diff --git a/ARCHITECTURE.md b/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 1be9468c3..76fd3bcb6 100644
--- a/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Monorepo: **CLI/MCP** (`gitnexus/`) + **browser UI** (`gitnexus-web/`).
 | Embeddings | `src/core/embeddings/` + `src/core/run-analyze.ts` |
 | Wiki generation | `src/core/wiki/` |
 | Language support | `src/core/ingestion/languages/` + `tree-sitter-queries.ts` + `gitnexus-shared/src/languages.ts` |
-| Import resolution | `src/core/ingestion/import-processor.ts` + `model/resolution-context.ts` |
+| Import resolution | `src/core/ingestion/import-processor.ts` + `import-resolvers/configs/` + `model/resolution-context.ts` |
 | Call resolution/MRO | `src/core/ingestion/call-processor.ts` + `model/resolve.ts` |
 | Type extraction | `src/core/ingestion/type-extractors/` |
 | Worker pool | `src/core/ingestion/workers/` |
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ Per-language tree-sitter queries use different AST node names but produce the **
 
 ### Import resolution
 
+Per-language import resolution uses the **configs + factory** pattern (like call/method/class extractors). Each language declares an `ImportResolutionConfig` in `import-resolvers/configs/`, listing an ordered chain of `ImportResolverStrategy` functions. `createImportResolver()` (in `resolver-factory.ts`) composes them: first non-null result wins. Low-level helpers shared across strategies live alongside the configs in `import-resolvers/` (e.g. `go.ts`, `rust.ts`, `python.ts`).
+
 Unified 3-tier algorithm (`model/resolution-context.ts`), per-language `importSemantics` controls which tier activates:
 
 | Tier | Confidence | Mechanism |
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/dart.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/dart.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a830052a9..000000000
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/dart.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Dart import resolution — internal helpers.
- *
- * Strategies live in configs/dart.ts.
- * This file is kept for backward compatibility with tests that import
- * resolveDartImport directly.
- */
-
-import type { ImportResult, ResolveCtx } from './types.js';
-import { resolveStandard } from './standard.js';
-import { SupportedLanguages } from 'gitnexus-shared';
-
-/**
- * Legacy monolithic Dart import resolver — kept for backward compatibility with
- * existing tests. New code should use createImportResolver(dartImportConfig).
- */
-export function resolveDartImport(
-  rawImportPath: string,
-  filePath: string,
-  ctx: ResolveCtx,
-): ImportResult {
-  // Strip surrounding quotes from configurable_uri capture
-  const stripped = rawImportPath.replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '');
-
-  // Skip dart: SDK imports (dart:async, dart:io, etc.)
-  if (stripped.startsWith('dart:')) return null;
-
-  // Local package: imports → resolve to lib/<path>
-  if (stripped.startsWith('package:')) {
-    const slashIdx = stripped.indexOf('/');
-    if (slashIdx === -1) return null;
-    const relPath = stripped.slice(slashIdx + 1);
-    const candidates = [`lib/${relPath}`, relPath];
-    const files: string[] = [];
-    for (const candidate of candidates) {
-      for (const fp of ctx.allFileList) {
-        if (fp.endsWith('/' + candidate) || fp === candidate) {
-          files.push(fp);
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-      if (files.length > 0) break;
-    }
-    if (files.length > 0) return { kind: 'files', files };
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  // Relative imports — use standard resolution.
-  const relPath = stripped.startsWith('.') ? stripped : './' + stripped;
-  return resolveStandard(relPath, filePath, ctx, SupportedLanguages.Dart);
-}
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/types.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/types.ts
index f079c0879..66e23a79b 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/types.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/types.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ export type ImportResolverStrategy = ImportResolverFn;
  * The factory (`createImportResolver`) chains them: first non-null result wins.
  */
 export interface ImportResolutionConfig {
+  /**
+   * Documentation-only metadata identifying which language this config serves.
+   * **Not used by `createImportResolver`** — the factory only iterates `strategies`.
+   * Useful for logging, debugging, and compile-time exhaustiveness checks when
+   * mapping `SupportedLanguages → ImportResolutionConfig` in language providers.
+   */
   readonly language: SupportedLanguages;
   readonly strategies: readonly ImportResolverStrategy[];
 }
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/dart-import-resolver.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/dart-import-resolver.test.ts
index 0c9eff1ca..b17a7f2dd 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/dart-import-resolver.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/dart-import-resolver.test.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Unit tests for the production Dart import resolution strategies.
+ *
+ * Tests dartPackageStrategy and dartRelativeStrategy from configs/dart.ts —
+ * the actual strategies composed by createImportResolver(dartImportConfig).
+ *
+ * Key behavioral note:
+ * - dartPackageStrategy returns { kind: 'files', files: [] } (absorbing sentinel)
+ *   for dart: SDK imports and unresolved external packages, which stops the
+ *   strategy chain. This differs from the old monolithic resolver that returned null.
+ *   Both produce zero import edges at runtime (applyImportResult treats them identically).
+ */
+
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { resolveDartImport } from '../../src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/dart.js';
+import {
+  dartPackageStrategy,
+  dartRelativeStrategy,
+} from '../../src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/configs/dart.js';
+import { createImportResolver } from '../../src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/resolver-factory.js';
+import { dartImportConfig } from '../../src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/configs/dart.js';
 import type { ResolveCtx } from '../../src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/types.js';
+import { buildSuffixIndex } from '../../src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/utils.js';
 
 function makeCtx(files: string[]): ResolveCtx {
   const allFileList = files;
-  const normalizedFileList = files.map((f) => f.toLowerCase());
+  const normalizedFileList = files.map((f) => f.replace(/\\/g, '/'));
+  const index = buildSuffixIndex(normalizedFileList, allFileList);
   return {
     allFilePaths: new Set(files),
     allFileList,
     normalizedFileList,
-    index: undefined as any,
+    index,
     resolveCache: new Map(),
     configs: {
       tsconfigPaths: null,
@@ -21,59 +41,113 @@ function makeCtx(files: string[]): ResolveCtx {
   };
 }
 
-describe('Dart import resolver', () => {
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// dartPackageStrategy — absorbs SDK / external package imports
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe('dartPackageStrategy', () => {
   describe('dart: SDK imports', () => {
-    it('skips dart:async', () => {
-      const result = resolveDartImport("'dart:async'", 'lib/main.dart', makeCtx([]));
-      expect(result).toBeNull();
+    it('absorbs dart:async with empty-files sentinel', () => {
+      const result = dartPackageStrategy("'dart:async'", 'lib/main.dart', makeCtx([]));
+      expect(result).toEqual({ kind: 'files', files: [] });
     });
 
-    it('skips dart:io', () => {
-      const result = resolveDartImport("'dart:io'", 'lib/main.dart', makeCtx([]));
-      expect(result).toBeNull();
+    it('absorbs dart:io with empty-files sentinel', () => {
+      const result = dartPackageStrategy("'dart:io'", 'lib/main.dart', makeCtx([]));
+      expect(result).toEqual({ kind: 'files', files: [] });
     });
   });
 
   describe('package: imports', () => {
     it('resolves local package import to lib/', () => {
       const ctx = makeCtx(['lib/models/user.dart', 'lib/main.dart']);
-      const result = resolveDartImport("'package:my_app/models/user.dart'", 'lib/main.dart', ctx);
+      const result = dartPackageStrategy(
+        "'package:my_app/models/user.dart'",
+        'lib/main.dart',
+        ctx,
+      );
       expect(result).toEqual({ kind: 'files', files: ['lib/models/user.dart'] });
     });
 
-    it('returns null for external package imports', () => {
+    it('absorbs external package imports with empty-files sentinel', () => {
       const ctx = makeCtx(['lib/main.dart']);
-      const result = resolveDartImport("'package:http/http.dart'", 'lib/main.dart', ctx);
-      expect(result).toBeNull();
+      const result = dartPackageStrategy("'package:http/http.dart'", 'lib/main.dart', ctx);
+      expect(result).toEqual({ kind: 'files', files: [] });
     });
 
-    it('returns null for malformed package import (no slash)', () => {
-      const result = resolveDartImport("'package:http'", 'lib/main.dart', makeCtx([]));
-      expect(result).toBeNull();
+    it('absorbs malformed package import (no slash) with empty-files sentinel', () => {
+      const result = dartPackageStrategy("'package:http'", 'lib/main.dart', makeCtx([]));
+      expect(result).toEqual({ kind: 'files', files: [] });
     });
   });
 
   describe('relative imports', () => {
-    it('resolves relative import via standard resolver', () => {
-      const ctx = makeCtx(['lib/models/user.dart', 'lib/main.dart']);
-      const result = resolveDartImport("'models/user.dart'", 'lib/main.dart', ctx);
-      // resolveStandard handles relative path resolution
-      // The exact result depends on the standard resolver — we just check it doesn't crash
-      expect(result === null || result?.kind === 'files').toBe(true);
+    it('returns null for relative imports (chains to dartRelativeStrategy)', () => {
+      const ctx = makeCtx([]);
+      const result = dartPackageStrategy("'models.dart'", 'lib/main.dart', ctx);
+      expect(result).toBeNull();
     });
   });
 
   describe('quote stripping', () => {
     it('strips single quotes', () => {
-      const ctx = makeCtx([]);
-      const result = resolveDartImport("'dart:core'", 'lib/main.dart', ctx);
-      expect(result).toBeNull(); // dart: is skipped, proving quotes were stripped
+      const result = dartPackageStrategy("'dart:core'", 'lib/main.dart', makeCtx([]));
+      // dart: is absorbed, proving quotes were stripped
+      expect(result).toEqual({ kind: 'files', files: [] });
     });
 
     it('strips double quotes', () => {
-      const ctx = makeCtx([]);
-      const result = resolveDartImport('"dart:core"', 'lib/main.dart', ctx);
-      expect(result).toBeNull();
+      const result = dartPackageStrategy('"dart:core"', 'lib/main.dart', makeCtx([]));
+      expect(result).toEqual({ kind: 'files', files: [] });
     });
   });
 });
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// dartRelativeStrategy — bare relative paths via standard resolution
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe('dartRelativeStrategy', () => {
+  it('resolves bare relative path by prepending ./', () => {
+    const ctx = makeCtx(['lib/models/user.dart', 'lib/main.dart']);
+    const result = dartRelativeStrategy("'./models/user.dart'", 'lib/main.dart', ctx);
+    expect(result).toEqual({ kind: 'files', files: ['lib/models/user.dart'] });
+  });
+
+  it('returns null for unresolvable relative import', () => {
+    const ctx = makeCtx([]);
+    const result = dartRelativeStrategy("'nonexistent.dart'", 'lib/main.dart', ctx);
+    expect(result).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Full resolver — dartImportConfig composed via factory
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe('Dart import resolver (full config)', () => {
+  const resolve = createImportResolver(dartImportConfig);
+
+  it('absorbs dart: SDK imports', () => {
+    const result = resolve("'dart:async'", 'lib/main.dart', makeCtx([]));
+    expect(result).toEqual({ kind: 'files', files: [] });
+  });
+
+  it('resolves local package: import', () => {
+    const ctx = makeCtx(['lib/models/user.dart']);
+    const result = resolve("'package:my_app/models/user.dart'", 'lib/main.dart', ctx);
+    expect(result).toEqual({ kind: 'files', files: ['lib/models/user.dart'] });
+  });
+
+  it('absorbs external package: import', () => {
+    const ctx = makeCtx(['lib/main.dart']);
+    const result = resolve("'package:http/http.dart'", 'lib/main.dart', ctx);
+    expect(result).toEqual({ kind: 'files', files: [] });
+  });
+
+  it('resolves relative import via second strategy', () => {
+    const ctx = makeCtx(['lib/models/user.dart', 'lib/main.dart']);
+    const result = resolve("'./models/user.dart'", 'lib/main.dart', ctx);
+    expect(result === null || result?.kind === 'files').toBe(true);
+  });
+});