diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/ruby/import-target.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/ruby/import-target.ts
index 62d6fca3d..e8d2c6b40 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/ruby/import-target.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/ruby/import-target.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import { resolveRubyImportInternal } from '../../import-resolvers/ruby.js';
 import { getWorkspaceFileIndex } from '../../import-resolvers/workspace-file-index.js';
 import { isHeritageMarker } from '../../utils/heritage-marker.js';
+import type { RubyResolutionConfig } from './resolution-config.js';
 
 export interface RubyResolveContext {
   readonly fromFile: string;
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export function resolveRubyImportTarget(
   targetRaw: string,
   fromFile: string,
   allFilePaths: ReadonlySet<string>,
-  _resolutionConfig?: unknown,
+  resolutionConfig?: unknown,
 ): string | readonly string[] | null {
   if (!targetRaw) return null;
   if (isHeritageMarker(targetRaw)) return null;
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ export function resolveRubyImportTarget(
   }
 
   // ── require: bare/gem-style suffix matching ─────────────────────────
+  const gemNames = (resolutionConfig as RubyResolutionConfig | undefined)?.gemNames;
+  const firstSegment = targetRaw.split('/', 1)[0];
+  if (gemNames?.has(firstSegment)) return null;
+
   return resolveBare(targetRaw, allFilePaths);
 }
 
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/ruby/resolution-config.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/ruby/resolution-config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f8f66b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/ruby/resolution-config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import { readdirSync, readFileSync, type Dirent } from 'node:fs';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+
+export interface RubyResolutionConfig {
+  readonly gemNames: ReadonlySet<string>;
+}
+
+const MAX_VISITED_DIRECTORIES = 20_000;
+const SKIP_DIRECTORIES = new Set([
+  '.git',
+  '.gitnexus',
+  'node_modules',
+  'vendor',
+  'dist',
+  'build',
+  'coverage',
+]);
+
+const GEMFILE_DEPENDENCY = /^\s*gem\s*(?:\(\s*)?(['"])([A-Za-z0-9_.-]+)\1/;
+const GEMSPEC_DEPENDENCY =
+  /^\s*(?:[A-Za-z_]\w*\.)?(?:add_dependency|add_runtime_dependency|add_development_dependency)\s*(?:\(\s*)?(['"])([A-Za-z0-9_.-]+)\1/;
+const LOCKFILE_SPECS_HEADER = /^ {2}specs:\s*$/;
+const LOCKFILE_SPEC = /^ {4}([A-Za-z0-9_.-]+) \(/;
+
+function addLiteralDependencies(
+  contents: string,
+  dependencyPattern: RegExp,
+  gemNames: Set<string>,
+): void {
+  for (const line of contents.split(/\r?\n/)) {
+    const match = dependencyPattern.exec(line);
+    if (match !== null) gemNames.add(match[2]);
+  }
+}
+
+function addLockedDependencies(contents: string, gemNames: Set<string>): void {
+  let inSpecs = false;
+  for (const line of contents.split(/\r?\n/)) {
+    if (LOCKFILE_SPECS_HEADER.test(line)) {
+      inSpecs = true;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (inSpecs && /^\S/.test(line)) {
+      inSpecs = false;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (!inSpecs) continue;
+    const match = LOCKFILE_SPEC.exec(line);
+    if (match !== null) gemNames.add(match[1]);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Statically collect Ruby dependency names without evaluating Gemfile or
+ * gemspec code. A lockfile contributes transitive dependencies only when an
+ * adjacent Gemfile or gemspec establishes a Bundler/RubyGems project.
+ *
+ * No declarative manifest means no safe gate, so return null and preserve the
+ * resolver's existing fail-open behavior for loose script directories.
+ */
+export function loadRubyResolutionConfig(repoPath: string): RubyResolutionConfig | null {
+  const pending = [repoPath];
+  const manifests: string[] = [];
+  const lockfilesByDirectory = new Map<string, string>();
+  let visitedDirectories = 0;
+
+  while (pending.length > 0 && visitedDirectories < MAX_VISITED_DIRECTORIES) {
+    const directory = pending.pop();
+    if (directory === undefined) break;
+    visitedDirectories++;
+
+    let entries: Dirent[];
+    try {
+      entries = readdirSync(directory, { withFileTypes: true }).sort((left, right) =>
+        left.name.localeCompare(right.name),
+      );
+    } catch {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+      if (entry.isDirectory() && !SKIP_DIRECTORIES.has(entry.name)) {
+        pending.push(join(directory, entry.name));
+      } else if (entry.isFile() && (entry.name === 'Gemfile' || entry.name.endsWith('.gemspec'))) {
+        manifests.push(join(directory, entry.name));
+      } else if (entry.isFile() && entry.name === 'Gemfile.lock') {
+        lockfilesByDirectory.set(directory, join(directory, entry.name));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (manifests.length === 0) return null;
+
+  const gemNames = new Set<string>();
+  const manifestDirectories = new Set<string>();
+  for (const manifest of manifests.sort()) {
+    manifestDirectories.add(dirname(manifest));
+    try {
+      addLiteralDependencies(
+        readFileSync(manifest, 'utf8'),
+        manifest.endsWith('.gemspec') ? GEMSPEC_DEPENDENCY : GEMFILE_DEPENDENCY,
+        gemNames,
+      );
+    } catch {
+      // A partially readable workspace remains fail-open for unknown gems.
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const directory of [...manifestDirectories].sort()) {
+    const lockfile = lockfilesByDirectory.get(directory);
+    if (lockfile === undefined) continue;
+    try {
+      addLockedDependencies(readFileSync(lockfile, 'utf8'), gemNames);
+    } catch {
+      // Direct declarations still provide safe evidence when the lock is unreadable.
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { gemNames };
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/ruby/scope-resolver.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/ruby/scope-resolver.ts
index 160bec94e..02035bc4f 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/ruby/scope-resolver.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/ruby/scope-resolver.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type { GraphNodeLookup } from '../../scope-resolution/graph-bridge/node-l
 import type { KnowledgeGraph } from '../../../graph/types.js';
 import { generateId } from '../../../../lib/utils.js';
 import { decodeMarker } from '../../utils/heritage-marker.js';
+import { loadRubyResolutionConfig } from './resolution-config.js';
 
 /**
  * #1991: resolve a BARE mixin reference (`include Loggable`) to a nested module by
@@ -268,6 +269,8 @@ export const rubyScopeResolver: ScopeResolver = {
   resolveImportTarget: (targetRaw, fromFile, allFilePaths, resolutionConfig) =>
     resolveRubyImportTarget(targetRaw, fromFile, allFilePaths, resolutionConfig),
 
+  loadResolutionConfig: (repoPath) => loadRubyResolutionConfig(repoPath),
+
   expandsWildcardTo: (targetModuleScope, parsedFiles) =>
     expandRubyWildcardNames(targetModuleScope, parsedFiles),
 
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/external-import-conformance.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/external-import-conformance.test.ts
index 2d27a2268..3d20c5218 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/external-import-conformance.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/external-import-conformance.test.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ import {
 const PHP_COMPOSER: ComposerConfig = { psr4: new Map([['App', 'app']]) };
 /** The value `loadGoModulePath` produces for a repo with a `go.mod`. */
 const GO_MODULE = { modulePath: 'example.com/mod' };
+/** The dependency set `loadRubyResolutionConfig` would have produced. */
+const RUBY_GEMS = { gemNames: new Set(['rails']) };
 /** What `scanCSharpProject` would report for the C# workspace below — the
  *  in-repo namespace evidence the #1881 suffix-fallback gate reads. */
 const CSHARP_NAMESPACES = {
@@ -272,7 +274,7 @@ const CASES: ReadonlyMap<SupportedLanguages, ConformanceCase> = new Map([
     {
       files: ['lib/app/models/user.rb', 'lib/generators.rb', 'lib/main.rb'],
       fromFile: 'lib/main.rb',
-      resolutionConfig: undefined,
+      resolutionConfig: RUBY_GEMS,
       external: 'rails/generators',
       decoy: 'lib/generators.rb',
       reachesDecoy: 'generators',
@@ -373,7 +375,6 @@ const CASES: ReadonlyMap<SupportedLanguages, ConformanceCase> = new Map([
  * TypeScript one, then deleting its line here.
  */
 const KNOWN_GAPS: ReadonlyMap<SupportedLanguages, string> = new Map<SupportedLanguages, string>([
-  [SupportedLanguages.Ruby, '`rails/generators` -> `lib/generators.rb`'],
   [SupportedLanguages.Dart, '`package:http/http.dart` -> `lib/http.dart`'],
   [SupportedLanguages.Swift, '`Foundation` -> `Sources/Foundation/Thing.swift`'],
   [SupportedLanguages.C, '`stdio.h` -> `src/stdio.h`'],
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/ruby/ruby-resolution-config.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/ruby/ruby-resolution-config.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9155423c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/ruby/ruby-resolution-config.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+
+import { resolveRubyImportTarget } from '../../../../src/core/ingestion/languages/ruby/import-target.js';
+import { loadRubyResolutionConfig } from '../../../../src/core/ingestion/languages/ruby/resolution-config.js';
+import { rubyScopeResolver } from '../../../../src/core/ingestion/languages/ruby/scope-resolver.js';
+
+const temporaryRepos: string[] = [];
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  for (const repo of temporaryRepos.splice(0)) rmSync(repo, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+function makeRepo(): string {
+  const repo = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'gitnexus-ruby-dependencies-'));
+  temporaryRepos.push(repo);
+  return repo;
+}
+
+describe('Ruby dependency resolution config (#2966)', () => {
+  it('loads literal Gemfile/gemspec dependencies and adjacent locked transitive gems', () => {
+    const repo = makeRepo();
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(repo, 'Gemfile'),
+      ["source 'https://rubygems.org'", "gem 'rails'", 'gem("pg")', "# gem 'commented'"].join('\n'),
+    );
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(repo, 'Gemfile.lock'),
+      ['GEM', '  specs:', '    actionpack (8.0.0)', '      rack (~> 3.0)', 'DEPENDENCIES'].join(
+        '\n',
+      ),
+    );
+    mkdirSync(join(repo, 'packages'));
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(repo, 'packages', 'widget.gemspec'),
+      ["spec.add_dependency 'dry-types'", 'spec.add_development_dependency("rspec")'].join('\n'),
+    );
+
+    const config = loadRubyResolutionConfig(repo);
+
+    expect(config?.gemNames).toEqual(new Set(['rails', 'pg', 'dry-types', 'rspec', 'actionpack']));
+  });
+
+  it('fails open when a lockfile exists without a Gemfile or gemspec', () => {
+    const repo = makeRepo();
+    writeFileSync(join(repo, 'Gemfile.lock'), ['GEM', '  specs:', '    rails (8.0.0)'].join('\n'));
+
+    expect(loadRubyResolutionConfig(repo)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('threads the config through the resolver without changing local bare or relative resolution', async () => {
+    const repo = makeRepo();
+    writeFileSync(join(repo, 'Gemfile'), ["gem 'rails'", "gem 'generators'"].join('\n'));
+    const files = new Set([
+      'lib/app/models/user.rb',
+      'lib/generators.rb',
+      'lib/rails/generators.rb',
+      'lib/main.rb',
+    ]);
+    const config = await rubyScopeResolver.loadResolutionConfig?.(repo);
+
+    expect(
+      rubyScopeResolver.resolveImportTarget('rails/generators', 'lib/main.rb', files, config),
+    ).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      rubyScopeResolver.resolveImportTarget('app/models/user', 'lib/main.rb', files, config),
+    ).toBe('lib/app/models/user.rb');
+    expect(resolveRubyImportTarget('generators', 'lib/main.rb', files)).toBe('lib/generators.rb');
+    expect(resolveRubyImportTarget('./generators', 'lib/main.rb', files, config)).toBe(
+      'lib/generators.rb',
+    );
+  });
+});