diff --git a/src/features/claude-code-mcp-loader/scope-filter.ts b/src/features/claude-code-mcp-loader/scope-filter.ts
index 690421e0c..6da03829c 100644
--- a/src/features/claude-code-mcp-loader/scope-filter.ts
+++ b/src/features/claude-code-mcp-loader/scope-filter.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
-import { existsSync, realpathSync } from "fs"
-import { resolve } from "path"
+import { containsPath } from "../../shared/contains-path"
 import type { ClaudeCodeMcpServer } from "./types"
 
-function normalizePath(path: string): string {
-  const resolvedPath = resolve(path)
-
-  if (!existsSync(resolvedPath)) {
-    return resolvedPath
-  }
-
-  return realpathSync(resolvedPath)
-}
-
 export function shouldLoadMcpServer(
   server: Pick<ClaudeCodeMcpServer, "scope" | "projectPath">,
   cwd = process.cwd()
@@ -24,5 +13,5 @@ export function shouldLoadMcpServer(
     return false
   }
 
-  return normalizePath(server.projectPath) === normalizePath(cwd)
+  return containsPath(server.projectPath, cwd)
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/contains-path.ts b/src/shared/contains-path.ts
index bd37a5bb9..f51d1f70d 100644
--- a/src/shared/contains-path.ts
+++ b/src/shared/contains-path.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 import { existsSync, realpathSync } from "fs"
 import { basename, dirname, isAbsolute, join, normalize, relative, resolve } from "path"
 
+function findNearestExistingAncestor(resolvedPath: string): string {
+  let candidatePath = resolvedPath
+
+  while (!existsSync(candidatePath)) {
+    const parentPath = dirname(candidatePath)
+
+    if (parentPath === candidatePath) {
+      return candidatePath
+    }
+
+    candidatePath = parentPath
+  }
+
+  return candidatePath
+}
+
 function toCanonicalPath(pathToNormalize: string): string {
   const resolvedPath = resolve(pathToNormalize)
 
@@ -12,12 +28,13 @@ function toCanonicalPath(pathToNormalize: string): string {
     }
   }
 
-  const parentDirectory = dirname(resolvedPath)
-  const canonicalParentDirectory = existsSync(parentDirectory)
-    ? realpathSync.native(parentDirectory)
-    : parentDirectory
+  const nearestExistingAncestor = findNearestExistingAncestor(resolvedPath)
+  const canonicalAncestor = existsSync(nearestExistingAncestor)
+    ? realpathSync.native(nearestExistingAncestor)
+    : nearestExistingAncestor
+  const relativePathFromAncestor = relative(nearestExistingAncestor, resolvedPath)
 
-  return normalize(join(canonicalParentDirectory, basename(resolvedPath)))
+  return normalize(join(canonicalAncestor, relativePathFromAncestor || basename(resolvedPath)))
 }
 
 export function containsPath(rootPath: string, candidatePath: string): boolean {