diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/typescript/scope-resolver.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/typescript/scope-resolver.ts
index 6c77e4c29..09301de71 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/typescript/scope-resolver.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/typescript/scope-resolver.ts
@@ -212,7 +212,11 @@ const typescriptScopeResolver: ScopeResolver = {
         explicitImportNamesByFile.set(scope.filePath, names);
       }
       for (const edge of edges) {
-        if (edge.targetFile !== null) names.add(edge.localName);
+        // Record the local name whether or not the import resolved to a file.
+        // An explicit import of a name — even from an unresolved external
+        // package (`import { useAuto } from '@vueuse/core'`) — is authoritative
+        // shadowing intent and must suppress the auto-import for that name.
+        if (edge.localName) names.add(edge.localName);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/nuxt-auto-imports/pages/external-import.ts b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/nuxt-auto-imports/pages/external-import.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff21af299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/nuxt-auto-imports/pages/external-import.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { useAuto } from '@vueuse/core';
+
+export function renderExternal() {
+  useAuto();
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/nuxt-scope.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/nuxt-scope.test.ts
index 9dc453e8a..ad86d83b8 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/nuxt-scope.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/nuxt-scope.test.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,18 @@ describe('Nuxt/Nitro auto-import scope resolution', () => {
     ).toBeDefined();
   });
 
+  it('suppresses an auto-import shadowed by an explicit unresolved external import', () => {
+    const calls = nuxtCalls();
+    // Guard against a vacuous pass: the feature must have emitted edges elsewhere.
+    expect(calls.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    // pages/external-import.ts does `import { useAuto } from '@vueuse/core'` (an
+    // unresolved external) then calls useAuto(). The explicit import shadows the
+    // Nuxt auto-import, so no nuxt edge is emitted from that file.
+    expect(
+      calls.filter((edge) => edge.sourceFilePath.endsWith('pages/external-import.ts')),
+    ).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
   it('suppresses only explicitly imported local names, not every symbol from the same source', () => {
     const calls = nuxtCalls();