diff --git a/.github/scripts/verify_tui_core_boundary.py b/.github/scripts/verify_tui_core_boundary.py
index 160c85c228..c9f649bb60 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/verify_tui_core_boundary.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/verify_tui_core_boundary.py
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
 TUI_ROOT = ROOT / "codex-rs" / "tui"
 TUI_MANIFEST = TUI_ROOT / "Cargo.toml"
 FORBIDDEN_PACKAGE = "codex-core"
+CODEX_PROTOCOL_PACKAGE = "codex-protocol"
+CODEX_PROTOCOL_MESSAGE = "references `codex_protocol::protocol`"
+IDENTIFIER = r"[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*"
 FORBIDDEN_SOURCE_RULES = (
     (
         "imports `codex_core`",
@@ -23,20 +26,15 @@ FORBIDDEN_SOURCE_RULES = (
             re.compile(r"\bextern\s+crate\s+codex_core\b"),
         ),
     ),
-    (
-        "references `codex_protocol::protocol`",
-        (
-            re.compile(r"\bcodex_protocol\s*::\s*protocol\b"),
-            re.compile(r"\bcodex_protocol\s*::\s*\{[^}]*\bprotocol\b"),
-        ),
-    ),
 )
-CODEX_PROTOCOL_ALIAS_PATTERNS = (
-    re.compile(r"\buse\s+codex_protocol\s+as\s+([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)\s*;"),
-    re.compile(
-        r"\bextern\s+crate\s+codex_protocol\s+as\s+([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)\s*;"
-    ),
+CRATE_ALIAS_PATTERNS = (
+    re.compile(rf"\buse\s+({IDENTIFIER})\s+as\s+({IDENTIFIER})\s*;"),
+    re.compile(rf"\bextern\s+crate\s+({IDENTIFIER})\s+as\s+({IDENTIFIER})\s*;"),
 )
+GROUPED_USE_PATTERN = re.compile(
+    rf"\buse\s+({IDENTIFIER})\s*::\s*\{{([^;]*)\}}\s*;"
+)
+GROUPED_SELF_ALIAS_PATTERN = re.compile(rf"\bself\s+as\s+({IDENTIFIER})\b")
 
 
 def main() -> int:
@@ -92,6 +90,8 @@ def dependency_sections(manifest: dict) -> list[tuple[str, dict]]:
 
 def source_failures() -> list[str]:
     failures = []
+    manifest = tomllib.loads(TUI_MANIFEST.read_text())
+    codex_protocol_names = protocol_dependency_names(manifest)
     for path in sorted(TUI_ROOT.glob("**/*.rs")):
         text = path.read_text()
         seen_locations = set()
@@ -101,33 +101,70 @@ def source_failures() -> list[str]:
                     failures.append(source_failure(path, text, match.start(), message))
                     seen_locations.add((match.start(), message))
 
-        for alias_match in alias_matches(text):
-            alias = re.escape(alias_match.group(1))
-            patterns = (
-                re.compile(rf"\b{alias}\s*::\s*protocol\b"),
-                re.compile(rf"\b{alias}\s*::\s*\{{[^}}]*\bprotocol\b"),
-            )
-            for pattern in patterns:
-                for match in pattern.finditer(text):
-                    key = (match.start(), "references `codex_protocol::protocol`")
-                    if key in seen_locations:
-                        continue
-                    failures.append(
-                        source_failure(
-                            path, text, match.start(), "references `codex_protocol::protocol`"
-                        )
-                    )
-                    seen_locations.add(key)
+        for match in protocol_reference_matches(text, codex_protocol_names):
+            key = (match.start(), CODEX_PROTOCOL_MESSAGE)
+            if key in seen_locations:
+                continue
+            failures.append(source_failure(path, text, match.start(), CODEX_PROTOCOL_MESSAGE))
+            seen_locations.add(key)
     return failures
 
 
-def alias_matches(text: str) -> list[re.Match[str]]:
+def protocol_dependency_names(manifest: dict) -> set[str]:
+    names = {"codex_protocol"}
+    for _section_name, dependencies in dependency_sections(manifest):
+        for dependency_name, dependency_value in dependencies.items():
+            package_name = dependency_name
+            if isinstance(dependency_value, dict):
+                package_name = dependency_value.get("package", dependency_name)
+            if package_name == CODEX_PROTOCOL_PACKAGE:
+                names.add(rust_crate_name(dependency_name))
+    return names
+
+
+def rust_crate_name(package_or_dependency_name: str) -> str:
+    return package_or_dependency_name.replace("-", "_")
+
+
+def protocol_reference_matches(
+    text: str, codex_protocol_names: set[str]
+) -> list[re.Match[str]]:
     matches = []
-    for pattern in CODEX_PROTOCOL_ALIAS_PATTERNS:
-        matches.extend(pattern.finditer(text))
+    for crate_name in expanded_crate_aliases(text, codex_protocol_names):
+        escaped_name = re.escape(crate_name)
+        patterns = (
+            re.compile(rf"\b{escaped_name}\s*::\s*protocol\b"),
+            re.compile(rf"\b{escaped_name}\s*::\s*\{{[^;]*\bprotocol\b"),
+        )
+        for pattern in patterns:
+            matches.extend(pattern.finditer(text))
     return matches
 
 
+def expanded_crate_aliases(text: str, crate_names: set[str]) -> set[str]:
+    aliases = set(crate_names)
+    while True:
+        previous_count = len(aliases)
+        for source, alias in crate_alias_pairs(text):
+            if source in aliases:
+                aliases.add(alias)
+        if len(aliases) == previous_count:
+            return aliases
+
+
+def crate_alias_pairs(text: str) -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
+    pairs = []
+    for pattern in CRATE_ALIAS_PATTERNS:
+        for match in pattern.finditer(text):
+            pairs.append((match.group(1), match.group(2)))
+    for match in GROUPED_USE_PATTERN.finditer(text):
+        source = match.group(1)
+        body = match.group(2)
+        for alias_match in GROUPED_SELF_ALIAS_PATTERN.finditer(body):
+            pairs.append((source, alias_match.group(1)))
+    return pairs
+
+
 def source_failure(path: Path, text: str, offset: int, message: str) -> str:
     line_number = text.count("\n", 0, offset) + 1
     return f"{relative_path(path)}:{line_number} {message}"