diff --git a/scripts/check_repo.py b/scripts/check_repo.py
index f1ece8f45..ebf2c86df 100644
--- a/scripts/check_repo.py
+++ b/scripts/check_repo.py
@@ -177,9 +177,25 @@ def check_trust_roots(root: Path) -> list[str]:
     return failures
 
 
+def router_bindings(tree: ast.AST) -> set[str]:
+    # ponytail: literal `name = APIRouter(...)` only; add alias tracking when routers get re-bound.
+    names: set[str] = set()
+    for node in ast.walk(tree):
+        if not isinstance(node, ast.Assign) or not isinstance(node.value, ast.Call):
+            continue
+        callee = node.value.func
+        called = callee.attr if isinstance(callee, ast.Attribute) else getattr(callee, "id", None)
+        if called != "APIRouter":
+            continue
+        names.update(target.id for target in node.targets if isinstance(target, ast.Name))
+    return names
+
+
 def declared_routes(source: str) -> set[tuple[str, str]]:
     routes = set()
-    for function in ast.walk(ast.parse(source)):
+    tree = ast.parse(source)
+    routers = router_bindings(tree)
+    for function in ast.walk(tree):
         if not isinstance(function, ast.FunctionDef | ast.AsyncFunctionDef):
             continue
         for node in function.decorator_list:
@@ -187,12 +203,20 @@ def declared_routes(source: str) -> set[tuple[str, str]]:
                 continue
             if node.func.attr not in {"get", "post", "put", "patch", "delete", "head", "options"}:
                 continue
-            if (
-                node.args
-                and isinstance(node.args[0], ast.Constant)
-                and isinstance(node.args[0].value, str)
+            # Named paths need a receiver bound to APIRouter(); positional receivers stay unchecked.
+            if not node.args and not (
+                isinstance(node.func.value, ast.Name) and node.func.value.id in routers
             ):
-                routes.add((node.func.attr, node.args[0].value))
+                continue
+            path = (
+                node.args[0]
+                if node.args
+                else next(
+                    (keyword.value for keyword in node.keywords if keyword.arg == "path"), None
+                )
+            )
+            if isinstance(path, ast.Constant) and isinstance(path.value, str):
+                routes.add((node.func.attr, path.value))
     return routes
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_repo_contract.py b/tests/test_repo_contract.py
index d861e0e96..ca759cd1b 100644
--- a/tests/test_repo_contract.py
+++ b/tests/test_repo_contract.py
@@ -72,13 +72,47 @@ def test_proportional_trust_template_requires_new_owner_version(tmp_path, versio
     assert (CHECK["check_trust_roots"](tmp_path) == []) is accepted
 
 
-def test_public_api_must_be_an_actual_route_not_a_comment_or_mapping_access():
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("method", ["get", "post"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("path_argument", ['"/v1/status"', 'path="/v1/status"'])
+def test_public_api_must_be_an_actual_route_not_a_comment_or_mapping_access(method, path_argument):
     source = (
+        "from fastapi import APIRouter\n"
+        "router = APIRouter()\n"
         '# @router.post("/v1/submissions")\n'
         'mapping.get("/v1/proof/topics")\n'
-        '@router.get("/v1/status")\nasync def status(): return {}\n'
+        f"@router.{method}({path_argument})\nasync def status(): return {{}}\n"
     )
-    assert CHECK["declared_routes"](source) == {("get", "/v1/status")}
+    assert CHECK["declared_routes"](source) == {(method, "/v1/status")}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("method", ["get", "post"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "receiver,assignment,named_credited",
+    [
+        ("router", "router = APIRouter()", True),
+        ("router_status", "router_status = APIRouter(prefix='/v1')", True),
+        ("api", "api = fastapi.APIRouter()", True),
+        ("router", "router = object()", False),
+        ("router_fake", "router_fake = object()", False),
+        ("other", "other = object()", False),
+        ("mapping", "mapping = {}", False),
+        ("routerlike", "routerlike = object()", False),
+        ("holder.router", "", False),
+    ],
+)
+def test_named_routes_require_apirouter_bindings_but_positional_receivers_stay_compatible(
+    method, receiver, assignment, named_credited
+):
+    source = (
+        "import fastapi\nfrom fastapi import APIRouter\n"
+        f"{assignment}\n"
+        f'@{receiver}.{method}("/v1/positional")\nasync def positional(): return {{}}\n'
+        f'@{receiver}.{method}(path="/v1/named")\nasync def named(): return {{}}\n'
+    )
+    expected = {(method, "/v1/positional")}
+    if named_credited:
+        expected.add((method, "/v1/named"))
+    assert CHECK["declared_routes"](source) == expected
 
 
 def test_miner_contract_detects_removed_route_and_undocumented_nonce(tmp_path):