diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a8fd74..b933140 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -82,9 +82,13 @@ across the whole thing, honestly*.
   the project-built checks once *per* sub-package — correctness/lint (cluster A),
   dependency-health + `circular-deps` (cluster B), and `unused-code` + `coverage`
   (cluster C) — records namespaced per package (`backend/npm-audit`) with finding
-  paths re-prefixed so the by-file/focus join stays coherent (Phase 2). A single
-  package / declared workspace is unchanged (byte-identical). Declared workspaces
-  (npm/pnpm/yarn/nx/turbo/lerna) are healthy and don't alarm.
+  paths re-prefixed so the by-file/focus join stays coherent (Phase 2). The
+  scc-measured **codebase statistics** recover too: each sub-package's totals are
+  re-aggregated from the *one* cached `scc --by-file` walk, sliced to its subtree
+  (reuse, never re-walk), labelled per package (`api/codebase-stats`) — Phase 2b,
+  first increment. A single package / declared workspace is unchanged
+  (byte-identical). Declared workspaces (npm/pnpm/yarn/nx/turbo/lerna) are healthy
+  and don't alarm.
 - **`lizard`** as a true multi-language complexity + duplication engine, and a
   **Focus Areas** view synthesising the forensic axes (#36–#38).
 - **Command profiles** + a **`.checkup.yml`** override layer (stack / checks /
diff --git a/bin/checkup.sh b/bin/checkup.sh
index 515c4ea..2d882c3 100755
--- a/bin/checkup.sh
+++ b/bin/checkup.sh
@@ -1758,27 +1758,41 @@ else
         echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠️  scc produced no usable output${NC}"
         write_failed "codebase-stats" "scc returned no usable --by-file JSON" "$SCC_INTENT"
     else
-        STATS_BREAKDOWN=$(scc_breakdown "$SCC_KEEP_JSON" < "$SCC_BYFILE")
-        # "FILES CODE COMPLEXITY", reconstructed from the breakdown (faithful Σ).
-        read -r TOTAL_FILES TOTAL_CODE COMPLEXITY <<< "$(scc_breakdown_total "$STATS_BREAKDOWN")"
-        SCC_TOP_LANGS=$(scc_breakdown_toplangs "$STATS_BREAKDOWN" 3)
-        [ -z "$SCC_TOP_LANGS" ] && SCC_TOP_LANGS="n/a"
-
-        # Console table from the first-party breakdown (replaces scc's whole-tree
-        # tabular output, which would contradict the first-party totals).
-        printf "%-24s %8s %12s %12s\n" "Language" "Files" "Code" "Complexity"
-        echo "------------------------------------------------------------"
-        echo "$STATS_BREAKDOWN" | jq -r '.[] | [.Name, .Count, .Code, .Complexity] | @tsv' \
-            | awk -F'\t' '{ printf "%-24s %8s %12s %12s\n", $1, $2, $3, $4 }'
-        echo ""
-        echo -e "${BLUE}📈 Summary:${NC} ${TOTAL_CODE:-0} lines of code across ${TOTAL_FILES:-0} files (first-party)"
-        echo -e "   Top: ${SCC_TOP_LANGS} | Complexity: ${COMPLEXITY:-0}"
-
-        # Standardised parsed JSON for the tool-agnostic markdown writer.
-        write_parsed "codebase-stats" "pass" "${TOTAL_FILES:-0}" \
-            "${TOTAL_CODE:-0} lines across ${TOTAL_FILES:-0} files, first-party (top: ${SCC_TOP_LANGS})" \
-            '[]' \
-            "$SCC_INTENT"
+        # Per-package recovery (#78 increment 2): on an undeclared fan-out, measure
+        # EACH assessment root off the ONE cached --by-file walk — slice the keep-set
+        # to the sub-package subtree (reuse, never re-walk) and emit a per-package
+        # record via SLUG_NS. Single package / declared workspace →
+        # TOPO_ASSESSMENT_ROOTS is ("."), the slice is the full keep-set, SLUG_NS
+        # stays empty → record + console output are byte-identical to before (gate).
+        for TOPO_ROOT in "${TOPO_ASSESSMENT_ROOTS[@]}"; do
+            SLUG_NS=""; [ "$TOPO_ROOT" != "." ] && SLUG_NS="$TOPO_ROOT"
+            STATS_KEEP=$(scc_keep_for_root "$TOPO_ROOT")
+            STATS_BREAKDOWN=$(scc_breakdown "$STATS_KEEP" < "$SCC_BYFILE")
+            # "FILES CODE COMPLEXITY", reconstructed from the breakdown (faithful Σ).
+            read -r TOTAL_FILES TOTAL_CODE COMPLEXITY <<< "$(scc_breakdown_total "$STATS_BREAKDOWN")"
+            SCC_TOP_LANGS=$(scc_breakdown_toplangs "$STATS_BREAKDOWN" 3)
+            [ -z "$SCC_TOP_LANGS" ] && SCC_TOP_LANGS="n/a"
+
+            # On a fan-out, label which sub-package this table describes; a single
+            # package prints no header (byte-identical to before).
+            [ -n "$SLUG_NS" ] && echo -e "${BLUE}📦 ${TOPO_ROOT}/${NC}"
+            # Console table from the first-party breakdown (replaces scc's whole-tree
+            # tabular output, which would contradict the first-party totals).
+            printf "%-24s %8s %12s %12s\n" "Language" "Files" "Code" "Complexity"
+            echo "------------------------------------------------------------"
+            echo "$STATS_BREAKDOWN" | jq -r '.[] | [.Name, .Count, .Code, .Complexity] | @tsv' \
+                | awk -F'\t' '{ printf "%-24s %8s %12s %12s\n", $1, $2, $3, $4 }'
+            echo ""
+            echo -e "${BLUE}📈 Summary:${NC} ${TOTAL_CODE:-0} lines of code across ${TOTAL_FILES:-0} files (first-party)"
+            echo -e "   Top: ${SCC_TOP_LANGS} | Complexity: ${COMPLEXITY:-0}"
+
+            # Standardised parsed JSON for the tool-agnostic markdown writer.
+            write_parsed "codebase-stats" "pass" "${TOTAL_FILES:-0}" \
+                "${TOTAL_CODE:-0} lines across ${TOTAL_FILES:-0} files, first-party (top: ${SCC_TOP_LANGS})" \
+                '[]' \
+                "$SCC_INTENT"
+        done
+        SLUG_NS=""
     fi
 fi
 echo ""
diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index 95c510b..3a5e52c 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -207,11 +207,15 @@ resolve), and their records are namespaced — `.slug` carries `<pkg>/<check>` (
 cross-tree by-file / focus join stays coherent, and the renderer maps each to its
 pillar on the base slug. A single package / declared workspace runs the loop once
 at `.` with no namespace — byte-identical to before. Recovered today: the
-dependency-health (`npm-audit`, `deps-freshness`) and correctness/lint
-(`typecheck`, `unit-tests`, `code-quality`, `type-aware-lint`, `build`) clusters.
-The engine-routed / artifact / whole-tree checks (`complexity`, `duplication`,
-`coverage`) stay root-scoped for now — recovering them per package (each needs its
-own engine re-routing) is the remaining slice. Honesty survives recovery: a
+dependency-health (`npm-audit`, `deps-freshness`, `circular-deps`), correctness/lint
+(`typecheck`, `unit-tests`, `code-quality`, `type-aware-lint`, `build`) and
+`unused-code` + `coverage` clusters (Phase 2/2b increment 1), plus the
+scc-measured **`codebase-stats`** — re-aggregated per sub-package by slicing the
+*one* cached `scc --by-file` walk to each root's subtree (`scc_keep_for_root`;
+reuse, never re-walk), so no extra scc cost (Phase 2b increment 2). Still
+root-scoped: the engine-routed `complexity` and `duplication`, which need their
+engine (eslint / lizard / jscpd) re-routed per sub-package — the remaining slice.
+Honesty survives recovery: a
 sub-package whose toolchain can't run still `skip`s with a reason (never
 green-by-default), the floor laid in #85.
 
diff --git a/lib/scc-inventory.sh b/lib/scc-inventory.sh
index 9396a79..1c248be 100644
--- a/lib/scc-inventory.sh
+++ b/lib/scc-inventory.sh
@@ -112,3 +112,27 @@ scc_perfile_findings() {
           ]
         | sort_by( -.ccn, .file )'
 }
+
+# scc_keep_for_root <root>  → prints the path to a keep-set file scoped to <root>.
+#   The per-package measurement recover pass (#78 increment 2): the keep-set
+#   ($SCC_KEEP_JSON) is a JSON array of TARGET-relative first-party paths, so a
+#   sub-package's slice is just the entries under "<root>/". The scc-based
+#   measurement arms then re-aggregate the ONE cached --by-file walk per
+#   sub-package (reuse, never re-walk — same seam as scc_breakdown).
+#   "." (single package / declared-workspace root) returns the FULL keep-set
+#   path UNCHANGED → byte-identical to the pre-#78 single-package behaviour (the
+#   acceptance gate). Other roots cache the slice at $RAW_DIR/scc-keep.<ns>.json
+#   (path separators in <ns> flattened to '_' for a safe filename). A leading
+#   "./" on either side is normalised away, mirroring scc-aggregate.jq, so the
+#   slice is robust to the keep-set's prefix style. Needs $SCC_KEEP_JSON + $RAW_DIR.
+scc_keep_for_root() {
+    local root="$1"
+    if [ "$root" = "." ]; then
+        printf '%s' "$SCC_KEEP_JSON"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    local out="$RAW_DIR/scc-keep.${root//\//_}.json"
+    jq --arg p "${root#./}/" '[ .[] | select((sub("^\\./"; "")) | startswith($p)) ]' \
+        "$SCC_KEEP_JSON" > "$out" 2>/dev/null || printf '[]' > "$out"
+    printf '%s' "$out"
+}
diff --git a/test/scc-inventory.test.sh b/test/scc-inventory.test.sh
index c09e172..ef7aa09 100644
--- a/test/scc-inventory.test.sh
+++ b/test/scc-inventory.test.sh
@@ -174,6 +174,41 @@ assert_eq "stable under reorder" \
     "$(scc_concentration "$CONC_KEEP" 25 < "$CONC_BYFILE" | jq -S -c '.')" \
     "$(scc_concentration "$CONC_KEEP" 25 < "$TMP/conc-shuf.json" | jq -S -c '.')"
 
+echo ""
+echo "scc_keep_for_root: per-package slice of the keep-set (#78 increment 2)"
+RAW_DIR="$TMP"
+SCC_KEEP_JSON="$TMP/keep-slice.json"
+echo '["backend/src/a.go","backend/cmd/main.go","frontend/src/app.ts","./frontend/src/util.ts","top.md"]' > "$SCC_KEEP_JSON"
+
+# "." returns the SAME file path unchanged → the byte-identical single-package gate.
+assert_eq "root '.' returns the full keep-set path unchanged" "$SCC_KEEP_JSON" "$(scc_keep_for_root .)"
+
+BK=$(scc_keep_for_root backend)
+assert_eq "backend slice keeps only backend/ files" \
+    '["backend/src/a.go","backend/cmd/main.go"]' "$(jq -c '.' "$BK")"
+assert_eq "slice cached under RAW_DIR" "$TMP/scc-keep.backend.json" "$BK"
+
+# The "./"-prefixed entry is normalised before matching but preserved verbatim in
+# the slice (scc-aggregate.jq normalises Location at join time anyway).
+FE=$(scc_keep_for_root frontend)
+assert_eq "frontend slice keeps both (incl. ./-prefixed, verbatim)" \
+    '["frontend/src/app.ts","./frontend/src/util.ts"]' "$(jq -c '.' "$FE")"
+
+assert_eq "no-match root → empty array" '[]' "$(jq -c '.' "$(scc_keep_for_root nope)")"
+
+NESTED=$(scc_keep_for_root "packages/api")
+assert_eq "nested root flattens '/' to '_' in the filename" \
+    "$TMP/scc-keep.packages_api.json" "$NESTED"
+
+# Round-trip: a backend slice fed to scc_breakdown sums ONLY backend code.
+echo '[{"Name":"Go","Files":[
+  {"Location":"backend/src/a.go","Code":30,"Complexity":3,"Lines":40},
+  {"Location":"backend/cmd/main.go","Code":20,"Complexity":2,"Lines":25}]},
+ {"Name":"TypeScript","Files":[
+  {"Location":"frontend/src/app.ts","Code":99,"Complexity":9,"Lines":120}]}]' > "$TMP/slice-byfile.json"
+assert_eq "breakdown over backend slice sums only backend Go" "50" \
+    "$(scc_breakdown "$BK" < "$TMP/slice-byfile.json" | jq 'map(.Code)|add')"
+
 echo ""
 echo "Results: $PASS passed, $FAIL failed"
 [ "$FAIL" -eq 0 ]