diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44326f3..96bdc55 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ I needed a single source of truth for UI components that could drop into both li
 ## Features
 
 - Traverses module graphs with a built-in walker to find transitive style imports (no bundler required).
-- Resolution parity via [`oxc-resolver`](https://github.com/oxc-project/oxc-resolver): tsconfig `paths`, package `exports` conditions, and extension aliasing (e.g., `.css.js` → `.css.ts`) are honored without wiring up a bundler.
+- Resolution parity via [`oxc-resolver`](https://github.com/oxc-project/oxc-resolver): tsconfig `paths`, package `exports` + `imports`, and extension aliasing (e.g., `.css.js` → `.css.ts`) are honored without wiring up a bundler.
 - Compiles `*.css`, `*.scss`, `*.sass`, `*.less`, and `*.css.ts` (vanilla-extract) files out of the box.
 - Optional post-processing via [`lightningcss`](https://github.com/parcel-bundler/lightningcss) for minification, prefixing, media query optimizations, or specificity boosts.
 - Pluggable resolver/filter hooks for custom module resolution (e.g., Rspack/Vite/webpack aliases) or selective inclusion.
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ export async function render(url: string) {
 
 The built-in walker already leans on [`oxc-resolver`](https://github.com/oxc-project/oxc-resolver), so tsconfig `paths`, package `exports` conditions, and common extension aliases work out of the box. If you still need to mirror bespoke behavior (virtual modules, framework-specific loaders, etc.), plug in a custom resolver. Here’s how to use [`enhanced-resolve`](https://github.com/webpack/enhanced-resolve):
 
+> [!TIP]
+> Hash-prefixed specifiers defined in `package.json#imports` resolve automatically—no extra loader or `css()` options required. Reach for a custom resolver only when you need behavior beyond what `oxc-resolver` already mirrors.
+
 ```ts
 import { ResolverFactory } from 'enhanced-resolve'
 import { css } from '@knighted/css'
diff --git a/docs/loader.md b/docs/loader.md
index 04d2cfe..da0762a 100644
--- a/docs/loader.md
+++ b/docs/loader.md
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ export default {
 }
 ```
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> The loader shares the same auto-configured `oxc-resolver` as the standalone `css()` API, so hash-prefixed specifiers declared under `package.json#imports` (for example, `#ui/button`) resolve without additional options.
+
 ### Combined imports
 
 Need the component exports **and** the compiled CSS from a single import? Use `?knighted-css&combined` and narrow the result with `KnightedCssCombinedModule` to keep TypeScript happy:
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ae87cf1..b2fb417 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11922,7 +11922,7 @@
     },
     "packages/css": {
       "name": "@knighted/css",
-      "version": "1.0.0-rc.14",
+      "version": "1.0.0-rc.15",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "es-module-lexer": "^2.0.0",
@@ -12222,7 +12222,7 @@
       "name": "@knighted/css-playwright-fixture",
       "version": "0.0.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@knighted/css": "1.0.0-rc.14",
+        "@knighted/css": "1.0.0-rc.15",
         "@knighted/jsx": "^1.4.1",
         "lit": "^3.2.1",
         "react": "^19.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/css/package.json b/packages/css/package.json
index 0a975dd..69bfc9a 100644
--- a/packages/css/package.json
+++ b/packages/css/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@knighted/css",
-  "version": "1.0.0-rc.14",
+  "version": "1.0.0-rc.15",
   "description": "A build-time utility that traverses JavaScript/TypeScript module dependency graphs to extract, compile, and optimize all imported CSS into a single, in-memory string.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/css.js",
diff --git a/packages/css/src/moduleGraph.ts b/packages/css/src/moduleGraph.ts
index 25160f7..30c9f15 100644
--- a/packages/css/src/moduleGraph.ts
+++ b/packages/css/src/moduleGraph.ts
@@ -266,7 +266,10 @@ function normalizeSpecifier(raw: string): string {
   if (!trimmed || trimmed.startsWith('\0')) {
     return ''
   }
-  const queryIndex = trimmed.search(/[?#]/)
+  const querySearchOffset = trimmed.startsWith('#') ? 1 : 0
+  const remainder = trimmed.slice(querySearchOffset)
+  const queryMatchIndex = remainder.search(/[?#]/)
+  const queryIndex = queryMatchIndex === -1 ? -1 : querySearchOffset + queryMatchIndex
   const withoutQuery = queryIndex === -1 ? trimmed : trimmed.slice(0, queryIndex)
   if (!withoutQuery) {
     return ''
@@ -394,9 +397,7 @@ function createResolverFactory(
     options.extensionAlias = extensionAlias
   }
   const tsconfigOption = resolveResolverTsconfig(graphOptions?.tsConfig, cwd)
-  if (tsconfigOption) {
-    options.tsconfig = tsconfigOption
-  }
+  options.tsconfig = tsconfigOption ?? 'auto'
   return new ResolverFactory(options)
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/css/test/moduleGraph.test.ts b/packages/css/test/moduleGraph.test.ts
index 3a807a9..646bfc2 100644
--- a/packages/css/test/moduleGraph.test.ts
+++ b/packages/css/test/moduleGraph.test.ts
@@ -205,3 +205,49 @@ import '@blocks/panel'
     await project.cleanup()
   }
 })
+
+test('collectStyleImports keeps hash-prefixed specifiers intact', async () => {
+  const project = await createProject('knighted-module-graph-imports-hash-')
+  try {
+    await project.writeFile(
+      'package.json',
+      JSON.stringify(
+        {
+          name: 'hash-imports',
+          type: 'module',
+          imports: {
+            '#ui/*': './src/ui/*',
+          },
+        },
+        null,
+        2,
+      ),
+    )
+    await project.writeFile('src/ui/button.scss', '.button { color: hotpink; }')
+    await project.writeFile(
+      'src/ui/button.js',
+      `import './button.scss'
+export const Button = () => null
+`,
+    )
+    await project.writeFile(
+      'src/entry.ts',
+      `import { Button } from '#ui/button.js'
+void Button
+`,
+    )
+
+    const styles = await collectStyleImports(project.file('src/entry.ts'), {
+      cwd: project.root,
+      styleExtensions: ['.scss'],
+      filter: () => true,
+    })
+
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      await realpathAll(styles),
+      await realpathAll([project.file('src/ui/button.scss')]),
+    )
+  } finally {
+    await project.cleanup()
+  }
+})
diff --git a/packages/playwright/README.md b/packages/playwright/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4eda58a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# @knighted/css Playwright fixtures
+
+This package builds the demo surface that Playwright pokes during CI. It now renders two scenarios side by side:
+
+- **Lit + React wrapper**: the existing showcase that exercises vanilla CSS, Sass/Less, vanilla-extract, and the combined loader queries.
+- **Hash-imports workspace demo**: a minimal npm workspace under `src/hash-imports-workspace/` where `apps/hash-import-demo` uses `package.json#imports` (hash-prefixed specifiers) to resolve UI modules provided by a sibling workspace package. The fixture proves that `@knighted/css/loader` and the standalone `css()` API honor `#workspace/*` specifiers with zero extra configuration.
+
+Run `npm run test -- --project=chromium hash-imports.spec.ts` from this directory to rebuild the preview bundle and execute only the hash-imports checks. The default `npm test` target still runs the full matrix (chromium on CI plus the webpack + SSR builds).
diff --git a/packages/playwright/package.json b/packages/playwright/package.json
index 6c73471..c224150 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/package.json
+++ b/packages/playwright/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "pretest": "npm run build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@knighted/css": "1.0.0-rc.14",
+    "@knighted/css": "1.0.0-rc.15",
     "@knighted/jsx": "^1.4.1",
     "lit": "^3.2.1",
     "react": "^19.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/apps/hash-import-demo/package.json b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/apps/hash-import-demo/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f341e21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/apps/hash-import-demo/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": "@hash-imports/demo",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "imports": {
+    "#workspace/ui/*": "./src/workspace-bridge/*"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/apps/hash-import-demo/src/constants.ts b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/apps/hash-import-demo/src/constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..190b984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/apps/hash-import-demo/src/constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export const HASH_IMPORTS_SECTION_ID = 'hash-imports-workspace'
+export const HASH_IMPORTS_CARD_TEST_ID = 'hash-imports-card'
+export const HASH_IMPORTS_BADGE_TEST_ID = 'hash-imports-badge'
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/apps/hash-import-demo/src/render-hash-imports-demo.ts b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/apps/hash-import-demo/src/render-hash-imports-demo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..669d240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/apps/hash-import-demo/src/render-hash-imports-demo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { HASH_IMPORTS_SECTION_ID } from '../../../constants.js'
+import { createWorkspaceCard } from '#workspace/ui/workspace-card.js'
+import { knightedCss as workspaceCardCss } from '#workspace/ui/workspace-card.js?knighted-css'
+
+export function renderHashImportsWorkspaceDemo(root: HTMLElement): void {
+  const mount = root ?? document.body
+  const section = document.createElement('section')
+  section.dataset.testid = HASH_IMPORTS_SECTION_ID
+  section.className = 'hash-imports-workspace-section'
+  section.setAttribute('aria-label', 'Hash imports workspace fixture')
+
+  const intro = document.createElement('p')
+  intro.className = 'hash-imports-card__copy'
+  intro.textContent =
+    '#workspace/ui/* specifiers resolve automatically because the loader passes tsconfig: auto to oxc-resolver. The npm workspace wiring mirrors how downstream apps map UI packages via package.json#imports without custom resolver code.'
+
+  const style = document.createElement('style')
+  style.textContent = workspaceCardCss
+  section.append(style, intro, createWorkspaceCard())
+
+  mount.appendChild(section)
+}
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/apps/hash-import-demo/src/workspace-bridge/workspace-card.ts b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/apps/hash-import-demo/src/workspace-bridge/workspace-card.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b87585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/apps/hash-import-demo/src/workspace-bridge/workspace-card.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from '../../../../packages/workspace-ui/src/workspace-card.js'
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/apps/hash-import-demo/tsconfig.json b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/apps/hash-import-demo/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dca4ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/apps/hash-import-demo/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../../tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "rootDir": "./src",
+    "outDir": "./dist"
+  },
+  "include": ["src"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/constants.ts b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..190b984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export const HASH_IMPORTS_SECTION_ID = 'hash-imports-workspace'
+export const HASH_IMPORTS_CARD_TEST_ID = 'hash-imports-card'
+export const HASH_IMPORTS_BADGE_TEST_ID = 'hash-imports-badge'
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/package.json b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cae4727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "name": "@hash-imports/workspace-root",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "workspaces": [
+    "apps/*",
+    "packages/*"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/packages/workspace-ui/package.json b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/packages/workspace-ui/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d24fd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/packages/workspace-ui/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "name": "@hash-imports/workspace-ui",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module"
+}
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/packages/workspace-ui/src/workspace-card.scss b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/packages/workspace-ui/src/workspace-card.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ac7f15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/packages/workspace-ui/src/workspace-card.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+.hash-imports-card {
+  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #fdf2f8 0%, #bfdbfe 60%, #d8b4fe 100%);
+  border: 2px solid #1d4ed8;
+  border-radius: 20px;
+  color: #0f172a;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+  padding: 1.75rem;
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.hash-imports-card__badge {
+  align-self: flex-end;
+  background-color: #111827;
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  color: #fef9c3;
+  font-size: 0.7rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  padding: 0.25rem 0.85rem;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
+.hash-imports-card__title {
+  font-size: 1.1rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  line-height: 1.3;
+}
+
+.hash-imports-card__description {
+  font-size: 0.95rem;
+  line-height: 1.5;
+  max-width: 46ch;
+}
+
+.hash-imports-card__copy {
+  color: #1e1b4b;
+}
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/packages/workspace-ui/src/workspace-card.ts b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/packages/workspace-ui/src/workspace-card.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..106f62c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/packages/workspace-ui/src/workspace-card.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import './workspace-card.scss'
+
+import {
+  HASH_IMPORTS_BADGE_TEST_ID,
+  HASH_IMPORTS_CARD_TEST_ID,
+} from '../../../constants.js'
+
+export type WorkspaceCardCopy = {
+  title: string
+  description: string
+  badge: string
+}
+
+export const workspaceCardCopy: WorkspaceCardCopy = {
+  title: 'Hash-prefixed imports stay zero-config',
+  description:
+    'This card renders with styles resolved via package.json#imports. The demo lives inside an npm workspace so the loader discovers tsconfig files and # specifiers without extra configuration.',
+  badge: 'workspace ready',
+}
+
+export function createWorkspaceCard(): HTMLElement {
+  const card = document.createElement('article')
+  card.className = 'hash-imports-card'
+  card.dataset.testid = HASH_IMPORTS_CARD_TEST_ID
+
+  const badge = document.createElement('span')
+  badge.className = 'hash-imports-card__badge'
+  badge.dataset.testid = HASH_IMPORTS_BADGE_TEST_ID
+  badge.textContent = workspaceCardCopy.badge
+
+  const title = document.createElement('h2')
+  title.className = 'hash-imports-card__title hash-imports-card__copy'
+  title.textContent = workspaceCardCopy.title
+
+  const description = document.createElement('p')
+  description.className = 'hash-imports-card__description hash-imports-card__copy'
+  description.textContent = workspaceCardCopy.description
+
+  card.append(badge, title, description)
+  return card
+}
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/packages/workspace-ui/tsconfig.json b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/packages/workspace-ui/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dca4ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/packages/workspace-ui/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../../tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "rootDir": "./src",
+    "outDir": "./dist"
+  },
+  "include": ["src"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/tsconfig.json b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc98ad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/hash-imports-workspace/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "files": [],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "./apps/hash-import-demo/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./packages/workspace-ui/tsconfig.json" }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/index.ts b/packages/playwright/src/index.ts
index 3456dab..45301fd 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { renderLitReactDemo } from './lit-react/index.js'
+import { renderHashImportsWorkspaceDemo } from './hash-imports-workspace/apps/hash-import-demo/src/render-hash-imports-demo.js'
 
 function render() {
   const root = document.getElementById('app') ?? document.body
   renderLitReactDemo(root)
+  renderHashImportsWorkspaceDemo(root)
   return root
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright/test/hash-imports.spec.ts b/packages/playwright/test/hash-imports.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b78b5f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright/test/hash-imports.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test'
+
+import {
+  HASH_IMPORTS_BADGE_TEST_ID,
+  HASH_IMPORTS_CARD_TEST_ID,
+  HASH_IMPORTS_SECTION_ID,
+} from '../src/hash-imports-workspace/constants.js'
+
+test.describe('hash imports workspace demo', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
+    page.on('console', msg => {
+      if (msg.type() === 'error') {
+        console.error(`[browser:${msg.type()}] ${msg.text()}`)
+      }
+    })
+    page.on('pageerror', error => {
+      console.error(`[pageerror] ${error.message}`)
+    })
+    await page.goto('/')
+  })
+
+  test('applies stylesheet resolved from # imports', async ({ page }) => {
+    const section = page.getByTestId(HASH_IMPORTS_SECTION_ID)
+    await expect(section).toBeVisible()
+
+    const card = page.getByTestId(HASH_IMPORTS_CARD_TEST_ID)
+    await expect(card).toBeVisible()
+
+    const metrics = await card.evaluate(node => {
+      const style = getComputedStyle(node as HTMLElement)
+      return {
+        backgroundImage: style.getPropertyValue('background-image').trim(),
+        borderColor: style.getPropertyValue('border-color').trim(),
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(metrics.backgroundImage).toContain('linear-gradient')
+    expect(metrics.borderColor).toBe('rgb(29, 78, 216)')
+  })
+
+  test('badge copy references workspace context', async ({ page }) => {
+    const badge = page.getByTestId(HASH_IMPORTS_BADGE_TEST_ID)
+    await expect(badge).toBeVisible()
+    const text = await badge.textContent()
+    expect(text?.toLowerCase()).toContain('workspace')
+  })
+})