diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 9d60c6b..d84cebd 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ repos:
       # Frontend: TypeScript typecheck
       - id: typescript-typecheck
         name: TypeScript typecheck
-        entry: bash -lc "cd frontend && npx --yes tsc --noEmit"
+        entry: bash -lc "cd frontend && npx --yes tsc -b --noEmit"
         language: system
         pass_filenames: false
         files: ^frontend/
diff --git a/changelog/33.trivial.md b/changelog/33.trivial.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68e0c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/33.trivial.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Corrected the pre-commit TypeScript check to use project-reference build mode (`tsc -b`), so build-breaking type errors are caught before they reach CI.