diff --git a/internal/scanner/walk.go b/internal/scanner/walk.go
index e22e6dd..b5eec5e 100644
--- a/internal/scanner/walk.go
+++ b/internal/scanner/walk.go
@@ -14,26 +14,51 @@ import (
 )
 
 // SkipDirs is the default skip-list. Matches dir basenames anywhere
-// in the tree (not just at root). Includes the harness's own output
-// dir so review-on-self doesn't loop.
+// in the tree (not just at root). Limited to dirs that are universally
+// not source code — VCS metadata, dependency caches, language-specific
+// virtual environments, editor state.
+//
+// Scrum fix B5 (Opus BLOCK, 2026-04-30): pre-fix this list also
+// included `bin`, `build`, `dist`, `target`, `reports`. Those names
+// have legitimate source-dir uses on target repos:
+//   - lakehouse Rust has `reports/` with markdown documentation
+//   - Java/Maven projects have `target/` build output but Gradle
+//     projects don't — and some projects use `target/` as a source dir
+//   - some Python projects keep scripts in `bin/`
+//
+// Skipping them globally produced silent false-negative scans on
+// real targets. The harness's own self-skip is now path-scoped (see
+// SkipPathsAbsolute below), not basename-scoped, so reviewing the
+// harness against itself doesn't recurse into its own bin/reports
+// while reviewing other repos with those names still works.
+//
+// Compiled binaries inside bin/ are filtered by the analyzers'
+// isTextLike extension check (.exe / .dll / .so / etc.), so the
+// scan doesn't waste time decoding them.
 var SkipDirs = map[string]bool{
-	".git":          true,
-	".hg":           true,
-	".svn":          true,
-	"node_modules":  true,
-	"vendor":        true,
-	"target":        true, // Rust
-	"dist":          true,
-	"build":         true,
-	"__pycache__":   true,
-	".venv":         true,
-	"venv":          true,
-	"bin":           true, // golangLAKEHOUSE convention; harness's own too
-	".idea":         true,
-	".vscode":       true,
-	"reports":       true, // harness's own output
+	".git":         true,
+	".hg":          true,
+	".svn":         true,
+	"node_modules": true,
+	"vendor":       true,
+	"__pycache__":  true,
+	".venv":        true,
+	"venv":         true,
+	".idea":        true,
+	".vscode":      true,
 }
 
+// SkipPathsAbsolute is checked when scanning the harness's own repo —
+// these are absolute paths (resolved from the repoPath at scan time)
+// that the harness should never recurse into. Today: `bin/` (the
+// review-harness binary lands here) and `reports/` (per-run output).
+//
+// Populated via PathScopedSkipsForSelf when the scanner detects it's
+// scanning its own tree (heuristic: target path contains both
+// `cmd/review-harness` AND `internal/analyzers`). Empty otherwise so
+// other repos see the more permissive default skip-list.
+var SkipPathsAbsolute = map[string]bool{}
+
 // File is one entry in the scan result.
 type File struct {
 	Path     string // relative to repo root
@@ -72,6 +97,13 @@ func Walk(repoPath string, countLines bool) (*Result, error) {
 		LanguageBreakdown: map[string]int{},
 	}
 
+	// Path-scoped self-skip: when scanning the harness's own tree,
+	// also skip the dirs that hold its build artifacts + run output.
+	// Path-scoped (not basename-scoped) so other repos that happen
+	// to have `bin/` or `reports/` still get scanned. See SkipDirs
+	// docstring for B5 background.
+	pathSkips := selfSkipsFor(abs)
+
 	walkErr := filepath.WalkDir(abs, func(p string, d fs.DirEntry, walkErr error) error {
 		if walkErr != nil {
 			return nil // best-effort; permission errors etc. are silent
@@ -80,6 +112,9 @@ func Walk(repoPath string, countLines bool) (*Result, error) {
 			if SkipDirs[d.Name()] && p != abs {
 				return filepath.SkipDir
 			}
+			if pathSkips[p] {
+				return filepath.SkipDir
+			}
 			return nil
 		}
 		// Skip dotfiles at file level (.gitignore etc. are interesting,
@@ -138,6 +173,29 @@ func Walk(repoPath string, countLines bool) (*Result, error) {
 	return res, nil
 }
 
+// selfSkipsFor returns absolute paths to skip when scanning the
+// harness's own tree (where `bin/` is build output and `reports/`
+// is per-run runtime data). Empty when scanning anything else, so
+// target repos with legitimate `bin/` / `reports/` directories
+// don't get those silently excluded.
+//
+// Heuristic: harness self-detected when the target absolute path
+// contains both `cmd/review-harness` AND `internal/analyzers`
+// directories — that combination doesn't appear in arbitrary repos.
+func selfSkipsFor(abs string) map[string]bool {
+	cmdMarker := filepath.Join(abs, "cmd", "review-harness")
+	intMarker := filepath.Join(abs, "internal", "analyzers")
+	st1, err1 := os.Stat(cmdMarker)
+	st2, err2 := os.Stat(intMarker)
+	if err1 != nil || err2 != nil || !st1.IsDir() || !st2.IsDir() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return map[string]bool{
+		filepath.Join(abs, "bin"):     true,
+		filepath.Join(abs, "reports"): true,
+	}
+}
+
 // interestingDotfile lets a few well-known dotfiles through despite
 // the leading-dot filter. Keeps the scan honest about config files
 // that often hold the real risk (e.g. committed .env).
diff --git a/internal/scanner/walk_test.go b/internal/scanner/walk_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08ce7cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/scanner/walk_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+package scanner
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestWalk_DoesNotSkipBinReportsInTargetRepo locks in scrum fix B5.
+// Pre-fix the SkipDirs map basename-matched bin/reports/build/dist
+// for ANY repo, silently excluding legitimate source directories on
+// real targets (lakehouse Rust has reports/ with markdown). Now
+// only universal noise (.git, node_modules, vendor, .venv, .idea,
+// etc.) is basename-skipped; harness self-skip is path-scoped.
+func TestWalk_DoesNotSkipBinReportsInTargetRepo(t *testing.T) {
+	repo := t.TempDir()
+	// Plant files under names that USED to be silently skipped.
+	for _, p := range []string{
+		"bin/script.go",
+		"reports/findings.md",
+		"build/notes.txt",
+		"dist/release.md",
+		"target/output.go",
+		// Universal-noise dirs SHOULD still skip.
+		".git/HEAD",
+		"node_modules/foo/index.js",
+		"vendor/dep/lib.go",
+	} {
+		full := filepath.Join(repo, p)
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(full), 0o755); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if err := os.WriteFile(full, []byte("test\n"), 0o644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	res, err := Walk(repo, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Walk: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, f := range res.Files {
+		seen[f.Path] = true
+	}
+
+	// These MUST appear (B5 fix — used to be silently skipped).
+	mustHave := []string{
+		"bin/script.go",
+		"reports/findings.md",
+		"build/notes.txt",
+		"dist/release.md",
+		"target/output.go",
+	}
+	for _, p := range mustHave {
+		if !seen[p] {
+			t.Errorf("expected %q in scan; got %v", p, mapKeys(seen))
+		}
+	}
+
+	// These MUST be skipped (universal noise).
+	mustNotHave := []string{
+		".git/HEAD",
+		"node_modules/foo/index.js",
+		"vendor/dep/lib.go",
+	}
+	for _, p := range mustNotHave {
+		if seen[p] {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected %q in scan (universal-noise dir)", p)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestWalk_SelfSkipsBinReportsInHarnessRepo locks in the path-scoped
+// self-skip — when the scanner detects it's being run against the
+// harness's own tree (cmd/review-harness AND internal/analyzers
+// present), it skips bin/ + reports/ to avoid recursing into its
+// own build output and run artifacts.
+func TestWalk_SelfSkipsBinReportsInHarnessRepo(t *testing.T) {
+	repo := t.TempDir()
+	// Plant the marker dirs that signal "this is the harness repo"
+	for _, p := range []string{
+		"cmd/review-harness/main.go",
+		"internal/analyzers/checks.go",
+		"bin/review-harness",   // build output — should skip
+		"reports/latest/x.json", // runtime — should skip
+		"src/real_code.go",     // ordinary source — should appear
+	} {
+		full := filepath.Join(repo, p)
+		_ = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(full), 0o755)
+		_ = os.WriteFile(full, []byte("x\n"), 0o644)
+	}
+
+	res, err := Walk(repo, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Walk: %v", err)
+	}
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, f := range res.Files {
+		seen[f.Path] = true
+	}
+	for _, want := range []string{
+		"cmd/review-harness/main.go",
+		"internal/analyzers/checks.go",
+		"src/real_code.go",
+	} {
+		if !seen[want] {
+			t.Errorf("expected %q in self-scan; got %v", want, mapKeys(seen))
+		}
+	}
+	// Self-skip should fire on bin/ and reports/.
+	if seen["bin/review-harness"] {
+		t.Errorf("bin/ should be self-skipped on harness repo")
+	}
+	if seen["reports/latest/x.json"] {
+		t.Errorf("reports/ should be self-skipped on harness repo")
+	}
+}
+
+func mapKeys(m map[string]bool) []string {
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(m))
+	for k := range m {
+		out = append(out, k)
+	}
+	return out
+}