const roots = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, '.impeccable', name))?.projectRoots;
+    if (Array.isArray(roots)) {
+      impeccable.push(...roots.filter(entry => typeof entry === 'string' && entry.trim()).map(entry => entry.trim()));
+    }
+  }
+  const pkg = [];
+  const workspaces = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))?.workspaces;
+  if (Array.isArray(workspaces)) pkg.push(...workspaces);
+  else if (Array.isArray(workspaces?.packages)) pkg.push(...workspaces.packages);
+  const lernaPackages = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'lerna.json'))?.packages;
+  if (Array.isArray(lernaPackages)) pkg.push(...lernaPackages);
+  try {
+    let inPackages = false;
+    for (const line of fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const trimmed = stripInlineYamlComment(line).trim();
+      if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
+      const flow = trimmed.match(/^packages:\s*\[(.*)\]\s*$/);
+      if (flow) {
+        pkg.push(...flow[1].split(',').map(entry => entry.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).filter(Boolean));
+        break;
+      }
+      if (/^packages:\s*$/.test(trimmed)) { inPackages = true; continue; }
+      if (!inPackages) continue;
+      const item = trimmed.match(/^-\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (item) pkg.push(item[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+      else if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+:\s*/.test(trimmed)) break;
+    }
+  } catch { /* no pnpm-workspace.yaml */ }
+  return [impeccable, pkg];
+}
+
+function readWorkspacePatterns(dir) {
+  return readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir).flat();
+}
+
+function isMonorepoRoot(dir) {
+  if (readWorkspacePatterns(dir).some(pattern => !String(pattern).trim().startsWith('!'))) return true;
+  if (!MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES.some(file => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)))) return false;
+  return MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.some(name => {
+    try {
+      return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, name), { withFileTypes: true }).some(entry => entry.isDirectory());
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function monorepoOwnsPath(root, boundaryDir) {
+  const rel = path.relative(root, boundaryDir);
+  if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) return false;
+  const relSegments = rel.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern) {
+    return String(pattern || '')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  function escapeRegExp(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+  }
+
+  function segmentMatches(patternSegment, relSegment) {
+    if (patternSegment === '*') return true;
+    if (!patternSegment.includes('*')) return patternSegment === relSegment;
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(patternSegment).replace(/\\\*/g, '[^/]*')}$`);
+    return re.test(relSegment);
+  }
+
+  function matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments) {
+    function rec(pi, ri) {
+      if (pi === patternSegments.length) return ri === relSegments.length;
+      if (patternSegments[pi] === '**') {
+        if (pi === patternSegments.length - 1) return true;
+        for (let k = ri; k <= relSegments.length; k++) {
+          if (rec(pi + 1, k)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ri >= relSegments.length) return false;
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[pi], relSegments[ri])) return false;
+      return rec(pi + 1, ri + 1);
+    }
+    return rec(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Negations like !packages/excluded must also cover nested dirs under that path.
+  function matchesNegation(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Positive globs identify workspace packages at exact depth (`*` is a direct
+  // child). A nested package.json under that package is still owned: the
+  // ancestor directory of glob length must itself be a package.
+  function positiveOwns(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    if (relSegments.length === patternSegments.length) return true;
+    const ancestorDir = path.join(root, ...relSegments.slice(0, patternSegments.length));
+    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ancestorDir, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  function groupOwns(rawPatterns) {
+    const patterns = rawPatterns.map(normalizeWorkspacePattern).filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patterns.length) return null;
+    const excluded = patterns.some((pattern) => (
+      pattern.startsWith('!') && matchesNegation(pattern.slice(1))
+    ));
+    const included = patterns.filter((pattern) => !pattern.startsWith('!')).some(positiveOwns);
+    if (!excluded && !included) return null;
+    if (excluded) return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [impeccable, pkg] = readWorkspacePatternGroups(root);
+  const fromImpeccable = groupOwns(impeccable);
+  if (fromImpeccable !== null) return fromImpeccable;
+  const fromPkg = groupOwns(pkg);
+  if (fromPkg !== null) return fromPkg;
+  if ([...impeccable, ...pkg].some((pattern) => !normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).startsWith('!'))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return relSegments.length >= 2 && MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.includes(relSegments[0]);
+}
+
+// Both forms of the home directory. The walk compares path strings, and a
+// symlinked home (e.g. /home -> /var/home) never string-matches the physical
+// paths a cwd-resolved target produces, which would let the post-boundary walk
+// sail through $HOME and inherit from it.
+function homeDirForms() {
+  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const forms = new Set([homeDir]);
+  try {
+    forms.add(fs.realpathSync(homeDir));
+  } catch { /* keep the logical form only */ }
+  return forms;
+}
+
 // Walk up from `startDir` to the directory that governs the target's design
 // system, mirroring skill/scripts/context.mjs's project-boundary semantics:
 //
 //   - A directory carrying a DESIGN.md (directly or in a fallback dir) IS the
 //     design root — that's where the rules live.
 //   - A directory carrying a project marker (.git / package.json / .impeccable)
-//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY: the walk stops with no design
-//     system, so a sibling project never inherits a parent's or cwd's rules.
+//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY. A nested package.json inherits
+//     the ancestor DESIGN.md only when that ancestor's workspace declarations
+//     include the path (negations win; a nested package under a matched
+//     workspace still inherits). Marker-only roots (turbo/nx/lerna/pnpm
+//     with no globs) still own apps/<name> and packages/<name>. A stray nested
+//     package that matches no glob does not inherit. This is detect's
+//     contamination contract, not skill-context's repoRoot fallback for
+//     excluded paths. A nested separate repository (.git with no workspace
+//     declaration) still inherits nothing (issue #570).
 //   - Reaching the home directory / filesystem root with neither means no
 //     design system at all — never process.cwd()'s.
 //
@@ -590,15 +760,33 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
 // runs out. This is the fix for cross-project contamination.
 export function findDesignRoot(startDir) {
   let dir = path.resolve(startDir);
-  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const homeDirs = homeDirForms();
+  let boundary = null;
   while (true) {
-    if (resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
-    if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
-      return { dir, hasDesign: false };
+    if (!boundary && resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
+    if (boundary) {
+      // Past the boundary the walk only looks for the monorepo root that owns
+      // the workspace path (workspace globs including negations, or marker-only
+      // apps/packages fallback). Monorepo-root before .git, same order as
+      // context.mjs: a workspace root carrying its own .git is still recognized,
+      // while a .git that declares no workspaces is a separate repository and
+      // stops the walk with nothing inherited. The home directory is never an
+      // owning root, same as context.mjs's findMonorepoRoot, which stops at
+      // homeDir before its monorepo check.
+      if (!homeDirs.has(dir) && isMonorepoRoot(dir)) {
+        if (monorepoOwnsPath(dir, boundary.dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: !!resolveDesignMdPath(dir) };
+        return boundary;
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
+    } else if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
+      boundary = { dir, hasDesign: false };
+      // A boundary that is itself a monorepo root, or a separate repository
+      // with its own .git, inherits nothing from above.
+      if (isMonorepoRoot(dir) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
     }
-    if (dir === homeDir) return null;
+    if (homeDirs.has(dir)) return boundary;
     const parent = path.dirname(dir);
-    if (parent === dir) return null;
+    if (parent === dir) return boundary;
     dir = parent;
   }
 }

.hermes/skills/impeccable/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

.hermes/skills/impeccable/scripts/detector/design-system.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const FALLBACK_DIRS = ['.agents/context', 'docs'];
 // CLI can't import (separate tree). `.git` and `package.json` are the common
 // boundaries; `.impeccable` is our own project marker.
 const PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS = ['.git', 'package.json', '.impeccable'];
+// Monorepo-root recognition, mirroring context.mjs's isMonorepoRoot: declared
+// workspace globs (package.json `workspaces`, pnpm-workspace.yaml `packages:`)
+// or a marker file beside apps/ or packages/ children.
+const MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES = ['pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'turbo.json', 'nx.json', 'lerna.json'];
+const MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS = ['apps', 'packages'];
 const COLOR_CHANNEL_TOLERANCE = 6;
 // Shadow blacks at different alphas are different tokens (0.28 vs 0.55 is the
 // difference between a documented shadow and drift), so shadow matching cannot
@@ -575,14 +580,179 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
   }
 }
 
+// Same two groups as context.mjs's readProjectPatternGroups: Impeccable
+// projectRoots govern any path they match (positive or negated); package-manager
+// globs only apply to paths the Impeccable group does not match.
+function readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir) {
+  const impeccable = [];
+  for (const name of ['config.json', 'config.local.json']) {
+    const roots = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, '.impeccable', name))?.projectRoots;
+    if (Array.isArray(roots)) {
+      impeccable.push(...roots.filter(entry => typeof entry === 'string' && entry.trim()).map(entry => entry.trim()));
+    }
+  }
+  const pkg = [];
+  const workspaces = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))?.workspaces;
+  if (Array.isArray(workspaces)) pkg.push(...workspaces);
+  else if (Array.isArray(workspaces?.packages)) pkg.push(...workspaces.packages);
+  const lernaPackages = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'lerna.json'))?.packages;
+  if (Array.isArray(lernaPackages)) pkg.push(...lernaPackages);
+  try {
+    let inPackages = false;
+    for (const line of fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const trimmed = stripInlineYamlComment(line).trim();
+      if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
+      const flow = trimmed.match(/^packages:\s*\[(.*)\]\s*$/);
+      if (flow) {
+        pkg.push(...flow[1].split(',').map(entry => entry.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).filter(Boolean));
+        break;
+      }
+      if (/^packages:\s*$/.test(trimmed)) { inPackages = true; continue; }
+      if (!inPackages) continue;
+      const item = trimmed.match(/^-\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (item) pkg.push(item[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+      else if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+:\s*/.test(trimmed)) break;
+    }
+  } catch { /* no pnpm-workspace.yaml */ }
+  return [impeccable, pkg];
+}
+
+function readWorkspacePatterns(dir) {
+  return readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir).flat();
+}
+
+function isMonorepoRoot(dir) {
+  if (readWorkspacePatterns(dir).some(pattern => !String(pattern).trim().startsWith('!'))) return true;
+  if (!MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES.some(file => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)))) return false;
+  return MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.some(name => {
+    try {
+      return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, name), { withFileTypes: true }).some(entry => entry.isDirectory());
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function monorepoOwnsPath(root, boundaryDir) {
+  const rel = path.relative(root, boundaryDir);
+  if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) return false;
+  const relSegments = rel.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern) {
+    return String(pattern || '')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  function escapeRegExp(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+  }
+
+  function segmentMatches(patternSegment, relSegment) {
+    if (patternSegment === '*') return true;
+    if (!patternSegment.includes('*')) return patternSegment === relSegment;
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(patternSegment).replace(/\\\*/g, '[^/]*')}$`);
+    return re.test(relSegment);
+  }
+
+  function matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments) {
+    function rec(pi, ri) {
+      if (pi === patternSegments.length) return ri === relSegments.length;
+      if (patternSegments[pi] === '**') {
+        if (pi === patternSegments.length - 1) return true;
+        for (let k = ri; k <= relSegments.length; k++) {
+          if (rec(pi + 1, k)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ri >= relSegments.length) return false;
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[pi], relSegments[ri])) return false;
+      return rec(pi + 1, ri + 1);
+    }
+    return rec(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Negations like !packages/excluded must also cover nested dirs under that path.
+  function matchesNegation(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Positive globs identify workspace packages at exact depth (`*` is a direct
+  // child). A nested package.json under that package is still owned: the
+  // ancestor directory of glob length must itself be a package.
+  function positiveOwns(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    if (relSegments.length === patternSegments.length) return true;
+    const ancestorDir = path.join(root, ...relSegments.slice(0, patternSegments.length));
+    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ancestorDir, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  function groupOwns(rawPatterns) {
+    const patterns = rawPatterns.map(normalizeWorkspacePattern).filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patterns.length) return null;
+    const excluded = patterns.some((pattern) => (
+      pattern.startsWith('!') && matchesNegation(pattern.slice(1))
+    ));
+    const included = patterns.filter((pattern) => !pattern.startsWith('!')).some(positiveOwns);
+    if (!excluded && !included) return null;
+    if (excluded) return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [impeccable, pkg] = readWorkspacePatternGroups(root);
+  const fromImpeccable = groupOwns(impeccable);
+  if (fromImpeccable !== null) return fromImpeccable;
+  const fromPkg = groupOwns(pkg);
+  if (fromPkg !== null) return fromPkg;
+  if ([...impeccable, ...pkg].some((pattern) => !normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).startsWith('!'))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return relSegments.length >= 2 && MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.includes(relSegments[0]);
+}
+
+// Both forms of the home directory. The walk compares path strings, and a
+// symlinked home (e.g. /home -> /var/home) never string-matches the physical
+// paths a cwd-resolved target produces, which would let the post-boundary walk
+// sail through $HOME and inherit from it.
+function homeDirForms() {
+  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const forms = new Set([homeDir]);
+  try {
+    forms.add(fs.realpathSync(homeDir));
+  } catch { /* keep the logical form only */ }
+  return forms;
+}
+
 // Walk up from `startDir` to the directory that governs the target's design
 // system, mirroring skill/scripts/context.mjs's project-boundary semantics:
 //
 //   - A directory carrying a DESIGN.md (directly or in a fallback dir) IS the
 //     design root — that's where the rules live.
 //   - A directory carrying a project marker (.git / package.json / .impeccable)
-//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY: the walk stops with no design
-//     system, so a sibling project never inherits a parent's or cwd's rules.
+//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY. A nested package.json inherits
+//     the ancestor DESIGN.md only when that ancestor's workspace declarations
+//     include the path (negations win; a nested package under a matched
+//     workspace still inherits). Marker-only roots (turbo/nx/lerna/pnpm
+//     with no globs) still own apps/<name> and packages/<name>. A stray nested
+//     package that matches no glob does not inherit. This is detect's
+//     contamination contract, not skill-context's repoRoot fallback for
+//     excluded paths. A nested separate repository (.git with no workspace
+//     declaration) still inherits nothing (issue #570).
 //   - Reaching the home directory / filesystem root with neither means no
 //     design system at all — never process.cwd()'s.
 //
@@ -590,15 +760,33 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
 // runs out. This is the fix for cross-project contamination.
 export function findDesignRoot(startDir) {
   let dir = path.resolve(startDir);
-  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const homeDirs = homeDirForms();
+  let boundary = null;
   while (true) {
-    if (resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
-    if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
-      return { dir, hasDesign: false };
+    if (!boundary && resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
+    if (boundary) {
+      // Past the boundary the walk only looks for the monorepo root that owns
+      // the workspace path (workspace globs including negations, or marker-only
+      // apps/packages fallback). Monorepo-root before .git, same order as
+      // context.mjs: a workspace root carrying its own .git is still recognized,
+      // while a .git that declares no workspaces is a separate repository and
+      // stops the walk with nothing inherited. The home directory is never an
+      // owning root, same as context.mjs's findMonorepoRoot, which stops at
+      // homeDir before its monorepo check.
+      if (!homeDirs.has(dir) && isMonorepoRoot(dir)) {
+        if (monorepoOwnsPath(dir, boundary.dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: !!resolveDesignMdPath(dir) };
+        return boundary;
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
+    } else if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
+      boundary = { dir, hasDesign: false };
+      // A boundary that is itself a monorepo root, or a separate repository
+      // with its own .git, inherits nothing from above.
+      if (isMonorepoRoot(dir) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
     }
-    if (dir === homeDir) return null;
+    if (homeDirs.has(dir)) return boundary;
     const parent = path.dirname(dir);
-    if (parent === dir) return null;
+    if (parent === dir) return boundary;
     dir = parent;
   }
 }

.kiro/skills/impeccable/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

.kiro/skills/impeccable/scripts/detector/design-system.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const FALLBACK_DIRS = ['.agents/context', 'docs'];
 // CLI can't import (separate tree). `.git` and `package.json` are the common
 // boundaries; `.impeccable` is our own project marker.
 const PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS = ['.git', 'package.json', '.impeccable'];
+// Monorepo-root recognition, mirroring context.mjs's isMonorepoRoot: declared
+// workspace globs (package.json `workspaces`, pnpm-workspace.yaml `packages:`)
+// or a marker file beside apps/ or packages/ children.
+const MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES = ['pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'turbo.json', 'nx.json', 'lerna.json'];
+const MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS = ['apps', 'packages'];
 const COLOR_CHANNEL_TOLERANCE = 6;
 // Shadow blacks at different alphas are different tokens (0.28 vs 0.55 is the
 // difference between a documented shadow and drift), so shadow matching cannot
@@ -575,14 +580,179 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
   }
 }
 
+// Same two groups as context.mjs's readProjectPatternGroups: Impeccable
+// projectRoots govern any path they match (positive or negated); package-manager
+// globs only apply to paths the Impeccable group does not match.
+function readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir) {
+  const impeccable = [];
+  for (const name of ['config.json', 'config.local.json']) {
+    const roots = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, '.impeccable', name))?.projectRoots;
+    if (Array.isArray(roots)) {
+      impeccable.push(...roots.filter(entry => typeof entry === 'string' && entry.trim()).map(entry => entry.trim()));
+    }
+  }
+  const pkg = [];
+  const workspaces = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))?.workspaces;
+  if (Array.isArray(workspaces)) pkg.push(...workspaces);
+  else if (Array.isArray(workspaces?.packages)) pkg.push(...workspaces.packages);
+  const lernaPackages = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'lerna.json'))?.packages;
+  if (Array.isArray(lernaPackages)) pkg.push(...lernaPackages);
+  try {
+    let inPackages = false;
+    for (const line of fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const trimmed = stripInlineYamlComment(line).trim();
+      if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
+      const flow = trimmed.match(/^packages:\s*\[(.*)\]\s*$/);
+      if (flow) {
+        pkg.push(...flow[1].split(',').map(entry => entry.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).filter(Boolean));
+        break;
+      }
+      if (/^packages:\s*$/.test(trimmed)) { inPackages = true; continue; }
+      if (!inPackages) continue;
+      const item = trimmed.match(/^-\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (item) pkg.push(item[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+      else if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+:\s*/.test(trimmed)) break;
+    }
+  } catch { /* no pnpm-workspace.yaml */ }
+  return [impeccable, pkg];
+}
+
+function readWorkspacePatterns(dir) {
+  return readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir).flat();
+}
+
+function isMonorepoRoot(dir) {
+  if (readWorkspacePatterns(dir).some(pattern => !String(pattern).trim().startsWith('!'))) return true;
+  if (!MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES.some(file => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)))) return false;
+  return MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.some(name => {
+    try {
+      return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, name), { withFileTypes: true }).some(entry => entry.isDirectory());
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function monorepoOwnsPath(root, boundaryDir) {
+  const rel = path.relative(root, boundaryDir);
+  if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) return false;
+  const relSegments = rel.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern) {
+    return String(pattern || '')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  function escapeRegExp(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+  }
+
+  function segmentMatches(patternSegment, relSegment) {
+    if (patternSegment === '*') return true;
+    if (!patternSegment.includes('*')) return patternSegment === relSegment;
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(patternSegment).replace(/\\\*/g, '[^/]*')}$`);
+    return re.test(relSegment);
+  }
+
+  function matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments) {
+    function rec(pi, ri) {
+      if (pi === patternSegments.length) return ri === relSegments.length;
+      if (patternSegments[pi] === '**') {
+        if (pi === patternSegments.length - 1) return true;
+        for (let k = ri; k <= relSegments.length; k++) {
+          if (rec(pi + 1, k)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ri >= relSegments.length) return false;
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[pi], relSegments[ri])) return false;
+      return rec(pi + 1, ri + 1);
+    }
+    return rec(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Negations like !packages/excluded must also cover nested dirs under that path.
+  function matchesNegation(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Positive globs identify workspace packages at exact depth (`*` is a direct
+  // child). A nested package.json under that package is still owned: the
+  // ancestor directory of glob length must itself be a package.
+  function positiveOwns(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    if (relSegments.length === patternSegments.length) return true;
+    const ancestorDir = path.join(root, ...relSegments.slice(0, patternSegments.length));
+    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ancestorDir, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  function groupOwns(rawPatterns) {
+    const patterns = rawPatterns.map(normalizeWorkspacePattern).filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patterns.length) return null;
+    const excluded = patterns.some((pattern) => (
+      pattern.startsWith('!') && matchesNegation(pattern.slice(1))
+    ));
+    const included = patterns.filter((pattern) => !pattern.startsWith('!')).some(positiveOwns);
+    if (!excluded && !included) return null;
+    if (excluded) return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [impeccable, pkg] = readWorkspacePatternGroups(root);
+  const fromImpeccable = groupOwns(impeccable);
+  if (fromImpeccable !== null) return fromImpeccable;
+  const fromPkg = groupOwns(pkg);
+  if (fromPkg !== null) return fromPkg;
+  if ([...impeccable, ...pkg].some((pattern) => !normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).startsWith('!'))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return relSegments.length >= 2 && MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.includes(relSegments[0]);
+}
+
+// Both forms of the home directory. The walk compares path strings, and a
+// symlinked home (e.g. /home -> /var/home) never string-matches the physical
+// paths a cwd-resolved target produces, which would let the post-boundary walk
+// sail through $HOME and inherit from it.
+function homeDirForms() {
+  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const forms = new Set([homeDir]);
+  try {
+    forms.add(fs.realpathSync(homeDir));
+  } catch { /* keep the logical form only */ }
+  return forms;
+}
+
 // Walk up from `startDir` to the directory that governs the target's design
 // system, mirroring skill/scripts/context.mjs's project-boundary semantics:
 //
 //   - A directory carrying a DESIGN.md (directly or in a fallback dir) IS the
 //     design root — that's where the rules live.
 //   - A directory carrying a project marker (.git / package.json / .impeccable)
-//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY: the walk stops with no design
-//     system, so a sibling project never inherits a parent's or cwd's rules.
+//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY. A nested package.json inherits
+//     the ancestor DESIGN.md only when that ancestor's workspace declarations
+//     include the path (negations win; a nested package under a matched
+//     workspace still inherits). Marker-only roots (turbo/nx/lerna/pnpm
+//     with no globs) still own apps/<name> and packages/<name>. A stray nested
+//     package that matches no glob does not inherit. This is detect's
+//     contamination contract, not skill-context's repoRoot fallback for
+//     excluded paths. A nested separate repository (.git with no workspace
+//     declaration) still inherits nothing (issue #570).
 //   - Reaching the home directory / filesystem root with neither means no
 //     design system at all — never process.cwd()'s.
 //
@@ -590,15 +760,33 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
 // runs out. This is the fix for cross-project contamination.
 export function findDesignRoot(startDir) {
   let dir = path.resolve(startDir);
-  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const homeDirs = homeDirForms();
+  let boundary = null;
   while (true) {
-    if (resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
-    if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
-      return { dir, hasDesign: false };
+    if (!boundary && resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
+    if (boundary) {
+      // Past the boundary the walk only looks for the monorepo root that owns
+      // the workspace path (workspace globs including negations, or marker-only
+      // apps/packages fallback). Monorepo-root before .git, same order as
+      // context.mjs: a workspace root carrying its own .git is still recognized,
+      // while a .git that declares no workspaces is a separate repository and
+      // stops the walk with nothing inherited. The home directory is never an
+      // owning root, same as context.mjs's findMonorepoRoot, which stops at
+      // homeDir before its monorepo check.
+      if (!homeDirs.has(dir) && isMonorepoRoot(dir)) {
+        if (monorepoOwnsPath(dir, boundary.dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: !!resolveDesignMdPath(dir) };
+        return boundary;
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
+    } else if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
+      boundary = { dir, hasDesign: false };
+      // A boundary that is itself a monorepo root, or a separate repository
+      // with its own .git, inherits nothing from above.
+      if (isMonorepoRoot(dir) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
     }
-    if (dir === homeDir) return null;
+    if (homeDirs.has(dir)) return boundary;
     const parent = path.dirname(dir);
-    if (parent === dir) return null;
+    if (parent === dir) return boundary;
     dir = parent;
   }
 }

.opencode/skills/impeccable/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

.opencode/skills/impeccable/scripts/detector/design-system.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const FALLBACK_DIRS = ['.agents/context', 'docs'];
 // CLI can't import (separate tree). `.git` and `package.json` are the common
 // boundaries; `.impeccable` is our own project marker.
 const PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS = ['.git', 'package.json', '.impeccable'];
+// Monorepo-root recognition, mirroring context.mjs's isMonorepoRoot: declared
+// workspace globs (package.json `workspaces`, pnpm-workspace.yaml `packages:`)
+// or a marker file beside apps/ or packages/ children.
+const MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES = ['pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'turbo.json', 'nx.json', 'lerna.json'];
+const MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS = ['apps', 'packages'];
 const COLOR_CHANNEL_TOLERANCE = 6;
 // Shadow blacks at different alphas are different tokens (0.28 vs 0.55 is the
 // difference between a documented shadow and drift), so shadow matching cannot
@@ -575,14 +580,179 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
   }
 }
 
+// Same two groups as context.mjs's readProjectPatternGroups: Impeccable
+// projectRoots govern any path they match (positive or negated); package-manager
+// globs only apply to paths the Impeccable group does not match.
+function readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir) {
+  const impeccable = [];
+  for (const name of ['config.json', 'config.local.json']) {
+    const roots = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, '.impeccable', name))?.projectRoots;
+    if (Array.isArray(roots)) {
+      impeccable.push(...roots.filter(entry => typeof entry === 'string' && entry.trim()).map(entry => entry.trim()));
+    }
+  }
+  const pkg = [];
+  const workspaces = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))?.workspaces;
+  if (Array.isArray(workspaces)) pkg.push(...workspaces);
+  else if (Array.isArray(workspaces?.packages)) pkg.push(...workspaces.packages);
+  const lernaPackages = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'lerna.json'))?.packages;
+  if (Array.isArray(lernaPackages)) pkg.push(...lernaPackages);
+  try {
+    let inPackages = false;
+    for (const line of fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const trimmed = stripInlineYamlComment(line).trim();
+      if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
+      const flow = trimmed.match(/^packages:\s*\[(.*)\]\s*$/);
+      if (flow) {
+        pkg.push(...flow[1].split(',').map(entry => entry.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).filter(Boolean));
+        break;
+      }
+      if (/^packages:\s*$/.test(trimmed)) { inPackages = true; continue; }
+      if (!inPackages) continue;
+      const item = trimmed.match(/^-\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (item) pkg.push(item[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+      else if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+:\s*/.test(trimmed)) break;
+    }
+  } catch { /* no pnpm-workspace.yaml */ }
+  return [impeccable, pkg];
+}
+
+function readWorkspacePatterns(dir) {
+  return readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir).flat();
+}
+
+function isMonorepoRoot(dir) {
+  if (readWorkspacePatterns(dir).some(pattern => !String(pattern).trim().startsWith('!'))) return true;
+  if (!MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES.some(file => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)))) return false;
+  return MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.some(name => {
+    try {
+      return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, name), { withFileTypes: true }).some(entry => entry.isDirectory());
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function monorepoOwnsPath(root, boundaryDir) {
+  const rel = path.relative(root, boundaryDir);
+  if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) return false;
+  const relSegments = rel.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern) {
+    return String(pattern || '')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  function escapeRegExp(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+  }
+
+  function segmentMatches(patternSegment, relSegment) {
+    if (patternSegment === '*') return true;
+    if (!patternSegment.includes('*')) return patternSegment === relSegment;
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(patternSegment).replace(/\\\*/g, '[^/]*')}$`);
+    return re.test(relSegment);
+  }
+
+  function matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments) {
+    function rec(pi, ri) {
+      if (pi === patternSegments.length) return ri === relSegments.length;
+      if (patternSegments[pi] === '**') {
+        if (pi === patternSegments.length - 1) return true;
+        for (let k = ri; k <= relSegments.length; k++) {
+          if (rec(pi + 1, k)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ri >= relSegments.length) return false;
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[pi], relSegments[ri])) return false;
+      return rec(pi + 1, ri + 1);
+    }
+    return rec(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Negations like !packages/excluded must also cover nested dirs under that path.
+  function matchesNegation(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Positive globs identify workspace packages at exact depth (`*` is a direct
+  // child). A nested package.json under that package is still owned: the
+  // ancestor directory of glob length must itself be a package.
+  function positiveOwns(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    if (relSegments.length === patternSegments.length) return true;
+    const ancestorDir = path.join(root, ...relSegments.slice(0, patternSegments.length));
+    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ancestorDir, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  function groupOwns(rawPatterns) {
+    const patterns = rawPatterns.map(normalizeWorkspacePattern).filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patterns.length) return null;
+    const excluded = patterns.some((pattern) => (
+      pattern.startsWith('!') && matchesNegation(pattern.slice(1))
+    ));
+    const included = patterns.filter((pattern) => !pattern.startsWith('!')).some(positiveOwns);
+    if (!excluded && !included) return null;
+    if (excluded) return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [impeccable, pkg] = readWorkspacePatternGroups(root);
+  const fromImpeccable = groupOwns(impeccable);
+  if (fromImpeccable !== null) return fromImpeccable;
+  const fromPkg = groupOwns(pkg);
+  if (fromPkg !== null) return fromPkg;
+  if ([...impeccable, ...pkg].some((pattern) => !normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).startsWith('!'))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return relSegments.length >= 2 && MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.includes(relSegments[0]);
+}
+
+// Both forms of the home directory. The walk compares path strings, and a
+// symlinked home (e.g. /home -> /var/home) never string-matches the physical
+// paths a cwd-resolved target produces, which would let the post-boundary walk
+// sail through $HOME and inherit from it.
+function homeDirForms() {
+  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const forms = new Set([homeDir]);
+  try {
+    forms.add(fs.realpathSync(homeDir));
+  } catch { /* keep the logical form only */ }
+  return forms;
+}
+
 // Walk up from `startDir` to the directory that governs the target's design
 // system, mirroring skill/scripts/context.mjs's project-boundary semantics:
 //
 //   - A directory carrying a DESIGN.md (directly or in a fallback dir) IS the
 //     design root — that's where the rules live.
 //   - A directory carrying a project marker (.git / package.json / .impeccable)
-//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY: the walk stops with no design
-//     system, so a sibling project never inherits a parent's or cwd's rules.
+//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY. A nested package.json inherits
+//     the ancestor DESIGN.md only when that ancestor's workspace declarations
+//     include the path (negations win; a nested package under a matched
+//     workspace still inherits). Marker-only roots (turbo/nx/lerna/pnpm
+//     with no globs) still own apps/<name> and packages/<name>. A stray nested
+//     package that matches no glob does not inherit. This is detect's
+//     contamination contract, not skill-context's repoRoot fallback for
+//     excluded paths. A nested separate repository (.git with no workspace
+//     declaration) still inherits nothing (issue #570).
 //   - Reaching the home directory / filesystem root with neither means no
 //     design system at all — never process.cwd()'s.
 //
@@ -590,15 +760,33 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
 // runs out. This is the fix for cross-project contamination.
 export function findDesignRoot(startDir) {
   let dir = path.resolve(startDir);
-  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const homeDirs = homeDirForms();
+  let boundary = null;
   while (true) {
-    if (resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
-    if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
-      return { dir, hasDesign: false };
+    if (!boundary && resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
+    if (boundary) {
+      // Past the boundary the walk only looks for the monorepo root that owns
+      // the workspace path (workspace globs including negations, or marker-only
+      // apps/packages fallback). Monorepo-root before .git, same order as
+      // context.mjs: a workspace root carrying its own .git is still recognized,
+      // while a .git that declares no workspaces is a separate repository and
+      // stops the walk with nothing inherited. The home directory is never an
+      // owning root, same as context.mjs's findMonorepoRoot, which stops at
+      // homeDir before its monorepo check.
+      if (!homeDirs.has(dir) && isMonorepoRoot(dir)) {
+        if (monorepoOwnsPath(dir, boundary.dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: !!resolveDesignMdPath(dir) };
+        return boundary;
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
+    } else if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
+      boundary = { dir, hasDesign: false };
+      // A boundary that is itself a monorepo root, or a separate repository
+      // with its own .git, inherits nothing from above.
+      if (isMonorepoRoot(dir) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
     }
-    if (dir === homeDir) return null;
+    if (homeDirs.has(dir)) return boundary;
     const parent = path.dirname(dir);
-    if (parent === dir) return null;
+    if (parent === dir) return boundary;
     dir = parent;
   }
 }

.pi/skills/impeccable/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

.pi/skills/impeccable/scripts/detector/design-system.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const FALLBACK_DIRS = ['.agents/context', 'docs'];
 // CLI can't import (separate tree). `.git` and `package.json` are the common
 // boundaries; `.impeccable` is our own project marker.
 const PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS = ['.git', 'package.json', '.impeccable'];
+// Monorepo-root recognition, mirroring context.mjs's isMonorepoRoot: declared
+// workspace globs (package.json `workspaces`, pnpm-workspace.yaml `packages:`)
+// or a marker file beside apps/ or packages/ children.
+const MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES = ['pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'turbo.json', 'nx.json', 'lerna.json'];
+const MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS = ['apps', 'packages'];
 const COLOR_CHANNEL_TOLERANCE = 6;
 // Shadow blacks at different alphas are different tokens (0.28 vs 0.55 is the
 // difference between a documented shadow and drift), so shadow matching cannot
@@ -575,14 +580,179 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
   }
 }
 
+// Same two groups as context.mjs's readProjectPatternGroups: Impeccable
+// projectRoots govern any path they match (positive or negated); package-manager
+// globs only apply to paths the Impeccable group does not match.
+function readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir) {
+  const impeccable = [];
+  for (const name of ['config.json', 'config.local.json']) {
+    const roots = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, '.impeccable', name))?.projectRoots;
+    if (Array.isArray(roots)) {
+      impeccable.push(...roots.filter(entry => typeof entry === 'string' && entry.trim()).map(entry => entry.trim()));
+    }
+  }
+  const pkg = [];
+  const workspaces = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))?.workspaces;
+  if (Array.isArray(workspaces)) pkg.push(...workspaces);
+  else if (Array.isArray(workspaces?.packages)) pkg.push(...workspaces.packages);
+  const lernaPackages = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'lerna.json'))?.packages;
+  if (Array.isArray(lernaPackages)) pkg.push(...lernaPackages);
+  try {
+    let inPackages = false;
+    for (const line of fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const trimmed = stripInlineYamlComment(line).trim();
+      if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
+      const flow = trimmed.match(/^packages:\s*\[(.*)\]\s*$/);
+      if (flow) {
+        pkg.push(...flow[1].split(',').map(entry => entry.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).filter(Boolean));
+        break;
+      }
+      if (/^packages:\s*$/.test(trimmed)) { inPackages = true; continue; }
+      if (!inPackages) continue;
+      const item = trimmed.match(/^-\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (item) pkg.push(item[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+      else if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+:\s*/.test(trimmed)) break;
+    }
+  } catch { /* no pnpm-workspace.yaml */ }
+  return [impeccable, pkg];
+}
+
+function readWorkspacePatterns(dir) {
+  return readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir).flat();
+}
+
+function isMonorepoRoot(dir) {
+  if (readWorkspacePatterns(dir).some(pattern => !String(pattern).trim().startsWith('!'))) return true;
+  if (!MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES.some(file => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)))) return false;
+  return MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.some(name => {
+    try {
+      return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, name), { withFileTypes: true }).some(entry => entry.isDirectory());
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function monorepoOwnsPath(root, boundaryDir) {
+  const rel = path.relative(root, boundaryDir);
+  if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) return false;
+  const relSegments = rel.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern) {
+    return String(pattern || '')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  function escapeRegExp(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+  }
+
+  function segmentMatches(patternSegment, relSegment) {
+    if (patternSegment === '*') return true;
+    if (!patternSegment.includes('*')) return patternSegment === relSegment;
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(patternSegment).replace(/\\\*/g, '[^/]*')}$`);
+    return re.test(relSegment);
+  }
+
+  function matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments) {
+    function rec(pi, ri) {
+      if (pi === patternSegments.length) return ri === relSegments.length;
+      if (patternSegments[pi] === '**') {
+        if (pi === patternSegments.length - 1) return true;
+        for (let k = ri; k <= relSegments.length; k++) {
+          if (rec(pi + 1, k)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ri >= relSegments.length) return false;
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[pi], relSegments[ri])) return false;
+      return rec(pi + 1, ri + 1);
+    }
+    return rec(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Negations like !packages/excluded must also cover nested dirs under that path.
+  function matchesNegation(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Positive globs identify workspace packages at exact depth (`*` is a direct
+  // child). A nested package.json under that package is still owned: the
+  // ancestor directory of glob length must itself be a package.
+  function positiveOwns(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    if (relSegments.length === patternSegments.length) return true;
+    const ancestorDir = path.join(root, ...relSegments.slice(0, patternSegments.length));
+    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ancestorDir, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  function groupOwns(rawPatterns) {
+    const patterns = rawPatterns.map(normalizeWorkspacePattern).filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patterns.length) return null;
+    const excluded = patterns.some((pattern) => (
+      pattern.startsWith('!') && matchesNegation(pattern.slice(1))
+    ));
+    const included = patterns.filter((pattern) => !pattern.startsWith('!')).some(positiveOwns);
+    if (!excluded && !included) return null;
+    if (excluded) return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [impeccable, pkg] = readWorkspacePatternGroups(root);
+  const fromImpeccable = groupOwns(impeccable);
+  if (fromImpeccable !== null) return fromImpeccable;
+  const fromPkg = groupOwns(pkg);
+  if (fromPkg !== null) return fromPkg;
+  if ([...impeccable, ...pkg].some((pattern) => !normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).startsWith('!'))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return relSegments.length >= 2 && MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.includes(relSegments[0]);
+}
+
+// Both forms of the home directory. The walk compares path strings, and a
+// symlinked home (e.g. /home -> /var/home) never string-matches the physical
+// paths a cwd-resolved target produces, which would let the post-boundary walk
+// sail through $HOME and inherit from it.
+function homeDirForms() {
+  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const forms = new Set([homeDir]);
+  try {
+    forms.add(fs.realpathSync(homeDir));
+  } catch { /* keep the logical form only */ }
+  return forms;
+}
+
 // Walk up from `startDir` to the directory that governs the target's design
 // system, mirroring skill/scripts/context.mjs's project-boundary semantics:
 //
 //   - A directory carrying a DESIGN.md (directly or in a fallback dir) IS the
 //     design root — that's where the rules live.
 //   - A directory carrying a project marker (.git / package.json / .impeccable)
-//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY: the walk stops with no design
-//     system, so a sibling project never inherits a parent's or cwd's rules.
+//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY. A nested package.json inherits
+//     the ancestor DESIGN.md only when that ancestor's workspace declarations
+//     include the path (negations win; a nested package under a matched
+//     workspace still inherits). Marker-only roots (turbo/nx/lerna/pnpm
+//     with no globs) still own apps/<name> and packages/<name>. A stray nested
+//     package that matches no glob does not inherit. This is detect's
+//     contamination contract, not skill-context's repoRoot fallback for
+//     excluded paths. A nested separate repository (.git with no workspace
+//     declaration) still inherits nothing (issue #570).
 //   - Reaching the home directory / filesystem root with neither means no
 //     design system at all — never process.cwd()'s.
 //
@@ -590,15 +760,33 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
 // runs out. This is the fix for cross-project contamination.
 export function findDesignRoot(startDir) {
   let dir = path.resolve(startDir);
-  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const homeDirs = homeDirForms();
+  let boundary = null;
   while (true) {
-    if (resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
-    if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
-      return { dir, hasDesign: false };
+    if (!boundary && resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
+    if (boundary) {
+      // Past the boundary the walk only looks for the monorepo root that owns
+      // the workspace path (workspace globs including negations, or marker-only
+      // apps/packages fallback). Monorepo-root before .git, same order as
+      // context.mjs: a workspace root carrying its own .git is still recognized,
+      // while a .git that declares no workspaces is a separate repository and
+      // stops the walk with nothing inherited. The home directory is never an
+      // owning root, same as context.mjs's findMonorepoRoot, which stops at
+      // homeDir before its monorepo check.
+      if (!homeDirs.has(dir) && isMonorepoRoot(dir)) {
+        if (monorepoOwnsPath(dir, boundary.dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: !!resolveDesignMdPath(dir) };
+        return boundary;
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
+    } else if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
+      boundary = { dir, hasDesign: false };
+      // A boundary that is itself a monorepo root, or a separate repository
+      // with its own .git, inherits nothing from above.
+      if (isMonorepoRoot(dir) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
     }
-    if (dir === homeDir) return null;
+    if (homeDirs.has(dir)) return boundary;
     const parent = path.dirname(dir);
-    if (parent === dir) return null;
+    if (parent === dir) return boundary;
     dir = parent;
   }
 }

.qoder/skills/impeccable/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

.qoder/skills/impeccable/scripts/detector/design-system.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const FALLBACK_DIRS = ['.agents/context', 'docs'];
 // CLI can't import (separate tree). `.git` and `package.json` are the common
 // boundaries; `.impeccable` is our own project marker.
 const PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS = ['.git', 'package.json', '.impeccable'];
+// Monorepo-root recognition, mirroring context.mjs's isMonorepoRoot: declared
+// workspace globs (package.json `workspaces`, pnpm-workspace.yaml `packages:`)
+// or a marker file beside apps/ or packages/ children.
+const MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES = ['pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'turbo.json', 'nx.json', 'lerna.json'];
+const MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS = ['apps', 'packages'];
 const COLOR_CHANNEL_TOLERANCE = 6;
 // Shadow blacks at different alphas are different tokens (0.28 vs 0.55 is the
 // difference between a documented shadow and drift), so shadow matching cannot
@@ -575,14 +580,179 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
   }
 }
 
+// Same two groups as context.mjs's readProjectPatternGroups: Impeccable
+// projectRoots govern any path they match (positive or negated); package-manager
+// globs only apply to paths the Impeccable group does not match.
+function readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir) {
+  const impeccable = [];
+  for (const name of ['config.json', 'config.local.json']) {
+    const roots = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, '.impeccable', name))?.projectRoots;
+    if (Array.isArray(roots)) {
+      impeccable.push(...roots.filter(entry => typeof entry === 'string' && entry.trim()).map(entry => entry.trim()));
+    }
+  }
+  const pkg = [];
+  const workspaces = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))?.workspaces;
+  if (Array.isArray(workspaces)) pkg.push(...workspaces);
+  else if (Array.isArray(workspaces?.packages)) pkg.push(...workspaces.packages);
+  const lernaPackages = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'lerna.json'))?.packages;
+  if (Array.isArray(lernaPackages)) pkg.push(...lernaPackages);
+  try {
+    let inPackages = false;
+    for (const line of fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const trimmed = stripInlineYamlComment(line).trim();
+      if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
+      const flow = trimmed.match(/^packages:\s*\[(.*)\]\s*$/);
+      if (flow) {
+        pkg.push(...flow[1].split(',').map(entry => entry.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).filter(Boolean));
+        break;
+      }
+      if (/^packages:\s*$/.test(trimmed)) { inPackages = true; continue; }
+      if (!inPackages) continue;
+      const item = trimmed.match(/^-\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (item) pkg.push(item[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+      else if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+:\s*/.test(trimmed)) break;
+    }
+  } catch { /* no pnpm-workspace.yaml */ }
+  return [impeccable, pkg];
+}
+
+function readWorkspacePatterns(dir) {
+  return readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir).flat();
+}
+
+function isMonorepoRoot(dir) {
+  if (readWorkspacePatterns(dir).some(pattern => !String(pattern).trim().startsWith('!'))) return true;
+  if (!MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES.some(file => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)))) return false;
+  return MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.some(name => {
+    try {
+      return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, name), { withFileTypes: true }).some(entry => entry.isDirectory());
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function monorepoOwnsPath(root, boundaryDir) {
+  const rel = path.relative(root, boundaryDir);
+  if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) return false;
+  const relSegments = rel.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern) {
+    return String(pattern || '')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  function escapeRegExp(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+  }
+
+  function segmentMatches(patternSegment, relSegment) {
+    if (patternSegment === '*') return true;
+    if (!patternSegment.includes('*')) return patternSegment === relSegment;
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(patternSegment).replace(/\\\*/g, '[^/]*')}$`);
+    return re.test(relSegment);
+  }
+
+  function matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments) {
+    function rec(pi, ri) {
+      if (pi === patternSegments.length) return ri === relSegments.length;
+      if (patternSegments[pi] === '**') {
+        if (pi === patternSegments.length - 1) return true;
+        for (let k = ri; k <= relSegments.length; k++) {
+          if (rec(pi + 1, k)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ri >= relSegments.length) return false;
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[pi], relSegments[ri])) return false;
+      return rec(pi + 1, ri + 1);
+    }
+    return rec(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Negations like !packages/excluded must also cover nested dirs under that path.
+  function matchesNegation(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Positive globs identify workspace packages at exact depth (`*` is a direct
+  // child). A nested package.json under that package is still owned: the
+  // ancestor directory of glob length must itself be a package.
+  function positiveOwns(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    if (relSegments.length === patternSegments.length) return true;
+    const ancestorDir = path.join(root, ...relSegments.slice(0, patternSegments.length));
+    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ancestorDir, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  function groupOwns(rawPatterns) {
+    const patterns = rawPatterns.map(normalizeWorkspacePattern).filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patterns.length) return null;
+    const excluded = patterns.some((pattern) => (
+      pattern.startsWith('!') && matchesNegation(pattern.slice(1))
+    ));
+    const included = patterns.filter((pattern) => !pattern.startsWith('!')).some(positiveOwns);
+    if (!excluded && !included) return null;
+    if (excluded) return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [impeccable, pkg] = readWorkspacePatternGroups(root);
+  const fromImpeccable = groupOwns(impeccable);
+  if (fromImpeccable !== null) return fromImpeccable;
+  const fromPkg = groupOwns(pkg);
+  if (fromPkg !== null) return fromPkg;
+  if ([...impeccable, ...pkg].some((pattern) => !normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).startsWith('!'))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return relSegments.length >= 2 && MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.includes(relSegments[0]);
+}
+
+// Both forms of the home directory. The walk compares path strings, and a
+// symlinked home (e.g. /home -> /var/home) never string-matches the physical
+// paths a cwd-resolved target produces, which would let the post-boundary walk
+// sail through $HOME and inherit from it.
+function homeDirForms() {
+  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const forms = new Set([homeDir]);
+  try {
+    forms.add(fs.realpathSync(homeDir));
+  } catch { /* keep the logical form only */ }
+  return forms;
+}
+
 // Walk up from `startDir` to the directory that governs the target's design
 // system, mirroring skill/scripts/context.mjs's project-boundary semantics:
 //
 //   - A directory carrying a DESIGN.md (directly or in a fallback dir) IS the
 //     design root — that's where the rules live.
 //   - A directory carrying a project marker (.git / package.json / .impeccable)
-//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY: the walk stops with no design
-//     system, so a sibling project never inherits a parent's or cwd's rules.
+//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY. A nested package.json inherits
+//     the ancestor DESIGN.md only when that ancestor's workspace declarations
+//     include the path (negations win; a nested package under a matched
+//     workspace still inherits). Marker-only roots (turbo/nx/lerna/pnpm
+//     with no globs) still own apps/<name> and packages/<name>. A stray nested
+//     package that matches no glob does not inherit. This is detect's
+//     contamination contract, not skill-context's repoRoot fallback for
+//     excluded paths. A nested separate repository (.git with no workspace
+//     declaration) still inherits nothing (issue #570).
 //   - Reaching the home directory / filesystem root with neither means no
 //     design system at all — never process.cwd()'s.
 //
@@ -590,15 +760,33 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
 // runs out. This is the fix for cross-project contamination.
 export function findDesignRoot(startDir) {
   let dir = path.resolve(startDir);
-  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const homeDirs = homeDirForms();
+  let boundary = null;
   while (true) {
-    if (resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
-    if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
-      return { dir, hasDesign: false };
+    if (!boundary && resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
+    if (boundary) {
+      // Past the boundary the walk only looks for the monorepo root that owns
+      // the workspace path (workspace globs including negations, or marker-only
+      // apps/packages fallback). Monorepo-root before .git, same order as
+      // context.mjs: a workspace root carrying its own .git is still recognized,
+      // while a .git that declares no workspaces is a separate repository and
+      // stops the walk with nothing inherited. The home directory is never an
+      // owning root, same as context.mjs's findMonorepoRoot, which stops at
+      // homeDir before its monorepo check.
+      if (!homeDirs.has(dir) && isMonorepoRoot(dir)) {
+        if (monorepoOwnsPath(dir, boundary.dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: !!resolveDesignMdPath(dir) };
+        return boundary;
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
+    } else if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
+      boundary = { dir, hasDesign: false };
+      // A boundary that is itself a monorepo root, or a separate repository
+      // with its own .git, inherits nothing from above.
+      if (isMonorepoRoot(dir) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
     }
-    if (dir === homeDir) return null;
+    if (homeDirs.has(dir)) return boundary;
     const parent = path.dirname(dir);
-    if (parent === dir) return null;
+    if (parent === dir) return boundary;
     dir = parent;
   }
 }

.rovodev/skills/impeccable/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

.rovodev/skills/impeccable/scripts/detector/design-system.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const FALLBACK_DIRS = ['.agents/context', 'docs'];
 // CLI can't import (separate tree). `.git` and `package.json` are the common
 // boundaries; `.impeccable` is our own project marker.
 const PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS = ['.git', 'package.json', '.impeccable'];
+// Monorepo-root recognition, mirroring context.mjs's isMonorepoRoot: declared
+// workspace globs (package.json `workspaces`, pnpm-workspace.yaml `packages:`)
+// or a marker file beside apps/ or packages/ children.
+const MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES = ['pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'turbo.json', 'nx.json', 'lerna.json'];
+const MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS = ['apps', 'packages'];
 const COLOR_CHANNEL_TOLERANCE = 6;
 // Shadow blacks at different alphas are different tokens (0.28 vs 0.55 is the
 // difference between a documented shadow and drift), so shadow matching cannot
@@ -575,14 +580,179 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
   }
 }
 
+// Same two groups as context.mjs's readProjectPatternGroups: Impeccable
+// projectRoots govern any path they match (positive or negated); package-manager
+// globs only apply to paths the Impeccable group does not match.
+function readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir) {
+  const impeccable = [];
+  for (const name of ['config.json', 'config.local.json']) {
+    const roots = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, '.impeccable', name))?.projectRoots;
+    if (Array.isArray(roots)) {
+      impeccable.push(...roots.filter(entry => typeof entry === 'string' && entry.trim()).map(entry => entry.trim()));
+    }
+  }
+  const pkg = [];
+  const workspaces = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))?.workspaces;
+  if (Array.isArray(workspaces)) pkg.push(...workspaces);
+  else if (Array.isArray(workspaces?.packages)) pkg.push(...workspaces.packages);
+  const lernaPackages = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'lerna.json'))?.packages;
+  if (Array.isArray(lernaPackages)) pkg.push(...lernaPackages);
+  try {
+    let inPackages = false;
+    for (const line of fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const trimmed = stripInlineYamlComment(line).trim();
+      if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
+      const flow = trimmed.match(/^packages:\s*\[(.*)\]\s*$/);
+      if (flow) {
+        pkg.push(...flow[1].split(',').map(entry => entry.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).filter(Boolean));
+        break;
+      }
+      if (/^packages:\s*$/.test(trimmed)) { inPackages = true; continue; }
+      if (!inPackages) continue;
+      const item = trimmed.match(/^-\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (item) pkg.push(item[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+      else if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+:\s*/.test(trimmed)) break;
+    }
+  } catch { /* no pnpm-workspace.yaml */ }
+  return [impeccable, pkg];
+}
+
+function readWorkspacePatterns(dir) {
+  return readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir).flat();
+}
+
+function isMonorepoRoot(dir) {
+  if (readWorkspacePatterns(dir).some(pattern => !String(pattern).trim().startsWith('!'))) return true;
+  if (!MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES.some(file => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)))) return false;
+  return MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.some(name => {
+    try {
+      return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, name), { withFileTypes: true }).some(entry => entry.isDirectory());
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function monorepoOwnsPath(root, boundaryDir) {
+  const rel = path.relative(root, boundaryDir);
+  if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) return false;
+  const relSegments = rel.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern) {
+    return String(pattern || '')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  function escapeRegExp(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+  }
+
+  function segmentMatches(patternSegment, relSegment) {
+    if (patternSegment === '*') return true;
+    if (!patternSegment.includes('*')) return patternSegment === relSegment;
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(patternSegment).replace(/\\\*/g, '[^/]*')}$`);
+    return re.test(relSegment);
+  }
+
+  function matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments) {
+    function rec(pi, ri) {
+      if (pi === patternSegments.length) return ri === relSegments.length;
+      if (patternSegments[pi] === '**') {
+        if (pi === patternSegments.length - 1) return true;
+        for (let k = ri; k <= relSegments.length; k++) {
+          if (rec(pi + 1, k)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ri >= relSegments.length) return false;
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[pi], relSegments[ri])) return false;
+      return rec(pi + 1, ri + 1);
+    }
+    return rec(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Negations like !packages/excluded must also cover nested dirs under that path.
+  function matchesNegation(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Positive globs identify workspace packages at exact depth (`*` is a direct
+  // child). A nested package.json under that package is still owned: the
+  // ancestor directory of glob length must itself be a package.
+  function positiveOwns(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    if (relSegments.length === patternSegments.length) return true;
+    const ancestorDir = path.join(root, ...relSegments.slice(0, patternSegments.length));
+    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ancestorDir, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  function groupOwns(rawPatterns) {
+    const patterns = rawPatterns.map(normalizeWorkspacePattern).filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patterns.length) return null;
+    const excluded = patterns.some((pattern) => (
+      pattern.startsWith('!') && matchesNegation(pattern.slice(1))
+    ));
+    const included = patterns.filter((pattern) => !pattern.startsWith('!')).some(positiveOwns);
+    if (!excluded && !included) return null;
+    if (excluded) return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [impeccable, pkg] = readWorkspacePatternGroups(root);
+  const fromImpeccable = groupOwns(impeccable);
+  if (fromImpeccable !== null) return fromImpeccable;
+  const fromPkg = groupOwns(pkg);
+  if (fromPkg !== null) return fromPkg;
+  if ([...impeccable, ...pkg].some((pattern) => !normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).startsWith('!'))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return relSegments.length >= 2 && MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.includes(relSegments[0]);
+}
+
+// Both forms of the home directory. The walk compares path strings, and a
+// symlinked home (e.g. /home -> /var/home) never string-matches the physical
+// paths a cwd-resolved target produces, which would let the post-boundary walk
+// sail through $HOME and inherit from it.
+function homeDirForms() {
+  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const forms = new Set([homeDir]);
+  try {
+    forms.add(fs.realpathSync(homeDir));
+  } catch { /* keep the logical form only */ }
+  return forms;
+}
+
 // Walk up from `startDir` to the directory that governs the target's design
 // system, mirroring skill/scripts/context.mjs's project-boundary semantics:
 //
 //   - A directory carrying a DESIGN.md (directly or in a fallback dir) IS the
 //     design root — that's where the rules live.
 //   - A directory carrying a project marker (.git / package.json / .impeccable)
-//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY: the walk stops with no design
-//     system, so a sibling project never inherits a parent's or cwd's rules.
+//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY. A nested package.json inherits
+//     the ancestor DESIGN.md only when that ancestor's workspace declarations
+//     include the path (negations win; a nested package under a matched
+//     workspace still inherits). Marker-only roots (turbo/nx/lerna/pnpm
+//     with no globs) still own apps/<name> and packages/<name>. A stray nested
+//     package that matches no glob does not inherit. This is detect's
+//     contamination contract, not skill-context's repoRoot fallback for
+//     excluded paths. A nested separate repository (.git with no workspace
+//     declaration) still inherits nothing (issue #570).
 //   - Reaching the home directory / filesystem root with neither means no
 //     design system at all — never process.cwd()'s.
 //
@@ -590,15 +760,33 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
 // runs out. This is the fix for cross-project contamination.
 export function findDesignRoot(startDir) {
   let dir = path.resolve(startDir);
-  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const homeDirs = homeDirForms();
+  let boundary = null;
   while (true) {
-    if (resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
-    if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
-      return { dir, hasDesign: false };
+    if (!boundary && resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
+    if (boundary) {
+      // Past the boundary the walk only looks for the monorepo root that owns
+      // the workspace path (workspace globs including negations, or marker-only
+      // apps/packages fallback). Monorepo-root before .git, same order as
+      // context.mjs: a workspace root carrying its own .git is still recognized,
+      // while a .git that declares no workspaces is a separate repository and
+      // stops the walk with nothing inherited. The home directory is never an
+      // owning root, same as context.mjs's findMonorepoRoot, which stops at
+      // homeDir before its monorepo check.
+      if (!homeDirs.has(dir) && isMonorepoRoot(dir)) {
+        if (monorepoOwnsPath(dir, boundary.dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: !!resolveDesignMdPath(dir) };
+        return boundary;
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
+    } else if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
+      boundary = { dir, hasDesign: false };
+      // A boundary that is itself a monorepo root, or a separate repository
+      // with its own .git, inherits nothing from above.
+      if (isMonorepoRoot(dir) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
     }
-    if (dir === homeDir) return null;
+    if (homeDirs.has(dir)) return boundary;
     const parent = path.dirname(dir);
-    if (parent === dir) return null;
+    if (parent === dir) return boundary;
     dir = parent;
   }
 }

.trae-cn/skills/impeccable/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

.trae-cn/skills/impeccable/scripts/detector/design-system.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const FALLBACK_DIRS = ['.agents/context', 'docs'];
 // CLI can't import (separate tree). `.git` and `package.json` are the common
 // boundaries; `.impeccable` is our own project marker.
 const PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS = ['.git', 'package.json', '.impeccable'];
+// Monorepo-root recognition, mirroring context.mjs's isMonorepoRoot: declared
+// workspace globs (package.json `workspaces`, pnpm-workspace.yaml `packages:`)
+// or a marker file beside apps/ or packages/ children.
+const MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES = ['pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'turbo.json', 'nx.json', 'lerna.json'];
+const MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS = ['apps', 'packages'];
 const COLOR_CHANNEL_TOLERANCE = 6;
 // Shadow blacks at different alphas are different tokens (0.28 vs 0.55 is the
 // difference between a documented shadow and drift), so shadow matching cannot
@@ -575,14 +580,179 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
   }
 }
 
+// Same two groups as context.mjs's readProjectPatternGroups: Impeccable
+// projectRoots govern any path they match (positive or negated); package-manager
+// globs only apply to paths the Impeccable group does not match.
+function readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir) {
+  const impeccable = [];
+  for (const name of ['config.json', 'config.local.json']) {
+    const roots = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, '.impeccable', name))?.projectRoots;
+    if (Array.isArray(roots)) {
+      impeccable.push(...roots.filter(entry => typeof entry === 'string' && entry.trim()).map(entry => entry.trim()));
+    }
+  }
+  const pkg = [];
+  const workspaces = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))?.workspaces;
+  if (Array.isArray(workspaces)) pkg.push(...workspaces);
+  else if (Array.isArray(workspaces?.packages)) pkg.push(...workspaces.packages);
+  const lernaPackages = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'lerna.json'))?.packages;
+  if (Array.isArray(lernaPackages)) pkg.push(...lernaPackages);
+  try {
+    let inPackages = false;
+    for (const line of fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const trimmed = stripInlineYamlComment(line).trim();
+      if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
+      const flow = trimmed.match(/^packages:\s*\[(.*)\]\s*$/);
+      if (flow) {
+        pkg.push(...flow[1].split(',').map(entry => entry.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).filter(Boolean));
+        break;
+      }
+      if (/^packages:\s*$/.test(trimmed)) { inPackages = true; continue; }
+      if (!inPackages) continue;
+      const item = trimmed.match(/^-\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (item) pkg.push(item[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+      else if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+:\s*/.test(trimmed)) break;
+    }
+  } catch { /* no pnpm-workspace.yaml */ }
+  return [impeccable, pkg];
+}
+
+function readWorkspacePatterns(dir) {
+  return readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir).flat();
+}
+
+function isMonorepoRoot(dir) {
+  if (readWorkspacePatterns(dir).some(pattern => !String(pattern).trim().startsWith('!'))) return true;
+  if (!MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES.some(file => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)))) return false;
+  return MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.some(name => {
+    try {
+      return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, name), { withFileTypes: true }).some(entry => entry.isDirectory());
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function monorepoOwnsPath(root, boundaryDir) {
+  const rel = path.relative(root, boundaryDir);
+  if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) return false;
+  const relSegments = rel.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern) {
+    return String(pattern || '')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  function escapeRegExp(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+  }
+
+  function segmentMatches(patternSegment, relSegment) {
+    if (patternSegment === '*') return true;
+    if (!patternSegment.includes('*')) return patternSegment === relSegment;
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(patternSegment).replace(/\\\*/g, '[^/]*')}$`);
+    return re.test(relSegment);
+  }
+
+  function matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments) {
+    function rec(pi, ri) {
+      if (pi === patternSegments.length) return ri === relSegments.length;
+      if (patternSegments[pi] === '**') {
+        if (pi === patternSegments.length - 1) return true;
+        for (let k = ri; k <= relSegments.length; k++) {
+          if (rec(pi + 1, k)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ri >= relSegments.length) return false;
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[pi], relSegments[ri])) return false;
+      return rec(pi + 1, ri + 1);
+    }
+    return rec(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Negations like !packages/excluded must also cover nested dirs under that path.
+  function matchesNegation(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Positive globs identify workspace packages at exact depth (`*` is a direct
+  // child). A nested package.json under that package is still owned: the
+  // ancestor directory of glob length must itself be a package.
+  function positiveOwns(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    if (relSegments.length === patternSegments.length) return true;
+    const ancestorDir = path.join(root, ...relSegments.slice(0, patternSegments.length));
+    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ancestorDir, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  function groupOwns(rawPatterns) {
+    const patterns = rawPatterns.map(normalizeWorkspacePattern).filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patterns.length) return null;
+    const excluded = patterns.some((pattern) => (
+      pattern.startsWith('!') && matchesNegation(pattern.slice(1))
+    ));
+    const included = patterns.filter((pattern) => !pattern.startsWith('!')).some(positiveOwns);
+    if (!excluded && !included) return null;
+    if (excluded) return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [impeccable, pkg] = readWorkspacePatternGroups(root);
+  const fromImpeccable = groupOwns(impeccable);
+  if (fromImpeccable !== null) return fromImpeccable;
+  const fromPkg = groupOwns(pkg);
+  if (fromPkg !== null) return fromPkg;
+  if ([...impeccable, ...pkg].some((pattern) => !normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).startsWith('!'))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return relSegments.length >= 2 && MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.includes(relSegments[0]);
+}
+
+// Both forms of the home directory. The walk compares path strings, and a
+// symlinked home (e.g. /home -> /var/home) never string-matches the physical
+// paths a cwd-resolved target produces, which would let the post-boundary walk
+// sail through $HOME and inherit from it.
+function homeDirForms() {
+  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const forms = new Set([homeDir]);
+  try {
+    forms.add(fs.realpathSync(homeDir));
+  } catch { /* keep the logical form only */ }
+  return forms;
+}
+
 // Walk up from `startDir` to the directory that governs the target's design
 // system, mirroring skill/scripts/context.mjs's project-boundary semantics:
 //
 //   - A directory carrying a DESIGN.md (directly or in a fallback dir) IS the
 //     design root — that's where the rules live.
 //   - A directory carrying a project marker (.git / package.json / .impeccable)
-//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY: the walk stops with no design
-//     system, so a sibling project never inherits a parent's or cwd's rules.
+//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY. A nested package.json inherits
+//     the ancestor DESIGN.md only when that ancestor's workspace declarations
+//     include the path (negations win; a nested package under a matched
+//     workspace still inherits). Marker-only roots (turbo/nx/lerna/pnpm
+//     with no globs) still own apps/<name> and packages/<name>. A stray nested
+//     package that matches no glob does not inherit. This is detect's
+//     contamination contract, not skill-context's repoRoot fallback for
+//     excluded paths. A nested separate repository (.git with no workspace
+//     declaration) still inherits nothing (issue #570).
 //   - Reaching the home directory / filesystem root with neither means no
 //     design system at all — never process.cwd()'s.
 //
@@ -590,15 +760,33 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
 // runs out. This is the fix for cross-project contamination.
 export function findDesignRoot(startDir) {
   let dir = path.resolve(startDir);
-  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const homeDirs = homeDirForms();
+  let boundary = null;
   while (true) {
-    if (resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
-    if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
-      return { dir, hasDesign: false };
+    if (!boundary && resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
+    if (boundary) {
+      // Past the boundary the walk only looks for the monorepo root that owns
+      // the workspace path (workspace globs including negations, or marker-only
+      // apps/packages fallback). Monorepo-root before .git, same order as
+      // context.mjs: a workspace root carrying its own .git is still recognized,
+      // while a .git that declares no workspaces is a separate repository and
+      // stops the walk with nothing inherited. The home directory is never an
+      // owning root, same as context.mjs's findMonorepoRoot, which stops at
+      // homeDir before its monorepo check.
+      if (!homeDirs.has(dir) && isMonorepoRoot(dir)) {
+        if (monorepoOwnsPath(dir, boundary.dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: !!resolveDesignMdPath(dir) };
+        return boundary;
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
+    } else if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
+      boundary = { dir, hasDesign: false };
+      // A boundary that is itself a monorepo root, or a separate repository
+      // with its own .git, inherits nothing from above.
+      if (isMonorepoRoot(dir) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
     }
-    if (dir === homeDir) return null;
+    if (homeDirs.has(dir)) return boundary;
     const parent = path.dirname(dir);
-    if (parent === dir) return null;
+    if (parent === dir) return boundary;
     dir = parent;
   }
 }

.trae/skills/impeccable/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

.trae/skills/impeccable/scripts/detector/design-system.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const FALLBACK_DIRS = ['.agents/context', 'docs'];
 // CLI can't import (separate tree). `.git` and `package.json` are the common
 // boundaries; `.impeccable` is our own project marker.
 const PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS = ['.git', 'package.json', '.impeccable'];
+// Monorepo-root recognition, mirroring context.mjs's isMonorepoRoot: declared
+// workspace globs (package.json `workspaces`, pnpm-workspace.yaml `packages:`)
+// or a marker file beside apps/ or packages/ children.
+const MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES = ['pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'turbo.json', 'nx.json', 'lerna.json'];
+const MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS = ['apps', 'packages'];
 const COLOR_CHANNEL_TOLERANCE = 6;
 // Shadow blacks at different alphas are different tokens (0.28 vs 0.55 is the
 // difference between a documented shadow and drift), so shadow matching cannot
@@ -575,14 +580,179 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
   }
 }
 
+// Same two groups as context.mjs's readProjectPatternGroups: Impeccable
+// projectRoots govern any path they match (positive or negated); package-manager
+// globs only apply to paths the Impeccable group does not match.
+function readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir) {
+  const impeccable = [];
+  for (const name of ['config.json', 'config.local.json']) {
+    const roots = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, '.impeccable', name))?.projectRoots;
+    if (Array.isArray(roots)) {
+      impeccable.push(...roots.filter(entry => typeof entry === 'string' && entry.trim()).map(entry => entry.trim()));
+    }
+  }
+  const pkg = [];
+  const workspaces = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))?.workspaces;
+  if (Array.isArray(workspaces)) pkg.push(...workspaces);
+  else if (Array.isArray(workspaces?.packages)) pkg.push(...workspaces.packages);
+  const lernaPackages = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'lerna.json'))?.packages;
+  if (Array.isArray(lernaPackages)) pkg.push(...lernaPackages);
+  try {
+    let inPackages = false;
+    for (const line of fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const trimmed = stripInlineYamlComment(line).trim();
+      if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
+      const flow = trimmed.match(/^packages:\s*\[(.*)\]\s*$/);
+      if (flow) {
+        pkg.push(...flow[1].split(',').map(entry => entry.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).filter(Boolean));
+        break;
+      }
+      if (/^packages:\s*$/.test(trimmed)) { inPackages = true; continue; }
+      if (!inPackages) continue;
+      const item = trimmed.match(/^-\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (item) pkg.push(item[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+      else if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+:\s*/.test(trimmed)) break;
+    }
+  } catch { /* no pnpm-workspace.yaml */ }
+  return [impeccable, pkg];
+}
+
+function readWorkspacePatterns(dir) {
+  return readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir).flat();
+}
+
+function isMonorepoRoot(dir) {
+  if (readWorkspacePatterns(dir).some(pattern => !String(pattern).trim().startsWith('!'))) return true;
+  if (!MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES.some(file => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)))) return false;
+  return MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.some(name => {
+    try {
+      return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, name), { withFileTypes: true }).some(entry => entry.isDirectory());
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function monorepoOwnsPath(root, boundaryDir) {
+  const rel = path.relative(root, boundaryDir);
+  if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) return false;
+  const relSegments = rel.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern) {
+    return String(pattern || '')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  function escapeRegExp(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+  }
+
+  function segmentMatches(patternSegment, relSegment) {
+    if (patternSegment === '*') return true;
+    if (!patternSegment.includes('*')) return patternSegment === relSegment;
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(patternSegment).replace(/\\\*/g, '[^/]*')}$`);
+    return re.test(relSegment);
+  }
+
+  function matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments) {
+    function rec(pi, ri) {
+      if (pi === patternSegments.length) return ri === relSegments.length;
+      if (patternSegments[pi] === '**') {
+        if (pi === patternSegments.length - 1) return true;
+        for (let k = ri; k <= relSegments.length; k++) {
+          if (rec(pi + 1, k)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ri >= relSegments.length) return false;
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[pi], relSegments[ri])) return false;
+      return rec(pi + 1, ri + 1);
+    }
+    return rec(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Negations like !packages/excluded must also cover nested dirs under that path.
+  function matchesNegation(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Positive globs identify workspace packages at exact depth (`*` is a direct
+  // child). A nested package.json under that package is still owned: the
+  // ancestor directory of glob length must itself be a package.
+  function positiveOwns(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    if (relSegments.length === patternSegments.length) return true;
+    const ancestorDir = path.join(root, ...relSegments.slice(0, patternSegments.length));
+    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ancestorDir, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  function groupOwns(rawPatterns) {
+    const patterns = rawPatterns.map(normalizeWorkspacePattern).filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patterns.length) return null;
+    const excluded = patterns.some((pattern) => (
+      pattern.startsWith('!') && matchesNegation(pattern.slice(1))
+    ));
+    const included = patterns.filter((pattern) => !pattern.startsWith('!')).some(positiveOwns);
+    if (!excluded && !included) return null;
+    if (excluded) return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [impeccable, pkg] = readWorkspacePatternGroups(root);
+  const fromImpeccable = groupOwns(impeccable);
+  if (fromImpeccable !== null) return fromImpeccable;
+  const fromPkg = groupOwns(pkg);
+  if (fromPkg !== null) return fromPkg;
+  if ([...impeccable, ...pkg].some((pattern) => !normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).startsWith('!'))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return relSegments.length >= 2 && MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.includes(relSegments[0]);
+}
+
+// Both forms of the home directory. The walk compares path strings, and a
+// symlinked home (e.g. /home -> /var/home) never string-matches the physical
+// paths a cwd-resolved target produces, which would let the post-boundary walk
+// sail through $HOME and inherit from it.
+function homeDirForms() {
+  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const forms = new Set([homeDir]);
+  try {
+    forms.add(fs.realpathSync(homeDir));
+  } catch { /* keep the logical form only */ }
+  return forms;
+}
+
 // Walk up from `startDir` to the directory that governs the target's design
 // system, mirroring skill/scripts/context.mjs's project-boundary semantics:
 //
 //   - A directory carrying a DESIGN.md (directly or in a fallback dir) IS the
 //     design root — that's where the rules live.
 //   - A directory carrying a project marker (.git / package.json / .impeccable)
-//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY: the walk stops with no design
-//     system, so a sibling project never inherits a parent's or cwd's rules.
+//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY. A nested package.json inherits
+//     the ancestor DESIGN.md only when that ancestor's workspace declarations
+//     include the path (negations win; a nested package under a matched
+//     workspace still inherits). Marker-only roots (turbo/nx/lerna/pnpm
+//     with no globs) still own apps/<name> and packages/<name>. A stray nested
+//     package that matches no glob does not inherit. This is detect's
+//     contamination contract, not skill-context's repoRoot fallback for
+//     excluded paths. A nested separate repository (.git with no workspace
+//     declaration) still inherits nothing (issue #570).
 //   - Reaching the home directory / filesystem root with neither means no
 //     design system at all — never process.cwd()'s.
 //
@@ -590,15 +760,33 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
 // runs out. This is the fix for cross-project contamination.
 export function findDesignRoot(startDir) {
   let dir = path.resolve(startDir);
-  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const homeDirs = homeDirForms();
+  let boundary = null;
   while (true) {
-    if (resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
-    if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
-      return { dir, hasDesign: false };
+    if (!boundary && resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
+    if (boundary) {
+      // Past the boundary the walk only looks for the monorepo root that owns
+      // the workspace path (workspace globs including negations, or marker-only
+      // apps/packages fallback). Monorepo-root before .git, same order as
+      // context.mjs: a workspace root carrying its own .git is still recognized,
+      // while a .git that declares no workspaces is a separate repository and
+      // stops the walk with nothing inherited. The home directory is never an
+      // owning root, same as context.mjs's findMonorepoRoot, which stops at
+      // homeDir before its monorepo check.
+      if (!homeDirs.has(dir) && isMonorepoRoot(dir)) {
+        if (monorepoOwnsPath(dir, boundary.dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: !!resolveDesignMdPath(dir) };
+        return boundary;
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
+    } else if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
+      boundary = { dir, hasDesign: false };
+      // A boundary that is itself a monorepo root, or a separate repository
+      // with its own .git, inherits nothing from above.
+      if (isMonorepoRoot(dir) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
     }
-    if (dir === homeDir) return null;
+    if (homeDirs.has(dir)) return boundary;
     const parent = path.dirname(dir);
-    if (parent === dir) return null;
+    if (parent === dir) return boundary;
     dir = parent;
   }
 }

.vibe/skills/impeccable/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

.vibe/skills/impeccable/scripts/detector/design-system.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const FALLBACK_DIRS = ['.agents/context', 'docs'];
 // CLI can't import (separate tree). `.git` and `package.json` are the common
 // boundaries; `.impeccable` is our own project marker.
 const PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS = ['.git', 'package.json', '.impeccable'];
+// Monorepo-root recognition, mirroring context.mjs's isMonorepoRoot: declared
+// workspace globs (package.json `workspaces`, pnpm-workspace.yaml `packages:`)
+// or a marker file beside apps/ or packages/ children.
+const MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES = ['pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'turbo.json', 'nx.json', 'lerna.json'];
+const MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS = ['apps', 'packages'];
 const COLOR_CHANNEL_TOLERANCE = 6;
 // Shadow blacks at different alphas are different tokens (0.28 vs 0.55 is the
 // difference between a documented shadow and drift), so shadow matching cannot
@@ -575,14 +580,179 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
   }
 }
 
+// Same two groups as context.mjs's readProjectPatternGroups: Impeccable
+// projectRoots govern any path they match (positive or negated); package-manager
+// globs only apply to paths the Impeccable group does not match.
+function readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir) {
+  const impeccable = [];
+  for (const name of ['config.json', 'config.local.json']) {
+    const roots = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, '.impeccable', name))?.projectRoots;
+    if (Array.isArray(roots)) {
+      impeccable.push(...roots.filter(entry => typeof entry === 'string' && entry.trim()).map(entry => entry.trim()));
+    }
+  }
+  const pkg = [];
+  const workspaces = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))?.workspaces;
+  if (Array.isArray(workspaces)) pkg.push(...workspaces);
+  else if (Array.isArray(workspaces?.packages)) pkg.push(...workspaces.packages);
+  const lernaPackages = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'lerna.json'))?.packages;
+  if (Array.isArray(lernaPackages)) pkg.push(...lernaPackages);
+  try {
+    let inPackages = false;
+    for (const line of fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const trimmed = stripInlineYamlComment(line).trim();
+      if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
+      const flow = trimmed.match(/^packages:\s*\[(.*)\]\s*$/);
+      if (flow) {
+        pkg.push(...flow[1].split(',').map(entry => entry.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).filter(Boolean));
+        break;
+      }
+      if (/^packages:\s*$/.test(trimmed)) { inPackages = true; continue; }
+      if (!inPackages) continue;
+      const item = trimmed.match(/^-\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (item) pkg.push(item[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+      else if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+:\s*/.test(trimmed)) break;
+    }
+  } catch { /* no pnpm-workspace.yaml */ }
+  return [impeccable, pkg];
+}
+
+function readWorkspacePatterns(dir) {
+  return readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir).flat();
+}
+
+function isMonorepoRoot(dir) {
+  if (readWorkspacePatterns(dir).some(pattern => !String(pattern).trim().startsWith('!'))) return true;
+  if (!MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES.some(file => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)))) return false;
+  return MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.some(name => {
+    try {
+      return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, name), { withFileTypes: true }).some(entry => entry.isDirectory());
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function monorepoOwnsPath(root, boundaryDir) {
+  const rel = path.relative(root, boundaryDir);
+  if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) return false;
+  const relSegments = rel.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern) {
+    return String(pattern || '')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  function escapeRegExp(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+  }
+
+  function segmentMatches(patternSegment, relSegment) {
+    if (patternSegment === '*') return true;
+    if (!patternSegment.includes('*')) return patternSegment === relSegment;
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(patternSegment).replace(/\\\*/g, '[^/]*')}$`);
+    return re.test(relSegment);
+  }
+
+  function matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments) {
+    function rec(pi, ri) {
+      if (pi === patternSegments.length) return ri === relSegments.length;
+      if (patternSegments[pi] === '**') {
+        if (pi === patternSegments.length - 1) return true;
+        for (let k = ri; k <= relSegments.length; k++) {
+          if (rec(pi + 1, k)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ri >= relSegments.length) return false;
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[pi], relSegments[ri])) return false;
+      return rec(pi + 1, ri + 1);
+    }
+    return rec(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Negations like !packages/excluded must also cover nested dirs under that path.
+  function matchesNegation(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Positive globs identify workspace packages at exact depth (`*` is a direct
+  // child). A nested package.json under that package is still owned: the
+  // ancestor directory of glob length must itself be a package.
+  function positiveOwns(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    if (relSegments.length === patternSegments.length) return true;
+    const ancestorDir = path.join(root, ...relSegments.slice(0, patternSegments.length));
+    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ancestorDir, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  function groupOwns(rawPatterns) {
+    const patterns = rawPatterns.map(normalizeWorkspacePattern).filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patterns.length) return null;
+    const excluded = patterns.some((pattern) => (
+      pattern.startsWith('!') && matchesNegation(pattern.slice(1))
+    ));
+    const included = patterns.filter((pattern) => !pattern.startsWith('!')).some(positiveOwns);
+    if (!excluded && !included) return null;
+    if (excluded) return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [impeccable, pkg] = readWorkspacePatternGroups(root);
+  const fromImpeccable = groupOwns(impeccable);
+  if (fromImpeccable !== null) return fromImpeccable;
+  const fromPkg = groupOwns(pkg);
+  if (fromPkg !== null) return fromPkg;
+  if ([...impeccable, ...pkg].some((pattern) => !normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).startsWith('!'))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return relSegments.length >= 2 && MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.includes(relSegments[0]);
+}
+
+// Both forms of the home directory. The walk compares path strings, and a
+// symlinked home (e.g. /home -> /var/home) never string-matches the physical
+// paths a cwd-resolved target produces, which would let the post-boundary walk
+// sail through $HOME and inherit from it.
+function homeDirForms() {
+  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const forms = new Set([homeDir]);
+  try {
+    forms.add(fs.realpathSync(homeDir));
+  } catch { /* keep the logical form only */ }
+  return forms;
+}
+
 // Walk up from `startDir` to the directory that governs the target's design
 // system, mirroring skill/scripts/context.mjs's project-boundary semantics:
 //
 //   - A directory carrying a DESIGN.md (directly or in a fallback dir) IS the
 //     design root — that's where the rules live.
 //   - A directory carrying a project marker (.git / package.json / .impeccable)
-//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY: the walk stops with no design
-//     system, so a sibling project never inherits a parent's or cwd's rules.
+//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY. A nested package.json inherits
+//     the ancestor DESIGN.md only when that ancestor's workspace declarations
+//     include the path (negations win; a nested package under a matched
+//     workspace still inherits). Marker-only roots (turbo/nx/lerna/pnpm
+//     with no globs) still own apps/<name> and packages/<name>. A stray nested
+//     package that matches no glob does not inherit. This is detect's
+//     contamination contract, not skill-context's repoRoot fallback for
+//     excluded paths. A nested separate repository (.git with no workspace
+//     declaration) still inherits nothing (issue #570).
 //   - Reaching the home directory / filesystem root with neither means no
 //     design system at all — never process.cwd()'s.
 //
@@ -590,15 +760,33 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
 // runs out. This is the fix for cross-project contamination.
 export function findDesignRoot(startDir) {
   let dir = path.resolve(startDir);
-  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const homeDirs = homeDirForms();
+  let boundary = null;
   while (true) {
-    if (resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
-    if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
-      return { dir, hasDesign: false };
+    if (!boundary && resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
+    if (boundary) {
+      // Past the boundary the walk only looks for the monorepo root that owns
+      // the workspace path (workspace globs including negations, or marker-only
+      // apps/packages fallback). Monorepo-root before .git, same order as
+      // context.mjs: a workspace root carrying its own .git is still recognized,
+      // while a .git that declares no workspaces is a separate repository and
+      // stops the walk with nothing inherited. The home directory is never an
+      // owning root, same as context.mjs's findMonorepoRoot, which stops at
+      // homeDir before its monorepo check.
+      if (!homeDirs.has(dir) && isMonorepoRoot(dir)) {
+        if (monorepoOwnsPath(dir, boundary.dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: !!resolveDesignMdPath(dir) };
+        return boundary;
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
+    } else if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
+      boundary = { dir, hasDesign: false };
+      // A boundary that is itself a monorepo root, or a separate repository
+      // with its own .git, inherits nothing from above.
+      if (isMonorepoRoot(dir) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
     }
-    if (dir === homeDir) return null;
+    if (homeDirs.has(dir)) return boundary;
     const parent = path.dirname(dir);
-    if (parent === dir) return null;
+    if (parent === dir) return boundary;
     dir = parent;
   }
 }

cli/engine/engines/static-html/css-cascade.mjs

@@ -964,8 +964,34 @@ function buildStaticWindow(staticDoc) {
   };
 }
 
+function resolveLinkedCssPath(fileDir, href) {
+  const stripped = href.split(/[?#]/)[0];
+  const rootRelative = stripped.startsWith('/') && !stripped.startsWith('//');
+  if (!rootRelative) return path.resolve(fileDir, stripped);
+  // Drop "." and reject ".." so /../outside.css cannot walk out of dir.
+  const segments = stripped.replace(/^\/+/, '').split(/[/\\]/).filter(p => p && p !== '.');
+  if (segments.some(p => p === '..')) return path.join(fileDir, segments.filter(p => p !== '..').join(path.sep));
+  const rel = segments.join(path.sep);
+  let dir = fileDir;
+  for (;;) {
+    const parent = path.dirname(dir);
+    if (parent === dir) break; // never use the filesystem root as document root
+    try {
+      const candidate = path.join(dir, rel);
+      if (fs.statSync(candidate).isFile()) return candidate;
+    } catch { /* missing or unreadable candidate */ }
+    // Stop at the project root so a coincidental ~/static/app.css cannot win.
+    try {
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, 'package.json')) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) break;
+    } catch { /* unreadable marker */ }
+    dir = parent;
+  }
+  return path.join(fileDir, rel);
+}
+
 function collectStaticCssText(root, fileDir, profile, filePath, modules) {
   const styleTexts = [];
+  const warnedMissingStylesheets = new Set();
   for (const styleEl of modules.selectAll('style', root.children || [])) {
     styleTexts.push(modules.domutils.textContent(styleEl));
   }
@@ -974,10 +1000,10 @@ function collectStaticCssText(root, fileDir, profile, filePath, modules) {
     const rel = link.attribs?.rel || '';
     const href = link.attribs?.href || '';
     if (!/\bstylesheet\b/i.test(rel) || !href || /^(https?:)?\/\//i.test(href)) continue;
-    // Cache-busting hrefs (styles.css?v=3) resolve to the file, not to a
-    // literal path with the query in it; a versioned link otherwise made the
-    // whole stylesheet invisible to every element-level check.
-    const cssPath = path.resolve(fileDir, href.split(/[?#]/)[0]);
+    // Cache-busting (styles.css?v=3) and root-relative (/static/app.css) hrefs
+    // must not resolve as OS-absolute paths; otherwise the whole stylesheet is
+    // invisible to every element-level check.
+    const cssPath = resolveLinkedCssPath(fileDir, href);
     try {
       const css = profileStep(profile, {
         engine: 'static-html',
@@ -987,7 +1013,14 @@ function collectStaticCssText(root, fileDir, profile, filePath, modules) {
         detail: href,
       }, () => fs.readFileSync(cssPath, 'utf-8'));
       styleTexts.push(css);
-    } catch { /* skip unreadable */ }
+    } catch {
+      if (!warnedMissingStylesheets.has(cssPath)) {
+        warnedMissingStylesheets.add(cssPath);
+        process.stderr.write(
+          `impeccable detect: could not read linked stylesheet ${href} (resolved to ${cssPath}); color and custom-property rules will be incomplete\n`
+        );
+      }
+    }
   }
   return styleTexts.join('\n');
 }

plugin/skills/impeccable/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

plugin/skills/impeccable/scripts/detector/design-system.mjs

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const FALLBACK_DIRS = ['.agents/context', 'docs'];
 // CLI can't import (separate tree). `.git` and `package.json` are the common
 // boundaries; `.impeccable` is our own project marker.
 const PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS = ['.git', 'package.json', '.impeccable'];
+// Monorepo-root recognition, mirroring context.mjs's isMonorepoRoot: declared
+// workspace globs (package.json `workspaces`, pnpm-workspace.yaml `packages:`)
+// or a marker file beside apps/ or packages/ children.
+const MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES = ['pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'turbo.json', 'nx.json', 'lerna.json'];
+const MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS = ['apps', 'packages'];
 const COLOR_CHANNEL_TOLERANCE = 6;
 // Shadow blacks at different alphas are different tokens (0.28 vs 0.55 is the
 // difference between a documented shadow and drift), so shadow matching cannot
@@ -575,14 +580,179 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
   }
 }
 
+// Same two groups as context.mjs's readProjectPatternGroups: Impeccable
+// projectRoots govern any path they match (positive or negated); package-manager
+// globs only apply to paths the Impeccable group does not match.
+function readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir) {
+  const impeccable = [];
+  for (const name of ['config.json', 'config.local.json']) {
+    const roots = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, '.impeccable', name))?.projectRoots;
+    if (Array.isArray(roots)) {
+      impeccable.push(...roots.filter(entry => typeof entry === 'string' && entry.trim()).map(entry => entry.trim()));
+    }
+  }
+  const pkg = [];
+  const workspaces = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'package.json'))?.workspaces;
+  if (Array.isArray(workspaces)) pkg.push(...workspaces);
+  else if (Array.isArray(workspaces?.packages)) pkg.push(...workspaces.packages);
+  const lernaPackages = safeReadJson(path.join(dir, 'lerna.json'))?.packages;
+  if (Array.isArray(lernaPackages)) pkg.push(...lernaPackages);
+  try {
+    let inPackages = false;
+    for (const line of fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'), 'utf-8').split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const trimmed = stripInlineYamlComment(line).trim();
+      if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('#')) continue;
+      const flow = trimmed.match(/^packages:\s*\[(.*)\]\s*$/);
+      if (flow) {
+        pkg.push(...flow[1].split(',').map(entry => entry.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')).filter(Boolean));
+        break;
+      }
+      if (/^packages:\s*$/.test(trimmed)) { inPackages = true; continue; }
+      if (!inPackages) continue;
+      const item = trimmed.match(/^-\s*(.+)$/);
+      if (item) pkg.push(item[1].trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''));
+      else if (/^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+:\s*/.test(trimmed)) break;
+    }
+  } catch { /* no pnpm-workspace.yaml */ }
+  return [impeccable, pkg];
+}
+
+function readWorkspacePatterns(dir) {
+  return readWorkspacePatternGroups(dir).flat();
+}
+
+function isMonorepoRoot(dir) {
+  if (readWorkspacePatterns(dir).some(pattern => !String(pattern).trim().startsWith('!'))) return true;
+  if (!MONOREPO_MARKER_FILES.some(file => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file)))) return false;
+  return MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.some(name => {
+    try {
+      return fs.readdirSync(path.join(dir, name), { withFileTypes: true }).some(entry => entry.isDirectory());
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function monorepoOwnsPath(root, boundaryDir) {
+  const rel = path.relative(root, boundaryDir);
+  if (!rel || rel.startsWith('..') || path.isAbsolute(rel)) return false;
+  const relSegments = rel.split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern) {
+    return String(pattern || '')
+      .trim()
+      .replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '')
+      .replace(/^\.\//, '')
+      .replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  }
+
+  function escapeRegExp(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+  }
+
+  function segmentMatches(patternSegment, relSegment) {
+    if (patternSegment === '*') return true;
+    if (!patternSegment.includes('*')) return patternSegment === relSegment;
+    const re = new RegExp(`^${escapeRegExp(patternSegment).replace(/\\\*/g, '[^/]*')}$`);
+    return re.test(relSegment);
+  }
+
+  function matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments) {
+    function rec(pi, ri) {
+      if (pi === patternSegments.length) return ri === relSegments.length;
+      if (patternSegments[pi] === '**') {
+        if (pi === patternSegments.length - 1) return true;
+        for (let k = ri; k <= relSegments.length; k++) {
+          if (rec(pi + 1, k)) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ri >= relSegments.length) return false;
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[pi], relSegments[ri])) return false;
+      return rec(pi + 1, ri + 1);
+    }
+    return rec(0, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Negations like !packages/excluded must also cover nested dirs under that path.
+  function matchesNegation(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Positive globs identify workspace packages at exact depth (`*` is a direct
+  // child). A nested package.json under that package is still owned: the
+  // ancestor directory of glob length must itself be a package.
+  function positiveOwns(pattern) {
+    const patternSegments = normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patternSegments.length) return false;
+    if (patternSegments.includes('**')) return matchGlobSegments(patternSegments, relSegments);
+    if (relSegments.length < patternSegments.length) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < patternSegments.length; i++) {
+      if (!segmentMatches(patternSegments[i], relSegments[i])) return false;
+    }
+    if (relSegments.length === patternSegments.length) return true;
+    const ancestorDir = path.join(root, ...relSegments.slice(0, patternSegments.length));
+    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ancestorDir, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  function groupOwns(rawPatterns) {
+    const patterns = rawPatterns.map(normalizeWorkspacePattern).filter(Boolean);
+    if (!patterns.length) return null;
+    const excluded = patterns.some((pattern) => (
+      pattern.startsWith('!') && matchesNegation(pattern.slice(1))
+    ));
+    const included = patterns.filter((pattern) => !pattern.startsWith('!')).some(positiveOwns);
+    if (!excluded && !included) return null;
+    if (excluded) return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const [impeccable, pkg] = readWorkspacePatternGroups(root);
+  const fromImpeccable = groupOwns(impeccable);
+  if (fromImpeccable !== null) return fromImpeccable;
+  const fromPkg = groupOwns(pkg);
+  if (fromPkg !== null) return fromPkg;
+  if ([...impeccable, ...pkg].some((pattern) => !normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern).startsWith('!'))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return relSegments.length >= 2 && MONOREPO_FALLBACK_PROJECT_DIRS.includes(relSegments[0]);
+}
+
+// Both forms of the home directory. The walk compares path strings, and a
+// symlinked home (e.g. /home -> /var/home) never string-matches the physical
+// paths a cwd-resolved target produces, which would let the post-boundary walk
+// sail through $HOME and inherit from it.
+function homeDirForms() {
+  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const forms = new Set([homeDir]);
+  try {
+    forms.add(fs.realpathSync(homeDir));
+  } catch { /* keep the logical form only */ }
+  return forms;
+}
+
 // Walk up from `startDir` to the directory that governs the target's design
 // system, mirroring skill/scripts/context.mjs's project-boundary semantics:
 //
 //   - A directory carrying a DESIGN.md (directly or in a fallback dir) IS the
 //     design root — that's where the rules live.
 //   - A directory carrying a project marker (.git / package.json / .impeccable)
-//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY: the walk stops with no design
-//     system, so a sibling project never inherits a parent's or cwd's rules.
+//     but no DESIGN.md is a project BOUNDARY. A nested package.json inherits
+//     the ancestor DESIGN.md only when that ancestor's workspace declarations
+//     include the path (negations win; a nested package under a matched
+//     workspace still inherits). Marker-only roots (turbo/nx/lerna/pnpm
+//     with no globs) still own apps/<name> and packages/<name>. A stray nested
+//     package that matches no glob does not inherit. This is detect's
+//     contamination contract, not skill-context's repoRoot fallback for
+//     excluded paths. A nested separate repository (.git with no workspace
+//     declaration) still inherits nothing (issue #570).
 //   - Reaching the home directory / filesystem root with neither means no
 //     design system at all — never process.cwd()'s.
 //
@@ -590,15 +760,33 @@ function designSystemStartDir(targetPath, cwd = process.cwd()) {
 // runs out. This is the fix for cross-project contamination.
 export function findDesignRoot(startDir) {
   let dir = path.resolve(startDir);
-  const homeDir = path.resolve(os.homedir());
+  const homeDirs = homeDirForms();
+  let boundary = null;
   while (true) {
-    if (resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
-    if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
-      return { dir, hasDesign: false };
+    if (!boundary && resolveDesignMdPath(dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: true };
+    if (boundary) {
+      // Past the boundary the walk only looks for the monorepo root that owns
+      // the workspace path (workspace globs including negations, or marker-only
+      // apps/packages fallback). Monorepo-root before .git, same order as
+      // context.mjs: a workspace root carrying its own .git is still recognized,
+      // while a .git that declares no workspaces is a separate repository and
+      // stops the walk with nothing inherited. The home directory is never an
+      // owning root, same as context.mjs's findMonorepoRoot, which stops at
+      // homeDir before its monorepo check.
+      if (!homeDirs.has(dir) && isMonorepoRoot(dir)) {
+        if (monorepoOwnsPath(dir, boundary.dir)) return { dir, hasDesign: !!resolveDesignMdPath(dir) };
+        return boundary;
+      }
+      if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
+    } else if (PROJECT_ROOT_MARKERS.some((marker) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, marker)))) {
+      boundary = { dir, hasDesign: false };
+      // A boundary that is itself a monorepo root, or a separate repository
+      // with its own .git, inherits nothing from above.
+      if (isMonorepoRoot(dir) || fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, '.git'))) return boundary;
     }
-    if (dir === homeDir) return null;
+    if (homeDirs.has(dir)) return boundary;
     const parent = path.dirname(dir);
-    if (parent === dir) return null;
+    if (parent === dir) return boundary;
     dir = parent;
   }
 }

skill/scripts/context.mjs

@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ async function fetchLatestSkillVersion() {
   }
 }
 
+// Destroy fetch's global undici dispatcher before process.exit(): a live
+// keep-alive socket trips a libuv assertion on Windows/Node 24 after a
+// successful boot (nodejs/node#56645, issue #573).
+async function destroyFetchDispatcher() {
+  const dispatcher = globalThis[Symbol.for('undici.globalDispatcher.1')];
+  if (dispatcher && typeof dispatcher.destroy === 'function') {
+    try { await dispatcher.destroy(); } catch { /* exit regardless */ }
+  }
+}
+
+// Drain the boot payload before process.exit(): a live pipe that has not
+// flushed yet is truncated when Node tears down (issue #573 review). Then
+// close fetch so Windows teardown does not abort on the keep-alive socket.
+async function finishCli(output) {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    process.stdout.write(output, () => resolve());
+  });
+  await destroyFetchDispatcher();
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Two instructions used to sit in one directive: ask, and "if they agree, run
 // it". Nothing gated the second on an answer, and the same sentence said to
 // continue without waiting, so a run that could never establish agreement was
@@ -1159,8 +1180,7 @@ async function cli() {
     appendImageToolsDirective(parts);
     appendStalenessDirective(parts, ctx, cliOptions);
     if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-    process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
-    process.exit(0);
+    await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
   }
   const parts = [`# PRODUCT.md\n\n${ctx.product.trim()}`];
   if (ctx.hasDesign) {
@@ -1206,7 +1226,7 @@ async function cli() {
     }
   }
   if (updateDirective) parts.push(updateDirective);
-  process.stdout.write(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
+  await finishCli(parts.join('\n\n---\n\n') + '\n');
 }
 
 function parseCliOptions(args) {

tests/context.test.mjs

@@ -1060,6 +1060,27 @@ describe('context.mjs CLI', () => {
     assert.match(res.stdout, /detect\.mjs --json <changed targets>/);
   });
 
+  it('drains stdout before exit when the parent pipe is paused', async () => {
+    const MARKER = 'END_MARKER_573';
+    write('PRODUCT.md', `# Acme\n\n${'x'.repeat(256 * 1024)}\n\n${MARKER}\n`);
+    const child = spawn(process.execPath, [SCRIPT_PATH], {
+      cwd: scratch,
+      env: { ...process.env, IMPECCABLE_NO_UPDATE_CHECK: '1', IMPECCABLE_NO_STALENESS_CHECK: '1' },
+    });
+    let stdout = '';
+    child.stdout.on('data', (chunk) => { stdout += chunk; });
+    child.stdout.pause();
+    const resume = setTimeout(() => child.stdout.resume(), 100);
+    const status = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      child.on('error', reject);
+      child.on('close', resolve);
+    });
+    clearTimeout(resume);
+    assert.equal(status, 0);
+    assert.match(stdout, /END_MARKER_573/);
+    assert.match(stdout, /RESOLVED_CONTEXT:/);
+  });
+
   // The build-path preference rides the unified config beside hook and
   // detector settings. The local file wins because whether a machine can
   // generate images is a property of that machine, not of the committed
@@ -1588,4 +1609,39 @@ describe('context.mjs update check', () => {
     assert.equal(typeof cache.lastCheck, 'number'); // stamped so we don't re-poll every boot
     assert.equal(cache.latestVersion, undefined); // nothing learned
   });
+
+  // Targeted live-fetch boot: the Windows abort in issue #573 fired after
+  // stdout was already complete, so the contract is exit 0 with the full
+  // context still on stdout.
+  it('exits 0 after a targeted live-fetch boot writes full context', async () => {
+    const { srv, host } = await startStub({ skills: '2.0.0' });
+    try {
+      const { skillScript, project, env } = setup({}, { host });
+      fs.writeFileSync(
+        path.join(project, 'package.json'),
+        JSON.stringify({ private: true, workspaces: ['packages/*'] }),
+      );
+      const jervPi = path.join(project, 'packages', 'jerv-pi');
+      fs.mkdirSync(jervPi, { recursive: true });
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(jervPi, 'PRODUCT.md'), '# Jerv Pi product\n');
+
+      const result = await new Promise((resolveRun, rejectRun) => {
+        const child = spawn(process.execPath, [skillScript, '--target', 'packages/jerv-pi'], {
+          cwd: project,
+          env,
+        });
+        let stdout = '';
+        child.stdout.on('data', (chunk) => { stdout += chunk; });
+        child.on('error', rejectRun);
+        child.on('close', (status) => resolveRun({ status, stdout }));
+      });
+
+      assert.equal(result.status, 0);
+      assert.match(result.stdout, /RESOLVED_CONTEXT:/);
+      assert.match(result.stdout, /# Jerv Pi product/);
+      assert.match(result.stdout, /UPDATE_AVAILABLE/);
+    } finally {
+      srv.close();
+    }
+  });
 });

tests/detect-antipatterns.test.js

@@ -1321,6 +1321,81 @@ describe('detectHtml — static HTML/CSS engine', () => {
     expect(findingIds(f)).toContain('side-tab');
   });
 
+  test('resolves root-relative linked stylesheets with cache-busting query', async () => {
+    await withStaticFixture({
+      'index.html': `<!DOCTYPE html><html><head>
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/app.css?v=3">
+      </head><body><div class="card">Card</div></body></html>`,
+      'static/app.css': '.card { border-left: 5px solid #3b82f6; border-radius: 4px; }',
+    }, async ({ file }) => {
+      const f = await detectHtml(file);
+      expect(findingIds(f)).toContain('side-tab');
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('resolves root-relative linked stylesheets from nested pages via ancestor walk', async () => {
+    await withStaticFixture({
+      'pages/about.html': `<!DOCTYPE html><html><head>
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/app.css">
+      </head><body><div class="card">Card</div></body></html>`,
+      'static/app.css': '.card { border-left: 5px solid #3b82f6; border-radius: 4px; }',
+    }, async ({ dir }) => {
+      const f = await detectHtml(path.join(dir, 'pages', 'about.html'));
+      expect(findingIds(f)).toContain('side-tab');
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('does not resolve root-relative sheets above the project root', async () => {
+    await withStaticFixture({
+      'project/package.json': '{}',
+      'project/index.html': `<!DOCTYPE html><html><head>
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/app.css">
+      </head><body><div class="card">Card</div></body></html>`,
+      'static/app.css': '.card { border-left: 5px solid #3b82f6; border-radius: 4px; }',
+    }, async ({ dir }) => {
+      const f = await detectHtml(path.join(dir, 'project', 'index.html'));
+      expect(findingIds(f)).not.toContain('side-tab');
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('does not follow root-relative .. segments out of the page directory', async () => {
+    await withStaticFixture({
+      'project/package.json': '{}',
+      'project/index.html': `<!DOCTYPE html><html><head>
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="/../outside.css">
+      </head><body><div class="card">Card</div></body></html>`,
+      'outside.css': '.card { border-left: 5px solid #3b82f6; border-radius: 4px; }',
+    }, async ({ dir }) => {
+      const f = await detectHtml(path.join(dir, 'project', 'index.html'));
+      expect(findingIds(f)).not.toContain('side-tab');
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('warns when a linked stylesheet cannot be read', async () => {
+    const writes = [];
+    const origWrite = process.stderr.write.bind(process.stderr);
+    process.stderr.write = (chunk, ...args) => {
+      writes.push(String(chunk));
+      return origWrite(chunk, ...args);
+    };
+    try {
+      await withStaticFixture({
+        'index.html': `<!DOCTYPE html><html><head>
+          <link rel="stylesheet" href="/missing/app.css">
+        </head><body><div>Page</div></body></html>`,
+      }, async ({ file, dir }) => {
+        await detectHtml(file);
+        await detectHtml(file);
+        const msg = writes.join('');
+        const hits = msg.split('could not read linked stylesheet /missing/app.css').length - 1;
+        expect(hits).toBe(2);
+        expect(msg).toContain(`resolved to ${path.join(dir, 'missing', 'app.css')}`);
+      });
+    } finally {
+      process.stderr.write = origWrite;
+    }
+  });
+
   test('gradient-text: a style="" attribute alone carries the page-level flag', async () => {
     await withStaticFixture({
       'index.html': `<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>t</title></head><body>