diff --git a/javascript/packages/linter/src/cli.ts b/javascript/packages/linter/src/cli.ts
index cf01d4237..e8c06f2b6 100644
--- a/javascript/packages/linter/src/cli.ts
+++ b/javascript/packages/linter/src/cli.ts
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ export class CLI {
     }
   }
 
-  protected adjustPattern(pattern: string | undefined, configGlobPattern: string): string {
+  protected adjustPattern(pattern: string | undefined, configGlobPatterns: string[]): string {
     if (!pattern) {
-      return configGlobPattern
+      return configGlobPatterns.length === 1 ? configGlobPatterns[0] : `{${configGlobPatterns.join(',')}}`
     }
 
     const resolvedPattern = resolve(pattern)
@@ -77,7 +77,15 @@ export class CLI {
       const stats = statSync(resolvedPattern)
 
       if (stats.isDirectory()) {
-        return configGlobPattern
+        const relativeDir = relative(this.projectPath, resolvedPattern)
+
+        if (relativeDir) {
+          const scopedPatterns = configGlobPatterns.map(pattern => `${relativeDir}/${pattern}`)
+
+          return scopedPatterns.length === 1 ? scopedPatterns[0] : `{${scopedPatterns.join(',')}}`
+        }
+
+        return configGlobPatterns.length === 1 ? configGlobPatterns[0] : `{${configGlobPatterns.join(',')}}`
       } else if (stats.isFile()) {
         return relative(this.projectPath, resolvedPattern)
       }
@@ -96,10 +104,11 @@ export class CLI {
     }
 
     const filesConfig = config.getFilesConfigForTool('linter')
-    const configGlobPattern = filesConfig.include && filesConfig.include.length > 0
-      ? (filesConfig.include.length === 1 ? filesConfig.include[0] : `{${filesConfig.include.join(',')}}`)
-      : '**/*.html.erb'
-    const adjustedPattern = this.adjustPattern(pattern, configGlobPattern)
+    const configGlobPatterns = filesConfig.include && filesConfig.include.length > 0
+      ? filesConfig.include
+      : ['**/*.html.erb']
+
+    const adjustedPattern = this.adjustPattern(pattern, configGlobPatterns)
 
     let files = await glob(adjustedPattern, {
       cwd: this.projectPath,
diff --git a/javascript/packages/linter/src/custom-rule-loader.ts b/javascript/packages/linter/src/custom-rule-loader.ts
index 182da84e9..8b2f92ce8 100644
--- a/javascript/packages/linter/src/custom-rule-loader.ts
+++ b/javascript/packages/linter/src/custom-rule-loader.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { pathToFileURL } from "url"
-import { glob } from "glob"
+import { glob } from "tinyglobby"
 
 import type { RuleClass } from "./types.js"
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export class CustomRuleLoader {
         const files = await glob(pattern, {
           cwd: this.baseDir,
           absolute: true,
-          nodir: true
+          onlyFiles: true
         })
 
         allFiles.push(...files)
diff --git a/javascript/packages/linter/test/cli.test.ts b/javascript/packages/linter/test/cli.test.ts
index b06e70ccf..91a9c2338 100644
--- a/javascript/packages/linter/test/cli.test.ts
+++ b/javascript/packages/linter/test/cli.test.ts
@@ -528,6 +528,90 @@ describe("CLI Output Formatting", () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe("Directory Scoping (issue #1045)", () => {
+    const { mkdirSync, writeFileSync, rmSync, existsSync } = require("fs")
+    const { join } = require("path")
+    const tempDir = "test/fixtures/directory-scoping-test"
+
+    function runLinterFromPath(filePath: string): { output: string, exitCode: number } {
+      try {
+        const { execSync } = require("child_process")
+
+        const output = execSync(`bin/herb-lint ${filePath} --no-timing 2>&1`, {
+          encoding: "utf-8",
+          env: { ...process.env, NO_COLOR: "1", FORCE_COLOR: undefined, GITHUB_ACTIONS: undefined }
+        })
+
+        return { output: output.trim(), exitCode: 0 }
+      } catch (error: any) {
+        const stderr = error.stderr ? error.stderr.toString().trim() : ""
+        const stdout = error.stdout ? error.stdout.toString().trim() : ""
+        const combined = (stdout + "\n" + stderr).trim()
+
+        return { output: combined || stderr || stdout, exitCode: error.status }
+      }
+    }
+
+    test("only processes files within the specified directory", () => {
+      try {
+        // Create directory structure:
+        // tempDir/
+        //   .herb.yml
+        //   public/
+        //     file.html.erb (should NOT be processed)
+        //   app/
+        //     views/
+        //       file.html.erb (should be processed)
+        mkdirSync(join(tempDir, "public"), { recursive: true })
+        mkdirSync(join(tempDir, "app/views"), { recursive: true })
+
+        writeFileSync(join(tempDir, ".herb.yml"), dedent`
+          version: 0.8.7
+          linter:
+            enabled: true
+        `)
+
+        writeFileSync(join(tempDir, "public/file.html.erb"), `<img src="test.png" alt="test">\n`)
+        writeFileSync(join(tempDir, "app/views/file.html.erb"), `<div>clean file</div>\n`)
+
+        const { output, exitCode } = runLinterFromPath(join(tempDir, "app/views"))
+
+        expect(output).toContain("Checked      1 file")
+        expect(output).not.toContain("public/file.html.erb")
+        expect(exitCode).toBe(0)
+      } finally {
+        if (existsSync(tempDir)) {
+          rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    test("processes all files when run from project root", () => {
+      try {
+        mkdirSync(join(tempDir, "public"), { recursive: true })
+        mkdirSync(join(tempDir, "app/views"), { recursive: true })
+
+        writeFileSync(join(tempDir, ".herb.yml"), dedent`
+          version: 0.8.7
+          linter:
+            enabled: true
+        `)
+
+        writeFileSync(join(tempDir, "public/file.html.erb"), `<div>public file</div>\n`)
+        writeFileSync(join(tempDir, "app/views/file.html.erb"), `<div>views file</div>\n`)
+
+        const { output, exitCode } = runLinterFromPath(tempDir)
+
+        expect(output).toContain("Checked      2 files")
+        expect(exitCode).toBe(0)
+      } finally {
+        if (existsSync(tempDir)) {
+          rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+        }
+      }
+    })
+  })
+
   describe("Custom Rules from Project Root (issue #908)", () => {
     const { mkdirSync, writeFileSync, rmSync, existsSync } = require("fs")
     const { join } = require("path")