diff --git a/scripts/check-typecheck-coverage.ts b/scripts/check-typecheck-coverage.ts
index f20ba9c99..7c13ff64c 100644
--- a/scripts/check-typecheck-coverage.ts
+++ b/scripts/check-typecheck-coverage.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import { fileURLToPath, URL } from "node:url";
 
 export type TypecheckGap = { workspace: string; script: string };
 
+export type WorkspaceWithTypecheck = { name: string; dir: string };
+
 /** Every `npm run <name>` this script body invokes (the root package's own scripts). */
 function referencedRootScripts(body: string): string[] {
   // `npm run x`, `npm run x --silent`, `npm --silent run x` -- all forms used in this package.json.
@@ -51,13 +53,14 @@ function referencedWorkspaces(body: string): string[] {
 /**
  * PURE: workspaces that declare a `typecheck` script the root `typecheck` never reaches.
  *
- * `scripts` is the root package's script map; `workspacesWithTypecheck` is every workspace package name that
- * declares one. Reachability follows `npm run` references transitively from `entry`, because a workspace is
- * covered whether it is invoked directly or through an intermediate script.
+ * `scripts` is the root package's script map; `workspacesWithTypecheck` is every workspace that declares
+ * one (package name + directory). Reachability follows `npm run` references transitively from `entry`,
+ * because a workspace is covered whether it is invoked directly, through an intermediate script, or via
+ * `tsc -p <dir>/tsconfig.json`.
  */
 export function findTypecheckGaps(
   scripts: Readonly<Record<string, string>>,
-  workspacesWithTypecheck: readonly string[],
+  workspacesWithTypecheck: readonly WorkspaceWithTypecheck[],
   entry = "typecheck",
 ): TypecheckGap[] {
   const covered = new Set<string>();
@@ -79,13 +82,18 @@ export function findTypecheckGaps(
     queue.push(...referencedRootScripts(body));
   }
   return workspacesWithTypecheck
-    .filter((workspace) => !covered.has(workspace) && !covered.has(workspace.replace(/^@[\w-]+\//, "")))
-    .map((workspace) => ({ workspace, script: "typecheck" }));
+    .filter(
+      (workspace) =>
+        !covered.has(workspace.name) &&
+        !covered.has(workspace.name.replace(/^@[\w-]+\//, "")) &&
+        !covered.has(workspace.dir),
+    )
+    .map((workspace) => ({ workspace: workspace.name, script: "typecheck" }));
 }
 
 /** Workspace package names (and their directories) that declare their own `typecheck` script. */
-export function workspacesDeclaringTypecheck(root: string): { name: string; dir: string }[] {
-  const out: { name: string; dir: string }[] = [];
+export function workspacesDeclaringTypecheck(root: string): WorkspaceWithTypecheck[] {
+  const out: WorkspaceWithTypecheck[] = [];
   for (const group of ["apps", "packages"]) {
     let dirs: string[];
     try {
@@ -109,7 +117,7 @@ function main(): void {
   const root = join(fileURLToPath(new URL(".", import.meta.url)), "..");
   const rootManifest = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(root, "package.json"), "utf8")) as { scripts?: Record<string, string> };
   const declared = workspacesDeclaringTypecheck(root);
-  const gaps = findTypecheckGaps(rootManifest.scripts ?? {}, declared.map((entry) => entry.name));
+  const gaps = findTypecheckGaps(rootManifest.scripts ?? {}, declared);
 
   if (gaps.length > 0) {
     console.error("`npm run typecheck` does not reach every workspace that declares one:\n");
diff --git a/test/unit/check-typecheck-coverage-script.test.ts b/test/unit/check-typecheck-coverage-script.test.ts
index 631d35174..18992a9eb 100644
--- a/test/unit/check-typecheck-coverage-script.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/check-typecheck-coverage-script.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ describe("findTypecheckGaps (#9860)", () => {
       // Present in the repo, but reachable only from test:ci -- never from `typecheck`.
       "ui:typecheck": "npm --workspace @loopover/ui run typecheck",
     };
-    expect(findTypecheckGaps(scripts, ["@loopover/ui"])).toEqual([{ workspace: "@loopover/ui", script: "typecheck" }]);
+    expect(findTypecheckGaps(scripts, [{ name: "@loopover/ui", dir: "apps/loopover-ui" }])).toEqual([
+      { workspace: "@loopover/ui", script: "typecheck" },
+    ]);
   });
 
   it("counts a workspace reached THROUGH an intermediate script as covered", () => {
@@ -29,33 +31,73 @@ describe("findTypecheckGaps (#9860)", () => {
       "ui:typecheck": "npm run ui:kit:build && npm --workspace @loopover/ui run typecheck",
       "ui:kit:build": "npm --workspace @loopover/ui-kit run build",
     };
-    expect(findTypecheckGaps(scripts, ["@loopover/ui"])).toEqual([]);
+    expect(findTypecheckGaps(scripts, [{ name: "@loopover/ui", dir: "apps/loopover-ui" }])).toEqual([]);
   });
 
   it("counts a project typechecked directly by path as covered, without its own script being invoked", () => {
     // `typecheck:packages` runs tsc against the project file rather than calling the workspace's script.
+    // Inputs must match what main() produces: { name, dir }, not a bare directory string (#10044).
     const scripts = {
       typecheck: "npm run typecheck:packages",
       "typecheck:packages": "tsc -p packages/loopover-contract/tsconfig.json --noEmit",
     };
-    expect(findTypecheckGaps(scripts, ["packages/loopover-contract"])).toEqual([]);
+    expect(findTypecheckGaps(scripts, [{ name: "@loopover/contract", dir: "packages/loopover-contract" }])).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("REGRESSION (#10044): a workspace covered ONLY by tsc -p <dir> is not reported when identified by scoped package name", () => {
+    // Before the fix, covered held "packages/loopover-contract" while the filter only checked
+    // "@loopover/contract" / "contract" — so the -p branch was dead for every real main() call.
+    const scripts = {
+      typecheck: "npm run typecheck:packages",
+      "typecheck:packages": "tsc -p packages/loopover-contract/tsconfig.json --noEmit",
+    };
+    expect(findTypecheckGaps(scripts, [{ name: "@loopover/contract", dir: "packages/loopover-contract" }])).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("reports a gap when a different workspace's -p path does not cover this one", () => {
+    const scripts = {
+      typecheck: "npm run typecheck:packages",
+      "typecheck:packages": "tsc -p packages/loopover-contract/tsconfig.json --noEmit",
+    };
+    expect(findTypecheckGaps(scripts, [{ name: "@loopover/ui", dir: "apps/loopover-ui" }])).toEqual([
+      { workspace: "@loopover/ui", script: "typecheck" },
+    ]);
   });
 
   it("handles the reversed flag order, since both spellings appear in this package.json", () => {
     const scripts = { typecheck: "npm run typecheck --workspace @loopover/ui" };
-    expect(findTypecheckGaps(scripts, ["@loopover/ui"])).toEqual([]);
+    expect(findTypecheckGaps(scripts, [{ name: "@loopover/ui", dir: "apps/loopover-ui" }])).toEqual([]);
   });
 
   it("does NOT count a workspace whose BUILD is run but whose typecheck is not", () => {
     // A build may typecheck as a side effect, but that is a property of that script's current body, not a
     // guarantee. Treating it as coverage would silently accept a build that later stops emitting types.
     const scripts = { typecheck: "npm run ui:kit:build", "ui:kit:build": "npm --workspace @loopover/ui-kit run build" };
-    expect(findTypecheckGaps(scripts, ["@loopover/ui-kit"])).toEqual([{ workspace: "@loopover/ui-kit", script: "typecheck" }]);
+    expect(findTypecheckGaps(scripts, [{ name: "@loopover/ui-kit", dir: "packages/loopover-ui-kit" }])).toEqual([
+      { workspace: "@loopover/ui-kit", script: "typecheck" },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("treats a workspace as covered when covered holds the unscoped name (scoped-name strip hit)", () => {
+    // Reversed-flag form with an unscoped workspace token puts "ui" in covered; the filter must still
+    // recognise @loopover/ui via name.replace(/^@[\w-]+\//, "").
+    const scripts = { typecheck: "npm run typecheck --workspace ui" };
+    expect(findTypecheckGaps(scripts, [{ name: "@loopover/ui", dir: "apps/loopover-ui" }])).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("does not treat a workspace as covered via scoped-name strip when the unscoped token is absent", () => {
+    // Body has no -p match and no workspace reference — strip fallback misses; gap is reported by name.
+    const scripts = { typecheck: "tsc --noEmit" };
+    expect(findTypecheckGaps(scripts, [{ name: "@loopover/ui", dir: "apps/loopover-ui" }])).toEqual([
+      { workspace: "@loopover/ui", script: "typecheck" },
+    ]);
   });
 
   it("terminates on a cyclic script graph instead of looping forever", () => {
     const scripts = { typecheck: "npm run a", a: "npm run b", b: "npm run a" };
-    expect(findTypecheckGaps(scripts, ["@loopover/ui"])).toEqual([{ workspace: "@loopover/ui", script: "typecheck" }]);
+    expect(findTypecheckGaps(scripts, [{ name: "@loopover/ui", dir: "apps/loopover-ui" }])).toEqual([
+      { workspace: "@loopover/ui", script: "typecheck" },
+    ]);
   });
 
   it("reports nothing when no workspace declares a typecheck at all", () => {
@@ -64,6 +106,8 @@ describe("findTypecheckGaps (#9860)", () => {
 
   it("tolerates a missing entry script rather than throwing", () => {
     // A renamed root script must fail loudly as a REPORT, not as a crash mid-CI.
-    expect(findTypecheckGaps({}, ["@loopover/ui"])).toEqual([{ workspace: "@loopover/ui", script: "typecheck" }]);
+    expect(findTypecheckGaps({}, [{ name: "@loopover/ui", dir: "apps/loopover-ui" }])).toEqual([
+      { workspace: "@loopover/ui", script: "typecheck" },
+    ]);
   });
 });