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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Verify only packages touched by current branch changes.
+# Usage:
+#   ./scripts/verify-changed.sh             # local unstaged/staged/untracked changes
+# Options:
+#   SKIP_TESTS=1 ./scripts/verify-changed.sh   # run validate only
+
+ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+
+cd "$ROOT_DIR"
+
+ensure_node_version() {
+  # Best-effort: align shell Node with repo .nvmrc to avoid rush/pnpm engine issues.
+  if [[ -f ".nvmrc" ]] && command -v nvm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    local required
+    required="$(tr -d '[:space:]' < .nvmrc)"
+    if [[ -n "$required" ]]; then
+      echo "Switching Node via nvm: $required"
+      # shellcheck disable=SC1090
+      nvm use "$required" >/dev/null
+      echo "Using Node $(node -v)"
+    fi
+  elif [[ -f ".nvmrc" ]]; then
+    echo "Note: .nvmrc found but 'nvm' is unavailable in this shell."
+    echo "      Consider running: nvm use"
+  fi
+}
+
+run_rush() {
+  if command -v rush >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    rush "$@"
+  else
+    node common/scripts/install-run-rush.js "$@"
+  fi
+}
+
+run_validate_with_transient_retry() {
+  local pkg="$1"
+  local out_file
+  out_file="$(mktemp)"
+
+  if run_rush validate -t "$pkg" 2>&1 | tee "$out_file"; then
+    rm -f "$out_file"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  # When workspace package declarations are stale, TS can fail with missing module declarations.
+  # Do one targeted rebuild and retry validate once.
+  if rg -n "Cannot find module '@hcengineering/|or its corresponding type declarations" "$out_file" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Detected likely transient workspace declaration error. Rebuilding $pkg and retrying validate once..."
+    run_rush rebuild -t "$pkg"
+    run_rush validate -t "$pkg"
+    rm -f "$out_file"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  rm -f "$out_file"
+  return 1
+}
+
+ensure_node_version
+
+mapfile -t CHANGED_FILES < <(
+  {
+    git diff --name-only
+    git diff --name-only --cached
+    git ls-files --others --exclude-standard
+  } | awk 'NF' | sort -u
+)
+
+if [[ ${#CHANGED_FILES[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+  echo "No local changed files."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+declare -A PKG_DIRS=()
+
+for file in "${CHANGED_FILES[@]}"; do
+  [[ "$file" == *"/node_modules/"* ]] && continue
+  [[ "$file" == common/temp/* ]] && continue
+  [[ ! -e "$file" ]] && continue
+
+  dir="$file"
+  [[ -f "$dir" ]] && dir="$(dirname "$dir")"
+
+  while [[ "$dir" != "." && "$dir" != "/" ]]; do
+    if [[ -f "$dir/package.json" ]]; then
+      PKG_DIRS["$dir"]=1
+      break
+    fi
+    dir="$(dirname "$dir")"
+  done
+done
+
+if [[ ${#PKG_DIRS[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+  echo "No changed Rush package directories detected."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Detected changed package directories:"
+for d in "${!PKG_DIRS[@]}"; do
+  echo "  - $d"
+done
+
+echo
+echo "Resolving package names..."
+PACKAGE_NAMES=()
+for d in "${!PKG_DIRS[@]}"; do
+  name="$(node -e "const p=require('./${d}/package.json'); process.stdout.write(p.name || '')")"
+  if [[ -n "$name" ]]; then
+    PACKAGE_NAMES+=("$name")
+  fi
+done
+
+if [[ ${#PACKAGE_NAMES[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+  echo "No package names resolved from changed directories."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Running targeted validate/test per package:"
+for name in "${PACKAGE_NAMES[@]}"; do
+  echo
+  echo "==> $name :: validate"
+  run_validate_with_transient_retry "$name"
+  if [[ "${SKIP_TESTS:-0}" != "1" ]]; then
+    echo "==> $name :: test"
+    run_rush test -t "$name"
+  fi
+done
+
+echo
+echo "Done."
+