diff --git a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src/App.tsx b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src/App.tsx
index 7d0e734d6..9a92bbdfe 100644
--- a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src/App.tsx
@@ -6669,6 +6669,7 @@ export function App({
         setProjectSupervisorRuntimeError('');
         try {
           const directTurnInput: {
+            projectId: string;
             projectPath: string;
             prompt: string;
             clientTurnId: string;
@@ -6676,6 +6677,7 @@ export function App({
             attachments?: DirectCodexTurnAttachment[];
             userItem: ReturnType<typeof chatComposerDraftToDirectCodexUserItem>;
           } = {
+            projectId: localProject.manifest.projectId,
             projectPath: directProjectPath,
             prompt,
             clientTurnId,