diff --git a/crates/rpg-nav/src/planner.rs b/crates/rpg-nav/src/planner.rs
index 46f1293..2b13769 100644
--- a/crates/rpg-nav/src/planner.rs
+++ b/crates/rpg-nav/src/planner.rs
@@ -410,6 +410,39 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_plan_root_scope_matches_unscoped_search() {
+        let graph = build_test_graph();
+        let unscoped = plan_change(
+            &graph,
+            &PlanChangeRequest {
+                goal: "server",
+                scope: None,
+                max_entities: 10,
+            },
+            None,
+        );
+        let root_scoped = plan_change(
+            &graph,
+            &PlanChangeRequest {
+                goal: "server",
+                scope: Some("."),
+                max_entities: 10,
+            },
+            None,
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            root_scoped.relevant_entities.len(),
+            unscoped.relevant_entities.len(),
+            "root scope should search the full graph"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            root_scoped.modification_order, unscoped.modification_order,
+            "root scope should preserve planning results"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_plan_dependency_ordering() {
         let graph = build_test_graph();
diff --git a/crates/rpg-nav/src/search.rs b/crates/rpg-nav/src/search.rs
index c785deb..2178deb 100644
--- a/crates/rpg-nav/src/search.rs
+++ b/crates/rpg-nav/src/search.rs
@@ -562,11 +562,21 @@ fn maybe_hybrid_rerank(
 /// Collect entities from one or more hierarchy scopes.
 /// Supports comma-separated scopes per paper's `search_scopes` (list of paths).
 fn collect_scoped_entities(graph: &RPGraph, scope: &str) -> Vec<String> {
+    if matches!(scope.trim(), "" | ".") {
+        return graph.entities.keys().cloned().collect();
+    }
+
     let scopes: Vec<&str> = scope.split(',').map(|s| s.trim()).collect();
     let mut all_ids: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
     let mut seen: HashSet<String> = HashSet::new();
 
     for single_scope in scopes {
+        if single_scope == "." {
+            return graph.entities.keys().cloned().collect();
+        }
+        if single_scope.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
         for id in collect_single_scope(graph, single_scope) {
             if seen.insert(id.clone()) {
                 all_ids.push(id);
diff --git a/crates/rpg-nav/tests/search.rs b/crates/rpg-nav/tests/search.rs
index bb00431..60d110b 100644
--- a/crates/rpg-nav/tests/search.rs
+++ b/crates/rpg-nav/tests/search.rs
@@ -360,6 +360,54 @@ fn test_multi_scope_with_invalid_segment() {
     assert_eq!(results[0].entity_name, "validate_token");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_root_scope_matches_unscoped_search() {
+    let graph = make_graph();
+    let unscoped = search(&graph, "authentication", SearchMode::Features, None, 10);
+    let root_scoped = search(
+        &graph,
+        "authentication",
+        SearchMode::Features,
+        Some("."),
+        10,
+    );
+
+    let unscoped_ids: Vec<&str> = unscoped.iter().map(|r| r.entity_id.as_str()).collect();
+    let root_ids: Vec<&str> = root_scoped.iter().map(|r| r.entity_id.as_str()).collect();
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        root_ids, unscoped_ids,
+        "root scope should match unscoped search"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_multi_scope_with_empty_segment_does_not_widen() {
+    let graph = make_graph();
+    let scoped = search(
+        &graph,
+        "authentication",
+        SearchMode::Features,
+        Some("Security/auth/token,"),
+        10,
+    );
+    let expected = search(
+        &graph,
+        "authentication",
+        SearchMode::Features,
+        Some("Security/auth/token"),
+        10,
+    );
+
+    let scoped_ids: Vec<&str> = scoped.iter().map(|r| r.entity_id.as_str()).collect();
+    let expected_ids: Vec<&str> = expected.iter().map(|r| r.entity_id.as_str()).collect();
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        scoped_ids, expected_ids,
+        "empty scope segments should be ignored, not widen to the full graph"
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_multi_scope_dedup_overlapping() {
     let graph = make_graph();