diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c13683b8c..a953fe773 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ and adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixes
+
+- Laravel routes are now named by the path a request takes: a leading `/` is added where the routes file leaves it out, `Route::prefix()` and `Route::group(['prefix' => …])` groups are applied, and routes in `routes/api.php` carry the `/api` prefix Laravel serves them under, read from your `RouteServiceProvider`, `bootstrap/app.php` or any file that mounts a routes file. A front-end `fetch('/api/…')` now connects to the Laravel route that serves it. Re-index Laravel projects after upgrading.
 
 ## [1.6.1] - 2026-09-29
 
diff --git a/__tests__/laravel-route-paths.test.ts b/__tests__/laravel-route-paths.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c4286ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/laravel-route-paths.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+/**
+ * Laravel routes are named by the path a request takes.
+ *
+ * Route files write paths without a leading slash (`Route::get('pages', …)`),
+ * nest them in prefix groups (`Route::prefix('api')->group(…)`), and are
+ * mounted under a prefix by the framework — `routes/api.php` is served under
+ * `/api`. Names used to be the bare literal (`GET pages`, `GET ping`), which
+ * was wrong on screen and kept a front-end `fetch('/api/pages')` from ever
+ * pairing with its route.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as os from 'os';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import { CodeGraph } from '../src';
+import { laravelResolver } from '../src/resolution/frameworks/laravel';
+
+const extractNames = (src: string, file = 'routes/web.php') =>
+  laravelResolver.extract!(file, `<?php\n${src}`).nodes.map((n) => n.name);
+
+describe('Laravel route paths inside a routes file', () => {
+  it('names a path written without a leading slash from the root', () => {
+    expect(extractNames(`Route::get('pages', [PageController::class, 'index']);`)).toEqual(['GET /pages']);
+    expect(extractNames(`Route::get('/', [HomeController::class, 'index']);`)).toEqual(['GET /']);
+  });
+
+  it('applies prefix groups, nested ones in order, and only inside the group', () => {
+    const src = `
+Route::prefix('api')->middleware('auth:sanctum')->group(static function (): void {
+    Route::get('ping', static fn () => null);
+    Route::prefix('v1/')->group(function () {
+        Route::post('/songs', [SongController::class, 'store']);
+    });
+    Route::get('me', [ProfileController::class, 'show']);
+});
+Route::get('/after', [HomeController::class, 'after']);
+`;
+    expect(extractNames(src)).toEqual(['GET /api/ping', 'POST /api/v1/songs', 'GET /api/me', 'GET /after']);
+  });
+
+  it("reads a prefix from Route::group's array, and adds nothing for a middleware-only group", () => {
+    const src = `
+Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth', 'prefix' => 'admin'], function () {
+    Route::get('/', [AdminController::class, 'index']);
+    Route::middleware('can:manage')->group(fn () => Route::get('users', [UserController::class, 'index']));
+});
+`;
+    expect(extractNames(src)).toEqual(['GET /admin', 'GET /admin/users']);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps a computed prefix as a {prefix} segment instead of dropping it', () => {
+    const src = `
+Route::group(['prefix' => LaravelLocalization::setLocale()], function () {
+    Route::get('about', [PageController::class, 'about']);
+});
+`;
+    expect(extractNames(src)).toEqual(['GET /{prefix}/about']);
+  });
+
+  it('prefixes a resource route, and records the in-file path in qualifiedName', () => {
+    const { nodes } = laravelResolver.extract!('routes/web.php', `<?php
+Route::prefix('admin')->group(function () {
+    Route::resource('photos', PhotoController::class);
+    Route::get('stats', [StatsController::class, 'index']);
+});
+`);
+    expect(nodes.map((n) => n.name)).toEqual(['GET /admin/stats', 'resource:admin/photos']);
+    expect(nodes.map((n) => n.qualifiedName)).toEqual(['routes/web.php::route:/admin/stats', 'routes/web.php::route:/admin/photos']);
+  });
+
+  it('ignores a group opened inside a comment', () => {
+    const src = `
+// Route::prefix('old')->group(function () {
+Route::get('kept', [X::class, 'y']);
+`;
+    expect(extractNames(src)).toEqual(['GET /kept']);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('Laravel route paths across files (the mount a routes file is served under)', () => {
+  const roots: string[] = [];
+  afterEach(() => {
+    for (const r of roots.splice(0)) fs.rmSync(r, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  function project(files: Record<string, string>): string {
+    const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'codegraph-laravel-paths-'));
+    roots.push(root);
+    const all: Record<string, string> = {
+      artisan: '#!/usr/bin/env php\n<?php\n',
+      'composer.json': JSON.stringify({ require: { 'laravel/framework': '^11.0' } }),
+      'app/Http/Controllers/PageController.php': '<?php\nclass PageController { public function list() {} public function login() {} }\n',
+      ...files,
+    };
+    for (const [rel, content] of Object.entries(all)) {
+      fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(path.join(root, rel)), { recursive: true });
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(root, rel), content);
+    }
+    return root;
+  }
+
+  async function routeNames(root: string): Promise<string[]> {
+    const cg = await CodeGraph.init(root, { index: true });
+    try {
+      return cg.getNodesByKind('route').map((n) => n.name).sort();
+    } finally {
+      cg.close();
+    }
+  }
+
+  const API = "<?php\nRoute::get('pages', [PageController::class, 'list']);\n";
+  const WEB = "<?php\nRoute::get('/login', [PageController::class, 'login']);\n";
+
+  it('serves routes/api.php under /api when nothing says otherwise', async () => {
+    const root = project({ 'routes/api.php': API, 'routes/web.php': WEB });
+    expect(await routeNames(root)).toEqual(['GET /api/pages', 'GET /login']);
+  });
+
+  it("reads the RouteServiceProvider's prefix (Laravel ≤10)", async () => {
+    const root = project({
+      'routes/api.php': API,
+      'routes/web.php': WEB,
+      'app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php': `<?php
+class RouteServiceProvider {
+    public function boot() {
+        Route::middleware('api')->prefix('api/v1')->group(base_path('routes/api.php'));
+        Route::middleware('web')->group(base_path('routes/web.php'));
+    }
+}
+`,
+    });
+    expect(await routeNames(root)).toEqual(['GET /api/v1/pages', 'GET /login']);
+  });
+
+  it("reads a Route::group(['prefix' => …]) that requires the file (BookStack's shape)", async () => {
+    const root = project({
+      'routes/api.php': API,
+      'app/App/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php': `<?php
+class RouteServiceProvider {
+    protected function mapApiRoutes() {
+        Route::group(['middleware' => 'api', 'prefix' => 'api'], function ($router) {
+            require base_path('routes/api.php');
+        });
+    }
+}
+`,
+    });
+    expect(await routeNames(root)).toEqual(['GET /api/pages']);
+  });
+
+  it("reads Laravel 11's withRouting(api:, apiPrefix:)", async () => {
+    const root = project({
+      'routes/api.php': API,
+      'routes/web.php': WEB,
+      'bootstrap/app.php': `<?php
+return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
+    ->withRouting(
+        web: __DIR__.'/../routes/web.php',
+        api: __DIR__.'/../routes/api.php',
+        apiPrefix: 'api/v2',
+        health: '/up',
+    )
+    ->create();
+`,
+    });
+    expect(await routeNames(root)).toEqual(['GET /api/v2/pages', 'GET /login']);
+  });
+
+  it('composes prefixes down an include tree: a group mounting a file, and a plain require', async () => {
+    const root = project({
+      'routes/api.php': `<?php
+Route::get('pages', [PageController::class, 'list']);
+Route::prefix('v1')->group(base_path('routes/api/v1.php'));
+`,
+      'routes/api/v1.php': "<?php\nRoute::get('songs', [PageController::class, 'list']);\n",
+      'routes/web.php': `<?php\nRoute::get('/', [PageController::class, 'list']);\nrequire __DIR__.'/auth.php';\n`,
+      'routes/auth.php': "<?php\nRoute::get('login', [PageController::class, 'login']);\n",
+    });
+    expect(await routeNames(root)).toEqual(['GET /', 'GET /api/pages', 'GET /api/v1/songs', 'GET /login']);
+  });
+
+  it('leaves routes/api.php alone when withRouting(using:) loads routes by code it cannot read', async () => {
+    const root = project({
+      'routes/api.php': API,
+      'bootstrap/app.php': `<?php
+return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
+    ->withRouting(using: static function (): void { RouteLoader::load('api'); })
+    ->create();
+`,
+    });
+    expect(await routeNames(root)).toEqual(['GET /pages']);
+  });
+
+  it('leaves a file mounted at two different prefixes at its in-file path', async () => {
+    const root = project({
+      'routes/shared.php': "<?php\nRoute::get('status', [PageController::class, 'list']);\n",
+      'app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php': `<?php
+Route::prefix('a')->group(base_path('routes/shared.php'));
+Route::prefix('b')->group(base_path('routes/shared.php'));
+`,
+    });
+    expect(await routeNames(root)).toEqual(['GET /status']);
+  });
+
+  it('is idempotent across syncs, and undoes a mount that is removed', async () => {
+    const provider = 'app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php';
+    const root = project({
+      'routes/admin.php': "<?php\nRoute::get('users', [PageController::class, 'list']);\n",
+      [provider]: "<?php\nRoute::prefix('admin')->group(base_path('routes/admin.php'));\n",
+    });
+    const cg = await CodeGraph.init(root, { index: true });
+    try {
+      const names = () => cg.getNodesByKind('route').map((n) => n.name);
+      expect(names()).toEqual(['GET /admin/users']);
+      fs.appendFileSync(path.join(root, 'app/Http/Controllers/PageController.php'), '// touched\n');
+      await cg.sync();
+      expect(names()).toEqual(['GET /admin/users']);
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(root, provider), "<?php\nRoute::group([], base_path('routes/admin.php'));\n");
+      await cg.sync();
+      expect(names()).toEqual(['GET /users']);
+    } finally {
+      cg.close();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("pairs a front-end fetch('/api/pages') with the api.php route it reaches", async () => {
+    const root = project({
+      'routes/api.php': API,
+      'resources/js/pages.js': "export async function loadPages() {\n  return await fetch('/api/pages');\n}\n",
+      'package.json': JSON.stringify({ dependencies: { vue: '^3.0.0' } }),
+    });
+    const cg = await CodeGraph.init(root, { index: true });
+    try {
+      const route = cg.getNodesByKind('route').find((n) => n.name === 'GET /api/pages');
+      expect(route).toBeDefined();
+      const loadPages = cg.getNodesByKind('function').find((n) => n.name === 'loadPages')!;
+      const hops = cg.getCallees(loadPages.id).filter((c) => c.node.id === route!.id);
+      expect(hops).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect((hops[0]!.edge.metadata as { synthesizedBy?: string } | undefined)?.synthesizedBy).toBe('http-client');
+    } finally {
+      cg.close();
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/resolution/frameworks/laravel.ts b/src/resolution/frameworks/laravel.ts
index 1356adf5d..1a8ea1874 100644
--- a/src/resolution/frameworks/laravel.ts
+++ b/src/resolution/frameworks/laravel.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Handles Laravel-specific patterns for reference resolution.
  */
 
+import { posix } from 'path';
 import { Node } from '../../types';
 import { FrameworkResolver, UnresolvedRef, ResolvedRef, ResolutionContext } from '../types';
 import { stripCommentsForRegex } from '../strip-comments';
@@ -105,6 +106,11 @@ export const laravelResolver: FrameworkResolver = {
     const references: UnresolvedRef[] = [];
     const now = Date.now();
     const safe = stripCommentsForRegex(content, 'php');
+    // `Route::prefix('admin')->group(…)` / `Route::group(['prefix' => …], …)`
+    // scopes, so a route is named by the path a request takes inside this
+    // file. A file mounted under a prefix elsewhere (`routes/api.php` under
+    // `/api`) is composed in postExtract, from this in-file path.
+    const groups = routeGroups(safe);
 
     // Route::METHOD('/path', handler-expr)
     // handler-expr can be: [Class::class, 'method'] | 'Controller@method' | Closure | Class::class
@@ -114,11 +120,12 @@ export const laravelResolver: FrameworkResolver = {
       const [, method, routePath, handlerExpr] = match;
       const line = safe.slice(0, match.index).split('\n').length;
       const upper = method!.toUpperCase();
+      const inFile = joinRoutePath(prefixAt(groups, match.index), routePath!);
       const routeNode: Node = {
         id: `route:${filePath}:${line}:${upper}:${routePath}`,
         kind: 'route',
-        name: `${upper} ${routePath}`,
-        qualifiedName: `${filePath}::route:${routePath}`,
+        name: `${upper} ${inFile}`,
+        qualifiedName: `${filePath}::route:${inFile}`,
         filePath,
         startLine: line,
         endLine: line,
@@ -148,11 +155,12 @@ export const laravelResolver: FrameworkResolver = {
     while ((match = resourceRegex.exec(safe)) !== null) {
       const [, _fn, resourceName, handlerExpr] = match;
       const line = safe.slice(0, match.index).split('\n').length;
+      const inFile = joinRoutePath(prefixAt(groups, match.index), resourceName!);
       const routeNode: Node = {
         id: `route:${filePath}:${line}:RESOURCE:${resourceName}`,
         kind: 'route',
-        name: `resource:${resourceName}`,
-        qualifiedName: `${filePath}::route:${resourceName}`,
+        name: `resource:${inFile.slice(1)}`,
+        qualifiedName: `${filePath}::route:${inFile}`,
         filePath,
         startLine: line,
         endLine: line,
@@ -181,8 +189,278 @@ export const laravelResolver: FrameworkResolver = {
 
     return { nodes, references };
   },
+
+  /**
+   * Name each route by the path a request takes once its FILE is mounted.
+   * Laravel serves `routes/api.php` under `/api` (the default
+   * RouteServiceProvider and Laravel 11's `withRouting(api:)` both do), and
+   * any routes file can be mounted under a prefix: `Route::prefix('v1')->
+   * group(base_path('routes/v1.php'))`, `withRouting(api: …, apiPrefix:)`,
+   * or a `require` inside a prefixed group. Mounts compose down the include
+   * tree; a file reached at two different prefixes is left at its in-file
+   * path, since one name cannot be two addresses.
+   *
+   * Every Laravel route is recomputed from its `qualifiedName` (the in-file
+   * path, group prefixes included), so the pass is idempotent and a mount
+   * that goes away is undone on the next run.
+   */
+  postExtract(context: ResolutionContext): Node[] {
+    const routes = context.getNodesByKind('route').filter(isLaravelRoute);
+    if (routes.length === 0) return [];
+
+    const mounts: Array<{ source: string; target: string; prefix: string }> = [];
+    let customLoader = false;
+    for (const file of context.getAllFiles()) {
+      if (!file.endsWith('.php')) continue;
+      // A mount names a `routes/` path (base_path('routes/api.php'),
+      // __DIR__.'/../routes/api.php'), is a routes file including a sibling
+      // (`require __DIR__.'/auth.php'`), or is Laravel 11's `withRouting(`,
+      // whose `using:` loader may name no path at all. Everything else is
+      // skipped unread.
+      const inRoutes = file.startsWith('routes/');
+      if (!inRoutes && context.fileContains &&
+          !MOUNT_NEEDLES.some((needle) => context.fileContains!(file, needle))) continue;
+      const content = context.readFile(file);
+      if (!content || (!inRoutes && !MOUNT_NEEDLES.some((needle) => content.includes(needle)))) continue;
+      const safe = stripCommentsForRegex(content, 'php');
+      const found = routeFileMounts(safe, file, context);
+      mounts.push(...found.mounts);
+      if (found.customLoader) customLoader = true;
+    }
+
+    // Nothing mounts routes/api.php, and no custom loader might: Laravel's
+    // own default is `/api`. Seeded before composing, so a file api.php
+    // includes inherits it.
+    const defaults = new Map<string, string>();
+    const mounted = new Set(mounts.map((m) => m.target));
+    if (!customLoader && !mounted.has(DEFAULT_API_FILE) && context.fileExists(DEFAULT_API_FILE)) {
+      defaults.set(DEFAULT_API_FILE, '/api');
+    }
+
+    // Compose prefixes down the include tree until nothing changes.
+    let prefixOf = new Map(defaults);
+    for (let round = 0; round < 8; round++) {
+      const next = new Map(defaults);
+      const ambiguous = new Set<string>();
+      for (const { source, target, prefix } of mounts) {
+        if (target === source) continue;
+        const full = joinRoutePath(prefixOf.get(source) ?? '', prefix);
+        const seen = next.get(target);
+        if (seen !== undefined && seen !== full) ambiguous.add(target);
+        else next.set(target, full);
+      }
+      for (const a of ambiguous) next.delete(a);
+      let changed = next.size !== prefixOf.size;
+      if (!changed) for (const [k, v] of next) if (prefixOf.get(k) !== v) changed = true;
+      prefixOf = next;
+      if (!changed) break;
+    }
+    const updates: Node[] = [];
+    for (const route of routes) {
+      const at = route.qualifiedName.indexOf(ROUTE_QN);
+      const inFile = route.qualifiedName.slice(at + ROUTE_QN.length);
+      const full = joinRoutePath(prefixOf.get(route.filePath) ?? '', inFile);
+      const name = route.name.startsWith('resource:')
+        ? `resource:${full.slice(1)}`
+        : `${route.name.slice(0, route.name.indexOf(' '))} ${full}`;
+      if (name !== route.name) updates.push({ ...route, name });
+    }
+    return updates;
+  },
 };
 
+const ROUTE_QN = '::route:';
+const DEFAULT_API_FILE = 'routes/api.php';
+/** What a file outside `routes/` must contain to mount a routes file. */
+const MOUNT_NEEDLES = ['routes/', 'withRouting('];
+
+/** A route this resolver made: its `qualifiedName` holds the in-file path. */
+function isLaravelRoute(n: Node): boolean {
+  return n.language === 'php' && n.id.startsWith(`route:${n.filePath}:`) &&
+    n.qualifiedName.startsWith(`${n.filePath}${ROUTE_QN}/`);
+}
+
+/** A group's parenthesised arguments and the prefix it adds (`{prefix}` when not a literal). */
+interface RouteGroup {
+  open: number;
+  close: number;
+  prefix: string;
+  /** Argument text, split at the top level. */
+  args: string[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Every route group in a file: `Route::group([...], …)` and the `->group(…)`
+ * that ends a `Route::…` chain (`Route::middleware('auth')->prefix('admin')->
+ * group(…)`), with the prefix the chain or the array names. A prefix that is
+ * not a string literal (`LaravelLocalization::setLocale()`) is kept as the
+ * `{prefix}` segment it stands for, not dropped.
+ */
+function routeGroups(safe: string): RouteGroup[] {
+  const groups: RouteGroup[] = [];
+  const start = /\bRoute::(\w+)\s*\(/g;
+  let m: RegExpExecArray | null;
+  while ((m = start.exec(safe)) !== null) {
+    let name = m[1]!;
+    let open = m.index + m[0].length - 1;
+    const prefixes: string[] = [];
+    for (;;) {
+      const close = matchParen(safe, open);
+      if (close < 0) break;
+      const args = splitArgs(safe.slice(open + 1, close));
+      if (name === 'prefix') prefixes.push(literalOrPlaceholder(args[0] ?? ''));
+      if (name === 'group') {
+        // Route::group(['prefix' => 'admin', …], …) carries it in the array.
+        if (prefixes.length === 0 && /^\s*\[/.test(args[0] ?? '')) {
+          const inArray = /['"]prefix['"]\s*=>\s*([^,\]]+)/.exec(args[0]!);
+          if (inArray) prefixes.push(literalOrPlaceholder(inArray[1]!));
+        }
+        groups.push({ open, close, prefix: joinRoutePath(...prefixes), args });
+        break;
+      }
+      const next = /^\s*->\s*(\w+)\s*\(/.exec(safe.slice(close + 1, close + 200));
+      if (!next) break;
+      name = next[1]!;
+      open = close + 1 + next[0].length - 1;
+    }
+  }
+  return groups;
+}
+
+/** The composed prefix of every group whose arguments contain `at`, outermost first. */
+function prefixAt(groups: RouteGroup[], at: number): string {
+  const enclosing = groups.filter((g) => g.open < at && at < g.close).sort((a, b) => a.open - b.open);
+  return joinRoutePath(...enclosing.map((g) => g.prefix));
+}
+
+/**
+ * The routes files this file mounts, each with the prefix a request carries
+ * into it: a group whose argument is the file, a `require` / `include` /
+ * `loadRoutesFrom` inside a group, and Laravel 11's `withRouting(api:, web:)`.
+ * `customLoader` is set when `withRouting(using:)` loads routes by code this
+ * pass cannot read.
+ */
+function routeFileMounts(
+  safe: string,
+  file: string,
+  context: ResolutionContext
+): { mounts: Array<{ source: string; target: string; prefix: string }>; customLoader: boolean } {
+  const mounts: Array<{ source: string; target: string; prefix: string }> = [];
+  const groups = routeGroups(safe);
+  const add = (expr: string, prefix: string) => {
+    const target = resolvePhpPath(expr, file, context);
+    if (target) mounts.push({ source: file, target, prefix });
+  };
+
+  for (const g of groups) {
+    // ->group(base_path('routes/v1.php')), Route::group([...], base_path(…))
+    const body = g.args[g.args.length - 1] ?? '';
+    if (!/^\s*(?:static\s+)?(?:function|fn)\b/.test(body)) add(body, prefixAt(groups, g.open + 1));
+  }
+  const load = /\b(?:require|include)(?:_once)?\b([^;]*);|\bloadRoutesFrom\s*\(([^;]*)\)\s*;/g;
+  let m: RegExpExecArray | null;
+  while ((m = load.exec(safe)) !== null) {
+    let expr = (m[1] ?? m[2] ?? '').trim();
+    // `require(__DIR__.'/x.php')` — drop parens only when they wrap the whole expression.
+    if (expr.startsWith('(') && matchParen(expr, 0) === expr.length - 1) expr = expr.slice(1, -1);
+    add(expr, prefixAt(groups, m.index));
+  }
+
+  let customLoader = false;
+  const routing = /\bwithRouting\s*\(/g;
+  while ((m = routing.exec(safe)) !== null) {
+    const open = m.index + m[0].length - 1;
+    const close = matchParen(safe, open);
+    if (close < 0) continue;
+    const named = new Map<string, string>();
+    for (const arg of splitArgs(safe.slice(open + 1, close))) {
+      const kv = /^\s*(\w+)\s*:\s*([\s\S]*)$/.exec(arg);
+      if (kv) named.set(kv[1]!, kv[2]!);
+    }
+    if (named.has('using')) customLoader = true;
+    const apiPrefix = named.has('apiPrefix') ? literalOrPlaceholder(named.get('apiPrefix')!) : 'api';
+    for (const [key, prefix] of [['api', apiPrefix], ['web', '']] as const) {
+      const value = named.get(key);
+      if (!value) continue;
+      const items = /^\s*\[/.test(value) ? splitArgs(value.trim().slice(1, -1)) : [value];
+      for (const item of items) add(item, prefix);
+    }
+  }
+  return { mounts, customLoader };
+}
+
+/**
+ * A PHP path expression naming a file in the project: `base_path('routes/x.php')`,
+ * `__DIR__.'/../routes/x.php'`, `dirname(__DIR__).'/routes/x.php'` or a bare
+ * `'routes/x.php'` literal. Null for anything computed, or not in the index.
+ */
+function resolvePhpPath(expr: string, file: string, context: ResolutionContext): string | null {
+  const e = expr.trim();
+  let rel: string | null = null;
+  let m: RegExpExecArray | null;
+  if ((m = /^base_path\s*\(\s*(['"])([^'"]+)\1\s*\)$/.exec(e))) rel = m[2]!;
+  else if ((m = /^__DIR__\s*\.\s*(['"])([^'"]+)\1$/.exec(e))) rel = posix.join(posix.dirname(file), m[2]!);
+  else if ((m = /^dirname\s*\(\s*__DIR__\s*\)\s*\.\s*(['"])([^'"]+)\1$/.exec(e))) rel = posix.join(posix.dirname(posix.dirname(file)), m[2]!);
+  else if ((m = /^(['"])([^'"]+\.php)\1$/.exec(e))) rel = m[2]!;
+  if (!rel) return null;
+  const target = posix.normalize(rel).replace(/^(\.\/)+/, '').replace(/^\/+/, '');
+  if (target.startsWith('..') || !target.endsWith('.php')) return null;
+  return context.fileExists(target) ? target : null;
+}
+
+/** `'admin'` → `admin`; anything that is not a plain string literal → `{prefix}`. */
+function literalOrPlaceholder(expr: string): string {
+  const m = /^\s*(['"])([^'"]*)\1\s*$/.exec(expr);
+  return m ? m[2]! : '{prefix}';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Join route path segments the way Laravel does: `('api', 'v1/', '/users')` →
+ * `/api/v1/users`. Leading and trailing slashes don't matter; the root is `/`.
+ */
+function joinRoutePath(...parts: string[]): string {
+  const segments = parts.flatMap((p) => p.split('/')).filter((s) => s !== '');
+  return '/' + segments.join('/');
+}
+
+/** Index of the `)` closing the `(` at `open`, skipping PHP strings; -1 if unbalanced. */
+function matchParen(s: string, open: number): number {
+  let depth = 0;
+  for (let i = open; i < s.length; i++) {
+    const ch = s[i];
+    if (ch === '"' || ch === "'") {
+      for (i++; i < s.length && s[i] !== ch; i++) if (s[i] === '\\') i++;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (ch === '(') depth++;
+    else if (ch === ')' && --depth === 0) return i;
+  }
+  return -1;
+}
+
+/** Top-level comma split of an argument list; strings and brackets respected. */
+function splitArgs(args: string): string[] {
+  const out: string[] = [];
+  let depth = 0;
+  let from = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
+    const ch = args[i];
+    if (ch === '"' || ch === "'") {
+      for (i++; i < args.length && args[i] !== ch; i++) if (args[i] === '\\') i++;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (ch === '(' || ch === '[' || ch === '{') depth++;
+    else if (ch === ')' || ch === ']' || ch === '}') depth--;
+    else if (ch === ',' && depth === 0) {
+      out.push(args.slice(from, i));
+      from = i + 1;
+    }
+  }
+  const last = args.slice(from);
+  if (last.trim() !== '' || out.length > 0) out.push(last);
+  return out;
+}
+
 /**
  * Parse a Laravel route handler expression and return the symbol to link.
  *  - `[Class::class, 'method']`  -> `method`