diff --git a/scanner/astgrep.go b/scanner/astgrep.go
index ccd94f4..d5534fb 100644
--- a/scanner/astgrep.go
+++ b/scanner/astgrep.go
@@ -541,6 +541,12 @@ func (s *AstGrepScanner) scanDirectory(parent context.Context, root string) ([]F
 				fileMap[relPath].Imports = append(fileMap[relPath].Imports, names...)
 				continue
 			}
+			// "import pkg.mod as alias" captures the alias inside $PATH, so
+			// the resolver looked for "pkg.mod as alias" and found nothing:
+			// every aliased Python import was a missing edge.
+			if fileMap[relPath].Language == "python" {
+				mod, _, _ = strings.Cut(mod, " as ")
+			}
 			if mod != "" {
 				fileMap[relPath].Imports = append(fileMap[relPath].Imports, mod)
 			}
diff --git a/scanner/filegraph.go b/scanner/filegraph.go
index ef1badd..d704934 100644
--- a/scanner/filegraph.go
+++ b/scanner/filegraph.go
@@ -320,7 +320,11 @@ func buildFileGraphFromAnalysesWithCargoMetadataAndFilters(ctx context.Context,
 				resolved := fuzzyResolveWithWorkspace(
 					imp, a.Path, idx, fg.Module, fg.PathAliases, fg.BaseURL, jsResolver, dartResolver,
 				)
-				unresolved.record(sourceLanguage, a.Path, imp, fg.PathAliases, len(resolved) > 0)
+				// A package the nearest package.json declares is external even
+				// when a tsconfig alias would also match it.
+				if !jsResolver.declaresDependency(a.Path, strings.Trim(imp, "\"'`")) {
+					unresolved.record(sourceLanguage, a.Path, imp, fg.PathAliases, len(resolved) > 0)
+				}
 				// A Go import names a package, and a package is every non-test
 				// .go file in its directory, so one import fans out to one edge
 				// per file. Dropping the multi-file case (as this once did, to
diff --git a/scanner/jsworkspace.go b/scanner/jsworkspace.go
index 21f17ca..9e94d7b 100644
--- a/scanner/jsworkspace.go
+++ b/scanner/jsworkspace.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type jsPackageWorkspace struct {
 type jsWorkspacePackage struct {
 	root         string
 	name         string
+	dependencies map[string]bool // every package.json dependency field, by name
 	exports      jsSpecifierMap
 	hasExports   bool
 	entryTargets []string
@@ -377,6 +378,24 @@ func (r *jsWorkspaceResolver) nearestPackageScope(fromFile string) *jsPackageSco
 	return nil
 }
 
+// declaresDependency reports whether the package.json nearest to fromFile
+// lists the package a bare specifier names ("@scope/name/sub" -> "@scope/name").
+func (r *jsWorkspaceResolver) declaresDependency(fromFile, imp string) bool {
+	if r == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	scope := r.nearestPackageScope(fromFile)
+	if scope == nil || scope.pkg == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	parts := strings.SplitN(imp, "/", 3)
+	name := parts[0]
+	if strings.HasPrefix(imp, "@") && len(parts) > 1 {
+		name = parts[0] + "/" + parts[1]
+	}
+	return scope.pkg.dependencies[name]
+}
+
 func (r *jsWorkspaceResolver) nearestDenoScope(fromFile string) *jsImportScope {
 	for i := range r.denoScopes {
 		if pathContains(r.denoScopes[i].root, fromFile) {
@@ -505,7 +524,14 @@ func (m jsSpecifierMap) resolve(specifier string) (jsSpecifierTarget, bool) {
 
 func parsePackageManifest(root string, doc map[string]any) *jsWorkspaceManifest {
 	name, _ := doc["name"].(string)
-	pkg := &jsWorkspacePackage{root: root, name: name}
+	pkg := &jsWorkspacePackage{root: root, name: name, dependencies: map[string]bool{}}
+	for _, field := range []string{"dependencies", "devDependencies", "peerDependencies", "optionalDependencies"} {
+		if deps, ok := doc[field].(map[string]any); ok {
+			for dep := range deps {
+				pkg.dependencies[dep] = true
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	pkg.exports, pkg.hasExports = parseExports(doc)
 	pkg.entryTargets = unambiguousEntryTargets(doc)
 	return &jsWorkspaceManifest{
diff --git a/scanner/unresolved.go b/scanner/unresolved.go
index 50b7492..97c1f21 100644
--- a/scanner/unresolved.go
+++ b/scanner/unresolved.go
@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ func (t *unresolvedImportTally) projectLooking(language, imp string, aliases map
 		if imp == "." || imp == ".." || strings.HasPrefix(imp, "./") || strings.HasPrefix(imp, "../") {
 			return true
 		}
+		// A "*" catch-all (openclaw's tsconfig) would make every npm
+		// package alias-shaped; only a key with a literal prefix is an alias.
 		for pattern := range aliases {
-			if prefix, wildcard := strings.CutSuffix(pattern, "*"); (wildcard && strings.HasPrefix(imp, prefix)) || imp == pattern {
+			if prefix, wildcard := strings.CutSuffix(pattern, "*"); (wildcard && prefix != "" && strings.HasPrefix(imp, prefix)) || imp == pattern {
 				return true
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/scanner/unresolved_false_positive_test.go b/scanner/unresolved_false_positive_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0a43b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scanner/unresolved_false_positive_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package scanner
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"slices"
+	"testing"
+
+	"codemap/analysis"
+)
+
+// A tsconfig "*" catch-all makes every bare specifier alias-shaped, and a
+// package declared in package.json is external by definition: openclaw
+// reported 3,732 missing edges that were all npm dependencies.
+func TestDeclaredPackagesAreNotUnresolvedProjectImports(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := writeRepo(t, map[string]string{
+		"tsconfig.json": `{"compilerOptions":{"paths":{"*":["./src/*"]}}}`,
+		"package.json":  `{"name":"app","dependencies":{"@scope/pkg":"1.0.0"},"devDependencies":{"lodash":"4"}}`,
+		"src/a.ts":      "import { p } from '@scope/pkg';\nimport _ from 'lodash';\nimport { m } from './missing';\nimport { b } from './b';\nexport const z = p + _ + m + b;\n",
+		"src/b.ts":      "export const b = 1;\n",
+	})
+	g, err := BuildFileGraph(context.Background(), dir, Filters{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if n := len(g.Coverage.Issues); n != 1 || g.Coverage.Issues[0].Message != "import ./missing resolved to no file in the project" {
+		t.Fatalf("issues = %+v, want exactly the ./missing one", g.Coverage.Issues)
+	}
+	if !hasNotePrefix(g.Coverage.Notes, "TypeScript: 1 of 2 project-relative imports did not resolve") {
+		t.Fatalf("notes = %v", g.Coverage.Notes)
+	}
+}
+
+// "import pkg.mod as alias" reached the resolver and the tally as
+// "pkg.mod as alias": the edge was lost and the miss was reported with the
+// alias text (docling, 3 false misses on a clean repo).
+func TestPythonImportAsAliasResolves(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := writeRepo(t, map[string]string{
+		"pkg/__init__.py": "",
+		"pkg/mod.py":      "x = 1\n",
+		"pkg/a.py":        "import pkg.mod as alias\n",
+	})
+	g, err := BuildFileGraph(context.Background(), dir, Filters{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !slices.Contains(g.Imports["pkg/a.py"], "pkg/mod.py") {
+		t.Fatalf("imports = %v, want pkg/mod.py", g.Imports["pkg/a.py"])
+	}
+	if got := g.Coverage.EffectiveStatus(); got != analysis.CoverageComplete || len(g.Coverage.Issues) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("coverage = %v issues = %+v, want complete and none", got, g.Coverage.Issues)
+	}
+
+	dir = writeRepo(t, map[string]string{
+		"pkg/__init__.py": "",
+		"pkg/a.py":        "import pkg.gone as g\n",
+	})
+	g, err = BuildFileGraph(context.Background(), dir, Filters{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if n := len(g.Coverage.Issues); n != 1 || g.Coverage.Issues[0].Message != "import pkg.gone resolved to no file in the project" {
+		t.Fatalf("issues = %+v, want one for pkg.gone without alias text", g.Coverage.Issues)
+	}
+}