diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 562d970..af9276b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Recognize OpenTofu-managed GKE clusters and node pools, preserving their
+  canonical location-scoped IDs when comparing them with live GCP and KCC.
+
 ## [0.7.0] - 2026-09-05
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c60f72..603c90b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ npx @nitra/cfr kcc-inventory nitraai --show-covered
 version-1 `{resources: [...]}` catalog. OpenTofu roots are read from actual
 state via `tofu -chdir=DIR show -json`; parsing `.tf` configuration alone
 would incorrectly mark resources that were never imported or applied as
-covered. Consequently, `tofu` must be available on `PATH` only when
+covered. GKE clusters and node pools in OpenTofu state use the same canonical
+`location/cluster` and `location/cluster/pool` IDs as live GCP and KCC
+resources. Consequently, `tofu` must be available on `PATH` only when
 `--tofu` is used.
 
 Overlapping declarations are an error: a canonical
diff --git a/lib/controller-inventory.mjs b/lib/controller-inventory.mjs
index 9cd3c2e..50c224a 100644
--- a/lib/controller-inventory.mjs
+++ b/lib/controller-inventory.mjs
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ function flattenModules(module, resources = []) {
   return resources;
 }
 
+function scopedId(...parts) {
+  return parts.every((part) => typeof part === 'string' && part) ? parts.join('/') : undefined;
+}
+
 const TOFU_TYPES = {
   google_iam_workload_identity_pool(values) {
     return {
@@ -67,6 +71,21 @@ const TOFU_TYPES = {
       id: `${values.location}/${values.repository_id}`,
     };
   },
+  google_container_cluster(values) {
+    return {
+      project: values.project,
+      kind: 'ContainerCluster',
+      id: scopedId(values.location, values.name),
+    };
+  },
+  google_container_node_pool(values) {
+    const cluster = typeof values.cluster === 'string' ? values.cluster.split('/').at(-1) : undefined;
+    return {
+      project: values.project,
+      kind: 'ContainerNodePool',
+      id: scopedId(values.location, cluster, values.name),
+    };
+  },
 };
 
 export function normalizeTofuState(state, source) {
diff --git a/lib/get-resources.mjs b/lib/get-resources.mjs
index cad532c..d5ca1c4 100644
--- a/lib/get-resources.mjs
+++ b/lib/get-resources.mjs
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ function gkeNodePoolIdentity(name, parent) {
   return cluster && name && !name.includes('/') ? `${cluster}/${name}` : null;
 }
 
+export function gkeNodePoolScopedId(name) {
+  const match = name.match(/\/(?:locations|zones|regions)\/([^/]+)\/clusters\/([^/]+)\/nodePools\/([^/]+)$/);
+  return match && `${match[1]}/${match[2]}/${match[3]}`;
+}
+
 function gkeClusterParent(name) {
   const match = name.match(/\/projects\/([^/]+)\/(?:locations|zones|regions)\/([^/]+)\/clusters\/([^/]+)\/nodePools\/[^/]+$/);
   return match && `projects/${match[1]}/locations/${match[2]}/clusters/${match[3]}`;
@@ -445,10 +450,9 @@ export async function collectNamespace(namespace, { includeSystem = false } = {}
     const m = (a.name || '').match(/\/clusters\/([^/]+)\/nodePools\/([^/]+)$/);
     if (!m) continue;
     const [, cluster, pool] = m;
-    const location = (a.name || '').match(/\/locations\/([^/]+)\/clusters\/[^/]+\/nodePools\/[^/]+$/)?.[1];
     const parent = gkeClusterParent(a.name || '');
     if (parent) gkeClusterParents.add(parent);
-    poolAssets.push({ id: location ? `${location}/${cluster}/${pool}` : `${cluster}/${pool}`, identity: `${cluster}/${pool}`, pool });
+    poolAssets.push({ id: gkeNodePoolScopedId(a.name || '') || `${cluster}/${pool}`, identity: `${cluster}/${pool}`, pool });
   }
   const gkeNodePoolIds = await listGkeNodePoolIds(gkeClusterParents);
   const stalePoolCount = poolAssets.filter(({ identity }) => !gkeNodePoolIds.has(identity)).length;
@@ -463,7 +467,7 @@ export async function collectNamespace(namespace, { includeSystem = false } = {}
     (i) => {
       const ref = (i.spec && i.spec.clusterRef) || {};
       const external = ref.external || '';
-      const m = external.match(/\/locations\/([^/]+)\/clusters\/([^/]+)$/);
+      const m = external.match(/\/(?:locations|zones|regions)\/([^/]+)\/clusters\/([^/]+)$/);
       return m ? `${m[1]}/${m[2]}/${resourceId(i)}` : `${clusterRefs.get(ref.name) || ref.name || external}/${resourceId(i)}`;
     },
   ), 'kcc');
diff --git a/test/controller-inventory.test.mjs b/test/controller-inventory.test.mjs
index 54f643f..b9e6416 100644
--- a/test/controller-inventory.test.mjs
+++ b/test/controller-inventory.test.mjs
@@ -75,6 +75,41 @@ test('normalizes root and child OpenTofu modules and diagnoses unsupported resou
   assert.equal(result.diagnostics[0].resourceType, 'google_unknown');
 });
 
+test('normalizes OpenTofu GKE resources to canonical inventory IDs', () => {
+  const state = {
+    values: {
+      root_module: {
+        resources: [
+          {
+            address: 'google_container_cluster.main',
+            mode: 'managed',
+            type: 'google_container_cluster',
+            values: { project: 'nitraai', location: 'us-central1-a', name: 'main' },
+          },
+          {
+            address: 'google_container_node_pool.pools["general-arm64"]',
+            mode: 'managed',
+            type: 'google_container_node_pool',
+            values: {
+              project: 'nitraai',
+              location: 'us-central1-a',
+              cluster: 'projects/nitraai/locations/us-central1-a/clusters/main',
+              name: 'general-arm64',
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
+  };
+
+  const result = normalizeTofuState(state, 'tofu/gke-main');
+  assert.deepEqual(result.resources.map(({ kind, id }) => ({ kind, id })), [
+    { kind: 'ContainerCluster', id: 'us-central1-a/main' },
+    { kind: 'ContainerNodePool', id: 'us-central1-a/main/general-arm64' },
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(result.diagnostics, []);
+});
+
 test('runs tofu show against every repeatable --tofu directory', () => {
   const calls = [];
   const spawn = (command, args) => {
diff --git a/test/gke-gateway-filter.test.mjs b/test/gke-gateway-filter.test.mjs
index eacf212..0e16c49 100644
--- a/test/gke-gateway-filter.test.mjs
+++ b/test/gke-gateway-filter.test.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import {
+  gkeNodePoolScopedId,
   isDefaultNetwork,
   isGkeGatewayManaged,
   isGkeNodePoolName,
@@ -31,6 +32,17 @@ test('recognizes NodePool resource names that need direct GKE verification', ()
   assert.equal(isGkeNodePoolName('projects/nitraai/locations/us-central1-a/clusters/main'), false);
 });
 
+test('keeps the location in canonical GKE NodePool IDs', () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    gkeNodePoolScopedId('//container.googleapis.com/projects/nitraai/zones/us-central1-a/clusters/main/nodePools/general-arm64'),
+    'us-central1-a/main/general-arm64',
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    gkeNodePoolScopedId('//container.googleapis.com/projects/nitraai/regions/us-central1/clusters/main/nodePools/general-arm64'),
+    'us-central1/main/general-arm64',
+  );
+});
+
 test('recognizes the GKE-managed Workload Identity pool', () => {
   assert.equal(isGkeWorkloadIdentityPool({ name: 'projects/123/locations/global/workloadIdentityPools/nitraai.svc.id.goog' }), true);
   assert.equal(isGkeWorkloadIdentityPool({ name: 'projects/123/locations/global/workloadIdentityPools/forgejo-pool' }), false);