diff --git a/skills/bmad-story-automator/src/story_automator/core/utils.py b/skills/bmad-story-automator/src/story_automator/core/utils.py
index f5cb36ad..8c13eab7 100644
--- a/skills/bmad-story-automator/src/story_automator/core/utils.py
+++ b/skills/bmad-story-automator/src/story_automator/core/utils.py
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ def get_project_root() -> str:
 
 
 def get_project_slug(project_root: str | None = None) -> str:
-    root = Path(project_root or get_project_root())
+    # Resolve before .name so a relative root like "." (whose Path(".").name is "")
+    # doesn't collapse to the generic "project" fallback. Mirrors get_project_hash().
+    root = Path(project_root or get_project_root()).resolve()
     value = re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9]", "", root.name.lower())[:8]
     return value or "project"
 
diff --git a/tests/test_project_slug.py b/tests/test_project_slug.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f161a554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_project_slug.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from story_automator.core.utils import get_project_slug
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def chdir(path: str):
+    prev = os.getcwd()
+    os.chdir(path)
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        os.chdir(prev)
+
+
+class GetProjectSlugTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_absolute_root_uses_dir_name(self) -> None:
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            target = Path(tmp) / "upmon-automator"
+            target.mkdir()
+            self.assertEqual(get_project_slug(str(target)), "upmonaut")
+
+    def test_relative_dot_resolves_instead_of_collapsing_to_generic(self) -> None:
+        # Regression: `Path(".").name == ""` previously collapsed to "project".
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            target = Path(tmp) / "myproject"
+            target.mkdir()
+            with chdir(str(target)):
+                self.assertEqual(get_project_slug("."), "myprojec")
+
+    def test_empty_name_still_falls_back_to_project(self) -> None:
+        # A root that resolves to a non-alphanumeric name keeps the safe default.
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            target = Path(tmp) / "___"
+            target.mkdir()
+            self.assertEqual(get_project_slug(str(target)), "project")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()