diff --git a/lib/commands/verify_command.dart b/lib/commands/verify_command.dart
index 843ea45..314a71c 100644
--- a/lib/commands/verify_command.dart
+++ b/lib/commands/verify_command.dart
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ class VerifyCommand {
               VerificationResult(
                 checkName: 'ULink API Connection',
                 status: VerificationStatus.skipped,
+                blocksFullVerification: true,
                 message: 'Invalid project selection',
                 fixSuggestion:
                     'Run the command again and select a valid project',
@@ -420,14 +421,50 @@ class VerifyCommand {
           ),
         );
       }
-    } else if (effectiveProjectId == null) {
+    } else {
+      // No dashboard config was fetched (missing project ID and/or credentials).
+      // Only local files were inspected — the local config was NOT compared
+      // against the ULink dashboard, and the hosted AASA / assetlinks.json files
+      // were never fetched. Make that explicit so a green run is not mistaken for
+      // a full verification.
+      // Distinguish the reasons this branch is reached. effectiveProjectId can
+      // be null even for an authenticated user (no projects, cancelled/invalid
+      // selection, or a failed project fetch), so gate the "not authenticated"
+      // wording on credentials, not on the project id.
+      final String crossCheckMessage;
+      final String crossCheckFix;
+      if (!hasCredentials) {
+        crossCheckMessage = effectiveProjectId == null
+            ? 'Not authenticated — local files were checked, but they were NOT '
+                'compared against your ULink dashboard config, and the hosted '
+                'well-known files were not fetched.'
+            : 'No credentials — a project is selected, but local files were NOT '
+                'compared against the ULink dashboard config, and the hosted '
+                'well-known files were not fetched.';
+        crossCheckFix =
+            'Run "ulink login" to authenticate (or pass --api-key) so verify can '
+            'compare local config against the dashboard and fetch the domain\'s '
+            'AASA / assetlinks.json. Without this, verify only confirms local '
+            'files exist — not that deep linking actually resolves.';
+      } else {
+        // Signed in, but no project id resolved.
+        crossCheckMessage =
+            'Signed in, but no ULink project was resolved — local files were NOT '
+            'compared against a dashboard project, and the hosted well-known '
+            'files were not fetched.';
+        crossCheckFix =
+            'Select a project with "ulink project set" (or create one at '
+            'https://ulink.ly), then re-run verify so it can compare local '
+            'config against the dashboard and fetch the domain\'s AASA / '
+            'assetlinks.json.';
+      }
       results.add(
         VerificationResult(
-          checkName: 'ULink API Connection',
+          checkName: 'Dashboard cross-check (bundle id, team id, package, fingerprints, AASA & assetlinks.json)',
           status: VerificationStatus.skipped,
-          message: 'Project ID and credentials not provided',
-          fixSuggestion:
-              'Run "ulink login" to authenticate, or provide --project-id and --api-key',
+          blocksFullVerification: true,
+          message: crossCheckMessage,
+          fixSuggestion: crossCheckFix,
         ),
       );
     }
@@ -574,9 +611,13 @@ class VerifyCommand {
           apiKey: effectiveApiKey,
         );
 
-        // Generate JSON report with passed status
+        // Generate JSON report with passed status. "passed" means a full
+        // verification: no errors AND not partial (a check that would actually
+        // verify deep linking wasn't skipped). The report also carries a
+        // separate `partial` flag, but keep `passed` consistent with the
+        // console verdict rather than reporting a partial run as passed.
         final jsonReport = ReportGenerator.generateJsonReport(report);
-        jsonReport['passed'] = !report.hasErrors;
+        jsonReport['passed'] = !report.hasErrors && !report.isPartial;
 
         await apiClient.postVerificationResults(effectiveProjectId, jsonReport);
         uploadSpinner.success('Results synced to dashboard');
diff --git a/lib/models/verification_result.dart b/lib/models/verification_result.dart
index 8c23b14..5af3d6c 100644
--- a/lib/models/verification_result.dart
+++ b/lib/models/verification_result.dart
@@ -10,12 +10,22 @@ class VerificationResult {
   final String? fixSuggestion;
   final Map<String, dynamic>? details;
 
+  /// For a [VerificationStatus.skipped] result: whether this skip means the run
+  /// is not a full verification. `true` only for checks that would actually
+  /// verify something and were not performed — chiefly the dashboard
+  /// cross-check (comparing local config against the ULink project and fetching
+  /// the hosted AASA / assetlinks.json). Optional environment probes that simply
+  /// could not run (no booted simulator, no `adb`, a managed-Expo project with
+  /// no native dirs) leave this `false`: they never downgrade the verdict.
+  final bool blocksFullVerification;
+
   VerificationResult({
     required this.checkName,
     required this.status,
     this.message,
     this.fixSuggestion,
     this.details,
+    this.blocksFullVerification = false,
   });
 }
 
@@ -40,7 +50,27 @@ class VerificationReport {
       results.where((r) => r.status == VerificationStatus.warning).length;
   int get errorCount =>
       results.where((r) => r.status == VerificationStatus.error).length;
+  int get skippedCount =>
+      results.where((r) => r.status == VerificationStatus.skipped).length;
+
+  /// Skips that mean the run is not a full verification (e.g. the dashboard
+  /// cross-check was not performed) — as opposed to optional probes that merely
+  /// could not run.
+  int get incompleteCount => results
+      .where((r) =>
+          r.status == VerificationStatus.skipped && r.blocksFullVerification)
+      .length;
+
+  /// Skips that do not affect the verdict (no simulator, no `adb`, managed-Expo
+  /// with no native dirs).
+  int get optionalSkippedCount => skippedCount - incompleteCount;
 
   bool get hasErrors => errorCount > 0;
   bool get hasWarnings => warningCount > 0;
+  bool get hasSkipped => skippedCount > 0;
+
+  /// True when at least one skipped check would actually verify something and
+  /// was not performed — i.e. the run is only a partial verification. Optional
+  /// probe skips alone do not make a run partial.
+  bool get isPartial => incompleteCount > 0;
 }
diff --git a/lib/reporters/report_generator.dart b/lib/reporters/report_generator.dart
index 8e0e482..c1d61d7 100644
--- a/lib/reporters/report_generator.dart
+++ b/lib/reporters/report_generator.dart
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ class ReportGenerator {
     if (report.errorCount > 0) {
       parts.add(ConsoleStyle.error('✗ ${report.errorCount} error${report.errorCount > 1 ? 's' : ''}'));
     }
+    if (report.skippedCount > 0) {
+      parts.add(ConsoleStyle.dim('⊘ ${report.skippedCount} skipped'));
+    }
     buffer.writeln('${report.projectType.name} | ${parts.join('  ')}');
     buffer.writeln('');
 
@@ -45,6 +48,9 @@ class ReportGenerator {
     final warnings = report.results
         .where((r) => r.status == VerificationStatus.warning)
         .toList();
+    final skipped = report.results
+        .where((r) => r.status == VerificationStatus.skipped)
+        .toList();
 
     // Errors first (most important)
     if (errors.isNotEmpty) {
@@ -76,21 +82,70 @@ class ReportGenerator {
       }
     }
 
+    // Blocking skips: a check that would actually verify deep linking (chiefly
+    // the dashboard cross-check — comparing local config against the ULink
+    // project and fetching the hosted AASA / assetlinks.json) was NOT performed,
+    // so the run is only a partial verification.
+    final notVerified = skipped.where((r) => r.blocksFullVerification).toList();
+    // Optional probes that simply could not run in this environment (no booted
+    // simulator, no `adb`, managed-Expo with no native dirs). These do NOT
+    // downgrade the verdict.
+    final optionalSkipped =
+        skipped.where((r) => !r.blocksFullVerification).toList();
+
+    if (notVerified.isNotEmpty) {
+      buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.dim('⊘ NOT VERIFIED:'));
+      for (final result in notVerified) {
+        buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.dim('  ${result.checkName}'));
+        if (result.message != null) {
+          buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.dim('    ${result.message}'));
+        }
+        if (result.fixSuggestion != null) {
+          buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.info('    → ${result.fixSuggestion}'));
+        }
+        buffer.writeln('');
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (optionalSkipped.isNotEmpty) {
+      buffer.writeln(
+          ConsoleStyle.dim('⊘ SKIPPED (optional — did not affect the result):'));
+      for (final result in optionalSkipped) {
+        buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.dim('  ${result.checkName}'));
+        if (result.message != null) {
+          buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.dim('    ${result.message}'));
+        }
+        buffer.writeln('');
+      }
+    }
+
     // If no errors or warnings, show success message
-    if (errors.isEmpty && warnings.isEmpty) {
+    if (errors.isEmpty && warnings.isEmpty && skipped.isEmpty) {
       buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.success('All checks passed successfully!'));
       buffer.writeln('');
     }
 
     buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.dim('─' * 50));
 
-    // Overall status
+    // Overall status. A clean "✓ PASSED" is reserved for a full run — one where
+    // no check that would actually verify deep linking was skipped. A skipped
+    // dashboard cross-check downgrades to PARTIAL; optional probes that could
+    // not run (no simulator/adb) are noted but never change the verdict.
+    final optionalNote = report.optionalSkippedCount > 0
+        ? ' (${report.optionalSkippedCount} optional check${report.optionalSkippedCount > 1 ? 's' : ''} skipped)'
+        : '';
     if (report.hasErrors) {
       buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.errorBold('✗ FAILED - Fix ${report.errorCount} error${report.errorCount > 1 ? 's' : ''} above'));
+    } else if (report.isPartial) {
+      final warnSuffix = report.hasWarnings
+          ? ' and ${report.warningCount} warning${report.warningCount > 1 ? 's' : ''}'
+          : '';
+      buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.warningBold(
+          '⚠ PARTIAL - local checks passed, but ${report.incompleteCount} check${report.incompleteCount > 1 ? 's were' : ' was'} not verified$warnSuffix (see above). This is NOT a full verification.'));
     } else if (report.hasWarnings) {
-      buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.warningBold('⚠ PASSED with ${report.warningCount} warning${report.warningCount > 1 ? 's' : ''}'));
+      buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.warningBold('⚠ PASSED with ${report.warningCount} warning${report.warningCount > 1 ? 's' : ''}$optionalNote'));
     } else {
-      buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.successBold('✓ PASSED'));
+      buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.successBold('✓ PASSED$optionalNote'));
     }
 
     return buffer.toString();
@@ -195,6 +250,9 @@ class ReportGenerator {
     // Overall status
     if (report.hasErrors) {
       buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.errorBold('❌ Verification FAILED - Please fix the errors above'));
+    } else if (report.isPartial) {
+      buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.warningBold(
+          '⚠️  Verification PARTIAL - ${report.incompleteCount} check${report.incompleteCount > 1 ? 's were' : ' was'} not verified (see above). This is NOT a full verification.'));
     } else if (report.hasWarnings) {
       buffer.writeln(ConsoleStyle.warningBold('⚠️  Verification completed with WARNINGS'));
     } else {
@@ -213,7 +271,11 @@ class ReportGenerator {
         'success': report.successCount,
         'warnings': report.warningCount,
         'errors': report.errorCount,
+        'skipped': report.skippedCount,
+        // Skips that make the run a partial verification (a subset of skipped).
+        'incomplete': report.incompleteCount,
       },
+      'partial': report.isPartial,
       'results': report.results
           .map(
             (r) => {
diff --git a/lib/validators/android_validator.dart b/lib/validators/android_validator.dart
index db27602..1502f60 100644
--- a/lib/validators/android_validator.dart
+++ b/lib/validators/android_validator.dart
@@ -61,8 +61,13 @@ class AndroidValidator {
         );
       }
 
-      // Check URL schemes (custom schemes)
-      if (platformConfig.urlSchemes.isEmpty) {
+      // Check URL schemes (custom schemes).
+      // Use the Android-specific scheme list, not the combined `urlSchemes`
+      // (which for Flutter pools iOS + Android schemes together). Reporting the
+      // pooled list here made the "Android URL Schemes" line show iOS-only
+      // schemes.
+      final androidSchemes = platformConfig.androidUrlSchemes;
+      if (androidSchemes.isEmpty) {
         results.add(
           VerificationResult(
             checkName: 'Android URL Schemes',
@@ -77,8 +82,7 @@ class AndroidValidator {
           VerificationResult(
             checkName: 'Android URL Schemes',
             status: VerificationStatus.success,
-            message:
-                'URL schemes found: ${platformConfig.urlSchemes.join(", ")}',
+            message: 'URL schemes found: ${androidSchemes.join(", ")}',
           ),
         );
       }
diff --git a/lib/validators/ios_validator.dart b/lib/validators/ios_validator.dart
index c4e7d1c..1390f26 100644
--- a/lib/validators/ios_validator.dart
+++ b/lib/validators/ios_validator.dart
@@ -39,9 +39,13 @@ class IosValidator {
       ),
     );
 
-    // Check CFBundleURLTypes
+    // Check CFBundleURLTypes.
+    // Use the iOS-specific scheme list, not the combined `urlSchemes` (which
+    // for Flutter pools iOS + Android schemes together). Reporting the pooled
+    // list here made the "iOS URL Schemes" line show Android-only schemes.
     if (platformConfig != null) {
-      if (platformConfig.urlSchemes.isEmpty) {
+      final iosSchemes = platformConfig.iosUrlSchemes;
+      if (iosSchemes.isEmpty) {
         results.add(
           VerificationResult(
             checkName: 'iOS URL Schemes',
@@ -56,8 +60,7 @@ class IosValidator {
           VerificationResult(
             checkName: 'iOS URL Schemes',
             status: VerificationStatus.success,
-            message:
-                'URL schemes found: ${platformConfig.urlSchemes.join(", ")}',
+            message: 'URL schemes found: ${iosSchemes.join(", ")}',
           ),
         );
       }
diff --git a/test/unit/reporters/report_generator_test.dart b/test/unit/reporters/report_generator_test.dart
index ddfaa81..7464568 100644
--- a/test/unit/reporters/report_generator_test.dart
+++ b/test/unit/reporters/report_generator_test.dart
@@ -25,6 +25,92 @@ void main() {
         expect(result, contains('passed'));
       });
 
+      test(
+          'a skipped check is disclosed as PARTIAL, never a bare green PASS',
+          () {
+        final report = VerificationReport(
+          projectType: ProjectType.flutter,
+          results: [
+            VerificationResult(
+              checkName: 'iOS URL Schemes',
+              status: VerificationStatus.success,
+              message: 'URL schemes found: myapp',
+            ),
+            VerificationResult(
+              checkName: 'Dashboard cross-check',
+              status: VerificationStatus.skipped,
+              blocksFullVerification: true,
+              message: 'Not authenticated — local files were not compared '
+                  'against the dashboard.',
+              fixSuggestion: 'Run "ulink login".',
+            ),
+          ],
+        );
+
+        final result = ReportGenerator.generateReport(report);
+
+        // The skip must be visible and the run must not read as fully verified.
+        expect(result, contains('skipped'));
+        expect(result, contains('NOT VERIFIED'));
+        expect(result, contains('PARTIAL'));
+        expect(result, isNot(contains('All checks passed successfully!')));
+      });
+
+      test(
+          'an optional probe skip (no simulator) does not downgrade to PARTIAL',
+          () {
+        final report = VerificationReport(
+          projectType: ProjectType.flutter,
+          results: [
+            VerificationResult(
+              checkName: 'iOS URL Schemes',
+              status: VerificationStatus.success,
+              message: 'URL schemes found: myapp',
+            ),
+            VerificationResult(
+              checkName: 'Dashboard cross-check',
+              status: VerificationStatus.success,
+              message: 'Local config matches the dashboard.',
+            ),
+            // Optional environment probe — no booted simulator. Not a blocking
+            // skip, so it must not make the run read as unverified.
+            VerificationResult(
+              checkName: 'iOS Runtime Test',
+              status: VerificationStatus.skipped,
+              message: 'No booted iOS simulator available.',
+            ),
+          ],
+        );
+
+        final result = ReportGenerator.generateReport(report);
+
+        // Verdict stays green; the optional skip is disclosed but not alarming.
+        expect(result, contains('PASSED'));
+        expect(result, isNot(contains('PARTIAL')));
+        expect(result, isNot(contains('NOT VERIFIED')));
+        expect(result, contains('optional'));
+        expect(result, contains('1 optional check skipped'));
+      });
+
+      test('a clean run with no skips still reports a green PASS', () {
+        final report = VerificationReport(
+          projectType: ProjectType.flutter,
+          results: [
+            VerificationResult(
+              checkName: 'iOS URL Schemes',
+              status: VerificationStatus.success,
+              message: 'URL schemes found: myapp',
+            ),
+          ],
+        );
+
+        final result = ReportGenerator.generateReport(report);
+
+        expect(result, contains('All checks passed successfully!'));
+        expect(result, contains('PASSED'));
+        expect(result, isNot(contains('PARTIAL')));
+      });
+
       test('should generate verbose report when requested', () {
         final report = VerificationReport(
           projectType: ProjectType.flutter,
diff --git a/test/unit/validators/android_validator_test.dart b/test/unit/validators/android_validator_test.dart
index e1b037f..549cbb9 100644
--- a/test/unit/validators/android_validator_test.dart
+++ b/test/unit/validators/android_validator_test.dart
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ void main() {
           projectType: ProjectType.flutter,
           packageName: 'com.example.app',
           urlSchemes: ['myapp', 'myapp-dev'],
+          androidUrlSchemes: ['myapp', 'myapp-dev'],
         );
 
         final results = AndroidValidator.validate(tempDir.path, config);
@@ -123,6 +124,34 @@ void main() {
         expect(schemeResult.message, contains('myapp'));
       });
 
+      test(
+          'reports only Android schemes, not iOS-only schemes pooled from a '
+          'Flutter project', () async {
+        await TestHelpers.createAndroidProjectStructure(
+          tempDir,
+          urlSchemes: ['androidonly'],
+        );
+
+        // Flutter parser pools iOS + Android schemes into `urlSchemes` but keeps
+        // per-platform lists. The Android check must read androidUrlSchemes only.
+        final config = PlatformConfig(
+          projectType: ProjectType.flutter,
+          packageName: 'com.example.app',
+          urlSchemes: ['iosonly', 'androidonly'],
+          iosUrlSchemes: ['iosonly'],
+          androidUrlSchemes: ['androidonly'],
+        );
+
+        final results = AndroidValidator.validate(tempDir.path, config);
+        final schemeResult = results.firstWhere(
+          (r) => r.checkName == 'Android URL Schemes',
+        );
+
+        expect(schemeResult.status, VerificationStatus.success);
+        expect(schemeResult.message, contains('androidonly'));
+        expect(schemeResult.message, isNot(contains('iosonly')));
+      });
+
       test('should warn when no App Links found', () async {
         await TestHelpers.createAndroidProjectStructure(
           tempDir,
@@ -226,6 +255,7 @@ void main() {
           projectType: ProjectType.flutter,
           packageName: 'com.example.app',
           urlSchemes: ['myapp'],
+          androidUrlSchemes: ['myapp'],
           appLinkHosts: ['example.com'],
         );
 
diff --git a/test/unit/validators/ios_validator_test.dart b/test/unit/validators/ios_validator_test.dart
index ed4e95b..54de504 100644
--- a/test/unit/validators/ios_validator_test.dart
+++ b/test/unit/validators/ios_validator_test.dart
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ void main() {
           projectType: ProjectType.flutter,
           bundleIdentifier: 'com.example.app',
           urlSchemes: ['myapp', 'myapp-dev'],
+          iosUrlSchemes: ['myapp', 'myapp-dev'],
         );
 
         final results = IosValidator.validate(tempDir.path, config);
@@ -84,6 +85,34 @@ void main() {
         expect(schemeResult.message, contains('myapp'));
       });
 
+      test(
+          'reports only iOS schemes, not Android-only schemes pooled from a '
+          'Flutter project', () async {
+        await TestHelpers.createIosProjectStructure(
+          tempDir,
+          urlSchemes: ['iosonly'],
+        );
+
+        // Flutter parser pools iOS + Android schemes into `urlSchemes` but keeps
+        // per-platform lists. The iOS check must read iosUrlSchemes only.
+        final config = PlatformConfig(
+          projectType: ProjectType.flutter,
+          bundleIdentifier: 'com.example.app',
+          urlSchemes: ['iosonly', 'androidonly'],
+          iosUrlSchemes: ['iosonly'],
+          androidUrlSchemes: ['androidonly'],
+        );
+
+        final results = IosValidator.validate(tempDir.path, config);
+        final schemeResult = results.firstWhere(
+          (r) => r.checkName == 'iOS URL Schemes',
+        );
+
+        expect(schemeResult.status, VerificationStatus.success);
+        expect(schemeResult.message, contains('iosonly'));
+        expect(schemeResult.message, isNot(contains('androidonly')));
+      });
+
       test('should return error when bundle identifier not found', () async {
         await TestHelpers.createIosProjectStructure(tempDir);