diff --git a/.changeset/10393-retire-bare-map-key.md b/.changeset/10393-retire-bare-map-key.md
index a8488f7b07..5bbdb87ba5 100644
--- a/.changeset/10393-retire-bare-map-key.md
+++ b/.changeset/10393-retire-bare-map-key.md
@@ -41,11 +41,29 @@ should be migrated there.
 - `@object-ui/core`: `recordSourceDataArmForType` no longer lists the `map` and
   `view:map` rows, since no block is registered under either key.
 - `@object-ui/cli`: the generated known-type list that `objectui check` reads no
-  longer contains bare `map`, so the check now flags it. ⚠️ `view:map` stays on
+  longer contains bare `map`, so the check now reports `map` as an unknown
+  schema type in a file it recognises. ⚠️ `view:map` stays on
   that list, because the opt-in protocol placeholder (`registerPlaceholders()`
   in `@object-ui/components`) registers it — in the console a `view:map` node
-  renders that placeholder panel, not a map, and `objectui check` does not flag
-  it. Search documents for `view:map` directly.
+  renders that placeholder panel, not a map, and `objectui check` does not report
+  it as an unknown schema type in a file it recognises. A bare
+  `{ "type": "view:map" }` with no structural key is listed in `check`'s advisory
+  did-not-validate list instead, because `view:map` is on the known-type list and
+  `AnyComponentSchema` has no arm for it; that line does not say the node renders
+  a placeholder. Search documents for `view:map` directly.
+
+⚠️ **Dated note, 2026-09-25 — `objectui check` flags `map` only in a file it
+recognises — objectui#10606.** This entry first said, unscoped, that the check now
+flags bare `map`. `check` checks the `type` of each file it recognises, and a file
+whose root carries an ObjectUI structural key (`children`, `className`, `body`, …)
+is recognised by that key alone. A file with none of those keys is parsed against
+the schema and recognised only if it validates; one that does not validate is
+listed by name when its root `type` is on that known-type list, and is otherwise
+counted as skipped. `map` is no longer on it, so `{ "type": "map" }` is
+counted as skipped ("no ObjectUI recogniser admitted") and gets no unknown-type
+line, while `{ "type": "map", "className": "h-64" }` gets one. `check` exits
+non-zero on unreadable JSON only; the verdict is `objectui validate`'s: it refuses
+`{ "type": "map" }` at `type` (`invalid_union`) and exits non-zero.
 
 The `@object-ui/plugin-map` README now describes one registered type, and its
 sentence claiming a bare array under `data` reaches the in-memory adapter is
diff --git a/.changeset/8760-unfulfilled-chart-stubs.md b/.changeset/8760-unfulfilled-chart-stubs.md
index 9baccf564a..6ba98f93e6 100644
--- a/.changeset/8760-unfulfilled-chart-stubs.md
+++ b/.changeset/8760-unfulfilled-chart-stubs.md
@@ -45,13 +45,25 @@ implementation to match it.
 
 **Breaking, for anyone who authored a retired key.** A document with
 `{ "type": "line-chart" }` used to resolve in the registry and then draw nothing; it is
-now refused by name — `objectui check` reports `Unknown schema type "line-chart"`, and
-`SchemaRenderer` paints the `OBJUI-001` panel instead of an endless skeleton. That is a
+now refused by name — `SchemaRenderer` paints the `OBJUI-001` panel instead of an endless
+skeleton. `objectui validate` refuses the document at `type` (`invalid_union`). That is a
 louder failure for the same broken document, not a new one: no document that previously
 DREW is affected. Migrate to `{ "type": "chart", "chartType": "line" | "area" }`, which
 `CHART_TYPE_KEYWORD_FAMILIES` resolves. Scored `minor`, not `major`, per
 AGENTS.md §版本号策略.
 
+⚠️ **Dated note, 2026-09-25 — `objectui check` warns only in a file it recognises —
+objectui#10606.** This entry first said `objectui check` reports `Unknown schema type
+"line-chart"` for that document. `check` checks the `type` of each file it recognises, and a
+file whose root carries an ObjectUI structural key (`children`, `className`, `body`, …) is
+recognised by that key alone. A file with none of those keys is parsed against the schema
+and recognised only if it validates; one that does not validate is listed by name when its
+root `type` is on the known-type list `check` reads, and is otherwise counted as skipped.
+`line-chart` is no longer on that list, so `{ "type": "line-chart" }` is counted as skipped
+("no ObjectUI recogniser admitted") and gets no unknown-type line, while
+`{ "type": "line-chart", "className": "h-64" }` gets one. `check` exits non-zero on
+unreadable JSON only; the verdict is `objectui validate`'s.
+
 **What moved.** The stub lists in `apps/console/src/register-plugins.ts` and
 `apps/console/src/preview-gallery.tsx` (both loops, because the doc gate's key universe is
 their union — retiring one alone would have changed nothing observable); the dashboard doc
diff --git a/.changeset/9533-dashboard-bare-key-converge-plugin-namespace.md b/.changeset/9533-dashboard-bare-key-converge-plugin-namespace.md
index 7a62fbebff..209824d3c9 100644
--- a/.changeset/9533-dashboard-bare-key-converge-plugin-namespace.md
+++ b/.changeset/9533-dashboard-bare-key-converge-plugin-namespace.md
@@ -8,9 +8,25 @@ Converge the bare `dashboard` key on `plugin-dashboard`, and retire
 
 **Breaking for authored metadata.** `{ "type": "view:dashboard" }` no longer
 renders a dashboard. It now resolves to a refusal that names the spelling and
-names its replacement, and `objectui check` reports it as an unknown schema
-type. `{ "type": "dashboard" }` and `{ "type": "plugin-dashboard:dashboard" }`
-both render `DashboardRenderer`, unchanged and newly-working respectively.
+names its replacement. `objectui validate` refuses the document at `type`
+(`invalid_union`). `{ "type": "dashboard" }` and
+`{ "type": "plugin-dashboard:dashboard" }` both render `DashboardRenderer`,
+unchanged and newly-working respectively.
+
+⚠️ **Dated note, 2026-09-25 — `objectui check` names the spelling only in a
+file it recognises — objectui#10606.** This entry first said `objectui check`
+reports `{ "type": "view:dashboard" }` as an unknown schema type, and **What
+changed** below said, unscoped, that `check` names the spelling. `check` checks
+the `type` of each file it recognises, and a file whose root carries an ObjectUI
+structural key (`children`, `className`, `body`, …) is recognised by that key
+alone. A file with none of those keys is parsed against the schema and
+recognised only if it validates; one that does not validate is listed by name
+when its root `type` is on the known-type list `check` reads, and is otherwise
+counted as skipped. `view:dashboard` is withheld from that list, so the document
+above is counted as skipped ("no ObjectUI recogniser admitted") and gets no
+unknown-type line, while `{ "type": "view:dashboard", "className": "h-64" }` gets one.
+`check` exits non-zero on unreadable JSON only; the verdict is
+`objectui validate`'s.
 
 **What was wrong.** `apps/console` declares the lazy stub for bare `dashboard`
 under `plugin-dashboard` — twice, in `preview-gallery.tsx` and
@@ -44,9 +60,9 @@ key name ONE full type. The retired `view:dashboard` key answers
 carrying the same text — registered with `skipFallback: true` so it claims no
 bare key. Its spelling is withheld from the derived key universe by declaration
 in `scripts/check-doc-component-types.mjs`, the same disposition the
-`RETIRED_FIELD_TYPES` tombstones take, so `objectui check` names it rather than
-blessing it; `packages/cli/src/utils/known-schema-types.ts` regenerates and loses
-that one entry.
+`RETIRED_FIELD_TYPES` tombstones take, so `objectui check` names it in a file it
+recognises rather than blessing it; `packages/cli/src/utils/known-schema-types.ts`
+regenerates and loses that one entry.
 
 **Also published: four new symbols on the package entry.** `src/index.tsx`
 re-exports `RETIRED_DASHBOARD_NODE_TYPES`, `RetiredDashboardNodeTombstone`,