diff --git a/graphify/__main__.py b/graphify/__main__.py
index 8d37c91..285d19c 100644
--- a/graphify/__main__.py
+++ b/graphify/__main__.py
@@ -4673,6 +4673,17 @@ def main() -> None:
                 f"{len(doc_files)} docs, {len(paper_files)} papers, "
                 f"{len(image_files)} images"
             )
+        # Surface files that were seen but not classified (extensionless non-shebang
+        # project files like Dockerfile/Makefile, or unsupported extensions), so they
+        # are no longer invisible in graphify's own output (#1692).
+        _unclassified = detection.get("unclassified", []) if isinstance(detection, dict) else []
+        if _unclassified:
+            _names = ", ".join(sorted({Path(p).name for p in _unclassified})[:6])
+            _more = f" (+{len(_unclassified) - 6} more)" if len(_unclassified) > 6 else ""
+            print(
+                f"[graphify extract] {len(_unclassified)} file(s) not classified "
+                f"(no supported extension or shebang), skipped: {_names}{_more}"
+            )
         stages.mark("detect")
 
         # Resolve the LLM backend only now that we know whether the corpus
diff --git a/graphify/detect.py b/graphify/detect.py
index c9d7792..85f4b8b 100644
--- a/graphify/detect.py
+++ b/graphify/detect.py
@@ -1086,6 +1086,7 @@ def detect(root: Path, *, follow_symlinks: bool | None = None, google_workspace:
         return _cache.cached_word_count(path, root, count_words)
 
     skipped_sensitive: list[str] = []
+    unclassified: list[str] = []
     ignore_patterns = _load_graphifyignore(root)
     ignore_cache: dict[Path, bool] = {}  # shared across all _is_ignored calls in this scan
     # CLI --exclude patterns are anchored at the scan root and appended last
@@ -1171,6 +1172,13 @@ def detect(root: Path, *, follow_symlinks: bool | None = None, google_workspace:
             skipped_sensitive.append(str(p))
             continue
         ftype = classify_file(p)
+        if not ftype:
+            # Considered but unclassifiable: an extension not in any supported set,
+            # or an extensionless, non-shebang file (Dockerfile, Gemfile, Makefile,
+            # Rakefile, LICENSE, ...). Previously these left no trace at all — not
+            # counted, not listed — so a user couldn't tell they were seen (#1692).
+            unclassified.append(str(p))
+            continue
         if ftype:
             if p.suffix.lower() in GOOGLE_WORKSPACE_EXTENSIONS:
                 if not google_workspace:
@@ -1236,6 +1244,7 @@ def detect(root: Path, *, follow_symlinks: bool | None = None, google_workspace:
         "needs_graph": needs_graph,
         "warning": warning,
         "skipped_sensitive": skipped_sensitive,
+        "unclassified": sorted(unclassified),
         "graphifyignore_patterns": len(ignore_patterns),
         "scan_root": str(root.resolve()),
     }
diff --git a/tests/test_detect.py b/tests/test_detect.py
index 0c07e24..b26d37e 100644
--- a/tests/test_detect.py
+++ b/tests/test_detect.py
@@ -1575,3 +1575,25 @@ def test_convert_office_file_does_not_rewrite_existing_sidecar(tmp_path, monkeyp
     second = detect_mod.convert_office_file(src, out_dir)
     assert second == first
     assert second.stat().st_mtime_ns == mtime_before
+
+
+def test_detect_records_unclassified_extensionless_files(tmp_path):
+    # #1692: extensionless, non-shebang project files (Dockerfile, Makefile, ...)
+    # were considered but left no trace. detect() now lists them under
+    # "unclassified" so they can be surfaced instead of silently vanishing.
+    (tmp_path / "app.py").write_text("def f():\n    return 1\n")
+    (tmp_path / "Dockerfile").write_text("FROM python:3.12\nRUN pip install x\n")
+    (tmp_path / "Makefile").write_text("build:\n\techo hi\n")
+    (tmp_path / "LICENSE").write_text("MIT License\n")
+    res = detect(tmp_path)
+    unclassified = sorted(Path(p).name for p in res.get("unclassified", []))
+    assert unclassified == ["Dockerfile", "LICENSE", "Makefile"]
+    # real code is still classified, not swept into unclassified
+    assert any("app.py" in f for f in res["files"].get("code", []))
+
+
+def test_detect_unclassified_empty_when_all_supported(tmp_path):
+    (tmp_path / "a.py").write_text("x = 1\n")
+    (tmp_path / "README.md").write_text("# hi\n")
+    res = detect(tmp_path)
+    assert res.get("unclassified", []) == []