diff --git a/alembic/versions/0082_repo_binding_ref.py b/alembic/versions/0082_repo_binding_ref.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30f4916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/versions/0082_repo_binding_ref.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"""Per-binding ref — the branch a project's ledger follows (#2873, milestone 294)
+
+Revision ID: 0082
+Revises: 0081
+Create Date: 2026-08-21
+
+A repo binding used to imply the repo's default branch; the shape ledger
+therefore only saw work after a merge to main, while the operator's work
+lands on dev (rule 1). `ref` names the branch the coverage refresh reads —
+NULL keeps today's behaviour (the forge's default branch).
+"""
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
+
+revision = "0082"
+down_revision = "0081"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.add_column("repo_bindings", sa.Column("ref", sa.Text(), nullable=True))
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_column("repo_bindings", "ref")
diff --git a/alembic/versions/0083_code_shape_reason_code.py b/alembic/versions/0083_code_shape_reason_code.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6798ae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/versions/0083_code_shape_reason_code.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"""Exempt/variant reason codes — a small fixed catalogue beside the prose (#2874, milestone 294)
+
+Revision ID: 0083
+Revises: 0082
+Create Date: 2026-08-21
+
+The 2026-08 audit wrote the same free-text reason thousands of times
+("scoped rule — styles one element of this view"); a judgment's WHY stays
+prose, but an optional code from a fixed catalogue makes the ledger
+filterable and aggregable ("how many pure helpers, how many test helpers").
+"""
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
+
+revision = "0083"
+down_revision = "0082"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.add_column("code_shapes", sa.Column("reason_code", sa.Text(), nullable=True))
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_column("code_shapes", "reason_code")
diff --git a/alembic/versions/0084_code_shape_uses.py b/alembic/versions/0084_code_shape_uses.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1da91e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/versions/0084_code_shape_uses.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"""code_shape_uses — consumption edges, separate from conformance (#2870, milestone 294)
+
+Revision ID: 0084
+Revises: 0083
+Create Date: 2026-08-21
+
+A ledger row carries ONE snippet_id: what shape this is (instance/variant of
+a canon). But a shape can also CALL several canonical helpers — a service
+function that is an instance of the service-function convention and a
+consumer of hash_token. The 2026-08 audit had to pick one; hook evidence
+("pulled #N then wrote code referencing it") was stamped as instance when it
+is a uses fact. This table holds the many-valued relation: shape → snippet,
+with the basis and the evidence. Cascades with the shape and the snippet.
+"""
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
+
+revision = "0084"
+down_revision = "0083"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.create_table(
+        "code_shape_uses",
+        sa.Column("id", sa.Integer(), primary_key=True),
+        sa.Column("shape_id", sa.Integer(), sa.ForeignKey("code_shapes.id", ondelete="CASCADE"), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("snippet_id", sa.Integer(), sa.ForeignKey("notes.id", ondelete="CASCADE"), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("basis", sa.Text(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("evidence", sa.Text(), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("created_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False, server_default=sa.text("now()")),
+        sa.UniqueConstraint("shape_id", "snippet_id", name="uq_code_shape_uses_shape_snippet"),
+    )
+    op.create_index("ix_code_shape_uses_snippet", "code_shape_uses", ["snippet_id"])
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_index("ix_code_shape_uses_snippet", table_name="code_shape_uses")
+    op.drop_table("code_shape_uses")
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/ProjectView.vue b/frontend/src/views/ProjectView.vue
index dcd222e..5a0261c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/ProjectView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/ProjectView.vue
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ async function confirmDelete() {
           </div>
           <div v-if="coverage.counts" class="coverage-gaps">
             <span
-              v-for="k in ['canonical', 'instance', 'variant', 'exempt']"
+              v-for="k in ['canonical', 'instance', 'variant', 'exempt', 'scoped']"
               :key="k"
             >
               <span v-if="coverage.counts[k]" class="coverage-gap-chip">
diff --git a/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index b2ea759..1c468de 100644
--- a/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "scribe",
   "description": "Scribe system-of-record for Claude Code: MCP tools over your notes/tasks/projects/rules, a session-start push channel that surfaces your always-on rules + active-project context, process-skills (writing-plans, systematic-debugging, verification, brainstorming, reusing-code), and your saved Scribe Processes auto-surfaced as skills (/scribe:sync). Replaces superpowers + file-memory with one app-backed plugin.",
-  "version": "0.1.36",
+  "version": "0.1.37",
   "author": { "name": "Bryan Van Deusen" },
   "mcpServers": {
     "scribe": {
diff --git a/plugin/skills/shape-accounting/SKILL.md b/plugin/skills/shape-accounting/SKILL.md
index 2fb419e..6105faf 100644
--- a/plugin/skills/shape-accounting/SKILL.md
+++ b/plugin/skills/shape-accounting/SKILL.md
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ row carries a status:
   — the why IS the record.
 - `exempt` — judged genuinely one-off. **Reason required.** A recorded
   judgment, not silence — it stops the next pass re-litigating it.
+- `scoped` — one-off **by construction**, stamped by the coverage sync
+  (a Vue component's scoped `<style>` rules and its `<script setup>`
+  functions — unreachable from any other file). Accounted for without a
+  judgment; still proposed against, grouped and flagged; any judgment you
+  make overrides it. Not the todo.
 - `unclassified` — nobody has judged it yet. **This is the todo list.**
 
 ## The loop
diff --git a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/repos.py b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/repos.py
index f652587..a08ec3c 100644
--- a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/repos.py
+++ b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/repos.py
@@ -13,28 +13,43 @@ from scribe.services import projects as projects_svc
 from scribe.services import repo_bindings as repo_bindings_svc
 
 
-async def bind_repo(repo_url: str, project_id: int) -> dict:
+async def bind_repo(repo_url: str, project_id: int, ref: str = "") -> dict:
     """Bind a git repository to a Scribe project for session-start context.
 
     After this, any session started in that repo auto-loads the project's
     context (the SessionStart hook sends the repo's remote; the server resolves
     it here). Idempotent — re-binding the same repo updates the target project.
 
+    The binding is also what the shape ledger reads (refresh_pattern_coverage):
+    `ref` names the branch it follows. Default (""): the repo's default branch
+    — which means the ledger only sees work after a merge. A dev-first project
+    (rule 1: dev is home) should bind with ref="dev" so classification follows
+    the push, not the merge. Re-binding with ref="" keeps the standing ref;
+    pass ref="-" to clear it back to the default branch.
+
     Args:
         repo_url: the repo's git remote (e.g. the output of
             `git remote get-url origin` — ssh or https form, both work).
         project_id: the Scribe project this repo represents.
+        ref: branch the ledger follows ("" = leave as is / default branch on
+            a new binding; "-" = clear to the default branch).
     """
     uid = current_user_id()
     project = await projects_svc.get_project(uid, project_id)
     if project is None:
         raise ValueError(f"project {project_id} not found")
-    binding = await repo_bindings_svc.set_binding(uid, repo_url, project_id)
+    ref_arg = None if not ref else ("" if ref.strip() == "-" else ref)
+    binding = await repo_bindings_svc.set_binding(uid, repo_url, project_id, ref_arg)
+    follows = binding.ref or "the default branch"
     return {
         "repo_key": binding.repo_key,
         "project_id": binding.project_id,
         "project_title": project.title,
-        "message": f"Bound `{binding.repo_key}` -> {project.title} (id {project.id}).",
+        "ref": binding.ref,
+        "message": (
+            f"Bound `{binding.repo_key}` -> {project.title} (id {project.id}); "
+            f"the ledger follows {follows}."
+        ),
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/shapes.py b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/shapes.py
index 6fbebdd..753a597 100644
--- a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/shapes.py
+++ b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/shapes.py
@@ -36,10 +36,20 @@ async def classify_shapes(
     Args:
         project_id: The project whose ledger is being judged.
         classifications: Objects of {path, symbol, status, kind?, snippet_id?,
-            reason?}. path+symbol name the shape exactly as list_shapes shows
-            it; kind ("sym"/"css") narrows when one file defines both.
-            snippet_id is required for canonical/instance/variant; reason is
-            required for variant/exempt.
+            reason?, reason_code?}. path+symbol name the shape exactly as
+            list_shapes shows it; kind ("sym"/"css") narrows when one file
+            defines both. snippet_id is required for canonical/instance/
+            variant; reason is required for variant/exempt. reason_code is
+            an OPTIONAL index beside the prose (one of: scoped-css,
+            one-off-handler, test-helper, convention-plumbing, pure-helper,
+            generated, script, typed-record) so the ledger can be filtered
+            and aggregated by kind of one-off — the prose stays the record.
+            uses is an OPTIONAL list of snippet ids this shape CALLS (#2870):
+            conformance (status + snippet_id) says what shape it is, uses
+            says which canonical helpers it consumes — a service function
+            can be an instance of the service-function convention AND use
+            hash_token. Consumer maps are uses edges; list_shapes(uses=N)
+            and get_snippet's `uses` read them.
         via: Who is judging — "agent" (default), "audit" (a sweep), or
             "import" (carrying maps recorded elsewhere).
 
@@ -64,6 +74,8 @@ async def list_shapes(
     offset: int = 0,
     proposal: str = "",
     flag: str = "",
+    compact: bool = False,
+    uses: int = 0,
 ) -> dict:
     """Read a project's shape ledger — `status="unclassified"` IS the todo.
 
@@ -71,12 +83,27 @@ async def list_shapes(
     (fed by the coverage refresh). Filters compose:
 
     Args:
-        status: canonical | instance | variant | exempt | unclassified.
+        status: canonical | instance | variant | exempt | scoped | unclassified.
+            `scoped` (#2869) is the sync's mechanical stamp on one-offs by
+            construction (a Vue component's scoped <style> rules and its
+            <script setup> functions): accounted for, not judged, still
+            proposed against / grouped / flagged, and overridable by any
+            classify_shapes judgment. The human todo is `unclassified`.
         path: exact file, or a directory — matches everything beneath it
             (the coverage line's "largest" dirs go straight in here).
-        snippet_id: rows classified against this snippet — a consumer map.
+        snippet_id: rows classified against this snippet (instance/variant
+            of it — conformance).
+        uses: rows that CALL this snippet (#2870) — the consumer map proper,
+            whatever shape each row is itself; edges come from judgments
+            (classify_shapes uses=), the write-path hook, and the proposer's
+            by-name reference hits.
         include_vanished: include shapes no longer in the tree (history).
         limit/offset: page through big ledgers (limit caps at 500).
+        compact: rows as `path · symbol · kind · status · signature` plus
+            snippet_id / by / proposal / diverges_from / recheck only when
+            set — no commits, shas or timestamps. THE form for an audit:
+            a full 500-row page fits the tool budget. The default rows carry
+            everything (shape_history-grade bookkeeping).
         proposal: the proposer's queue (#2792) — "any", "canon" (rows the
             machine thinks are an instance of a snippet: `proposal` carries
             snippet_id, basis, score), "derive" (rows that repeat with NO
@@ -116,9 +143,73 @@ async def list_shapes(
         uid, project_id,
         status=status, path=path, snippet_id=snippet_id,
         include_vanished=include_vanished, limit=limit, offset=offset,
-        proposal=proposal, flag=flag,
+        proposal=proposal, flag=flag, uses=uses,
     )
-    return {"shapes": [r.to_dict() for r in rows], "total": total}
+    return {
+        "shapes": [r.to_compact() if compact else r.to_dict() for r in rows],
+        "total": total,
+    }
+
+
+async def classify_shapes_by_rule(
+    project_id: int,
+    path: str,
+    status: str,
+    pattern: str = "",
+    kind: str = "",
+    snippet_id: int = 0,
+    reason: str = "",
+    via: str = "agent",
+    include_judged: bool = False,
+    reason_code: str = "",
+    uses: list[int] | None = None,
+) -> dict:
+    """The sweep form of classify_shapes: ONE judgment applied to every
+    unclassified shape under a directory whose symbol matches a glob.
+
+    For the long tail an audit judges by family, not by row — "every scoped
+    rule under frontend/src/views is exempt: styles one element of its view",
+    "every `*_scheduler.py` symbol is an instance of ScheduledJob" — where
+    listing 900 rows and sending them back is the whole cost. The row form
+    stays the precise tool; reach for it when each row gets its own reason.
+
+    Args:
+        project_id: The project whose ledger is being judged.
+        path: A file, or a directory and everything beneath it. Required —
+            a sweep names what it judges.
+        status: instance | variant | exempt | unclassified (canonical is the
+            sync's stamp, not a sweep's).
+        pattern: Shell glob on the symbol (`*_rows`, `_*`, `modal-*`, `*`);
+            "" = every symbol under path.
+        kind: "sym" or "css" to narrow; "" = both.
+        snippet_id: Required for instance/variant — the canon judged against.
+        reason: Required for variant/exempt — the why, recorded on every row.
+        via: "agent" (default) | "audit" | "import".
+        reason_code: Optional catalogue code beside the reason (see
+            classify_shapes) — a sweep is exactly where one applies.
+        uses: Optional snippet ids every matched shape CALLS (#2870) — e.g.
+            "every *_scheduler.py symbol uses ScheduledJob".
+        include_judged: By default only unjudged rows are touched —
+            `unclassified` and the sync's mechanical `scoped` stamp — a
+            sweep never silently overwrites a judgment. True re-judges every
+            matching live row (use to re-confirm after a recheck, or to
+            revise a family you judged earlier).
+
+    One transaction: applies whole or not at all. Returns
+    {"classified": N, "sample": ["path::symbol", ...]} (first 12, sorted)
+    so you can see what the rule reached; N = 0 means the rule matched
+    nothing live and unclassified — widen the pattern or refresh coverage.
+    """
+    uid = current_user_id()
+    try:
+        return await shape_ledger_svc.classify_shapes_where(
+            uid, project_id, path=path, status=status, pattern=pattern,
+            kind=kind, snippet_id=snippet_id or None, reason=reason or None,
+            via=via, include_judged=include_judged,
+            reason_code=reason_code or None, uses=uses or None,
+        )
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        return {"error": str(exc)}
 
 
 async def shape_history(
@@ -217,7 +308,7 @@ async def refresh_pattern_coverage(project_id: int) -> dict:
 
 def register(mcp) -> None:
     for fn in (
-        classify_shapes, list_shapes, refresh_pattern_coverage,
-        confirm_shape_proposals, shape_history,
+        classify_shapes, classify_shapes_by_rule, list_shapes,
+        refresh_pattern_coverage, confirm_shape_proposals, shape_history,
     ):
         mcp.tool(name=fn.__name__)(fn)
diff --git a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/snippets.py b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/snippets.py
index 748438e..78425ce 100644
--- a/src/scribe/mcp/tools/snippets.py
+++ b/src/scribe/mcp/tools/snippets.py
@@ -245,6 +245,10 @@ async def get_snippet(snippet_id: int) -> dict:
         data["instances"] = consumers["instances"]
     if consumers["variants"]:
         data["variants"] = consumers["variants"]
+    if consumers.get("uses"):
+        # The call sites (#2870): shapes that use this snippet, whatever
+        # shape they are themselves.
+        data["uses"] = consumers["uses"]
     return data
 
 
diff --git a/src/scribe/models/__init__.py b/src/scribe/models/__init__.py
index 56ec114..f5e11b8 100644
--- a/src/scribe/models/__init__.py
+++ b/src/scribe/models/__init__.py
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ from scribe.models.rulebook import (  # noqa: E402, F401
 )
 from scribe.models.repo_binding import RepoBinding  # noqa: E402, F401
 from scribe.models.forge_connection import ForgeConnection  # noqa: E402, F401
-from scribe.models.code_shape import CodeShape, CodeShapeEvent  # noqa: E402, F401
+from scribe.models.code_shape import CodeShape, CodeShapeEvent, CodeShapeUse  # noqa: E402, F401
 from scribe.models.system import System, RecordSystem  # noqa: E402, F401
 from scribe.models.design_system import DesignSystem, DesignToken  # noqa: E402, F401
diff --git a/src/scribe/models/code_shape.py b/src/scribe/models/code_shape.py
index 5dc0ab5..4929086 100644
--- a/src/scribe/models/code_shape.py
+++ b/src/scribe/models/code_shape.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
 from sqlalchemy import (
     BigInteger,
@@ -16,10 +16,30 @@ from scribe.models import Base
 from scribe.models.base import TimestampMixin, iso
 
 # The classification vocabulary (note 2786). `unclassified` is the default and
-# THE todo state; every other status is a judgment, stamped with who made it.
-SHAPE_STATUSES = ("canonical", "instance", "variant", "exempt", "unclassified")
+# THE todo state; every other status is a judgment, stamped with who made it —
+# except `scoped` (#2869): the coverage sync's mechanical stamp on shapes that
+# are one-offs BY CONSTRUCTION (a Vue component's scoped <style> rules and its
+# <script setup> functions — unreachable from any other file). Scoped rows are
+# accounted for without a human judging them, so `exempt` keeps meaning "a
+# person looked"; the proposer, derive grouping and divergence still see them,
+# and any judgment (instance/variant/exempt) overrides the stamp.
+SHAPE_STATUSES = ("canonical", "instance", "variant", "exempt", "scoped", "unclassified")
 SHAPE_CLASSIFIERS = ("agent", "audit", "hook", "mechanical", "import")
 
+# The reason catalogue (#2874): an OPTIONAL code beside the prose reason on
+# variant/exempt rows, so the ledger can be filtered and aggregated by kind
+# of one-off. The prose remains the record; the code is the index.
+REASON_CODES = (
+    "scoped-css",            # a scoped rule styling one element (pre-#2869 rows)
+    "one-off-handler",       # a view/component handler or loader, one per surface
+    "test-helper",           # a test module's stub, driver or fixture data
+    "convention-plumbing",   # registration, wiring, app factory — one of each
+    "pure-helper",           # a sync module-private helper with no session
+    "generated",             # generated source (theme.css, protos, bundles)
+    "script",                # a standalone dev/CI script
+    "typed-record",          # a NamedTuple / dataclass / error class — one each
+)
+
 # How the mechanical proposer (#2792) arrived at a proposal, strongest first.
 # `derive` is the odd one out: not "this is an instance of #N" but "this
 # shape repeats with NO canon — derive one first" (note 2786's derive-first
@@ -99,6 +119,7 @@ class CodeShape(Base, TimestampMixin):
         BigInteger, ForeignKey("notes.id", ondelete="SET NULL"), nullable=True
     )
     reason: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)
+    reason_code: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)   # REASON_CODES (#2874)
     classified_by: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)
     classified_at: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(
         DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True
@@ -152,6 +173,7 @@ class CodeShape(Base, TimestampMixin):
             "status": self.status,
             "snippet_id": self.snippet_id,
             "reason": self.reason,
+            "reason_code": self.reason_code,
             "classified_by": self.classified_by,
             "classified_at": iso(self.classified_at),
             "first_seen_commit": self.first_seen_commit,
@@ -167,6 +189,81 @@ class CodeShape(Base, TimestampMixin):
             "updated_at": iso(self.updated_at),
         }
 
+    def to_compact(self) -> dict:
+        """The row as an audit reads it (#2868): identity, standing, the
+        definition line and the proposer's word — none of the bookkeeping
+        (commits, shas, timestamps). A 500-row page of these fits the tool
+        budget; a page of to_dict() does not."""
+        out = {
+            "path": self.path,
+            "symbol": self.symbol,
+            "kind": self.kind,
+            "status": self.status,
+            "signature": self.signature,
+        }
+        if self.snippet_id is not None:
+            out["snippet_id"] = self.snippet_id
+        if self.classified_by:
+            out["by"] = self.classified_by
+        if self.reason_code:
+            out["reason_code"] = self.reason_code
+        proposal = self.proposal
+        if proposal:
+            out["proposal"] = proposal
+        if self.diverges_from is not None:
+            out["diverges_from"] = self.diverges_from
+        if self.recheck_at is not None:
+            out["recheck"] = True
+        return out
+
+
+# How a uses edge was established (#2870): who/what said "this shape calls
+# that canon". `reference` is the proposer's mechanical by-name hit on the
+# body (language-gated, #2871); `hook` is write-path evidence (pulled the
+# snippet, then wrote code naming its symbol); agent/audit/import are
+# judgments carried on classify_shapes(..., uses=[...]).
+USE_BASES = ("reference", "hook", "agent", "audit", "import")
+
+
+class CodeShapeUse(Base):
+    """One consumption edge: shape → canonical snippet it calls/uses (#2870).
+
+    Conformance (CodeShape.status/snippet_id) answers "what shape is this";
+    this table answers "what does it use" — many per shape. A service function
+    that is an instance of the service-function convention AND a consumer of
+    hash_token has one snippet_id and one uses edge. Cascades with both ends:
+    a use of a deleted snippet is no longer a fact worth keeping.
+    """
+
+    __tablename__ = "code_shape_uses"
+    __table_args__ = (
+        UniqueConstraint("shape_id", "snippet_id", name="uq_code_shape_uses_shape_snippet"),
+        Index("ix_code_shape_uses_snippet", "snippet_id"),
+    )
+
+    id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(primary_key=True)
+    shape_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(
+        Integer, ForeignKey("code_shapes.id", ondelete="CASCADE"), nullable=False
+    )
+    snippet_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(
+        Integer, ForeignKey("notes.id", ondelete="CASCADE"), nullable=False
+    )
+    basis: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=False)
+    evidence: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)
+    created_at: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(
+        DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False, default=lambda: datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    )
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict:
+        return {
+            "id": self.id,
+            "shape_id": self.shape_id,
+            "snippet_id": self.snippet_id,
+            "basis": self.basis,
+            "evidence": self.evidence,
+            "created_at": iso(self.created_at),
+        }
+
 
 # What a shape's history records (#2793). Not "appeared" — first_seen and
 # created_at already say that on the row; history is for what CHANGED:
diff --git a/src/scribe/models/repo_binding.py b/src/scribe/models/repo_binding.py
index 8686bcf..7be94eb 100644
--- a/src/scribe/models/repo_binding.py
+++ b/src/scribe/models/repo_binding.py
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ class RepoBinding(Base, TimestampMixin):
         Integer, ForeignKey("projects.id", ondelete="CASCADE"), nullable=False
     )
     repo_key: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=False)
+    # The branch the coverage refresh reads for this binding (#2873); NULL =
+    # the forge's default branch. Chosen at bind time so a dev-first project
+    # can have its ledger follow dev instead of waiting for the merge.
+    ref: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)
 
     def to_dict(self) -> dict:
         return {
@@ -35,6 +39,7 @@ class RepoBinding(Base, TimestampMixin):
             "user_id": self.user_id,
             "project_id": self.project_id,
             "repo_key": self.repo_key,
+            "ref": self.ref,
             "created_at": iso(self.created_at),
             "updated_at": iso(self.updated_at),
         }
diff --git a/src/scribe/services/backup.py b/src/scribe/services/backup.py
index d1ec08c..d01c0a8 100644
--- a/src/scribe/services/backup.py
+++ b/src/scribe/services/backup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from scribe.models.note_supersession import NoteSupersession
 from scribe.models.note_version import NoteVersion
 from scribe.models.design_system import DesignSystem, DesignToken
 from scribe.models.note_usage import NoteUsageEvent
-from scribe.models.code_shape import CodeShape, CodeShapeEvent
+from scribe.models.code_shape import CodeShape, CodeShapeEvent, CodeShapeUse
 from scribe.models.project import Project
 from scribe.models.repo_binding import RepoBinding
 from scribe.models.rulebook import (
@@ -42,8 +42,11 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 # snippet target survives the id re-mapping, else the row rejoins the todo.
 # v8 (2026-08) added code_shape_events — the ledger's history (#2793): what
 # was used where, when, and why is not recomputable, so it travels.
+# v9 (2026-08) added code_shape_uses — the ledger's consumption edges (#2870):
+# judgment-grade edges (agent/audit/import) are operator records; mechanical
+# ones (reference/hook) travel too, cheaply, and the next refresh refreshes them.
 # Bump when the serialized schema changes.
-BACKUP_VERSION = 8
+BACKUP_VERSION = 9
 
 # Every table this backup carries, by its REAL name. Paired with _NOT_INCLUDED
 # below, these two lists must together account for the entire schema — which is
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ _BACKED_UP = [
     "systems", "record_systems", "design_systems", "design_tokens",
     "note_usage_events", "repo_bindings", "note_supersessions",
     # v7 (2026-08): the shape ledger (#2787); v8: its history (#2793).
-    "code_shapes", "code_shape_events",
+    "code_shapes", "code_shape_events", "code_shape_uses",
 ]
 
 # Tables intentionally NOT in the backup, surfaced in the payload so the gap is
@@ -182,6 +185,10 @@ def _code_shape_event_rows(rows) -> list[dict]:
     return [r.to_dict() for r in rows]
 
 
+def _code_shape_use_rows(rows) -> list[dict]:
+    return [r.to_dict() for r in rows]
+
+
 def _repo_binding_rows(rows) -> list[dict]:
     return [
         {"user_id": r.user_id, "project_id": r.project_id, "repo_key": r.repo_key}
@@ -361,6 +368,9 @@ async def export_full_backup() -> dict:
         code_shape_events = (await session.execute(
             select(CodeShapeEvent).order_by(CodeShapeEvent.at, CodeShapeEvent.id)
         )).scalars().all()
+        code_shape_uses = (await session.execute(
+            select(CodeShapeUse).order_by(CodeShapeUse.shape_id, CodeShapeUse.snippet_id)
+        )).scalars().all()
         rulebooks = (await session.execute(select(Rulebook))).scalars().all()
         topics = (await session.execute(select(RulebookTopic))).scalars().all()
         rules = (await session.execute(select(Rule))).scalars().all()
@@ -406,6 +416,7 @@ async def export_full_backup() -> dict:
         "note_supersessions": _note_supersession_rows(supersessions),
         "code_shapes": _code_shape_rows(code_shapes),
         "code_shape_events": _code_shape_event_rows(code_shape_events),
+        "code_shape_uses": _code_shape_use_rows(code_shape_uses),
     }
 
 
@@ -482,6 +493,11 @@ async def export_user_backup(user_id: int) -> dict:
             select(CodeShapeEvent).where(CodeShapeEvent.project_id.in_(project_ids))
             .order_by(CodeShapeEvent.at, CodeShapeEvent.id)
         )).scalars().all() if project_ids else []
+        code_shape_uses = (await session.execute(
+            select(CodeShapeUse).join(CodeShape, CodeShape.id == CodeShapeUse.shape_id)
+            .where(CodeShape.project_id.in_(project_ids))
+            .order_by(CodeShapeUse.shape_id, CodeShapeUse.snippet_id)
+        )).scalars().all() if project_ids else []
         rulebooks = (await session.execute(
             select(Rulebook).where(Rulebook.owner_user_id == user_id)
         )).scalars().all()
@@ -553,6 +569,7 @@ async def export_user_backup(user_id: int) -> dict:
         "note_supersessions": _note_supersession_rows(supersessions),
         "code_shapes": _code_shape_rows(code_shapes),
         "code_shape_events": _code_shape_event_rows(code_shape_events),
+        "code_shape_uses": _code_shape_use_rows(code_shape_uses),
     }
 
 
@@ -657,6 +674,7 @@ async def _restore_v2(data: dict) -> dict:
         "systems": 0, "record_systems": 0, "design_systems": 0,
         "design_tokens": 0, "note_usage_events": 0, "repo_bindings": 0,
         "note_supersessions": 0, "code_shapes": 0, "code_shape_events": 0,
+        "code_shape_uses": 0,
     }
 
     async with async_session() as session:
@@ -1105,6 +1123,20 @@ async def _restore_v2(data: dict) -> dict:
             ))
             stats["code_shape_events"] += 1
 
+        # v9: consumption edges (#2870) ride their shape AND their snippet —
+        # both ends must have survived, or the edge is no longer a fact.
+        for use in data.get("code_shape_uses", []):
+            new_shape_id = shape_id_map.get(use.get("shape_id") or 0)
+            new_sid = note_id_map.get(use.get("snippet_id") or 0)
+            if new_shape_id is None or new_sid is None:
+                continue
+            session.add(CodeShapeUse(
+                shape_id=new_shape_id, snippet_id=new_sid,
+                basis=use.get("basis", "import"), evidence=use.get("evidence"),
+                created_at=_dt(use.get("created_at")),
+            ))
+            stats["code_shape_uses"] += 1
+
         await session.commit()
 
     logger.info("Restored v2/v3 backup: %s", stats)
diff --git a/src/scribe/services/coverage.py b/src/scribe/services/coverage.py
index 2b9217a..89e12b0 100644
--- a/src/scribe/services/coverage.py
+++ b/src/scribe/services/coverage.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from typing import NamedTuple
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 
 from scribe.services.forge import ForgeSelector, get_forges
-from scribe.services.repo_bindings import keys_for_project
+from scribe.services.repo_bindings import bindings_for_project
 from scribe.services.settings import get_setting, set_setting
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class Definition(NamedTuple):
     signature: str
     body_sha: str
     body: str
+    line: int = -1   # 0-based line the definition starts on (#2869)
 
 
 def _definition_on(raw: str) -> tuple[str, str] | None:
@@ -184,13 +185,56 @@ def extract_definitions(text: str) -> list[Definition]:
                 end = j
                 break
         block = lines[i:end]
+        # A CSS rule's fingerprint is its DECLARATIONS, not its selector
+        # (#2872): the row's identity already carries the selector, and the
+        # question the fingerprint answers for derive grouping is "is this the
+        # same rule under another name?" — .closed-msg / .error-block /
+        # .success-msg with identical bodies are one dup group, not three
+        # lonely rows. Sym blocks keep their signature line in the hash.
+        hashed = block[1:] if kind == "css" and len(block) > 1 else block
         out.append(Definition(
-            kind, name, lines[i].strip()[:_SIGNATURE_CAP], _block_sha(block),
-            "\n".join(block),
+            kind, name, lines[i].strip()[:_SIGNATURE_CAP], _block_sha(hashed),
+            "\n".join(block), i,
         ))
     return out
 
 
+# --- by-construction scope (#2869) -------------------------------------------
+#
+# A Vue single-file component's `<style scoped>` rules and its `<script setup>`
+# functions cannot be reached from any other file: they are one-offs by
+# construction, not by judgment. The sync stamps them `scoped` (mechanical) so
+# the human todo holds only shapes a person should look at, while the bodies
+# stay in play for the proposer, derive grouping and divergence — the five
+# auth views' identical rules were found exactly there. Unscoped `<style>` in
+# a .vue and every non-.vue file stay ordinary.
+_STYLE_OPEN_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*<style\b[^>]*\bscoped\b", re.IGNORECASE)
+_STYLE_CLOSE_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*</style\s*>", re.IGNORECASE)
+
+
+def scoped_definitions(path: str, text: str, defs: list[Definition]) -> set[tuple[str, str]]:
+    """The (kind, name) pairs among ``defs`` that are one-offs by
+    construction in this file: every sym in a .vue, and every css rule
+    that starts inside a `<style scoped>` block. Empty for other files."""
+    if not (path or "").lower().endswith(".vue"):
+        return set()
+    ranges: list[tuple[int, int]] = []
+    open_at: int | None = None
+    for i, ln in enumerate(text.splitlines()):
+        if open_at is None and _STYLE_OPEN_RE.match(ln):
+            open_at = i
+        elif open_at is not None and _STYLE_CLOSE_RE.match(ln):
+            ranges.append((open_at, i))
+            open_at = None
+    out: set[tuple[str, str]] = set()
+    for d in defs:
+        if d.kind == "sym":
+            out.add((d.kind, d.name))
+        elif any(a <= d.line <= b for a, b in ranges):
+            out.add((d.kind, d.name))
+    return out
+
+
 def extract_shapes(text: str) -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
     """Every (kind, name) this text DEFINES — kind is "css" or "sym".
 
@@ -220,6 +264,7 @@ class ArchiveShape(NamedTuple):
     signature: str
     body_sha: str
     body: str
+    scoped: bool = False   # one-off by construction (#2869)
 
 
 def shapes_from_archive(blob: bytes) -> list[tuple[str, str, str]]:
@@ -250,9 +295,14 @@ def definitions_from_archive(blob: bytes) -> list[ArchiveShape]:
                 text = handle.read().decode("utf-8")
             except UnicodeDecodeError:
                 continue
+            defs = extract_definitions(text)
+            scoped = scoped_definitions(path, text, defs)
             shapes.extend(
-                ArchiveShape(path, d.kind, d.name, d.signature, d.body_sha, d.body)
-                for d in extract_definitions(text)
+                ArchiveShape(
+                    path, d.kind, d.name, d.signature, d.body_sha, d.body,
+                    (d.kind, d.name) in scoped,
+                )
+                for d in defs
             )
     return shapes
 
@@ -357,12 +407,15 @@ async def compute_coverage(
     # the project's repos (#2792).
     canons = None
     proposer_stats = {"examined": 0, "proposed": 0, "semantic_checked": 0}
-    for key in await keys_for_project(user_id, project_id):
+    for binding in await bindings_for_project(user_id, project_id):
+        key = binding.repo_key
         hit = selector.resolve(key)
         if hit is None:
             continue  # bound to a host no connection serves
         forge, api_repo = hit
-        ref = await forge.default_branch(api_repo)
+        # The binding's own ref when it names one (#2873: a dev-first project
+        # has its ledger follow dev), else the forge's default branch.
+        ref = binding.ref or await forge.default_branch(api_repo)
         definitions = definitions_from_archive(await forge.archive(api_repo, ref))
         # The head commit is provenance sugar on the ledger rows; failing to
         # learn it must not fail the sync — the ref names the point well
@@ -414,7 +467,7 @@ async def compute_coverage(
     # repo that was unreachable today still has live rows, and they count.
     rows = await shape_ledger.live_rows(project_id)
     counts = {"canonical": 0, "instance": 0, "variant": 0, "exempt": 0,
-              "unclassified": 0}
+              "scoped": 0, "unclassified": 0}
     for row in rows:
         counts[row.status] = counts.get(row.status, 0) + 1
     by_repo: dict[str, dict[str, int]] = {}
@@ -435,6 +488,7 @@ async def compute_coverage(
         # confirm, the largest derive-first groups, and what this refresh did.
         "proposed": proposals["proposed"],
         "derive_groups": proposals["derive_groups"],
+        "top_canon": proposals.get("top_canon"),
         "proposer": proposer_stats,
         # The divergence readout (#2793): button B where button A is canon,
         # and judged shapes whose bodies moved since they were judged.
@@ -571,7 +625,7 @@ def coverage_line(coverage: dict) -> str:
     counts = coverage.get("counts") or {}
     breakdown = " · ".join(
         f"{counts[k]} {k}"
-        for k in ("canonical", "instance", "variant", "exempt")
+        for k in ("canonical", "instance", "variant", "exempt", "scoped")
         if counts.get(k)
     )
     line = (
@@ -592,6 +646,14 @@ def coverage_line(coverage: dict) -> str:
             standing.append(f"{n_groups} derive group{'s' if n_groups != 1 else ''}")
         if coverage.get("divergent"):
             standing.append(f"{coverage['divergent']} DIVERGENT")
+        # The next action, on the line (#2874): the canon with the biggest
+        # queue to confirm, and the widest body-identical copy to consolidate.
+        top = coverage.get("top_canon") or {}
+        if top.get("snippet_id"):
+            standing.append(f"top canon #{top['snippet_id']} ×{top.get('count', 0)}")
+        first = (coverage.get("derive_groups") or [{}])[0]
+        if first.get("label") and first.get("files"):
+            standing.append(f"top copy {first['label']} ×{first['files']} files")
         if standing:
             line += f" ({', '.join(standing)})"
         gaps = [g["dir"] for g in coverage.get("largest_gaps") or []]
diff --git a/src/scribe/services/knowledge.py b/src/scribe/services/knowledge.py
index e0a74f2..b0c2229 100644
--- a/src/scribe/services/knowledge.py
+++ b/src/scribe/services/knowledge.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ endorsed, so a one-off direct share has to be searched for rather than arriving
 in your ambient lists.
 """
 import json
+import re
 import logging
 
 from sqlalchemy import and_, func, or_, select
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ def location_matches(data: dict | None, parts: dict[str, str]) -> bool:
         if all(
             _path_matches((loc.get(key) or "").strip(), want)
             if key == "path"
+            # Repo names are recorded free-form ("Scribe" / "FabledScribe" /
+            # "fabledscribe") — case is never the distinguishing thing (#2874).
+            else (loc.get(key) or "").strip().lower() == want.lower()
+            if key == "repo"
             else (loc.get(key) or "").strip() == want
             for key, want in parts.items()
         ):
@@ -99,6 +104,11 @@ def location_jsonpath(parts: dict[str, str]) -> str:
         if key == "path":
             prefix = json.dumps(want.rstrip("/") + "/")
             filters.append(f"(@.path == {literal} || @.path starts with {prefix})")
+        elif key == "repo":
+            # Case-insensitive, anchored, regex-escaped (#2874) — mirrors the
+            # Python dialect's .lower() compare.
+            pattern = json.dumps("^" + re.escape(want) + "$")
+            filters.append(f'(@.repo like_regex {pattern} flag "i")')
         else:
             filters.append(f"@.{key} == {literal}")
     return f"$.locations[*] ? ({' && '.join(filters)})"
diff --git a/src/scribe/services/repo_bindings.py b/src/scribe/services/repo_bindings.py
index 724a339..5d0b85b 100644
--- a/src/scribe/services/repo_bindings.py
+++ b/src/scribe/services/repo_bindings.py
@@ -68,8 +68,16 @@ async def resolve_project(user_id: int, raw_repo: str) -> int | None:
         return row.scalar_one_or_none()
 
 
-async def set_binding(user_id: int, raw_repo: str, project_id: int) -> RepoBinding:
-    """Create or update the binding for a repo. Idempotent on (user, repo_key)."""
+async def set_binding(
+    user_id: int, raw_repo: str, project_id: int, ref: str | None = None,
+) -> RepoBinding:
+    """Create or update the binding for a repo. Idempotent on (user, repo_key).
+
+    ``ref`` (#2873) is the branch the coverage refresh reads for this
+    binding: a name sets it, ``""`` clears it back to the forge's default
+    branch, ``None`` leaves whatever stands (a re-bind that only moves the
+    project keeps the ref it had).
+    """
     key = normalize_repo_key(raw_repo)
     if not key:
         raise ValueError("repo remote is empty or unparseable")
@@ -85,6 +93,8 @@ async def set_binding(user_id: int, raw_repo: str, project_id: int) -> RepoBindi
             session.add(binding)
         else:
             binding.project_id = project_id
+        if ref is not None:
+            binding.ref = ref.strip() or None
         await session.commit()
         await session.refresh(binding)
         return binding
@@ -100,6 +110,18 @@ async def list_bindings(user_id: int) -> list[RepoBinding]:
         return list(rows.scalars().all())
 
 
+async def bindings_for_project(user_id: int, project_id: int) -> list[RepoBinding]:
+    """Every binding of a project — key AND the ref its ledger follows (#2873)."""
+    async with async_session() as session:
+        rows = await session.execute(
+            select(RepoBinding).where(
+                RepoBinding.user_id == user_id,
+                RepoBinding.project_id == project_id,
+            ).order_by(RepoBinding.repo_key)
+        )
+        return list(rows.scalars().all())
+
+
 async def keys_for_project(user_id: int, project_id: int) -> list[str]:
     """Every repo key bound to a project — the snippet→forge join (#2691).
 
diff --git a/src/scribe/services/shape_ledger.py b/src/scribe/services/shape_ledger.py
index deadb38..3bd1956 100644
--- a/src/scribe/services/shape_ledger.py
+++ b/src/scribe/services/shape_ledger.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from typing import Iterable, NamedTuple
 from sqlalchemy import select
 
 from scribe.models import async_session
-from scribe.models.code_shape import CodeShape, CodeShapeEvent
+from scribe.models.code_shape import REASON_CODES, CodeShape, CodeShapeEvent, CodeShapeUse
 from scribe.models.base import iso
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ def location_covers(loc_path: str, loc_symbol: str, path: str, name: str) -> boo
     return _path_touches(loc_path, path)
 
 
+# The rows the machine may still speak about: nobody's judgment stands on
+# them. `scoped` (#2869) is the sync's own by-construction stamp — the
+# proposer, derive grouping, divergence, hook evidence and sweeps treat it
+# like the todo; only the human todo (`unclassified`) excludes it.
+_MECHANICAL_TODO = ("unclassified", "scoped")
+_SCOPED_REASON = (
+    "by construction: a Vue component's scoped <style> rule / <script setup> "
+    "function — unreachable from any other file (stamped by the coverage sync)"
+)
+
+
 async def sync_repo_shapes(
     project_id: int,
     repo_key: str,
@@ -76,7 +87,9 @@ async def sync_repo_shapes(
 
     ``shapes`` are (path, kind, name) triples, or the richer ArchiveShape
     records (#2792) whose 4th/5th fields — signature, body_sha — refresh the
-    row's content fingerprint. ``seen_marker`` is the commit the archive was
+    row's content fingerprint, and whose 7th (#2869) says the shape is a
+    one-off by construction: such rows are stamped `scoped` (mechanical)
+    while unjudged, and un-stamped if a later tree makes them reachable. ``seen_marker`` is the commit the archive was
     read at when the forge can say, else the ref name — provenance sugar;
     the row timestamps carry the when.
     """
@@ -96,20 +109,32 @@ async def sync_repo_shapes(
             path, kind, name = shape[0], shape[1], shape[2]
             signature = shape[3] if len(shape) > 3 else ""
             body_sha = shape[4] if len(shape) > 4 else ""
+            scoped = bool(shape[6]) if len(shape) > 6 else False
             key = (path, name, kind)
             if key in seen:
                 continue
             seen.add(key)
             row = by_key.get(key)
             if row is None:
-                session.add(CodeShape(
+                row = CodeShape(
                     project_id=project_id, repo_key=repo_key,
                     path=path, symbol=name, kind=kind,
                     first_seen_commit=seen_marker, last_seen_commit=seen_marker,
                     signature=signature, body_sha=body_sha,
-                ))
+                )
+                if scoped:
+                    await _judge(session, row, status="scoped", snippet_id=None,
+                                 by="mechanical", reason=_SCOPED_REASON, at=now)
+                else:
+                    session.add(row)
                 continue
             row.last_seen_commit = seen_marker
+            if scoped and row.status == "unclassified":
+                await _judge(session, row, status="scoped", snippet_id=None,
+                             by="mechanical", reason=_SCOPED_REASON, at=now)
+            elif not scoped and row.status == "scoped":
+                await _judge(session, row, status="unclassified", snippet_id=None,
+                             by=None, reason=None, at=now)
             if signature:
                 row.signature = signature
             if body_sha and body_sha != row.body_sha:
@@ -158,7 +183,7 @@ def _event(row: CodeShape, event: str, at: datetime, *, commit: str = "") -> Cod
 
 async def _judge(
     session, row: CodeShape, *, status: str, snippet_id: int | None,
-    by: str | None, reason: str | None, at: datetime,
+    by: str | None, reason: str | None, at: datetime, reason_code: str | None = None,
 ) -> None:
     """Apply a judgment to a row — the ONE place a status is set — and write
     its history. Clears what a judgment settles: the standing proposal, the
@@ -169,6 +194,7 @@ async def _judge(
     row.status = status
     row.snippet_id = snippet_id if status in _NEEDS_TARGET else None
     row.reason = (reason or "").strip() or None
+    row.reason_code = (reason_code or "").strip() or None
     row.classified_by = by if status != "unclassified" else None
     row.classified_at = at if status != "unclassified" else None
     row.classified_sha = row.body_sha if status != "unclassified" else ""
@@ -183,6 +209,59 @@ async def _judge(
     session.add(_event(row, "classified", at))
 
 
+async def record_uses(
+    session, row: CodeShape, snippet_ids, *, basis: str, evidence: str | None = None,
+) -> int:
+    """Upsert consumption edges shape → snippet (#2870). A judgment-grade
+    basis (agent/audit/import) overwrites a mechanical one (reference/hook)
+    on the same edge; mechanical never overwrites a judgment. Returns the
+    number of edges written or refreshed. The row must be persisted (flushed)
+    so it has an id."""
+    wanted = {int(x) for x in (snippet_ids or []) if x}
+    if not wanted:
+        return 0
+    if row.id is None:
+        session.add(row)
+        await session.flush()
+    existing = {
+        e.snippet_id: e
+        for e in (
+            await session.execute(
+                select(CodeShapeUse).where(CodeShapeUse.shape_id == row.id)
+            )
+        ).scalars().all()
+    }
+    judged = basis in _CALLER_VIAS
+    n = 0
+    for sid in wanted:
+        edge = existing.get(sid)
+        if edge is None:
+            session.add(CodeShapeUse(shape_id=row.id, snippet_id=sid, basis=basis, evidence=evidence))
+            n += 1
+        elif judged or edge.basis not in _CALLER_VIAS:
+            edge.basis, edge.evidence = basis, evidence
+            n += 1
+    return n
+
+
+async def uses_of(shape_ids) -> dict[int, list[CodeShapeUse]]:
+    """{shape_id: [edges]} for a set of rows — the read side of record_uses."""
+    ids = [int(x) for x in shape_ids if x]
+    if not ids:
+        return {}
+    async with async_session() as session:
+        edges = (
+            await session.execute(
+                select(CodeShapeUse).where(CodeShapeUse.shape_id.in_(ids))
+                .order_by(CodeShapeUse.shape_id, CodeShapeUse.snippet_id)
+            )
+        ).scalars().all()
+    out: dict[int, list[CodeShapeUse]] = {}
+    for e in edges:
+        out.setdefault(e.shape_id, []).append(e)
+    return out
+
+
 async def mark_canonicals(
     project_id: int, recorded: list[tuple[int, str, str]]
 ) -> None:
@@ -214,7 +293,7 @@ async def mark_canonicals(
                 ),
                 None,
             )
-            if covering is not None and row.status == "unclassified":
+            if covering is not None and row.status in _MECHANICAL_TODO:
                 await _judge(session, row, status="canonical", snippet_id=covering,
                              by="mechanical", reason=None, at=now)
             elif (
@@ -289,6 +368,17 @@ def validate_classifications(items: list[dict]) -> str | None:
                 f"classifications[{i}]: status {status!r} needs a reason — "
                 "the WHY is the record (note 2786)"
             )
+        code = (item.get("reason_code") or "").strip()
+        if code and code not in REASON_CODES:
+            return (
+                f"classifications[{i}]: unknown reason_code {code!r} "
+                f"(one of: {', '.join(REASON_CODES)})"
+            )
+        uses = item.get("uses")
+        if uses is not None and (
+            not isinstance(uses, list) or not all(isinstance(u, int) and u > 0 for u in uses)
+        ):
+            return f"classifications[{i}]: uses must be a list of snippet ids"
     return None
 
 
@@ -327,6 +417,8 @@ async def classify_shapes(
         for item in classifications
         if item.get("status") in _NEEDS_TARGET
     }
+    for item in classifications:
+        target_ids.update(int(u) for u in (item.get("uses") or []))
     for sid in sorted(target_ids):
         if await snippets_svc.get_snippet(user_id, sid) is None:
             raise ValueError(f"snippet {sid} not found (or not readable)")
@@ -364,12 +456,101 @@ async def classify_shapes(
                     session, row, status=status,
                     snippet_id=int(item["snippet_id"]) if status in _NEEDS_TARGET else None,
                     by=via, reason=item.get("reason"), at=now,
+                    reason_code=item.get("reason_code"),
                 )
+                if item.get("uses"):
+                    await record_uses(session, row, item["uses"], basis=via,
+                                      evidence=item.get("reason"))
                 classified += 1
         await session.commit()
     return {"classified": classified, "unmatched": unmatched}
 
 
+def rule_matches(row: CodeShape, *, path: str, pattern: str, kind: str) -> bool:
+    """Does a ledger row fall under a rule-form classification (#2868)?
+    ``path`` is a file or a directory (everything beneath it), ``pattern``
+    a shell glob on the symbol (``""`` = every symbol), ``kind`` narrows to
+    sym/css. Pure, so the sweep's reach can be tested without a database."""
+    import fnmatch
+
+    clean = (path or "").strip().strip("/")
+    if clean and not (row.path == clean or row.path.startswith(clean + "/")):
+        return False
+    if kind and row.kind != kind:
+        return False
+    if pattern and not fnmatch.fnmatchcase(_norm_symbol(row.symbol), pattern):
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+async def classify_shapes_where(
+    user_id: int,
+    project_id: int,
+    *,
+    path: str,
+    status: str,
+    pattern: str = "",
+    kind: str = "",
+    snippet_id: int | None = None,
+    reason: str | None = None,
+    via: str = "agent",
+    include_judged: bool = False,
+    reason_code: str | None = None,
+    uses: list[int] | None = None,
+) -> dict:
+    """The sweep form of classify_shapes (#2868): one judgment applied to
+    every live row under ``path`` whose symbol matches ``pattern`` (and
+    ``kind``). By default only unjudged rows are touched — `unclassified`
+    and the sync's mechanical `scoped` stamp — a sweep must never silently
+    overwrite a judgment; ``include_judged`` opts in.
+    Same gates as the row form (status vocabulary, snippet target, reason
+    for variant/exempt, write access); one transaction, so it applies whole
+    or not at all. Returns the count and a sample of what it judged."""
+    from scribe.services import access
+    from scribe.services import snippets as snippets_svc
+
+    if via not in _CALLER_VIAS:
+        raise ValueError(f"via must be one of: {', '.join(_CALLER_VIAS)}")
+    if not (path or "").strip():
+        raise ValueError("path is required — a sweep names the directory it judges")
+    if status == "canonical":
+        raise ValueError("canonical is the sync's stamp on a snippet's own location — a sweep cannot set it")
+    probe = {"path": path, "symbol": "*", "status": status,
+             "snippet_id": snippet_id or 0, "reason": reason or "",
+             "reason_code": reason_code or "", "uses": uses}
+    error = validate_classifications([probe])
+    if error:
+        raise ValueError(error.replace("classifications[0]", "rule"))
+    if not await access.can_write_project(user_id, project_id):
+        raise ValueError(f"project {project_id} not found or no write access")
+    if status in _NEEDS_TARGET and await snippets_svc.get_snippet(user_id, int(snippet_id)) is None:
+        raise ValueError(f"snippet {snippet_id} not found (or not readable)")
+    for sid in sorted({int(u) for u in (uses or [])}):
+        if await snippets_svc.get_snippet(user_id, sid) is None:
+            raise ValueError(f"snippet {sid} not found (or not readable)")
+
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    judged: list[str] = []
+    async with async_session() as session:
+        conds = [CodeShape.project_id == project_id, CodeShape.vanished_at.is_(None)]
+        if not include_judged:
+            conds.append(CodeShape.status.in_(_MECHANICAL_TODO))
+        rows = (await session.execute(select(CodeShape).where(*conds))).scalars().all()
+        for row in rows:
+            if not rule_matches(row, path=path, pattern=pattern, kind=kind):
+                continue
+            await _judge(
+                session, row, status=status,
+                snippet_id=int(snippet_id) if status in _NEEDS_TARGET else None,
+                by=via, reason=reason, at=now, reason_code=reason_code,
+            )
+            if uses:
+                await record_uses(session, row, uses, basis=via, evidence=reason)
+            judged.append(f"{row.path}::{row.symbol}")
+        await session.commit()
+    return {"classified": len(judged), "sample": sorted(judged)[:12]}
+
+
 async def list_project_shapes(
     user_id: int,
     project_id: int,
@@ -382,6 +563,7 @@ async def list_project_shapes(
     offset: int = 0,
     proposal: str = "",
     flag: str = "",
+    uses: int = 0,
 ) -> tuple[list[CodeShape], int]:
     """A filtered page of a project's ledger, with the unfiltered-match total.
 
@@ -427,6 +609,12 @@ async def list_project_shapes(
         conds.append(CodeShape.diverges_from.isnot(None))
     elif flag == "recheck":
         conds.append(CodeShape.recheck_at.isnot(None))
+    if uses:
+        # Consumers of a canon (#2870): rows with a uses edge to it, whatever
+        # shape they themselves are.
+        conds.append(CodeShape.id.in_(
+            select(CodeShapeUse.shape_id).where(CodeShapeUse.snippet_id == uses)
+        ))
     async with async_session() as session:
         total = (
             await session.execute(
@@ -477,18 +665,38 @@ async def snippet_consumers(user_id: int, note_id: int) -> dict:
                 )
             )
         ).scalars().all()
-    readable: dict[int, bool] = {}
-    out: dict[str, list[dict]] = {"instances": [], "variants": []}
-    for row in rows:
-        if row.project_id not in readable:
-            readable[row.project_id] = await access.can_read_project(
-                user_id, row.project_id
+        # The consumption edges (#2870): rows that USE this canon, whatever
+        # shape they are themselves — the call-site map.
+        using = (
+            await session.execute(
+                select(CodeShape, CodeShapeUse.basis, CodeShapeUse.evidence)
+                .join(CodeShapeUse, CodeShapeUse.shape_id == CodeShape.id)
+                .where(CodeShapeUse.snippet_id == note_id, CodeShape.vanished_at.is_(None))
             )
-        if not readable[row.project_id]:
+        ).all()
+    readable: dict[int, bool] = {}
+
+    async def can_read(pid: int) -> bool:
+        if pid not in readable:
+            readable[pid] = await access.can_read_project(user_id, pid)
+        return readable[pid]
+
+    out: dict[str, list[dict]] = {"instances": [], "variants": [], "uses": []}
+    for row in rows:
+        if not await can_read(row.project_id):
             continue
         out["instances" if row.status == "instance" else "variants"].append(
             _consumer_dict(row)
         )
+    for row, basis, evidence in using:
+        if not await can_read(row.project_id):
+            continue
+        d = _consumer_dict(row)
+        d["basis"] = basis
+        if evidence:
+            d["evidence"] = evidence
+        d.pop("reason", None)
+        out["uses"].append(d)
     return out
 
 
@@ -660,7 +868,7 @@ async def stamp_write_path_instances(
                 )
                 session.add(row)
                 by_key[(name, kind)] = row
-            elif not (row.status == "unclassified" or row.classified_by == "hook"):
+            elif not (row.status in _MECHANICAL_TODO or row.classified_by == "hook"):
                 continue  # a judgment — or the canon itself — stands
             await _judge(session, row, status="instance", snippet_id=sid, by="hook",
                          reason=why, at=now)
@@ -668,6 +876,13 @@ async def stamp_write_path_instances(
                 "path": path, "symbol": name, "kind": kind,
                 "snippet_id": sid, "reason": why,
             })
+            # Every pulled canon the payload NAMES is a uses edge (#2870) — the
+            # call-site fact, independent of which one the row is judged to be.
+            await record_uses(
+                session, row,
+                [s_id for rank, _at, s_id, _why in bucket if rank == 2],
+                basis="hook", evidence="write path: pulled the snippet, payload names its symbol",
+            )
         if stamped:
             await session.commit()
     return stamped
@@ -718,7 +933,9 @@ _SEMANTIC_CAP = 150
 _SEMANTIC_FLOOR = 0.8
 # Bump when a basis's rule changes: rows remember the (body, ruleset) they
 # were examined under, so a tightened rule re-examines everything once.
-_PROPOSER_VERSION = 2
+# v3: language-family gate on the sym bases, reference stoplist, semantic
+# restricted to the shape's own project (#2871).
+_PROPOSER_VERSION = 3
 # Signature resemblance floor, name blanked (difflib ratio) — and a length
 # floor, because `def NAME():` resembles `def NAME(x):` at 0.95 while saying
 # nothing; a family shape has parameters to resemble.
@@ -737,6 +954,64 @@ class Canon(NamedTuple):
     signature: str
     code_norm: str
     project_id: int = 0
+    language: str = ""   # the snippet's recorded language; "" = unknown, no gate
+
+
+# Language families: the sym bases only propose within one. The 2026-08
+# audit (#2871) found every cross-language hit wrong — a Python tool-module
+# canon named `register` proposed for Vue `handleSubmit`s that call
+# `authStore.register()`, and a TS store's `register` matched it by symbol;
+# Minstrel/Forge TS canon proposed for Python bodies by resemblance. CSS is
+# its own kind and is not gated here.
+_FAMILY_BY_LANG = {
+    "python": "py", "py": "py",
+    "typescript": "js", "ts": "js", "tsx": "js", "javascript": "js", "js": "js",
+    "jsx": "js", "vue": "js", "mjs": "js", "cjs": "js",
+    "css": "css", "scss": "css", "sass": "css", "less": "css",
+    "bash": "sh", "sh": "sh", "shell": "sh", "zsh": "sh",
+    "sql": "sql",
+}
+_FAMILY_BY_EXT = {
+    ".py": "py", ".pyi": "py",
+    ".ts": "js", ".tsx": "js", ".js": "js", ".jsx": "js", ".vue": "js", ".mjs": "js", ".cjs": "js",
+    ".css": "css", ".scss": "css", ".sass": "css", ".less": "css",
+    ".sh": "sh", ".bash": "sh", ".zsh": "sh",
+    ".sql": "sql",
+}
+
+
+def language_family(language: str) -> str:
+    """The family a recorded snippet language belongs to ("" when unknown)."""
+    return _FAMILY_BY_LANG.get((language or "").strip().lower(), "")
+
+
+def path_family(path: str) -> str:
+    """The family a file path belongs to, by extension ("" when unknown)."""
+    p = (path or "").lower()
+    for ext, fam in _FAMILY_BY_EXT.items():
+        if p.endswith(ext):
+            return fam
+    return ""
+
+
+def same_family(path: str, canon_language: str) -> bool:
+    """A sym basis may propose this canon for this path: both families known
+    and equal, or either unknown (no evidence either way → no gate)."""
+    a = path_family(path)
+    b = language_family(canon_language)
+    return not a or not b or a == b
+
+
+# Reference basis: generic verbs name too many unrelated things to count a
+# bare mention as a call site of THIS canon (`register`, `load`, `save` …).
+# The symbol basis still catches a second definition of such a name; the
+# call-site relation for these becomes a `uses` edge once #2870 lands.
+_REFERENCE_STOPLIST = frozenset({
+    "get", "set", "put", "post", "load", "save", "run", "main", "init", "setup",
+    "register", "restore", "reset", "toggle", "close", "open", "submit", "handler",
+    "update", "create", "delete", "remove", "add", "start", "stop", "send",
+    "receive", "render", "mount", "dispatch", "call", "apply", "execute",
+})
 
 
 def _norm_text(text: str) -> str:
@@ -768,6 +1043,26 @@ def text_contains(body: str, code: str) -> bool:
     return a in b or b in a
 
 
+def reference_canons(kind: str, path: str, symbol: str, body: str, canons: Iterable[Canon]) -> list[int]:
+    """Every canon this body NAMES (#2870) — the uses edges the proposer can
+    write mechanically: same kind, same language family, symbol not in the
+    generic-verb stoplist, and not the shape's own name."""
+    norm_sym = _norm_symbol(symbol)
+    out: list[int] = []
+    for c in canons:
+        if c.kind != kind or not c.symbol:
+            continue
+        if kind == "sym" and not same_family(path, c.language):
+            continue
+        if _norm_symbol(c.symbol) == norm_sym:
+            continue
+        if _norm_symbol(c.symbol).lower() in _REFERENCE_STOPLIST:
+            continue
+        if references_symbol(body, c.symbol, kind):
+            out.append(c.snippet_id)
+    return out
+
+
 def match_canon(
     kind: str, path: str, symbol: str, signature: str, body: str,
     canons: Iterable[Canon], *, project_id: int = 0,
@@ -789,11 +1084,17 @@ def match_canon(
     for c in canons:
         if c.kind != kind:
             continue
+        if kind == "sym" and not same_family(path, c.language):
+            continue  # a Python canon says nothing about a Vue body, and vice versa
         if c.symbol and _norm_symbol(c.symbol) == norm_sym:
             if not any(location_covers(lp, ls, path, symbol) for lp, ls in c.locations):
                 offer("symbol", 1.0, c)
             continue  # its own location is canonical territory, not a proposal
-        if c.symbol and references_symbol(body, c.symbol, kind):
+        if (
+            c.symbol
+            and _norm_symbol(c.symbol).lower() not in _REFERENCE_STOPLIST
+            and references_symbol(body, c.symbol, kind)
+        ):
             offer("reference", 0.9, c)
         if c.code_norm and text_contains(body, c.code_norm):
             offer("text", 0.95, c)
@@ -849,6 +1150,7 @@ async def canon_catalog(user_id: int) -> list[Canon]:
                 for loc in fields.get("locations") or []
             ),
             signature, _norm_text(code), int(note.project_id or 0),
+            (fields.get("language") or "").strip().lower(),
         ))
     return out
 
@@ -907,7 +1209,14 @@ async def propose_for_repo(
     if canons is None:
         canons = await canon_catalog(user_id)
     by_key = {(d[0], d[1], d[2]): d for d in definitions}
-    sym_canon_ids = {c.snippet_id for c in canons if c.kind == "sym"}
+    # The semantic arm is the widest net and, across projects, was pure noise
+    # in the 2026-08 audit (#2871): it is held to the shape's own project and
+    # language family. The precise bases (symbol/text) still reach family
+    # canon in other projects (note 2786).
+    sym_canons = [c for c in canons if c.kind == "sym" and c.project_id == project_id]
+
+    def semantic_allowed(path: str) -> set[int]:
+        return {c.snippet_id for c in sym_canons if same_family(path, c.language)}
     now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
     examined = proposed = checked = 0
     async with async_session() as session:
@@ -916,7 +1225,7 @@ async def propose_for_repo(
                 select(CodeShape).where(
                     CodeShape.project_id == project_id,
                     CodeShape.repo_key == repo_key,
-                    CodeShape.status == "unclassified",
+                    CodeShape.status.in_(_MECHANICAL_TODO),
                     CodeShape.vanished_at.is_(None),
                 )
             )
@@ -940,6 +1249,12 @@ async def propose_for_repo(
             row.proposal_group = group
             row.proposed_at = now
             row.proposed_sha = examined_as
+            # Consumption is recorded for every canon the body names (#2870),
+            # whatever the row is then judged to be.
+            used = reference_canons(row.kind, row.path, row.symbol, body, canons)
+            if used:
+                await record_uses(session, row, used, basis="reference",
+                                  evidence="proposer: body names the canon's symbol")
             if hit:
                 row.proposed_snippet_id, row.proposal_basis, row.proposal_score = hit
                 row.proposal_group = None
@@ -955,7 +1270,7 @@ async def propose_for_repo(
                 continue
             checked += 1
             try:
-                found = await _semantic_canon(user_id, d[5], sym_canon_ids)
+                found = await _semantic_canon(user_id, d[5], semantic_allowed(row.path))
             except Exception:
                 logger.warning("semantic proposal failed", exc_info=True)
                 found = None
@@ -1005,7 +1320,7 @@ async def apply_derive_groups(project_id: int) -> int:
             await session.execute(
                 select(CodeShape).where(
                     CodeShape.project_id == project_id,
-                    CodeShape.status == "unclassified",
+                    CodeShape.status.in_(_MECHANICAL_TODO),
                     CodeShape.vanished_at.is_(None),
                     CodeShape.proposed_snippet_id.is_(None),
                 )
@@ -1038,27 +1353,44 @@ def proposal_summary(rows: Iterable[CodeShape], *, top: int = 8) -> dict:
     """The readout's view of the proposer's standing: how many canon
     proposals await confirmation, and the largest derive-first groups."""
     proposed = 0
+    by_canon: dict[int, int] = {}
     groups: dict[str, dict] = {}
+    files: dict[str, set[str]] = {}
     for row in rows:
-        if row.status != "unclassified":
+        if row.status not in _MECHANICAL_TODO:
             continue
         if row.proposed_snippet_id is not None:
             proposed += 1
+            by_canon[row.proposed_snippet_id] = by_canon.get(row.proposed_snippet_id, 0) + 1
         elif row.proposal_group:
+            dup = not row.proposal_group.startswith("name:")
             g = groups.setdefault(row.proposal_group, {
                 "group": row.proposal_group, "kind": row.kind,
                 "label": (
-                    ("." if row.kind == "css" else "") + row.symbol
-                    if row.proposal_group.startswith("name:")
-                    else f"{row.symbol} (identical body)"
+                    f"{row.symbol} (identical body)" if dup
+                    else ("." if row.kind == "css" else "") + row.symbol
                 ),
-                "size": 0, "paths": [],
+                "size": 0, "files": 0, "paths": [],
             })
             g["size"] += 1
+            files.setdefault(row.proposal_group, set()).add(row.path)
             if len(g["paths"]) < 3:
                 g["paths"].append(row.path)
-    ranked = sorted(groups.values(), key=lambda g: (-g["size"], g["group"]))
-    return {"proposed": proposed, "derive_groups": ranked[:top]}
+    for key, g in groups.items():
+        g["files"] = len(files[key])
+    # Body-identical groups first (#2872): the things an audit actually
+    # consolidated were identical bodies under different names/files; a
+    # name repeated across modules is usually convention. Within a tier,
+    # the group spread over more files is the bigger copy.
+    ranked = sorted(
+        groups.values(),
+        key=lambda g: (g["group"].startswith("name:"), -g["files"], -g["size"], g["group"]),
+    )
+    top_canon = None
+    if by_canon:
+        sid, n = max(by_canon.items(), key=lambda kv: (kv[1], -kv[0]))
+        top_canon = {"snippet_id": sid, "count": n}
+    return {"proposed": proposed, "derive_groups": ranked[:top], "top_canon": top_canon}
 
 
 async def confirm_proposals(
@@ -1089,7 +1421,7 @@ async def confirm_proposals(
 
     conds = [
         CodeShape.project_id == project_id,
-        CodeShape.status == "unclassified",
+        CodeShape.status.in_(_MECHANICAL_TODO),
         CodeShape.vanished_at.is_(None),
         CodeShape.proposed_snippet_id.isnot(None),
     ]
@@ -1246,7 +1578,7 @@ async def flag_divergence(project_id: int, *, since: datetime | None) -> int:
         for siblings in by_dir.values():
             dom = dominant_canon(siblings)
             for r in siblings:
-                if r.status != "unclassified":
+                if r.status not in _MECHANICAL_TODO:
                     continue
                 if r.diverges_from is not None:
                     flagged += 1
@@ -1263,7 +1595,7 @@ async def flag_divergence(project_id: int, *, since: datetime | None) -> int:
 
 def divergence_summary(rows: Iterable[CodeShape], *, top: int = 10) -> dict:
     """Readout view: flagged shapes (newest first) and the recheck count."""
-    flagged = [r for r in rows if r.diverges_from is not None and r.status == "unclassified"]
+    flagged = [r for r in rows if r.diverges_from is not None and r.status in _MECHANICAL_TODO]
     flagged.sort(key=lambda r: (r.created_at or datetime.min.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)), reverse=True)
     recheck = sum(1 for r in rows if r.recheck_at is not None and r.vanished_at is None)
     return {
diff --git a/tests/test_integration_shape_classify.py b/tests/test_integration_shape_classify.py
index 50206e8..82edece 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration_shape_classify.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration_shape_classify.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from scribe.models.project import Project
 from scribe.models.user import User
 from scribe.services.shape_ledger import (
     classify_shapes,
+    classify_shapes_where,
     list_project_shapes,
     snippet_consumers,
     sync_repo_shapes,
@@ -128,6 +129,113 @@ async def test_classification_is_write_gated_and_listing_read_gated(seeded):
     assert await list_project_shapes(other, pid) == ([], 0)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_rule_form_sweeps_unclassified_rows_only_and_applies_whole(seeded):
+    """#2868: one judgment over a directory + glob; judged rows are left
+    alone unless include_judged; the same gates as the row form."""
+    owner, other, pid, sid = seeded["owner"], seeded["other"], seeded["pid"], seeded["snippet"]
+    await classify_shapes(owner, pid, [
+        {"path": "src/app.py", "symbol": "Config", "status": "exempt", "reason": "settings holder"},
+    ])
+    out = await classify_shapes_where(
+        owner, pid, path="src", status="instance", snippet_id=sid, via="audit",
+    )
+    # make_app + helper swept; Config (already judged) untouched; css not under src/.
+    assert out["classified"] == 2
+    assert out["sample"] == ["src/app.py::make_app", "src/util.py::helper"]
+    rows, _ = await list_project_shapes(owner, pid)
+    by_symbol = {r.symbol: r for r in rows}
+    assert by_symbol["make_app"].status == "instance" and by_symbol["make_app"].classified_by == "audit"
+    assert by_symbol["Config"].status == "exempt" and by_symbol["Config"].reason == "settings holder"
+    assert by_symbol["btn"].status == "unclassified"
+    # Glob + kind narrow; include_judged re-judges.
+    out = await classify_shapes_where(
+        owner, pid, path="web", status="exempt", pattern="btn*", kind="css",
+        reason="one toolbar button", include_judged=True,
+    )
+    assert out["classified"] == 1
+    out = await classify_shapes_where(
+        owner, pid, path="src", status="unclassified", include_judged=True,
+    )
+    assert out["classified"] == 3   # withdrawal sweeps judged rows when asked
+    # Gates: reason for exempt, snippet for instance, write access, a path.
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        await classify_shapes_where(owner, pid, path="src", status="exempt")
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        await classify_shapes_where(owner, pid, path="src", status="instance")
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        await classify_shapes_where(owner, pid, path="", status="exempt", reason="x")
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        await classify_shapes_where(other, pid, path="src", status="exempt", reason="x")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_sync_stamps_scoped_rows_and_unstamps_when_they_become_reachable(seeded):
+    """#2869: by-construction one-offs arrive `scoped` (mechanical), count as
+    accounted, are reached by the sweep's default, and go back to the todo
+    if a later tree makes them ordinary. A judgment overrides the stamp."""
+    from scribe.services.coverage import ArchiveShape
+    owner, pid, sid = seeded["owner"], seeded["pid"], seeded["snippet"]
+    scoped_shapes = [
+        ArchiveShape("web/Card.vue", "css", "card", ".card {", "s1", ".card { x: 1 }", True),
+        ArchiveShape("web/Card.vue", "sym", "load", "function load() {", "s2", "function load() {}", True),
+        ArchiveShape("src/util.py", "sym", "helper", "def helper():", "s3", "def helper(): pass", False),
+    ]
+    await sync_repo_shapes(pid, REPO, scoped_shapes, seen_marker="main")
+    rows, _ = await list_project_shapes(owner, pid, path="web/Card.vue")
+    assert {r.status for r in rows} == {"scoped"}
+    assert all(r.classified_by == "mechanical" and "by construction" in (r.reason or "") for r in rows)
+    # The human todo excludes them; the sweep's default still reaches them.
+    assert (await list_project_shapes(owner, pid, status="unclassified", path="web/Card.vue"))[1] == 0
+    out = await classify_shapes_where(
+        owner, pid, path="web/Card.vue", status="instance", snippet_id=sid, kind="css",
+    )
+    assert out["classified"] == 1
+    # Re-synced as ordinary: the stamped sym returns to the todo; the
+    # judged css keeps its judgment.
+    plain = [ArchiveShape(s.path, s.kind, s.name, s.signature, s.body_sha, s.body, False) for s in scoped_shapes]
+    await sync_repo_shapes(pid, REPO, plain, seen_marker="main")
+    rows, _ = await list_project_shapes(owner, pid, path="web/Card.vue")
+    by_symbol = {r.symbol: r for r in rows}
+    assert by_symbol["load"].status == "unclassified" and by_symbol["load"].classified_by is None
+    assert by_symbol["card"].status == "instance" and by_symbol["card"].snippet_id == sid
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_uses_edges_are_the_consumer_map(seeded):
+    """#2870: a shape keeps ONE snippet_id (what it is) and any number of
+    uses edges (what it calls); the snippet's consumer map lists them,
+    list_shapes(uses=N) finds them, and a sweep can write them."""
+    from scribe.services import snippets as snippets_svc
+    owner, pid, sid = seeded["owner"], seeded["pid"], seeded["snippet"]
+    helper = await snippets_svc.create_snippet(
+        owner, name="cls_hash_helper", code="def hash_token(raw):\n    return raw\n",
+        language="python", repo="Widget", path="src/hash.py", symbol="hash_token",
+        project_id=pid,
+    )
+    hid = int(helper.id)
+    out = await classify_shapes(owner, pid, [
+        {"path": "src/app.py", "symbol": "make_app", "status": "instance",
+         "snippet_id": sid, "uses": [hid]},
+    ], via="audit")
+    assert out["classified"] == 1
+    rows, total = await list_project_shapes(owner, pid, uses=hid)
+    assert total == 1 and rows[0].symbol == "make_app" and rows[0].snippet_id == sid
+    consumers = await snippet_consumers(owner, hid)
+    assert consumers["instances"] == [] and len(consumers["uses"]) == 1
+    assert consumers["uses"][0]["symbol"] == "make_app" and consumers["uses"][0]["basis"] == "audit"
+    # A sweep writes uses too; an unknown snippet in uses applies nothing.
+    out = await classify_shapes_where(
+        owner, pid, path="src/util.py", status="exempt", reason="local", uses=[hid],
+    )
+    assert out["classified"] == 1
+    assert (await list_project_shapes(owner, pid, uses=hid))[1] == 2
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        await classify_shapes(owner, pid, [
+            {"path": "src/app.py", "symbol": "Config", "status": "exempt", "reason": "x", "uses": [999999]},
+        ])
+
+
 @pytest.mark.integration
 async def test_list_filters_compose(seeded):
     owner, pid, sid = seeded["owner"], seeded["pid"], seeded["snippet"]
@@ -170,7 +278,7 @@ async def test_get_snippet_carries_the_structured_consumer_map(seeded):
     # The map is caller-scoped: an outsider asking the service directly gets
     # silence, not another project's file layout.
     consumers = await snippet_consumers(seeded["other"], sid)
-    assert consumers == {"instances": [], "variants": []}
+    assert consumers == {"instances": [], "variants": [], "uses": []}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.integration
@@ -458,9 +566,14 @@ async def test_derive_groups_land_on_rows_and_in_the_summary(seeded):
 
     summary = proposal_summary(await live_rows(pid))
     assert summary["proposed"] == 1
-    assert [g["group"] for g in summary["derive_groups"]][0] == "name:css:card"
-    assert summary["derive_groups"][0]["label"] == ".card"
-    assert summary["derive_groups"][0]["size"] == 3
+    # #2872: the body-identical group (a real copy) outranks the bigger name
+    # group (usually convention), even at size 2 vs 3.
+    order = [g["group"] for g in summary["derive_groups"]]
+    assert order[0].startswith("dup:") and order[1] == "name:css:card"
+    assert summary["derive_groups"][0]["files"] == 2
+    assert summary["derive_groups"][0]["label"] == "slug (identical body)"
+    assert summary["derive_groups"][1]["label"] == ".card"
+    assert summary["derive_groups"][0]["size"] == 2 and summary["derive_groups"][1]["size"] == 3
 
     # One of the css copies gets judged → the group shrinks on the next pass.
     await classify_shapes(owner, pid, [
@@ -489,7 +602,20 @@ async def test_a_second_confirm_dialog_is_detected_and_named(seeded):
         write_time_divergence,
     )
 
-    owner, pid, sid = seeded["owner"], seeded["pid"], seeded["snippet"]
+    from scribe.services import snippets as snippets_svc
+
+    owner, pid = seeded["owner"], seeded["pid"]
+    # The confirm helper is TS canon: since #2871 a sym basis only proposes
+    # within the shape's language family, so the fixture's Python snippet
+    # says nothing about these Vue bodies — the canon must be one of theirs.
+    canon = await snippets_svc.create_snippet(
+        owner, name="cls_confirm_factory",
+        code="export async function factory(): Promise<boolean> {\n  return true;\n}\n",
+        language="typescript", repo="Widget",
+        path="frontend/src/composables/useConfirm.ts", symbol="factory",
+        project_id=pid,
+    )
+    sid = int(canon.id)
     comp = "frontend/src/components"
     base = _defs(
         *[(f"{comp}/{n}.vue", "sym", f"on{n}", f"async function on{n}() {{",
diff --git a/tests/test_pattern_coverage.py b/tests/test_pattern_coverage.py
index 4e1a700..a49f24d 100644
--- a/tests/test_pattern_coverage.py
+++ b/tests/test_pattern_coverage.py
@@ -168,6 +168,13 @@ def test_coverage_line_is_evidence_carrying_and_labeled_estimate():
     assert "internal/api, web/src/components" in line
 
 
+def test_bind_repo_tool_takes_a_ref():
+    """#2873: the binding names the branch the ledger follows."""
+    from scribe.mcp.server import build_mcp_server
+    tool = build_mcp_server()._tool_manager.get_tool("bind_repo")
+    assert "ref" in tool.parameters.get("properties", {})
+
+
 def test_coverage_routes_are_registered():
     from scribe.app import create_app
 
@@ -188,7 +195,8 @@ def _forge(tar_bytes: bytes):
         path = request.url.path
         if path == "/api/v1/repos/alice/widget":
             return httpx.Response(200, json={"default_branch": "main"})
-        if path == "/api/v1/repos/alice/widget/archive/main.tar.gz":
+        if path in ("/api/v1/repos/alice/widget/archive/main.tar.gz",
+                    "/api/v1/repos/alice/widget/archive/dev.tar.gz"):
             return httpx.Response(200, content=tar_bytes)
         return httpx.Response(404, json={"message": "not found"})
 
@@ -258,7 +266,7 @@ async def test_coverage_measures_the_tree_exactly_and_caches(seeded):
     assert coverage["accounted"] == 2
     assert coverage["unclassified"] == 2
     assert coverage["counts"] == {
-        "canonical": 2, "instance": 0, "variant": 0, "exempt": 0,
+        "canonical": 2, "instance": 0, "variant": 0, "exempt": 0, "scoped": 0,
     }
     assert coverage["estimate"] is True
     assert coverage["repos"] == [{
@@ -468,6 +476,11 @@ def test_extract_definitions_fingerprints_each_block():
     # And the identity view is unchanged for the hook mirror.
     from scribe.services.coverage import extract_shapes
     assert extract_shapes(text) == [(d.kind, d.name) for d in extract_definitions(text)]
+    # A CSS rule's fingerprint is its declarations (#2872): the same body
+    # under another selector is the same shape to the derive grouping.
+    css = ".closed-msg {\n  text-align: center;\n  padding: 0.5rem 0;\n}\n.error-block {\n  text-align: center;\n  padding: 0.5rem 0;\n}\n.other {\n  text-align: left;\n}\n"
+    d = {x.name: x for x in extract_definitions(css)}
+    assert d["closed-msg"].body_sha == d["error-block"].body_sha != d["other"].body_sha
 
 
 def test_coverage_line_names_the_proposers_standing():
@@ -484,6 +497,12 @@ def test_coverage_line_names_the_proposers_standing():
     assert "; 90 unclassified (40 proposed, 2 derive groups), largest: src" in line
     line = coverage_line({**base, "proposed": 0, "derive_groups": [{"group": "a"}]})
     assert "(1 derive group)" in line
+    # #2874: the next action on the line — biggest canon queue, widest copy.
+    line = coverage_line({
+        **base, "proposed": 40, "top_canon": {"snippet_id": 2844, "count": 78},
+        "derive_groups": [{"group": "dup:abc", "label": "closed-msg (identical body)", "files": 3}],
+    })
+    assert "top canon #2844 ×78" in line and "top copy closed-msg (identical body) ×3 files" in line
 
 
 def test_coverage_line_names_divergence_and_recheck():
@@ -500,3 +519,52 @@ def test_coverage_line_names_divergence_and_recheck():
     assert line.endswith("; 1 judged shape changed since judged — recheck")
     assert "DIVERGENT" not in coverage_line(base)
     assert "recheck" not in coverage_line(base)
+
+
+def test_scoped_definitions_are_vue_script_setup_and_scoped_style_only():
+    """#2869: one-offs by construction — every sym in a .vue and every css
+    rule inside <style scoped>; an unscoped <style> block and non-.vue files
+    stay ordinary."""
+    from scribe.services.coverage import extract_definitions, scoped_definitions
+    vue = (
+        "<script setup lang=\"ts\">\n"
+        "function load() {\n  return 1;\n}\n"
+        "const save = async () => {\n  return 2;\n};\n"
+        "</script>\n\n"
+        "<template><div class=\"card\"/></template>\n\n"
+        "<style scoped>\n.card {\n  padding: 1rem;\n}\n.title {\n  margin: 0;\n}\n</style>\n"
+        "<style>\n.global-toast {\n  color: red;\n}\n</style>\n"
+    )
+    defs = extract_definitions(vue)
+    names = {(d.kind, d.name) for d in defs}
+    assert {("sym", "load"), ("sym", "save"), ("css", "card"), ("css", "title"), ("css", "global-toast")} <= names
+    scoped = scoped_definitions("frontend/src/views/A.vue", vue, defs)
+    assert scoped == {("sym", "load"), ("sym", "save"), ("css", "card"), ("css", "title")}
+    # Definitions know their line, which is what the scoped-style range uses.
+    assert next(d for d in defs if d.name == "card").line > next(d for d in defs if d.name == "save").line
+    # Not a .vue: nothing is scoped, whatever it contains.
+    assert scoped_definitions("frontend/src/assets/components.css", ".card {\n  x: 1;\n}\n",
+                              extract_definitions(".card {\n  x: 1;\n}\n")) == set()
+    assert scoped_definitions("src/a.py", "def load():\n    pass\n", extract_definitions("def load():\n    pass\n")) == set()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_binding_ref_is_the_branch_the_ledger_follows(seeded):
+    """#2873: a binding that names a ref is read at that ref (not the forge's
+    default branch); "" clears it; None on a re-bind leaves it standing."""
+    from scribe.services.coverage import compute_coverage
+    from scribe.services.repo_bindings import bindings_for_project, set_binding
+    uid, pid = seeded["uid"], seeded["pid"]
+    b = await set_binding(uid, "https://git.example.com/alice/widget.git", pid, "dev")
+    assert b.ref == "dev"
+    coverage = await compute_coverage(uid, pid, selector=_selector(_tarball(TREE)))
+    assert coverage["repos"][0]["ref"] == "dev"
+    # A re-bind without a ref keeps it; "" clears it back to the default branch.
+    b = await set_binding(uid, "https://git.example.com/alice/widget.git", pid)
+    assert b.ref == "dev"
+    b = await set_binding(uid, "https://git.example.com/alice/widget.git", pid, "")
+    assert b.ref is None
+    assert [x.ref for x in await bindings_for_project(uid, pid)] == [None]
+    coverage = await compute_coverage(uid, pid, selector=_selector(_tarball(TREE)))
+    assert coverage["repos"][0]["ref"] == "main"
+
diff --git a/tests/test_services_backup.py b/tests/test_services_backup.py
index a1e19e7..05b062e 100644
--- a/tests/test_services_backup.py
+++ b/tests/test_services_backup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def test_backup_version_is_v8():
     point of the test — a payload section added without moving the version
     produces backups that are structurally different and indistinguishable
     by inspection."""
-    assert backup.BACKUP_VERSION == 8
+    assert backup.BACKUP_VERSION == 9
 
 
 def test_not_included_lists_the_known_gaps():
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ async def test_export_full_backup_contains_every_declared_section():
                 "topic_suppressions",
                 "systems", "record_systems", "design_systems",
                 "design_tokens", "note_usage_events", "repo_bindings",
-                "note_supersessions", "code_shapes", "code_shape_events"):
+                "note_supersessions", "code_shapes", "code_shape_events",
+                "code_shape_uses"):
         assert key in out, f"missing export section: {key}"
         assert out[key] == []
 
diff --git a/tests/test_shape_ledger.py b/tests/test_shape_ledger.py
index 6e062d9..cb07e65 100644
--- a/tests/test_shape_ledger.py
+++ b/tests/test_shape_ledger.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def test_the_todo_state_is_the_default():
     assert CodeShape.__table__.c.status.default.arg == "unclassified"
     assert "unclassified" in SHAPE_STATUSES
     assert set(SHAPE_STATUSES) == {
-        "canonical", "instance", "variant", "exempt", "unclassified",
+        "canonical", "instance", "variant", "exempt", "scoped", "unclassified",
     }
     assert set(SHAPE_CLASSIFIERS) == {
         "agent", "audit", "hook", "mechanical", "import",
@@ -248,6 +248,49 @@ def test_match_canon_orders_bases_strongest_first_and_respects_kind():
     assert match_canon("sym", "x.py", "unrelated", "def unrelated(a, b, c, d, e):", "return 1", canons) is None
 
 
+def test_match_canon_gates_sym_bases_by_language_family():
+    """A Python canon says nothing about a Vue body (and vice versa): the
+    2026-08 audit's worst proposals were `register` (MCP tool module, python)
+    offered for every auth view's handleSubmit that calls authStore.register()
+    and for a TS store's own `register`. Unknown language on either side →
+    no gate (the canons recorded without a language keep proposing)."""
+    from scribe.services.shape_ledger import Canon, _norm_text, match_canon, same_family
+    py_register = Canon(46, "sym", "register", (("src/scribe/mcp/tools/notes.py", "register"),),
+                        "def register(mcp) -> None:", _norm_text("def register(mcp) -> None: ..."), 2, "python")
+    ts_helper = Canon(53, "sym", "apiErrorMessage", (("frontend/src/api/client.ts", "apiErrorMessage"),),
+                      "export function apiErrorMessage(e: unknown, fallback: string): string {",
+                      _norm_text("export function apiErrorMessage(e, fallback) { return fallback }"), 2, "typescript")
+    canons = [py_register, ts_helper]
+    vue_body = "async function handleSubmit() {\n  await authStore.register(username.value);\n  error.value = apiErrorMessage(e, 'x');\n}"
+    # The Vue handler references the TS helper, never the Python canon.
+    assert match_canon("sym", "frontend/src/views/RegisterView.vue", "handleSubmit",
+                       "async function handleSubmit() {", vue_body, canons) == (53, "reference", 0.9)
+    # A TS store's own `register` is not a second definition of the Python one.
+    assert match_canon("sym", "frontend/src/stores/auth.ts", "register",
+                       "async function register(u: string) {", "return apiPost('/api/auth/register', {u})",
+                       [py_register]) is None
+    # Same family still proposes by symbol; unknown language still proposes.
+    assert match_canon("sym", "src/scribe/mcp/tools/other.py", "register",
+                       "def register(mcp) -> None:", "pass", [py_register]) == (46, "symbol", 1.0)
+    unknown = py_register._replace(language="")
+    assert match_canon("sym", "frontend/src/stores/auth.ts", "register",
+                       "async function register(u: string) {", "", [unknown]) == (46, "symbol", 1.0)
+    assert same_family("a.py", "python") and same_family("a.vue", "typescript")
+    assert same_family("a.py", "") and same_family("", "python")
+    assert not same_family("a.py", "vue")
+
+
+def test_match_canon_reference_skips_generic_verbs():
+    """A bare mention of `load`/`save`/`register` is not a call site of THIS
+    canon; the symbol basis still catches a second definition of the name."""
+    from scribe.services.shape_ledger import Canon, _norm_text, match_canon
+    loader = Canon(70, "sym", "load", (("frontend/src/components/A.vue", "load"),),
+                   "async function load() {", _norm_text("async function load() { await fetch() }"), 2, "vue")
+    body = "async function refresh() {\n  await load();\n}"
+    assert match_canon("sym", "frontend/src/components/B.vue", "refresh", "async function refresh() {", body, [loader]) is None
+    assert match_canon("sym", "frontend/src/components/B.vue", "load", "async function load() {", "", [loader]) == (70, "symbol", 1.0)
+
+
 def test_match_canon_symbol_beats_everything_including_css_copies():
     """The previous test's css `btn-primary`-elsewhere case, stated plainly:
     a second definition of the canon's own name is the symbol basis."""
@@ -274,6 +317,32 @@ def test_derive_groups_copy_before_name_with_floors():
     assert ("i.py", "sym", "one") not in g
 
 
+def test_proposal_summary_ranks_body_identical_groups_first_and_sees_scoped_rows():
+    """#2872: dup groups (the real copies) outrank name groups (usually
+    convention), wider spread first; #2869: scoped rows are in the readout."""
+    from scribe.models.code_shape import CodeShape
+    from scribe.services.shape_ledger import proposal_summary
+
+    def row(path, symbol, group, kind="css", status="scoped"):
+        return CodeShape(project_id=2, repo_key="r", path=path, symbol=symbol, kind=kind,
+                         status=status, proposal_basis="derive", proposal_group=group)
+    rows = [
+        # a name group of 6 across 6 files
+        *[row(f"v/{i}.vue", "status-badge", "name:css:status-badge") for i in range(6)],
+        # a dup group of 3 across 3 files (different selector names, one body)
+        row("v/Login.vue", "closed-msg", "dup:abc"), row("v/Reset.vue", "error-block", "dup:abc"),
+        row("v/Forgot.vue", "success-msg", "dup:abc"),
+        # a dup group of 2 in ONE file — a copy, but not across files
+        row("v/A.vue", "x", "dup:def"), row("v/A.vue", "y", "dup:def"),
+        # judged rows never count
+        row("v/J.vue", "closed-msg", "dup:abc", status="exempt"),
+    ]
+    out = proposal_summary(rows)
+    assert [g["group"] for g in out["derive_groups"]] == ["dup:abc", "dup:def", "name:css:status-badge"]
+    assert out["derive_groups"][0]["files"] == 3 and out["derive_groups"][0]["size"] == 3
+    assert out["derive_groups"][0]["label"] == "closed-msg (identical body)"
+
+
 def test_confirm_requires_a_named_scope():
     import asyncio
 
@@ -291,6 +360,99 @@ def test_proposer_tools_are_mounted():
     assert mcp._tool_manager.get_tool("confirm_shape_proposals") is not None
     tool = mcp._tool_manager.get_tool("list_shapes")
     assert "proposal" in tool.parameters.get("properties", {})
+    # #2868: the audit surfaces — compact pages and the sweep form.
+    assert "compact" in tool.parameters.get("properties", {})
+    rule = mcp._tool_manager.get_tool("classify_shapes_by_rule")
+    assert rule is not None
+    for name in ("path", "status", "pattern", "kind", "snippet_id", "reason", "include_judged"):
+        assert name in rule.parameters.get("properties", {}), name
+
+
+# --- #2868: the bulk surfaces (pure) -----------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_compact_row_carries_identity_standing_and_the_proposers_word_only():
+    """A 500-row compact page must fit the tool budget: no commits, shas or
+    timestamps; optional fields only when set."""
+    from scribe.models.code_shape import CodeShape
+    row = CodeShape(project_id=2, repo_key="r", path="src/a.py", symbol="f", kind="sym",
+                    status="unclassified", signature="def f(x):", body_sha="abc",
+                    first_seen_commit="c1", last_seen_commit="c2")
+    assert row.to_compact() == {
+        "path": "src/a.py", "symbol": "f", "kind": "sym",
+        "status": "unclassified", "signature": "def f(x):",
+    }
+    row.status, row.snippet_id, row.classified_by = "instance", 9, "audit"
+    row.proposed_snippet_id, row.proposal_basis, row.proposal_score = 9, "symbol", 1.0
+    compact = row.to_compact()
+    assert compact["snippet_id"] == 9 and compact["by"] == "audit"
+    assert compact["proposal"]["basis"] == "symbol"
+    for noisy in ("first_seen_commit", "last_seen_commit", "body_sha", "created_at", "classified_at"):
+        assert noisy not in compact
+
+
+def test_uses_edges_table_and_validation():
+    """#2870: consumption is its own relation — a table that cascades with
+    both ends, and `uses` on a classification must be a list of ids."""
+    from scribe.models import Base
+    from scribe.models.code_shape import USE_BASES, CodeShapeUse
+    from scribe.services.shape_ledger import validate_classifications
+    assert "code_shape_uses" in Base.metadata.tables
+    cols = CodeShapeUse.__table__.c
+    assert next(iter(cols.shape_id.foreign_keys)).ondelete == "CASCADE"
+    assert next(iter(cols.snippet_id.foreign_keys)).ondelete == "CASCADE"
+    assert set(USE_BASES) == {"reference", "hook", "agent", "audit", "import"}
+    ok = [{"path": "a.py", "symbol": "f", "status": "instance", "snippet_id": 9, "uses": [3, 4]}]
+    assert validate_classifications(ok) is None
+    bad = [{"path": "a.py", "symbol": "f", "status": "instance", "snippet_id": 9, "uses": "3"}]
+    assert "uses must be a list" in validate_classifications(bad)
+
+
+def test_reference_canons_names_every_used_canon_not_just_the_best():
+    from scribe.services.shape_ledger import Canon, _norm_text, reference_canons
+    a = Canon(1, "sym", "hash_token", (("src/x.py", "hash_token"),), "def hash_token(raw):", _norm_text("x"), 2, "python")
+    b = Canon(2, "sym", "rules_payload", (("src/y.py", "rules_payload"),), "def rules_payload(r):", _norm_text("y"), 2, "python")
+    ts = Canon(3, "sym", "fmtDate", (("f/d.ts", "fmtDate"),), "export function fmtDate(iso: string): string {", _norm_text("z"), 2, "typescript")
+    body = "def create_invitation(email):\n    h = hash_token(raw)\n    return rules_payload(h)\n"
+    assert reference_canons("sym", "src/scribe/services/auth.py", "create_invitation", body, [a, b, ts]) == [1, 2]
+    # the shape's own name and the other language family are never "uses"
+    assert reference_canons("sym", "src/x.py", "hash_token", body, [a]) == []
+    assert reference_canons("sym", "f/v.vue", "show", "fmtDate(x); hash_token(y)", [a, ts]) == [3]
+
+
+def test_reason_codes_are_a_fixed_catalogue_and_validated():
+    """#2874: an optional index beside the prose reason; unknown codes are a
+    structural error (the batch applies nothing)."""
+    from scribe.models.code_shape import REASON_CODES
+    from scribe.services.shape_ledger import validate_classifications
+    assert set(REASON_CODES) == {
+        "scoped-css", "one-off-handler", "test-helper", "convention-plumbing",
+        "pure-helper", "generated", "script", "typed-record",
+    }
+    assert "reason_code" in CodeShape.__table__.c
+    ok = [{"path": "a.py", "symbol": "f", "status": "exempt", "reason": "x", "reason_code": "pure-helper"}]
+    assert validate_classifications(ok) is None
+    bad = [{"path": "a.py", "symbol": "f", "status": "exempt", "reason": "x", "reason_code": "nope"}]
+    assert "unknown reason_code" in validate_classifications(bad)
+
+
+def test_rule_matches_is_directory_glob_and_kind_aware():
+    from scribe.models.code_shape import CodeShape
+    from scribe.services.shape_ledger import rule_matches
+
+    def row(path, symbol, kind="sym"):
+        return CodeShape(project_id=2, repo_key="r", path=path, symbol=symbol, kind=kind, status="unclassified")
+
+    r = row("frontend/src/views/LoginView.vue", "auth-card", "css")
+    assert rule_matches(r, path="frontend/src/views", pattern="", kind="")
+    assert rule_matches(r, path="frontend/src/views", pattern="auth-*", kind="css")
+    assert not rule_matches(r, path="frontend/src/views", pattern="auth-*", kind="sym")
+    assert not rule_matches(r, path="frontend/src/view", pattern="", kind="")   # directory, not prefix
+    assert rule_matches(r, path="frontend/src/views/LoginView.vue", pattern="", kind="")
+    # CSS symbols compare without the leading dot, like everywhere else.
+    assert rule_matches(row("w/a.css", ".btn-primary", "css"), path="w", pattern="btn-*", kind="css")
+    assert rule_matches(row("src/scribe/services/backup.py", "_note_rows"), path="src/scribe/services", pattern="_*_rows", kind="")
+    assert not rule_matches(row("src/scribe/services/backup.py", "export_full_backup"), path="src/scribe/services", pattern="_*_rows", kind="")
 
 
 # --- step 7: the divergence readout (pure) ----------------------------------
diff --git a/tests/test_snippet_location_filter.py b/tests/test_snippet_location_filter.py
index 882c4dc..29617a6 100644
--- a/tests/test_snippet_location_filter.py
+++ b/tests/test_snippet_location_filter.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def test_no_parts_matches_everything():
 def test_matches_exact_repo_path_and_symbol():
     data = _data({"repo": "Scribe", "path": "src/scribe/x.py", "symbol": "helper"})
     assert location_matches(data, {"repo": "Scribe"})
+    assert location_matches(data, {"repo": "scribe"})   # repo names: case never distinguishes (#2874)
     assert location_matches(data, {"path": "src/scribe/x.py"})
     assert location_matches(data, {"symbol": "helper"})
     assert location_matches(data, {"repo": "Scribe", "symbol": "helper"})
@@ -101,7 +102,8 @@ def test_blank_recorded_part_does_not_match_a_requested_one():
 def test_jsonpath_filters_within_one_locations_entry():
     expr = location_jsonpath({"repo": "Scribe", "symbol": "helper"})
     assert expr.startswith("$.locations[*] ? (")
-    assert '@.repo == "Scribe"' in expr
+    # repo: anchored, case-insensitive (#2874) — mirrors location_matches.
+    assert '@.repo like_regex "^Scribe$" flag "i"' in expr
     assert '@.symbol == "helper"' in expr
     assert " && " in expr
 
@@ -121,8 +123,9 @@ def test_jsonpath_quotes_values_as_json_literals():
     """A quote in a repo name must stay inside the literal, not end it."""
     nasty = 'we"ird'
     expr = location_jsonpath({"repo": nasty})
-    assert json.dumps(nasty) in expr
+    assert json.dumps("^" + nasty + "$") in expr      # the regex is a JSON literal too
     assert '\\"' in expr
+    assert json.dumps(nasty) in location_jsonpath({"symbol": nasty})
 
 
 def test_jsonpath_emits_parts_in_a_fixed_key_order():