diff --git a/.github/workflows/leak-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/leak-scan.yml
index 1acf071..2ce390a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/leak-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/leak-scan.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
         default: default
+      exclude-paths:
+        description: >
+          Space-separated path prefixes to exclude from the pr-diff deny-list scan.
+          Files whose paths start with any of these prefixes are skipped.
+          Only effective in pr-diff mode.
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
     outputs:
       gate-summary-artifact:
         description: Artifact name containing the SC-4 gate-summary.json.
@@ -64,6 +72,7 @@ jobs:
           base-ref: ${{ inputs.base-ref }}
           head-ref: ${{ inputs.head-ref }}
           deny-list: ${{ inputs.deny-list }}
+          exclude-paths: ${{ inputs.exclude-paths }}
 
       # Always upload gate-summary-leak-scan (SC-4 fail-safe)
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@4cec3d8aa04e39d1a68397de0c4cd6fb9dce8ec1 # v4.6.1
diff --git a/actions/leak-scan/action.yml b/actions/leak-scan/action.yml
index c0e1324..026830d 100644
--- a/actions/leak-scan/action.yml
+++ b/actions/leak-scan/action.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ inputs:
     description: SC-8 mode key (default | deployment-artifact | deployment-composition).
     required: false
     default: default
+  exclude-paths:
+    description: >
+      Space-separated path prefixes to exclude from the pr-diff deny-list scan.
+      Files whose paths start with any of these prefixes are skipped.
+      Only effective in pr-diff mode.
+    required: false
+    default: ""
 
 runs:
   using: composite
@@ -36,5 +43,6 @@ runs:
         BASE_REF: ${{ inputs.base-ref }}
         HEAD_REF: ${{ inputs.head-ref }}
         DENY_LIST: ${{ inputs.deny-list }}
+        EXCLUDE_PATHS: ${{ inputs.exclude-paths }}
         GW_ROOT: ${{ github.action_path }}/../..
       run: bash "${{ github.action_path }}/run.sh"
diff --git a/actions/leak-scan/run.sh b/actions/leak-scan/run.sh
index 9349085..a853684 100755
--- a/actions/leak-scan/run.sh
+++ b/actions/leak-scan/run.sh
@@ -176,6 +176,28 @@ run_pr_diff_scan() {
     return 0
   fi
 
+  # Apply EXCLUDE_PATHS: filter out files whose paths start with any excluded prefix.
+  # EXCLUDE_PATHS is a space-separated list of path prefixes (e.g. ".internal-context/").
+  local filtered_files="$changed_files"
+  if [[ -n "${EXCLUDE_PATHS:-}" ]]; then
+    for excl_prefix in $EXCLUDE_PATHS; do
+      filtered_files=$(printf '%s\n' "$filtered_files" \
+        | grep -v "^${excl_prefix}" || true)
+    done
+    local excluded_count
+    excluded_count=$(( $(printf '%s\n' "$changed_files" | grep -c .) - $(printf '%s\n' "$filtered_files" | grep -c . || echo 0) ))
+    if [[ $excluded_count -gt 0 ]]; then
+      printf '::notice::leak-scan: excluded %d path(s) matching EXCLUDE_PATHS prefixes\n' \
+        "$excluded_count"
+    fi
+    changed_files="$filtered_files"
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -z "$changed_files" ]]; then
+    emit_gate_summary "leak-scan" "Leak Scan" "pass" "no-changed-files-after-exclusion" "none" --redacted
+    return 0
+  fi
+
   printf '%s\n' "$changed_files" > changed-files.txt
 
   local gitleaks_exit=0