diff --git a/scripts/ci-changed-scope.mjs b/scripts/ci-changed-scope.mjs
index ffce43ee719b..dd385aeade71 100644
--- a/scripts/ci-changed-scope.mjs
+++ b/scripts/ci-changed-scope.mjs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const WINDOWS_SQLITE_SCOPE_RE = /^src\/(?:state\/|.*sqlite.*\.ts$)/;
 const WINDOWS_FILE_URL_SCOPE_RE =
   /^(?:src\/media\/(?:local-media-path(?:\.windows\.test)?|local-roots(?:\.test)?|web-media(?:\.file-url\.windows\.test)?)|src\/channels\/inbound-event\/media(?:\.test)?|src\/gateway\/managed-image-attachments(?:\.test)?|extensions\/msteams\/src\/(?:media-helpers|messenger)(?:\.test)?)\.ts$/;
 const WINDOWS_SCOPE_RE =
-  /^(extensions\/mxc\/|src\/agents\/(?:bash-tools\.exec-script-(?:preflight|target)|bash-tools\.exec\.script-preflight\.test)\.ts$|src\/config\/sessions\/(?:session-accessor\.sqlite-archive(?:\.worker(?:\.test)?)?|store\.session-lifecycle-mutation\.test)\.ts$|src\/process\/|src\/infra\/(?:(?:exec-allowlist-pattern|fs-safe-remove)(?:\.test)?|ssh-client(?:\.windows\.test)?|update-managed-service-handoff(?:-(?:command|lifecycle)\.test)?|windows-install-roots)\.ts$|src\/shared\/(?:import-specifier|runtime-import)(?:\.test)?\.ts$|src\/test-utils\/openclaw-test-state(?:\.test)?\.ts$|scripts\/(?:android-(?:app-i18n|pin-version)\.ts|ci-run-timings\.mjs|e2e\/lib\/package-compat\.mjs|generate-bundled-channel-config-metadata\.ts|install\.ps1|openclaw-cross-os-release-checks\.ts|plan-release-workflow-matrix\.mjs|run-additional-boundary-checks\.mts|verify-docker-attestations\.mjs|github\/run-openclaw-cross-os-release-checks\.sh|(?:npm-runner|pnpm-runner|ui|vitest-process-group)\.(?:mjs|mts|js)|lib\/(?:direct-run\.(?:mjs|mts)|format-generated-module\.mts|cross-os-release-checks\/[^/]+\.ts))$|test\/scripts\/(?:direct-run-entrypoints|format-generated-module|install-ps1|npm-runner|openclaw-cross-os-release-workflow|pnpm-runner|ui|vitest-process-group)\.test\.ts$|package\.json$|pnpm-lock\.yaml$|pnpm-workspace\.yaml$|\.github\/workflows\/(?:ci|openclaw-cross-os-release-checks-reusable)\.yml$|\.github\/actions\/setup-node-env\/action\.yml$|\.github\/actions\/setup-pnpm-store-cache\/action\.yml$)/;
+  /^(extensions\/mxc\/|src\/agents\/(?:bash-tools\.exec-script-(?:preflight|target)|bash-tools\.exec\.script-preflight\.test)\.ts$|src\/config\/sessions\/(?:session-accessor\.sqlite-archive(?:\.worker(?:\.test)?)?|store\.session-lifecycle-mutation\.test)\.ts$|src\/process\/|src\/infra\/(?:(?:exec-allowlist-pattern|fs-safe-remove)(?:\.test)?|ssh-client(?:\.windows\.test)?|update-managed-service-handoff(?:-(?:command|lifecycle)\.test)?|windows-install-roots)\.ts$|src\/shared\/(?:import-specifier|runtime-import)(?:\.test)?\.ts$|src\/test-utils\/openclaw-test-state(?:\.test)?\.ts$|scripts\/(?:android-(?:app-i18n|pin-version)\.ts|ci-run-timings\.mjs|e2e\/lib\/package-compat\.mjs|generate-bundled-channel-config-metadata\.ts|install\.ps1|openclaw-cross-os-release-checks\.ts|plan-release-workflow-matrix\.mjs|run-additional-boundary-checks\.mts|verify-docker-attestations\.mjs|github\/run-openclaw-cross-os-release-checks\.sh|(?:npm-runner|pnpm-runner|ui|vitest-process-group)\.(?:mjs|mts|js)|lib\/(?:direct-run\.(?:mjs|mts)|format-generated-module\.mts|tsx-cli-shim\.mjs|cross-os-release-checks\/[^/]+\.ts))$|test\/scripts\/(?:direct-run-entrypoints|format-generated-module|install-ps1|npm-runner|openclaw-cross-os-release-workflow|pnpm-runner|ui|vitest-process-group)\.test\.ts$|package\.json$|pnpm-lock\.yaml$|pnpm-workspace\.yaml$|\.github\/workflows\/(?:ci|openclaw-cross-os-release-checks-reusable)\.yml$|\.github\/actions\/setup-node-env\/action\.yml$|\.github\/actions\/setup-pnpm-store-cache\/action\.yml$)/;
 const WINDOWS_TEST_SCOPE_RE =
   /^(extensions\/mxc\/test\/(?:mxc-backend|sandbox-policy-loader)\.test\.ts$|src\/agents\/bash-tools\.exec\.script-preflight\.test\.ts$|src\/config\/sessions\/(?:session-accessor\.sqlite-archive\.worker|store\.session-lifecycle-mutation)\.test\.ts$|src\/process\/(?:exec\.windows|windows-command)\.test\.ts$|src\/infra\/(?:exec-allowlist-pattern|fs-safe-remove|ssh-client\.windows|update-managed-service-handoff-(?:command|lifecycle)|windows-install-roots)\.test\.ts$|src\/shared\/runtime-import\.test\.ts$|src\/state\/openclaw-database-paths\.windows\.test\.ts$|src\/test-utils\/openclaw-test-state\.test\.ts$|test\/scripts\/(?:direct-run-entrypoints|format-generated-module|npm-runner|openclaw-cross-os-release-workflow|pnpm-runner|ui|vitest-process-group)\.test\.ts$)/;
 const WINDOWS_SECRETREF_SCOPE_RE =
diff --git a/scripts/lib/tsx-cli-shim.mjs b/scripts/lib/tsx-cli-shim.mjs
index f2b85f1bae54..35fb73a1f934 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/tsx-cli-shim.mjs
+++ b/scripts/lib/tsx-cli-shim.mjs
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 
 const FORWARDED_SIGNALS = ["SIGINT", "SIGTERM", "SIGHUP"];
 const FORCE_KILL_DELAY_MS = 5_000;
+const SHIM_CHECKOUT_ROOT = path.resolve(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..", "..");
 
-function resolvePrimaryRoot(repoRoot) {
+function resolvePrimaryRoot(checkoutRoot) {
   const result = spawnSync("git", ["rev-parse", "--git-common-dir"], {
-    cwd: repoRoot,
+    cwd: checkoutRoot,
     encoding: "utf8",
     stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "ignore"],
   });
@@ -21,13 +22,22 @@ function resolvePrimaryRoot(repoRoot) {
   if (!commonDir) {
     return null;
   }
-  const resolved = path.resolve(repoRoot, commonDir);
+  const resolved = path.resolve(checkoutRoot, commonDir);
   return path.basename(resolved) === ".git" ? path.dirname(resolved) : null;
 }
 
-function resolveTsxImport(repoRoot) {
+function resolveTsxImport(checkoutRoot) {
+  const modulesDir =
+    process.env.PNPM_CONFIG_MODULES_DIR?.trim() || process.env.npm_config_modules_dir?.trim();
+  const hydratedTsxRoot = modulesDir
+    ? path.join(path.resolve(checkoutRoot, modulesDir), "tsx")
+    : null;
   let resolutionError;
-  for (const candidateRoot of [repoRoot, resolvePrimaryRoot(repoRoot)].filter(Boolean)) {
+  for (const candidateRoot of [
+    hydratedTsxRoot,
+    checkoutRoot,
+    resolvePrimaryRoot(checkoutRoot),
+  ].filter(Boolean)) {
     try {
       const require = createRequire(path.join(candidateRoot, "package.json"));
       return pathToFileURL(require.resolve("tsx")).href;
@@ -100,8 +110,7 @@ async function runTsxCliShimInner(moduleUrl, options) {
   try {
     const implementationUrl = new URL(options.implementation, moduleUrl);
     const implementationPath = fileURLToPath(implementationUrl);
-    const repoRoot = path.resolve(path.dirname(implementationPath), "..");
-    const tsxImport = resolveTsxImport(repoRoot);
+    const tsxImport = resolveTsxImport(SHIM_CHECKOUT_ROOT);
     const nodeExecutable = process.versions.bun ? "node" : process.execPath;
     child = spawn(
       nodeExecutable,
diff --git a/test/scripts/direct-run-entrypoints.test.ts b/test/scripts/direct-run-entrypoints.test.ts
index 9ed1391177f2..9c5510fd834a 100644
--- a/test/scripts/direct-run-entrypoints.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/direct-run-entrypoints.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
-import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import {
+  copyFileSync,
+  mkdirSync,
+  mkdtempSync,
+  readFileSync,
+  realpathSync,
+  rmSync,
+  writeFileSync,
+} from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { detectChangedScope } from "../../scripts/ci-changed-scope.mjs";
@@ -71,6 +80,78 @@ function runEntrypoint(entrypoint: (typeof EXECUTABLE_ENTRYPOINTS)[number]) {
   });
 }
 
+const TSX_SHIM_WRAPPERS = [
+  "scripts/run-vitest.mjs",
+  "scripts/lib/plugin-npm-package-manifest.mjs",
+  "scripts/e2e/kitchen-sink-rpc-walk.mjs",
+  "scripts/perf/summarize-cpuprofile.mjs",
+] as const;
+
+type ModulesEnv = Partial<Record<"PNPM_CONFIG_MODULES_DIR" | "npm_config_modules_dir", string>>;
+
+function writeTsxFixture(modulesDir: string, marker: string) {
+  const packageDir = path.join(modulesDir, "tsx");
+  mkdirSync(packageDir, { recursive: true });
+  writeFileSync(
+    path.join(packageDir, "package.json"),
+    JSON.stringify({ name: "tsx", type: "module", exports: "./loader.mjs" }),
+  );
+  writeFileSync(
+    path.join(packageDir, "loader.mjs"),
+    `process.env.OPENCLAW_TSX_FIXTURE_LOADER = ${JSON.stringify(marker)};\n`,
+  );
+}
+
+function runShimFixture(
+  wrapper: (typeof TSX_SHIM_WRAPPERS)[number],
+  configureModules: (paths: {
+    checkoutRoot: string;
+    fixtureRoot: string;
+  }) => ModulesEnv = () => ({}),
+) {
+  const fixtureRoot = realpathSync(mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-tsx-cli-shim-")));
+  const checkoutRoot = path.join(fixtureRoot, "checkout");
+  const wrapperPath = path.join(checkoutRoot, wrapper);
+  const implementationPath = wrapperPath.replace(/\.mjs$/u, ".mts");
+  try {
+    mkdirSync(path.dirname(wrapperPath), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(path.join(checkoutRoot, "scripts", "lib"), { recursive: true });
+    copyFileSync(wrapper, wrapperPath);
+    copyFileSync(
+      "scripts/lib/tsx-cli-shim.mjs",
+      path.join(checkoutRoot, "scripts", "lib", "tsx-cli-shim.mjs"),
+    );
+    writeFileSync(path.join(checkoutRoot, "pnpm-lock.yaml"), "lockfileVersion: '9.0'\n");
+    writeFileSync(
+      implementationPath,
+      "process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({ loader: process.env.OPENCLAW_TSX_FIXTURE_LOADER, args: process.argv.slice(2) }));\n",
+    );
+    writeTsxFixture(path.join(checkoutRoot, "node_modules"), "checkout");
+    const modulesEnv = configureModules({ checkoutRoot, fixtureRoot });
+
+    const env = { ...process.env };
+    delete env.NODE_OPTIONS;
+    delete env.NODE_PATH;
+    delete env.PNPM_CONFIG_MODULES_DIR;
+    delete env.npm_config_modules_dir;
+    Object.assign(env, modulesEnv);
+    return spawnSync(process.execPath, [wrapperPath, "--hydrated-proof"], {
+      cwd: fixtureRoot,
+      encoding: "utf8",
+      env,
+      timeout: 10_000,
+    });
+  } finally {
+    rmSync(fixtureRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+}
+
+function expectShimLoader(result: ReturnType<typeof runShimFixture>, loader: string) {
+  expect(result.error).toBeUndefined();
+  expect(result.status, result.stderr).toBe(0);
+  expect(JSON.parse(result.stdout)).toEqual({ loader, args: ["--hydrated-proof"] });
+}
+
 describe("script direct-run entrypoints", () => {
   it.each(EXECUTABLE_ENTRYPOINTS)("runs $script through its guarded CLI", (entrypoint) => {
     const result = runEntrypoint(entrypoint);
@@ -81,6 +162,40 @@ describe("script direct-run entrypoints", () => {
     expect(output).toContain(entrypoint.output);
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    { envKey: "PNPM_CONFIG_MODULES_DIR", mode: "absolute", wrapper: TSX_SHIM_WRAPPERS[0] },
+    { envKey: "npm_config_modules_dir", mode: "relative", wrapper: TSX_SHIM_WRAPPERS[1] },
+    { envKey: "PNPM_CONFIG_MODULES_DIR", mode: "relative", wrapper: TSX_SHIM_WRAPPERS[2] },
+    { envKey: "npm_config_modules_dir", mode: "absolute", wrapper: TSX_SHIM_WRAPPERS[3] },
+  ] as const)("boots $wrapper from a $mode $envKey", ({ envKey, mode, wrapper }) => {
+    const result = runShimFixture(wrapper, ({ checkoutRoot, fixtureRoot }) => {
+      const modulesDir = path.join(fixtureRoot, "hydrated-modules");
+      writeTsxFixture(modulesDir, "hydrated");
+      const configuredDir =
+        mode === "absolute" ? modulesDir : path.relative(checkoutRoot, modulesDir);
+      return { [envKey]: configuredDir };
+    });
+    expectShimLoader(result, "hydrated");
+  });
+
+  it("prefers PNPM_CONFIG_MODULES_DIR over npm_config_modules_dir", () => {
+    const result = runShimFixture(TSX_SHIM_WRAPPERS[2], ({ fixtureRoot }) => {
+      const preferredDir = path.join(fixtureRoot, "preferred-modules");
+      const fallbackDir = path.join(fixtureRoot, "fallback-modules");
+      writeTsxFixture(preferredDir, "preferred");
+      writeTsxFixture(fallbackDir, "lowercase");
+      return {
+        PNPM_CONFIG_MODULES_DIR: preferredDir,
+        npm_config_modules_dir: fallbackDir,
+      };
+    });
+    expectShimLoader(result, "preferred");
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to checkout dependencies without an external modules directory", () => {
+    expectShimLoader(runShimFixture(TSX_SHIM_WRAPPERS[3]), "checkout");
+  });
+
   it("matches Windows drive paths case-insensitively", () => {
     expect(
       isDirectRunPath(
@@ -102,6 +217,7 @@ describe("script direct-run entrypoints", () => {
   it.each([
     ...DIRECT_RUN_SCRIPTS,
     "scripts/lib/direct-run.mjs",
+    "scripts/lib/tsx-cli-shim.mjs",
     "test/scripts/direct-run-entrypoints.test.ts",
   ])("routes %s through Windows CI", (changedPath) => {
     expect(detectChangedScope([changedPath]).runWindows).toBe(true);