diff --git a/src/signals/local-branch.ts b/src/signals/local-branch.ts
index ffa32caebd..0f7c5bc0a5 100644
--- a/src/signals/local-branch.ts
+++ b/src/signals/local-branch.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { deriveEligibilityPlan } from "../services/eligibility-plan";
 import { scenarioInputFromLocalBranchMetadata } from "../scenarios/input-model";
 import { renderPublicScenarioSummary, type PublicScenarioSummary, type ScenarioSummaryInput } from "../scenarios/scenario-summary";
 import { simulateOpenPrPressure } from "../services/open-pr-pressure-scenarios";
+import { isTestPath } from "./test-evidence";
 
 export type LocalBranchChangedFile = {
   path: string;
@@ -1235,13 +1236,8 @@ function safeRepoPath(path: string): string {
 }
 
 export function isTestFile(file: string): boolean {
-  return (
-    /(^|\/)(test|tests|spec|__tests__)\//i.test(file) ||
-    /(^|\/)src\/test\//i.test(file) ||
-    /(^|\/)[^/]+_test\.(go|py|rb)$/i.test(file) ||
-    /(^|\/)[^/]+_spec\.rb$/i.test(file) ||
-    /\.(test|spec)\.(ts|tsx|js|jsx|py|rb|rs)$/i.test(file)
-  );
+  // Keep local scoring aligned with slop/test-evidence matchers (#561 / #1046).
+  return isTestPath(file);
 }
 
 export function isCodeFile(file: string): boolean {
diff --git a/test/unit/local-branch-file-classifiers.test.ts b/test/unit/local-branch-file-classifiers.test.ts
index 310ed41239..45c0589aa1 100644
--- a/test/unit/local-branch-file-classifiers.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/local-branch-file-classifiers.test.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ describe("isTestFile", () => {
       expect(isTestFile(path)).toBe(false);
     }
   });
+
+  it("delegates to test-evidence isTestPath so matchers stay in sync", () => {
+    expect(isTestFile("tests/integration/api.test.ts")).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("isCodeFile", () => {