diff --git a/packages/action/dist/index.mjs b/packages/action/dist/index.mjs
index b8090ea..5f160be 100644
--- a/packages/action/dist/index.mjs
+++ b/packages/action/dist/index.mjs
@@ -976,6 +976,7 @@ var PRESENTATION_CODE_PENALTY = 8;
 var TYPE_DECLARATION_PENALTY = 4;
 var BACKUP_COPY_PENALTY = 10;
 var BUNDLED_OUTPUT_PENALTY = 12;
+var GENERATED_TWIN_REASON = "generated build artifact; maintained source counterpart exists";
 var BUNDLED_LINE_LENGTH = 400;
 var MIN_BUNDLE_SAMPLE_BYTES = 2e3;
 var BUNDLE_MARKERS = [
@@ -1054,6 +1055,9 @@ function rankContextFiles(repo, input, limit = DEFAULT_CONTEXT_FILE_LIMIT, minSc
       score += EXPLICIT_PATH_BOOST;
       reasons.push("explicitly named in the task");
     }
+    if (isGeneratedPath(file.path) && maintainedStems.has(moduleStem(file.path))) {
+      reasons.push(GENERATED_TWIN_REASON);
+    }
     const pathTokens = tokenizePath(file.path);
     const pathOverlap = [...pathTokens].filter((token) => taskTokens.has(token));
     if (pathOverlap.length > 0) {
@@ -1123,7 +1127,7 @@ function rankContextFiles(repo, input, limit = DEFAULT_CONTEXT_FILE_LIMIT, minSc
       score -= EXAMPLE_CODE_PENALTY;
       reasons.push("example or demo code deprioritized for an implementation task");
     }
-    if (file.kind === "code" && isPresentationCodePath(file.path) && !taskTargetsPresentation && !taskTargetsExamples && !isChanged && !mentionedPaths.has(file.path)) {
+    if (isPresentationSurfacePath(file.path) && !taskTargetsPresentation && !taskTargetsExamples && !isChanged && !mentionedPaths.has(file.path)) {
       score -= PRESENTATION_CODE_PENALTY;
       reasons.push("presentation or demo surface deprioritized for a non-UI implementation task");
     }
@@ -1208,7 +1212,8 @@ function confidenceForEntry(entry, grounding, clustered, shape) {
   if (entry.isChanged) {
     return "high";
   }
-  if (entry.reasons.includes("explicitly named in the task") && shape.position === 0 && !shape.leadIsContested) {
+  const hasMaintainedSourceTwin = entry.reasons.includes(GENERATED_TWIN_REASON);
+  if (entry.reasons.includes("explicitly named in the task") && shape.position === 0 && !shape.leadIsContested && !hasMaintainedSourceTwin) {
     return "high";
   }
   let confidence = entry.score >= 14 ? "high" : entry.score >= 8 ? "medium" : "low";
@@ -1219,6 +1224,9 @@ function confidenceForEntry(entry, grounding, clustered, shape) {
   if (shape.position === 0 && shape.leadIsContested) {
     confidence = capConfidence(confidence, "medium");
   }
+  if (hasMaintainedSourceTwin) {
+    confidence = capConfidence(confidence, "medium");
+  }
   const supportedIdentifierCount = grounding.identifiers.filter((identifier) => identifier.status === "exact-definition" || identifier.status === "exact-text" || identifier.status === "partial-definition").length;
   if (grounding.unresolvedIdentifiers.length > 0) {
     if (supportedIdentifierCount === 0) {
@@ -1302,9 +1310,9 @@ function isAuxiliaryCodePath(path) {
   const stem = (parts.at(-1) ?? "").replace(/\.[^.]+$/, "").toLowerCase();
   return parts.slice(0, -1).some((segment) => AUXILIARY_CODE_DIRS.has(segment.toLowerCase())) || /^(?:demo|example|sample)(?:[-_.]|$)/.test(stem);
 }
-function isPresentationCodePath(path) {
+function isPresentationSurfacePath(path) {
   const name = path.split("/").at(-1)?.toLowerCase() ?? "";
-  return /^(?:page|layout|demo|sample-repo)\.[cm]?[jt]sx?$/.test(name);
+  return /^(?:page|layout|demo|sample-repo)\.[cm]?[jt]sx?$/.test(name) || /\.(?:css|less|sass|scss)$/.test(name);
 }
 function tokenizeFileContent(text) {
   const tokens = tokenizeText(text);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/rank.ts b/packages/core/src/rank.ts
index 0c5d8e4..a319768 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/rank.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/rank.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const PRESENTATION_CODE_PENALTY = 8;
 const TYPE_DECLARATION_PENALTY = 4;
 const BACKUP_COPY_PENALTY = 10;
 const BUNDLED_OUTPUT_PENALTY = 12;
+const GENERATED_TWIN_REASON = "generated build artifact; maintained source counterpart exists";
 // Bundlers strip newlines; people do not. A file averaging hundreds of characters per
 // line is machine output, whatever directory it sits in. Repositories commit these —
 // Next.js keeps pre-bundled dependencies under `src/compiled/` — and because they have
@@ -162,6 +163,10 @@ export function rankContextFiles(
         reasons.push("explicitly named in the task");
       }
 
+      if (isGeneratedPath(file.path) && maintainedStems.has(moduleStem(file.path))) {
+        reasons.push(GENERATED_TWIN_REASON);
+      }
+
       const pathTokens = tokenizePath(file.path);
       const pathOverlap = [...pathTokens].filter((token) => taskTokens.has(token));
       if (pathOverlap.length > 0) {
@@ -270,8 +275,7 @@ export function rankContextFiles(
       }
 
       if (
-        file.kind === "code" &&
-        isPresentationCodePath(file.path) &&
+        isPresentationSurfacePath(file.path) &&
         !taskTargetsPresentation &&
         !taskTargetsExamples &&
         !isChanged &&
@@ -413,7 +417,13 @@ function confidenceForEntry(
   if (entry.isChanged) {
     return "high";
   }
-  if (entry.reasons.includes("explicitly named in the task") && shape.position === 0 && !shape.leadIsContested) {
+  const hasMaintainedSourceTwin = entry.reasons.includes(GENERATED_TWIN_REASON);
+  if (
+    entry.reasons.includes("explicitly named in the task") &&
+    shape.position === 0 &&
+    !shape.leadIsContested &&
+    !hasMaintainedSourceTwin
+  ) {
     return "high";
   }
 
@@ -433,6 +443,9 @@ function confidenceForEntry(
   if (shape.position === 0 && shape.leadIsContested) {
     confidence = capConfidence(confidence, "medium");
   }
+  if (hasMaintainedSourceTwin) {
+    confidence = capConfidence(confidence, "medium");
+  }
   const supportedIdentifierCount = grounding.identifiers.filter((identifier) =>
     identifier.status === "exact-definition" ||
     identifier.status === "exact-text" ||
@@ -545,9 +558,10 @@ function isAuxiliaryCodePath(path: string): boolean {
     /^(?:demo|example|sample)(?:[-_.]|$)/.test(stem);
 }
 
-function isPresentationCodePath(path: string): boolean {
+function isPresentationSurfacePath(path: string): boolean {
   const name = path.split("/").at(-1)?.toLowerCase() ?? "";
-  return /^(?:page|layout|demo|sample-repo)\.[cm]?[jt]sx?$/.test(name);
+  return /^(?:page|layout|demo|sample-repo)\.[cm]?[jt]sx?$/.test(name) ||
+    /\.(?:css|less|sass|scss)$/.test(name);
 }
 
 function tokenizeFileContent(text: string): Set<string> {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/rank.test.ts b/packages/core/test/rank.test.ts
index c24f88e..e81a39e 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/rank.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/rank.test.ts
@@ -546,6 +546,60 @@ describe("rankContextFiles", () => {
       .not.toContain("type declaration deprioritized for a runtime task");
   });
 
+  it("keeps stylesheet symptom words below implementation unless the task targets presentation", () => {
+    const repo: RepoMap = {
+      root: "/repo",
+      packageScripts: [],
+      changedFiles: [],
+      diffText: "",
+      packageManager: "npm",
+      diagnostics: [],
+      files: [
+        {
+          path: "src/checkout.ts",
+          extension: ".ts",
+          sizeBytes: 100,
+          isSource: true,
+          isTest: false,
+          kind: "code",
+          textSample: "export function applyDiscount(cart: Cart) { return cart.total; }"
+        },
+        {
+          path: "styles/discount.css",
+          extension: ".css",
+          sizeBytes: 100,
+          isSource: true,
+          isTest: false,
+          kind: "code",
+          textSample: ".discount-banner .discount-total .discount-cart .discount { color: red; }"
+        },
+        {
+          path: "src/copy.json",
+          extension: ".json",
+          sizeBytes: 100,
+          isSource: true,
+          isTest: false,
+          kind: "config",
+          textSample: "{ \"discount\": \"Discount total on cart\" }"
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+
+    const implementationTask = rankContextFiles(repo, {
+      issueText: "discount total on cart is wrong"
+    }, 8, 0);
+    expect(implementationTask[0]?.path).toBe("src/checkout.ts");
+    expect(implementationTask.find((file) => file.path === "styles/discount.css")?.reasons)
+      .toContain("presentation or demo surface deprioritized for a non-UI implementation task");
+
+    const presentationTask = rankContextFiles(repo, {
+      issueText: "discount banner CSS layout is wrong on the cart page"
+    });
+    expect(presentationTask[0]?.path).toBe("styles/discount.css");
+    expect(presentationTask[0]?.reasons)
+      .not.toContain("presentation or demo surface deprioritized for a non-UI implementation task");
+  });
+
   it("keeps documentation noise below matching code unless the task targets docs", () => {
     const repo: RepoMap = {
       root: "/repo",
@@ -716,7 +770,49 @@ describe("rankContextFiles", () => {
       issueText: "dist/color-support.js is stale and disagrees with the source"
     });
 
-    expect(ranked.map((file) => file.path)).toContain("dist/color-support.js");
+    const artifact = ranked.find((file) => file.path === "dist/color-support.js");
+    expect(artifact?.reasons).toContain("explicitly named in the task");
+    expect(artifact?.reasons).toContain("generated build artifact; maintained source counterpart exists");
+    expect(artifact?.confidence).toBe("medium");
+  });
+
+  it("caps confidence when an explicitly named generated path has a maintained twin", () => {
+    const repo: RepoMap = {
+      root: "/repo",
+      packageScripts: [],
+      changedFiles: [],
+      diffText: "",
+      packageManager: "npm",
+      diagnostics: [],
+      files: [
+        {
+          path: "packages/action/src/index.ts",
+          extension: ".ts",
+          sizeBytes: 100,
+          isSource: true,
+          isTest: false,
+          kind: "code",
+          textSample: "export function postComment(marker: string) { return marker; }"
+        },
+        {
+          path: "packages/action/dist/index.mjs",
+          extension: ".mjs",
+          sizeBytes: 100,
+          isSource: true,
+          isTest: false,
+          kind: "code",
+          textSample: "export function postComment(marker) { return marker; }"
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+
+    const ranked = rankContextFiles(repo, {
+      issueText: "the bundle in packages/action/dist/index.mjs mishandles the comment marker"
+    });
+
+    expect(ranked[0]?.path).toBe("packages/action/dist/index.mjs");
+    expect(ranked[0]?.confidence).toBe("medium");
+    expect(ranked[0]?.reasons).toContain("generated build artifact; maintained source counterpart exists");
   });
 
   it("still credits a task term that most of a focused repository mentions", () => {