diff --git a/packages/gittensory-miner/lib/deployment-docs-audit.js b/packages/gittensory-miner/lib/deployment-docs-audit.js
index 65897dc750..6ac07b5018 100644
--- a/packages/gittensory-miner/lib/deployment-docs-audit.js
+++ b/packages/gittensory-miner/lib/deployment-docs-audit.js
@@ -47,13 +47,17 @@ export function isRepoRelativePath(target) {
   return !NON_REPO_LINK_PATTERN.test(target);
 }
 
-/** Sorted, de-duplicated repo-relative file paths DEPLOYMENT.md links to (external issue links excluded). */
+/** Sorted, de-duplicated repo-relative file paths DEPLOYMENT.md links to (external issue links excluded).
+ *  An in-file anchor fragment (`file.md#heading`) is stripped before the path is recorded -- the fragment
+ *  names a heading inside the target file, not a filesystem entry, so checking it against `pathExists`
+ *  verbatim would always fail even when the linked file (and heading) both genuinely exist. */
 export function extractFilePathClaims(markdown) {
   const paths = new Set();
   for (const match of markdown.matchAll(MARKDOWN_LINK_PATTERN)) {
     const target = match[1].trim();
     if (isRepoRelativePath(target)) {
-      paths.add(target);
+      const [pathOnly] = target.split("#");
+      paths.add(pathOnly);
     }
   }
   return [...paths].sort();
diff --git a/test/unit/miner-deployment-docs-audit.test.ts b/test/unit/miner-deployment-docs-audit.test.ts
index d3552918d8..b6d1c30594 100644
--- a/test/unit/miner-deployment-docs-audit.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/miner-deployment-docs-audit.test.ts
@@ -20,15 +20,26 @@ const DEPLOYMENT_MD = resolve(MINER_DIR, "DEPLOYMENT.md");
 const BIN_DIR = resolve(MINER_DIR, "bin");
 const BIN_ENTRY = resolve(BIN_DIR, "gittensory-miner.js");
 const LIB_DIR = resolve(MINER_DIR, "lib");
+// gittensory-miner's coding-agent driver construction (MINER_CODING_AGENT_*) is implemented in the
+// gittensory-engine package it depends on, not under packages/gittensory-miner/** -- an env var read only
+// there would otherwise false-positive as undocumented-in-code. Source (not dist/, which is gitignored and
+// may not be built) so this stays accurate on a fresh checkout without a build step.
+const ENGINE_MINER_DIR = resolve(REPO_ROOT, "packages/gittensory-engine/src/miner");
 
-function readJsFiles(dir: string): string[] {
+function readFilesWithExtension(dir: string, extension: string): string[] {
   return readdirSync(dir)
-    .filter((name) => name.endsWith(".js"))
+    .filter((name) => name.endsWith(extension))
     .map((name) => readFileSync(join(dir, name), "utf8"));
 }
 
 function buildLiveReality(): DeploymentDocsReality {
-  const envReads = scanEnvVarTokens([...readJsFiles(LIB_DIR), ...readJsFiles(BIN_DIR)].join("\n"));
+  const envReads = scanEnvVarTokens(
+    [
+      ...readFilesWithExtension(LIB_DIR, ".js"),
+      ...readFilesWithExtension(BIN_DIR, ".js"),
+      ...readFilesWithExtension(ENGINE_MINER_DIR, ".ts"),
+    ].join("\n"),
+  );
   const registered = scanRegisteredCommands(readFileSync(BIN_ENTRY, "utf8"));
   return {
     hasEnvRead: (name) => envReads.has(name),
@@ -57,6 +68,17 @@ describe("gittensory-miner DEPLOYMENT.md docs-accuracy audit (#5180)", () => {
     expect(result.failures).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it("REGRESSION: sees env var reads implemented in gittensory-engine's miner source, not just packages/gittensory-miner/**", () => {
+    // MINER_CODING_AGENT_CLAUDE_MODEL / MINER_CODING_AGENT_CODEX_MODEL / MINER_CODING_AGENT_TIMEOUT_MS are
+    // read in packages/gittensory-engine/src/miner/driver-factory.ts, a real dependency of gittensory-miner
+    // for coding-agent driver construction -- scanning only LIB_DIR/BIN_DIR previously false-flagged them
+    // as undocumented-in-code even though they are genuinely live, functioning env vars.
+    const reality = buildLiveReality();
+    expect(reality.hasEnvRead("MINER_CODING_AGENT_CLAUDE_MODEL")).toBe(true);
+    expect(reality.hasEnvRead("MINER_CODING_AGENT_CODEX_MODEL")).toBe(true);
+    expect(reality.hasEnvRead("MINER_CODING_AGENT_TIMEOUT_MS")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("extracts every documented GITTENSORY_MINER_* / MINER_* env var", () => {
     expect(claims.envVars).toContain("GITTENSORY_MINER_CONFIG_DIR");
     expect(claims.envVars.every((name) => /^(?:GITTENSORY_MINER|MINER)_/.test(name))).toBe(true);
@@ -69,6 +91,18 @@ describe("gittensory-miner DEPLOYMENT.md docs-accuracy audit (#5180)", () => {
     expect(claims.filePaths.some((path) => path.startsWith("http"))).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it("REGRESSION: strips an in-file anchor fragment from a file-path claim (README.md#heading)", () => {
+    // DEPLOYMENT.md links to README.md#coding-agent-driver-configuration; the fragment names a heading
+    // inside README.md, not a filesystem entry, so the recorded claim must be the bare file path -- checking
+    // "README.md#coding-agent-driver-configuration" against existsSync would always false-positive as missing.
+    expect(claims.filePaths).toContain("README.md");
+    expect(claims.filePaths.some((path) => path.includes("#"))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("extractFilePathClaims strips an anchor fragment from a synthetic file#heading link", () => {
+    expect(extractFilePathClaims("See [details](guide.md#some-heading) for more.")).toEqual(["guide.md"]);
+  });
+
   it("extracts documented CLI subcommands, not the npm package spelling", () => {
     expect(claims.subcommands).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(["status", "doctor", "init", "loop"]));
     // `@jsonbored/gittensory-miner run build` must not be mistaken for a `run` subcommand.