diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 9deeba5..1f2a5a7 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -124,3 +124,5 @@
   Copy Nix fixtures into `TEST_TMPDIR` before passing their paths to CLI tests.
 - The vendored `rustversion-1.0.23/build/` files are currently ignored and untracked.
   Fresh worktrees cannot build Xatu tests until those upstream files are restored.
+- `status::ResultExt` requires errors that implement `Into<Status>`, not arbitrary `std::error::Error` values.
+  Map other errors explicitly with a status code and `with_source`.
diff --git a/src/xatu/xatu_main.rs b/src/xatu/xatu_main.rs
index 2383f04..1d8c901 100644
--- a/src/xatu/xatu_main.rs
+++ b/src/xatu/xatu_main.rs
@@ -5,45 +5,46 @@ use std::process::ExitCode;
 use xatu::SourceFile;
 
 fn main() -> ExitCode {
-    let args = Args::parse();
-
-    let debug = args.debug;
-    let files = match collect_files(args) {
-        Ok(files) => files,
+    match run(Args::parse()) {
+        Ok(exit_code) => exit_code,
         Err(error) => {
             eprintln!("{error}");
-            return ExitCode::from(2);
-        }
-    };
-    if debug {
-        let report = xatu::debug(files);
-        match serde_json::to_string_pretty(&report) {
-            Ok(json) => println!("{json}"),
-            Err(error) => {
-                eprintln!("{error}");
-                return ExitCode::from(2);
-            }
-        }
-        return if report.has_parse_errors() {
             ExitCode::from(2)
-        } else {
-            ExitCode::SUCCESS
-        };
+        }
     }
+}
 
-    match xatu::future_sight(files) {
-        Ok(report) if report.is_clean() => {
-            println!("No findings.");
-            ExitCode::SUCCESS
-        }
-        Ok(report) => {
-            print!("{report}");
-            ExitCode::from(1)
-        }
-        Err(error) => {
-            eprintln!("{error}");
-            ExitCode::from(2)
-        }
+fn run(args: Args) -> status::Result<ExitCode> {
+    let files = collect_files(args.paths)?;
+    if args.debug {
+        dump_parsed_files(files)
+    } else {
+        check(files)
+    }
+}
+
+fn dump_parsed_files(files: Vec<SourceFile>) -> status::Result<ExitCode> {
+    let report = xatu::debug(files);
+    let json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&report).map_err(|error| {
+        status::Status::internal("failed to serialize parser output").with_source(error)
+    })?;
+    println!("{json}");
+
+    Ok(if report.has_parse_errors() {
+        ExitCode::from(2)
+    } else {
+        ExitCode::SUCCESS
+    })
+}
+
+fn check(files: Vec<SourceFile>) -> status::Result<ExitCode> {
+    let report = xatu::future_sight(files)?;
+    if report.is_clean() {
+        println!("No findings.");
+        Ok(ExitCode::SUCCESS)
+    } else {
+        print!("{report}");
+        Ok(ExitCode::from(1))
     }
 }
 
@@ -56,21 +57,12 @@ struct Args {
     paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
 }
 
-fn collect_files(args: Args) -> status::Result<Vec<SourceFile>> {
-    let paths: Vec<PathBuf> = args
-        .paths
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(monorepo::workspace::resolve_workspace_path)
-        .collect();
-
-    let files: Vec<SourceFile> = paths
-        .iter()
-        .map(|path| collect_source_files(path))
-        .collect::<status::Result<Vec<_>>>()?
-        .into_iter()
-        .flatten()
-        .collect();
-
+fn collect_files(paths: Vec<PathBuf>) -> status::Result<Vec<SourceFile>> {
+    let mut files = Vec::new();
+    for path in paths {
+        let path = monorepo::workspace::resolve_workspace_path(path);
+        files.extend(collect_source_files(&path)?);
+    }
     Ok(files)
 }