diff --git a/packages/scaffold/helper/src/package-managers/link-workspace.ts b/packages/scaffold/helper/src/package-managers/link-workspace.ts
index 1a6b518fa9..3fbc063451 100644
--- a/packages/scaffold/helper/src/package-managers/link-workspace.ts
+++ b/packages/scaffold/helper/src/package-managers/link-workspace.ts
@@ -134,4 +134,37 @@ export class LinkWorkspace {
       ? resolve(dirname(directory), directory.split(sep).at(-1) as string)
       : undefined
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Rewrite one nested generated manifest's local dependencies to live-link specs.
+   *
+   * A generated workspace member resolves its own dependencies, so every local
+   * name it declares must point into this repository as well: none of them —
+   * the harness packages or the rescoped framework — exists on a public
+   * registry, so a semver spec there fails the install outright.
+   * `peerDependencies` keeps its range because a peer states what the consumer
+   * must supply, and package managers reject a link spec in that section.
+   * @param projectRoot - Absolute root of the generated project.
+   * @param manifestPath - The nested manifest's project-relative POSIX path.
+   * @param text - The nested manifest's complete current text.
+   * @param manager - Package manager whose link-spec form applies.
+   * @returns The manifest text with every resolved local dependency relinked.
+   */
+  relinkNestedManifest(projectRoot: string, manifestPath: string, text: string, manager: PackageManager): string {
+    const manifest = JSON.parse(text) as Record<string, unknown>
+    const manifestDirectory = resolve(canonicalPath(projectRoot), dirname(manifestPath))
+    let changed = false
+    for (const section of ['dependencies', 'devDependencies', 'optionalDependencies']) {
+      const dependencies = manifest[section]
+      if (typeof dependencies !== 'object' || dependencies === null) continue
+      for (const [name] of Object.entries(dependencies as Record<string, string>)) {
+        const pkg = this.packages.get(name)
+        if (!pkg) continue
+        const relativePath = posixPath(relative(manifestDirectory, realpathSync(pkg.directory)))
+        ;(dependencies as Record<string, string>)[name] = manager.linkSpec(relativePath)
+        changed = true
+      }
+    }
+    return changed ? `${JSON.stringify(manifest, null, 2)}\n` : text
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/scaffold/helper/src/project/project-edit-session.ts b/packages/scaffold/helper/src/project/project-edit-session.ts
index 4c3d39c07c..3d86050017 100644
--- a/packages/scaffold/helper/src/project/project-edit-session.ts
+++ b/packages/scaffold/helper/src/project/project-edit-session.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import type { ProjectResource } from '../features/resources.ts'
 import { CordisYamlFile, type CordisConfigEntry } from '../documents/cordis-yaml-file.ts'
 import { EnvFile } from '../documents/env-file.ts'
 import { PackageJsonFile, type PackageManifest } from '../documents/package-json-file.ts'
-import { ProjectFile } from '../documents/project-file.ts'
+import { ProjectFile, TextProjectFile } from '../documents/project-file.ts'
 import { TsConfigFile } from '../documents/tsconfig-file.ts'
 import { featureId, type FeatureId, type ResourceKey } from '../ids.ts'
 import { LinkWorkspace } from '../package-managers/link-workspace.ts'
@@ -288,6 +288,18 @@ export class ProjectEditSession implements FeatureProjectView {
         this.profile.packageManager,
         [...this.documents.values()],
       )
+      // Generated workspace members resolve their own dependencies, so the root
+      // manifest's links are not enough: relink every nested manifest as well.
+      for (const [path, document] of this.documents) {
+        if (path === 'package.json' || !path.endsWith('/package.json')) continue
+        const relinked = workspace.relinkNestedManifest(
+          this.source.root,
+          path,
+          document.serialize(),
+          this.profile.packageManager,
+        )
+        this.documents.set(path, new TextProjectFile(path, relinked, document.originalText))
+      }
     }
     this.validateFinalState()
     const changes = this.changes()
diff --git a/packages/scaffold/helper/tests/documents.spec.ts b/packages/scaffold/helper/tests/documents.spec.ts
index e3ffe18b77..317a9ed3ab 100644
--- a/packages/scaffold/helper/tests/documents.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/scaffold/helper/tests/documents.spec.ts
@@ -371,6 +371,27 @@ describe('package manager strategies', () => {
     expect(workspace.packageDirectory('cordis')).toBe(join(root, 'vendor', 'cordis'))
     expect(await readFile(join(root, 'vendor', 'cordis', 'package.json'), 'utf8')).toContain('cordis')
     expect(workspace.packageDirectory('missing')).toBeUndefined()
+    // A generated workspace member resolves its own dependencies: every local name it
+    // declares relinks, while a peer keeps the range package managers require there.
+    const nested = workspace.relinkNestedManifest(join(root, 'consumer'), 'plugins/probe/package.json', `${JSON.stringify({
+      name: 'probe',
+      dependencies: { '@deepseek-ai/dsh-helper': '^0.0.1', 'left-pad': '^1' },
+      peerDependencies: { '@deepseek-ai/dsh-scripts': '^0.0.1' },
+      devDependencies: { '@deepseek-ai/dsh-scripts': '^0.0.1' },
+    }, null, 2)}\n`, new PnpmPackageManager('10.0.0'))
+    const nestedManifest = JSON.parse(nested) as {
+      dependencies: Record<string, string>
+      peerDependencies: Record<string, string>
+      devDependencies: Record<string, string>
+    }
+    expect(nestedManifest.dependencies['@deepseek-ai/dsh-helper']).toMatch(/^link:\.\.\/\.\.\//)
+    expect(nestedManifest.dependencies['left-pad']).toBe('^1')
+    expect(nestedManifest.devDependencies['@deepseek-ai/dsh-scripts']).toMatch(/^link:\.\.\/\.\.\//)
+    expect(nestedManifest.peerDependencies['@deepseek-ai/dsh-scripts']).toBe('^0.0.1')
+    // Nothing local to relink, and a non-object section, leave the text byte-identical.
+    const untouched = `${JSON.stringify({ name: 'probe', dependencies: { 'left-pad': '^1' }, devDependencies: null }, null, 2)}\n`
+    expect(workspace.relinkNestedManifest(join(root, 'consumer'), 'plugins/probe/package.json', untouched, new PnpmPackageManager('10.0.0')))
+      .toBe(untouched)
     const yarnManifest = PackageJsonFile.create('{"name":"consumer"}')
     yarnManifest.setNpmDependency('dependencies', '@deepseek-ai/dsh-scripts', '^0.0.1')
     workspace.apply(join(root, 'consumer-yarn'), yarnManifest, new YarnPackageManager('4.0.0'), [])
diff --git a/packages/scaffold/helper/tests/project.spec.ts b/packages/scaffold/helper/tests/project.spec.ts
index 41acf530ba..01918d7570 100644
--- a/packages/scaffold/helper/tests/project.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/scaffold/helper/tests/project.spec.ts
@@ -698,14 +698,24 @@ describe('SdkProject and ProjectEditSession', () => {
   it('does not mistake a linked NPM dependency closure for an installed feature', async () => {
     const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-link-closure-inspection-'))
     temporary.push(root)
-    const base = request([selection('hooks', ['claude'])])
+    const base = request([selection('hooks', ['claude'])], [new LocalPluginBlueprint('probe', 'plugin')])
     const creation: ProjectCreationRequest = { ...base, linkWorkspaceRoot: repoRoot }
     const project = SdkProject.create(root, creation)
     const registry = createBuiltinRegistry(project.profile)
     const edit = project.edit(registry)
     for (const item of creation.features) edit.installFeature(registry.get(item.id), item)
+    for (const blueprint of creation.localPlugins) edit.addPlugin(blueprint)
     const committed = (await edit.commit()).project
     expect(committed.packageManifest().dependencies?.['@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent']).toMatch(/^file:/)
+    // A generated workspace member resolves its own dependencies, so its manifest links too.
+    const plugin = JSON.parse(await readFile(join(root, 'plugins/probe/package.json'), 'utf8')) as {
+      devDependencies?: Record<string, string>
+      peerDependencies?: Record<string, string>
+    }
+    // Asserted by shape, not by the framework's name: what matters is that the
+    // resolved section links into this repository while the peer keeps its range.
+    expect(Object.values(plugin.devDependencies ?? {}).every(spec => spec.startsWith('file:'))).toBe(true)
+    expect(Object.values(plugin.peerDependencies ?? {}).some(spec => spec.startsWith('^'))).toBe(true)
     expect(createBuiltinRegistry(committed.profile).get(featureId('subagent')).inspect(committed).state).toBe('absent')
   })