diff --git a/tools/agent/quality.test.ts b/tools/agent/quality.test.ts
index d29fea8..06de0c5 100644
--- a/tools/agent/quality.test.ts
+++ b/tools/agent/quality.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { join } from "node:path";
+import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { isAbsolute, join } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { ESLint } from "../../apps/api/node_modules/eslint";
 
@@ -37,3 +38,78 @@ test("tooling lint rejects unsafe shortcuts and suppression while accepting type
   expect(valid?.errorCount).toBe(0);
   expect(valid?.warningCount).toBe(0);
 }, 30000);
+
+/*
+ * calculateConfigForFile is typed as `any`, so narrow it by hand rather than
+ * asserting: an unreadable shape yields no resolvers and fails the test.
+ */
+function declaredResolvers(config: unknown): string[] {
+  if (
+    typeof config !== "object" ||
+    config === null ||
+    !("settings" in config)
+  ) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const { settings } = config;
+
+  if (
+    typeof settings !== "object" ||
+    settings === null ||
+    !("import/resolver" in settings)
+  ) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const resolver = settings["import/resolver"];
+
+  if (typeof resolver !== "object" || resolver === null) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  return Object.keys(resolver);
+}
+
+test("tooling lint pins its import resolver inside the repo", async () => {
+  /*
+   * tools/ has no node_modules. A resolver named only by string ("node") is
+   * looked up from the linted file's directory, finds no dependency root, and
+   * escapes to Bun's global install cache, whose version no lockfile here
+   * pins. Every import rule then reports "Resolve error" instead of running.
+   * Assert the declared resolver is an absolute path inside the repo, which
+   * holds regardless of what the ambient cache happens to contain.
+   */
+  const lint = new ESLint({
+    cwd: join(ROOT, "tools"),
+    overrideConfig: {
+      languageOptions: {
+        parserOptions: { disallowAutomaticSingleRunInference: true },
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  const probePath = join(ROOT, "tools/agent/inventory.ts");
+  const config: unknown = await lint.calculateConfigForFile(probePath);
+  const resolvers = declaredResolvers(config);
+
+  expect(resolvers.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+  for (const resolver of resolvers) {
+    expect(isAbsolute(resolver)).toBe(true);
+    expect(resolver.startsWith(ROOT)).toBe(true);
+    expect(existsSync(resolver)).toBe(true);
+  }
+
+  const [result] = await lint.lintText(
+    'import { verify } from "./../agent/verification";\n\nexport const probe = verify;\n',
+    { filePath: probePath }
+  );
+  const messages = result?.messages ?? [];
+
+  expect(
+    messages.some((message) => message.message.includes("Resolve error"))
+  ).toBe(false);
+  expect(messages.map((message) => message.ruleId)).toContain(
+    "import/no-useless-path-segments"
+  );
+}, 30000);
diff --git a/tools/eslint.config.mjs b/tools/eslint.config.mjs
index 0f24038..fe070a1 100644
--- a/tools/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/tools/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -17,7 +17,15 @@ export default [
   {
     plugins: scriptConfig.plugins,
     linterOptions: { ...scriptConfig.linterOptions, noInlineConfig: true },
-    settings: scriptConfig.settings ?? {},
+    settings: {
+      ...(scriptConfig.settings ?? {}),
+      // tools/ has no node_modules, so eslint-plugin-import would resolve its
+      // named "node" resolver against Bun's global cache instead of the API's
+      // pinned copy. Point at the installed file so the lockfile decides.
+      "import/resolver": {
+        [`${apiRoot}node_modules/eslint-import-resolver-node/index.js`]: {},
+      },
+    },
     files: ["agent/**/*.ts", "agent-evals/**/*.ts"],
     languageOptions: {
       ...scriptConfig.languageOptions,