diff --git a/.claude/preview-worktree.sh b/.claude/preview-worktree.sh
index 667782552..db3b7bd36 100755
--- a/.claude/preview-worktree.sh
+++ b/.claude/preview-worktree.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ set -e
 root="${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-$PWD}"
 cd "$root"
 
+# The main checkout is the source of the shared node_modules / .env.local. CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR is
+# the *current* checkout, which is the worktree itself when we're launched from one — so derive
+# the main checkout from git rather than assuming $root is it. (Assuming $root pointed the
+# symlinks below at a worktree's own node_modules → a self-referential link → ELOOP on start.)
+main_checkout="$(cd "$(dirname "$(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)")" && pwd)"
+
 # Read the target worktree from .claude/preview-cwd (repo-relative). `read` trims surrounding
 # whitespace and tolerates a missing trailing newline; fall back to the main checkout when the
 # file is absent or empty.
@@ -35,13 +41,47 @@ fi
 # Guard with both -e and -L so an existing real dir/file AND a dangling symlink are left alone
 # (a broken symlink passes -e but `ln -s` over it would fail with "File exists").
 if [ ! -e node_modules ] && [ ! -L node_modules ]; then
-	ln -s "$root/node_modules" node_modules
+	ln -s "$main_checkout/node_modules" node_modules
 	echo "[preview] Symlinked node_modules from the main checkout." >&2
 fi
-if [ ! -e .env.local ] && [ ! -L .env.local ] && [ -f "$root/.env.local" ]; then
-	ln -s "$root/.env.local" .env.local
+if [ ! -e .env.local ] && [ ! -L .env.local ] && [ -f "$main_checkout/.env.local" ]; then
+	ln -s "$main_checkout/.env.local" .env.local
 	echo "[preview] Symlinked .env.local from the main checkout." >&2
 fi
 
+# The preview launcher may inherit an older default Node than pnpm 11 needs (>=22.13). Prefer the
+# repo's pinned .nvmrc version; otherwise fall back to the newest installed nvm node >=22.
+current_major="$(node -v 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^v//; s/\..*//')"
+if [ -z "$current_major" ] || [ "$current_major" -lt 22 ]; then
+	want=""
+	[ -f "$root/.nvmrc" ] && want="$(tr -d '[:space:]' < "$root/.nvmrc")"
+	want="${want#v}" # .nvmrc may write the version with or without a leading `v`.
+	adjusted=""
+	if [ -n "$want" ] && [ -d "$HOME/.nvm/versions/node/v${want}/bin" ]; then
+		PATH="$HOME/.nvm/versions/node/v${want}/bin:$PATH"
+		adjusted=1
+	elif [ -d "$HOME/.nvm/versions/node" ]; then
+		# Newest installed >=22. Portable numeric sort (descending) instead of `sort -V`, which is a
+		# GNU/newer-BSD extension missing from older `sort` (e.g. stock macOS).
+		for v in $(ls -1 "$HOME/.nvm/versions/node" | sed 's/^v//' | sort -t. -k1,1rn -k2,2rn -k3,3rn); do
+			if [ "${v%%.*}" -ge 22 ]; then
+				PATH="$HOME/.nvm/versions/node/v$v/bin:$PATH"
+				adjusted=1
+				break
+			fi
+		done
+	fi
+	# Only claim an adjustment when PATH actually changed; otherwise warn (pnpm will likely fail).
+	if [ -n "$adjusted" ]; then
+		export PATH
+		echo "[preview] Adjusted PATH to Node $(node -v 2>/dev/null) for pnpm." >&2
+	else
+		echo "[preview] Warning: Node $(node -v 2>/dev/null) is older than pnpm 11 needs (>=22.13) and no nvm Node >=22 was found — pnpm may fail." >&2
+	fi
+fi
+
 echo "[preview] Serving $(pwd) on port 5173" >&2
-exec pnpm run dev
+# node_modules is symlinked from the main checkout; skip pnpm's pre-run deps check so it can't
+# try to reinstall/purge it (the workspace state won't match, and a purge would mutate the
+# shared checkout). We just want to run the dev script against the already-installed modules.
+exec pnpm --config.verify-deps-before-run=false run dev