diff --git a/.github/shared/src/changed-files.js b/.github/shared/src/changed-files.js
index cab93e7e2199..5641a95e64ed 100644
--- a/.github/shared/src/changed-files.js
+++ b/.github/shared/src/changed-files.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import debug from "debug";
 import { simpleGit } from "simple-git";
+import { includesFolder } from "./path.js";
 
 // Enable simple-git debug logging to improve console output
 debug.enable("simple-git");
@@ -12,17 +13,23 @@ debug.enable("simple-git");
  * @param {string} [options.cwd] Current working directory.  Default: process.cwd().
  * @param {string} [options.headCommitish] Default: "HEAD".
  * @param {import('./logger.js').ILogger} [options.logger]
- * @returns {Promise<string[]>} List of changed files, using posix paths, relative to options.cwd. Example: ["specification/foo/Microsoft.Foo/main.tsp"].
+ * @param {string[]} [options.paths] Limits the diff to the named paths.  If not set, includes all paths in repo.  Default: []
+ * @returns {Promise<string[]>} List of changed files, using posix paths, relative to repo root. Example: ["specification/foo/Microsoft.Foo/main.tsp"].
  */
 export async function getChangedFiles(options = {}) {
-  const { baseCommitish = "HEAD^", cwd, headCommitish = "HEAD", logger } = options;
+  const { baseCommitish = "HEAD^", cwd, headCommitish = "HEAD", logger, paths = [] } = options;
+
+  if (paths.length > 0) {
+    // Use "--" to separate paths from revisions
+    paths.unshift("--");
+  }
 
   // TODO: If we need to filter based on status, instead of passing an argument to `--diff-filter,
   // consider using "--name-status" instead of "--name-only", and return an array of objects like
   // { name: "/foo/baz.js", status: Status.Renamed, previousName: "/foo/bar.js"}.
   // Then add filter functions to filter based on status.  This is more flexible and lets consumers
   // filter based on status with a single call to `git diff`.
-  const result = await simpleGit(cwd).diff(["--name-only", baseCommitish, headCommitish]);
+  const result = await simpleGit(cwd).diff(["--name-only", baseCommitish, headCommitish, ...paths]);
 
   const files = result.trim().split("\n");
 
@@ -41,11 +48,23 @@ export async function getChangedFiles(options = {}) {
  * @param {string} [options.cwd] Current working directory.  Default: process.cwd().
  * @param {string} [options.headCommitish] Default: "HEAD".
  * @param {import('./logger.js').ILogger} [options.logger]
+ * @param {string[]} [options.paths] Limits the diff to the named paths.  If not set, includes all paths in repo.  Default: []
  * @returns {Promise<{additions: string[], modifications: string[], deletions: string[], renames: {from: string, to: string}[], total: number}>}
  */
 export async function getChangedFilesStatuses(options = {}) {
-  const { baseCommitish = "HEAD^", cwd, headCommitish = "HEAD", logger } = options;
-  const result = await simpleGit(cwd).diff(["--name-status", baseCommitish, headCommitish]);
+  const { baseCommitish = "HEAD^", cwd, headCommitish = "HEAD", logger, paths = [] } = options;
+
+  if (paths.length > 0) {
+    // Use "--" to separate paths from revisions
+    paths.unshift("--");
+  }
+
+  const result = await simpleGit(cwd).diff([
+    "--name-status",
+    baseCommitish,
+    headCommitish,
+    ...paths,
+  ]);
 
   const categorizedFiles = {
     additions: /** @type {string[]} */ ([]),
@@ -133,6 +152,7 @@ export async function getChangedFilesStatuses(options = {}) {
 }
 
 // Functions suitable for passing to string[].filter(), ordered roughly in order of increasing specificity
+// Functions accept both relative and absolute paths, since paths are resolve()'d before searching (when needed)
 
 /**
  * @param {string} [file]
@@ -152,22 +172,13 @@ export function readme(file) {
   return typeof file === "string" && file.toLowerCase().endsWith("readme.md");
 }
 
-/**
- * @param {string} [file]
- * @returns {boolean}
- */
-export function specification(file) {
-  // Folder name "specification" should match case, since it already exists in repo
-  return typeof file === "string" && file.startsWith("specification/");
-}
-
 /**
  * @param {string} [file]
  * @returns {boolean}
  */
 export function dataPlane(file) {
   // Folder name "data-plane" should match case for consistency across specs
-  return typeof file === "string" && specification(file) && file.includes("/data-plane/");
+  return typeof file === "string" && includesFolder(file, "data-plane");
 }
 
 /**
@@ -176,7 +187,7 @@ export function dataPlane(file) {
  */
 export function resourceManager(file) {
   // Folder name "resource-manager" should match case for consistency across specs
-  return typeof file === "string" && specification(file) && file.includes("/resource-manager/");
+  return typeof file === "string" && includesFolder(file, "resource-manager");
 }
 
 /**
@@ -185,9 +196,7 @@ export function resourceManager(file) {
  */
 export function example(file) {
   // Folder name "examples" should match case for consistency across specs
-  return (
-    typeof file === "string" && json(file) && specification(file) && file.includes("/examples/")
-  );
+  return typeof file === "string" && json(file) && includesFolder(file, "examples");
 }
 
 /**
@@ -197,8 +206,7 @@ export function example(file) {
 export function typespec(file) {
   return (
     typeof file === "string" &&
-    (file.toLowerCase().endsWith(".tsp") || file.toLowerCase().endsWith("tspconfig.yaml")) &&
-    specification(file)
+    (file.toLowerCase().endsWith(".tsp") || file.toLowerCase().endsWith("tspconfig.yaml"))
   );
 }
 
@@ -221,7 +229,5 @@ export function swagger(file) {
  * @returns {boolean}
  */
 export function scenario(file) {
-  return (
-    typeof file === "string" && json(file) && specification(file) && file.includes("/scenarios/")
-  );
+  return typeof file === "string" && json(file) && includesFolder(file, "scenarios");
 }
diff --git a/.github/shared/src/swagger.js b/.github/shared/src/swagger.js
index 8532c6cd9787..0e204c4a613a 100644
--- a/.github/shared/src/swagger.js
+++ b/.github/shared/src/swagger.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import $RefParser, { ResolverError } from "@apidevtools/json-schema-ref-parser";
 import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
 import { dirname, relative, resolve } from "path";
 import { mapAsync } from "./array.js";
-import { includesFolder } from "./path.js";
+import { example } from "./changed-files.js";
 import { SpecModelError } from "./spec-model-error.js";
 
 /**
@@ -222,26 +222,6 @@ export class Swagger {
   }
 }
 
-// TODO: Remove duplication with changed-files.js (which currently requires paths relative to repo root)
-
-/**
- * @param {string} [file]
- * @returns {boolean}
- */
-function example(file) {
-  // Folder name "examples" should match case for consistency across specs
-  return typeof file === "string" && json(file) && includesFolder(file, "examples");
-}
-
-/**
- * @param {string} [file]
- * @returns {boolean}
- */
-function json(file) {
-  // Extension "json" with any case is a valid JSON file
-  return typeof file === "string" && file.toLowerCase().endsWith(".json");
-}
-
 // API version lifecycle stages
 export const API_VERSION_LIFECYCLE_STAGES = Object.freeze({
   PREVIEW: "preview",
diff --git a/.github/shared/test/changed-files.test.js b/.github/shared/test/changed-files.test.js
index 7ecf778a0740..92bd84b827db 100644
--- a/.github/shared/test/changed-files.test.js
+++ b/.github/shared/test/changed-files.test.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ vi.mock("simple-git", () => ({
   }),
 }));
 
+import { resolve } from "path";
 import * as simpleGit from "simple-git";
 import {
   dataPlane,
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ import {
   readme,
   resourceManager,
   scenario,
-  specification,
   swagger,
   typespec,
 } from "../src/changed-files.js";
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ describe("changedFiles", () => {
     "cspell.yaml",
     "MixedCase.jSoN",
     "README.MD",
+    "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/data-plane/readme.md",
+    "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/readme.md",
+    "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/main.tsp",
+    "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/tspconfig.yaml",
+    "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/examples/2021-11-01/Employees_Get.json",
+    "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/scenarios/2021-11-01/Employees_Get.json",
+    "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/Microsoft.Contoso/stable/2021-11-01/contoso.json",
     "specification/contosowidgetmanager/data-plane/readme.md",
     "specification/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/main.tsp",
     "specification/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/tspconfig.yaml",
@@ -57,10 +64,15 @@ describe("changedFiles", () => {
     "specification/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/scenarios/2021-11-01/Employees_Get.json",
   ];
 
+  const filesResolved = files.map((f) => resolve(f));
+
   it("filter:json", () => {
     const expected = [
       "cspell.json",
       "MixedCase.jSoN",
+      "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/examples/2021-11-01/Employees_Get.json",
+      "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/scenarios/2021-11-01/Employees_Get.json",
+      "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/Microsoft.Contoso/stable/2021-11-01/contoso.json",
       "specification/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/examples/2021-11-01/Employees_Get.json",
       "specification/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/Microsoft.Contoso/stable/2021-11-01/contoso.json",
       "specification/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/Microsoft.Contoso/stable/2021-11-01/examples/Employees_Get.json",
@@ -68,35 +80,26 @@ describe("changedFiles", () => {
     ];
 
     expect(files.filter(json)).toEqual(expected);
+    expect(filesResolved.filter(json)).toEqual(expected.map((f) => resolve(f)));
   });
 
   it("filter:readme", () => {
     const expected = [
       "README.MD",
+      "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/data-plane/readme.md",
+      "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/readme.md",
       "specification/contosowidgetmanager/data-plane/readme.md",
       "specification/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/readme.md",
     ];
 
     expect(files.filter(readme)).toEqual(expected);
-  });
-
-  it("filter:specification", () => {
-    const expected = [
-      "specification/contosowidgetmanager/data-plane/readme.md",
-      "specification/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/main.tsp",
-      "specification/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/tspconfig.yaml",
-      "specification/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/examples/2021-11-01/Employees_Get.json",
-      "specification/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/readme.md",
-      "specification/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/Microsoft.Contoso/stable/2021-11-01/contoso.json",
-      "specification/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/Microsoft.Contoso/stable/2021-11-01/examples/Employees_Get.json",
-      "specification/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/scenarios/2021-11-01/Employees_Get.json",
-    ];
-
-    expect(files.filter(specification)).toEqual(expected);
+    expect(filesResolved.filter(readme)).toEqual(expected.map((f) => resolve(f)));
   });
 
   it("filter:typespec", () => {
     const expected = [
+      "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/main.tsp",
+      "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/tspconfig.yaml",
       "specification/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/main.tsp",
       "specification/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/tspconfig.yaml",
     ];
@@ -104,44 +107,57 @@ describe("changedFiles", () => {
   });
 
   it("filter:data-plane", () => {
-    const expected = ["specification/contosowidgetmanager/data-plane/readme.md"];
+    const expected = [
+      "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/data-plane/readme.md",
+      "specification/contosowidgetmanager/data-plane/readme.md",
+    ];
 
     expect(files.filter(dataPlane)).toEqual(expected);
+    expect(filesResolved.filter(dataPlane)).toEqual(expected.map((f) => resolve(f)));
   });
 
   it("filter:resource-manager", () => {
     const expected = [
+      "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/readme.md",
+      "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/Microsoft.Contoso/stable/2021-11-01/contoso.json",
       "specification/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/readme.md",
       "specification/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/Microsoft.Contoso/stable/2021-11-01/contoso.json",
       "specification/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/Microsoft.Contoso/stable/2021-11-01/examples/Employees_Get.json",
     ];
 
     expect(files.filter(resourceManager)).toEqual(expected);
+    expect(filesResolved.filter(resourceManager)).toEqual(expected.map((f) => resolve(f)));
   });
 
   it("filter:example", () => {
     const expected = [
+      "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/examples/2021-11-01/Employees_Get.json",
       "specification/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/examples/2021-11-01/Employees_Get.json",
       "specification/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/Microsoft.Contoso/stable/2021-11-01/examples/Employees_Get.json",
     ];
 
     expect(files.filter(example)).toEqual(expected);
+    expect(filesResolved.filter(example)).toEqual(expected.map((f) => resolve(f)));
   });
 
   it("filter:scenarios", () => {
     const expected = [
+      "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/scenarios/2021-11-01/Employees_Get.json",
       "specification/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/scenarios/2021-11-01/Employees_Get.json",
     ];
 
     expect(files.filter(scenario)).toEqual(expected);
+    expect(filesResolved.filter(scenario)).toEqual(expected.map((f) => resolve(f)));
   });
 
   it("filter:swagger", () => {
     const expected = [
+      "not-spec/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/Microsoft.Contoso/stable/2021-11-01/contoso.json",
       "specification/contosowidgetmanager/resource-manager/Microsoft.Contoso/stable/2021-11-01/contoso.json",
     ];
 
     expect(files.filter(swagger)).toEqual(expected);
+    expect(filesResolved.filter(swagger)).toEqual(expected.map((f) => resolve(f)));
   });
 
   describe("getChangedFilesStatuses", () => {
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lintdiff-code.yaml b/.github/workflows/lintdiff-code.yaml
index e8307a9ad6d2..11e0e9c187df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lintdiff-code.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lintdiff-code.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
             const { join } = await import('path');
 
             // TODO: Logger
-            const changedFiles = await getChangedFiles({ cwd: 'after'});
+            const changedFiles = await getChangedFiles({ cwd: 'after', paths: ['specification'] });
             console.log('Changed files:', changedFiles);
 
             const filePath = join(process.cwd(), 'changed-files.txt');
diff --git a/.github/workflows/src/arm-incremental-typespec.js b/.github/workflows/src/arm-incremental-typespec.js
index e71619e7d297..14cd9173090a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/src/arm-incremental-typespec.js
+++ b/.github/workflows/src/arm-incremental-typespec.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ debug.enable("simple-git");
 export default async function incrementalTypeSpec({ core }) {
   const options = {
     cwd: process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE,
+    paths: ["specification"],
     logger: new CoreLogger(core),
   };
 
diff --git a/eng/tools/lint-diff/src/processChanges.ts b/eng/tools/lint-diff/src/processChanges.ts
index c57bec9648b2..447c06f8ba4c 100644
--- a/eng/tools/lint-diff/src/processChanges.ts
+++ b/eng/tools/lint-diff/src/processChanges.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { join, relative, resolve, sep } from "path";
 import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
 import { pathExists } from "./util.js";
-import { specification, readme, swagger } from "@azure-tools/specs-shared/changed-files";
+import { readme, swagger } from "@azure-tools/specs-shared/changed-files";
 import { SpecModel } from "@azure-tools/specs-shared/spec-model";
 import { ReadmeAffectedTags } from "./lintdiff-types.js";
 import deepEqual from "deep-eql";
@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@ export async function getRunList(
 
   // Read changed files, exclude any files that should be ignored
   const ignoreFilesWith = ["/examples/", "/quickstart-templates/", "/scenarios/"];
-  const changedSpecFiles = (await readFileList(changedFilesPath)).filter((file) => {
-    // File is in specification/ folder
-    if (!specification(file)) {
-      return false;
-    }
 
+  // Changed files should already be filtered to the top-level "specification" folder (see lintdiff-code.yaml)
+  const changedSpecFiles = (await readFileList(changedFilesPath)).filter((file) => {
     // File is not ignored
     for (const ignore of ignoreFilesWith) {
       if (file.includes(ignore)) {
diff --git a/eng/tools/oav-runner/src/runner.ts b/eng/tools/oav-runner/src/runner.ts
index a9c4e191a57f..1e396bc6d309 100644
--- a/eng/tools/oav-runner/src/runner.ts
+++ b/eng/tools/oav-runner/src/runner.ts
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ import * as oav from "oav";
 import * as path from "path";
 import * as fs from "fs";
 
+import { example, getChangedFiles, swagger } from "@azure-tools/specs-shared/changed-files"; //getChangedFiles,
 import { Swagger } from "@azure-tools/specs-shared/swagger";
-import { includesFolder } from "@azure-tools/specs-shared/path";
-import { getChangedFiles } from "@azure-tools/specs-shared/changed-files"; //getChangedFiles,
 import { ReportableOavError } from "./formatting.js";
 
 export async function preCheckFiltering(
   rootDirectory: string,
   fileList?: string[],
 ): Promise<string[]> {
-  const changedFiles = fileList ?? (await getChangedFiles({ cwd: rootDirectory }));
+  const changedFiles =
+    fileList ?? (await getChangedFiles({ cwd: rootDirectory, paths: ["specification"] }));
 
   const swaggerFiles = await processFilesToSpecificationList(rootDirectory, changedFiles);
 
@@ -125,24 +125,6 @@ async function getFiles(rootDirectory: string, directory: string): Promise<strin
     .filter((d) => d.includes("specification" + path.sep));
 }
 
-function example(file: string): boolean {
-  return (
-    typeof file === "string" &&
-    file.toLowerCase().endsWith(".json") &&
-    includesFolder(file, "examples")
-  );
-}
-
-function swagger(file: string): boolean {
-  return (
-    typeof file === "string" &&
-    file.toLowerCase().endsWith(".json") &&
-    (includesFolder(file, "data-plane") || includesFolder(file, "resource-manager")) &&
-    includesFolder(file, "specification") &&
-    !includesFolder(file, "examples")
-  );
-}
-
 export async function processFilesToSpecificationList(
   rootDirectory: string,
   files: string[],
@@ -154,10 +136,6 @@ export async function processFilesToSpecificationList(
   // files from get-changed-files are relative to the root of the repo,
   // though that context is passed into this from cli arguments.
   for (const file of files) {
-    if (!file.startsWith("specification/")) {
-      continue;
-    }
-
     const absoluteFilePath = path.join(rootDirectory, file);
 
     // if the file is an example, we need to find the swagger file that references it
diff --git a/eng/tools/openapi-diff-runner/src/command-helpers.ts b/eng/tools/openapi-diff-runner/src/command-helpers.ts
index d3d45c17d78e..fbad6d1a7362 100644
--- a/eng/tools/openapi-diff-runner/src/command-helpers.ts
+++ b/eng/tools/openapi-diff-runner/src/command-helpers.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ export async function getSwaggerDiffs(
       baseCommitish: options.baseCommitish,
       cwd: options.cwd,
       headCommitish: options.headCommitish,
+      paths: ["specification"],
     });
 
     // Filter each array to only include Swagger files using the swagger filter from changed-files.js
diff --git a/eng/tools/openapi-diff-runner/test/command-helpers.test.ts b/eng/tools/openapi-diff-runner/test/command-helpers.test.ts
index da40bb8c4819..50a3d1228838 100644
--- a/eng/tools/openapi-diff-runner/test/command-helpers.test.ts
+++ b/eng/tools/openapi-diff-runner/test/command-helpers.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
 import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
-import path from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import {
   createContextFromParsedArgs,
@@ -186,7 +185,6 @@ function setupCommonMocks() {
 
 // Mock dependencies
 vi.mock("node:fs");
-vi.mock("node:path");
 vi.mock("node:url");
 vi.mock("../src/utils/common-utils.js");
 vi.mock("../src/utils/oad-message-processor.js");
@@ -206,7 +204,6 @@ describe("command-helpers", () => {
   const mockReadFileSync = vi.mocked(readFileSync);
   const mockWriteFileSync = vi.mocked(writeFileSync);
   const mockRmSync = vi.mocked(rmSync);
-  const mockPath = vi.mocked(path);
   const mockFileURLToPath = vi.mocked(fileURLToPath);
   const mockGetChangedFilesStatuses = vi.mocked(getChangedFilesStatuses);
 
@@ -214,9 +211,6 @@ describe("command-helpers", () => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
 
     // Setup default mocks
-    mockPath.resolve.mockImplementation((...paths) => paths.join("/"));
-    mockPath.join.mockImplementation((...paths) => paths.join("/"));
-    mockPath.dirname.mockImplementation((p) => p.split("/").slice(0, -1).join("/"));
     mockFileURLToPath.mockReturnValue("/path/to/file.js");
 
     // Mock console methods to avoid test output noise
@@ -370,6 +364,7 @@ describe("command-helpers", () => {
         baseCommitish: TEST_CONSTANTS.BRANCHES.MAIN,
         cwd: TEST_CONSTANTS.PATHS.TEST_PATH,
         headCommitish: TEST_CONSTANTS.COMMITS.HEAD,
+        paths: ["specification"],
       });
     });
 
@@ -451,6 +446,7 @@ describe("command-helpers", () => {
         baseCommitish: undefined,
         cwd: undefined,
         headCommitish: undefined,
+        paths: ["specification"],
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/eng/tools/sdk-suppressions/src/common.ts b/eng/tools/sdk-suppressions/src/common.ts
index 8fb57b0d62eb..6d6120fa0e2f 100644
--- a/eng/tools/sdk-suppressions/src/common.ts
+++ b/eng/tools/sdk-suppressions/src/common.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { getChangedFiles } from "@azure-tools/specs-shared/changed-files";
  * @description get the changed files in the current PR
  */
 export async function getSDKSuppressionsChangedFiles() {
-  const changedFiles = await getChangedFiles();
+  const changedFiles = await getChangedFiles({ paths: ["specification"] });
   const sdkSuppressionsFiles = changedFiles.filter((file) =>
     file.endsWith("sdk-suppressions.yaml"),
   );
diff --git a/eng/tools/summarize-impact/src/PRContext.ts b/eng/tools/summarize-impact/src/PRContext.ts
index 1038892c9724..b2dbab5df102 100644
--- a/eng/tools/summarize-impact/src/PRContext.ts
+++ b/eng/tools/summarize-impact/src/PRContext.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as fs from "fs";
 import { parseMarkdown } from "@azure-tools/openapi-tools-common";
 import * as amd from "@azure/openapi-markdown";
 
+import { includesFolder } from "@azure-tools/specs-shared/path";
 import { SpecModel } from "@azure-tools/specs-shared/spec-model";
 import { Readme } from "@azure-tools/specs-shared/readme";
 import {
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ import {
   typespec,
   example,
   readme,
-  specification,
 } from "@azure-tools/specs-shared/changed-files";
 
 import { LabelContext } from "./labelling-types.js";
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ export class PRContext {
         if (visitedFolder.has(dir)) {
           return;
         }
-        while (specification(dir)) {
+        while (includesFolder(dir, "specification")) {
           if (visitedFolder.has(dir)) {
             break;
           }
diff --git a/eng/tools/summarize-impact/src/cli.ts b/eng/tools/summarize-impact/src/cli.ts
index 75641b3b6093..c939311a3c42 100644
--- a/eng/tools/summarize-impact/src/cli.ts
+++ b/eng/tools/summarize-impact/src/cli.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export async function main() {
   const targetDirectory = opts.targetDirectory as string;
   const sourceGitRoot = await getRoot(sourceDirectory);
   const targetGitRoot = await getRoot(targetDirectory);
-  const fileList = await getChangedFilesStatuses({ cwd: sourceGitRoot });
+  const fileList = await getChangedFilesStatuses({ cwd: sourceGitRoot, paths: ["specification"] });
   const sha = opts.sha as string;
   const sourceBranch = opts.sourceBranch as string;
   const targetBranch = opts.targetBranch as string;