diff --git a/lua/sidekick/cli/context/location.lua b/lua/sidekick/cli/context/location.lua
index 555e6ca2..d7c1f20f 100644
--- a/lua/sidekick/cli/context/location.lua
+++ b/lua/sidekick/cli/context/location.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+local Config = require("sidekick.config")
+
 local M = {}
 
 ---@class sidekick.context.Loc
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ function M.get(ctx, opts)
   local name = ctx.name or vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(ctx.buf)
   if not name or name == "" then
     name = "[No Name]"
-  else
+  elseif not Config.cli.absolute_paths then
     local cwd = ctx.cwd or vim.fn.getcwd(0)
     local ok, rel = pcall(vim.fs.relpath, cwd, name)
     if ok and rel and rel ~= "" and rel ~= "." then
diff --git a/lua/sidekick/config.lua b/lua/sidekick/config.lua
index 564617ee..38a49889 100644
--- a/lua/sidekick/config.lua
+++ b/lua/sidekick/config.lua
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ local defaults = {
         size = 0.5, -- size of the split (0-1 for percentage)
       },
     },
+    -- Send absolute file paths to CLI tools instead of paths relative to Neovim's cwd.
+    -- Useful when the agent runs from a different working directory (e.g. a parent).
+    absolute_paths = false,
     --- Actual cli tool config is loaded from the runtime path `sk/cli/{tool}.lua` and merged with the config below.
     --- For default configs, see https://github.com/folke/sidekick.nvim/tree/main/sk/cli
     -- stylua: ignore