diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9fdd526..b449361 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "    woke                   - Check inclusive language with woke"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "  Documentation Aggregation:"
+	@echo "    aggregate-local        - Aggregate from local repos using relative paths (../gardenlinux ../builder ../python-gardenlinux-lib)"
 	@echo "    test-aggregate-local   - Test aggregation with local repos (recommended first)"
 	@echo "    aggregate              - Fetch and aggregate docs from all source repos"
 	@echo "    aggregate-dry          - Test aggregation without modifying docs/"
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ test-aggregate-local: install
 	@echo "Testing aggregation with local repositories..."
 	./scripts/test-local.sh --dry-run
 
+aggregate-local: install
+	@echo "Aggregating from local repositories (relative paths)..."
+	CONFIG_FILE=scripts/repos-config.local.json ./scripts/aggregate-docs.sh
+
 aggregate: install
 	@echo "Aggregating documentation from source repositories..."
 	./scripts/aggregate-docs.sh
diff --git a/scripts/aggregate-docs.sh b/scripts/aggregate-docs.sh
index 2afc569..932351a 100755
--- a/scripts/aggregate-docs.sh
+++ b/scripts/aggregate-docs.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 PROJECT_ROOT="$(dirname "$SCRIPT_DIR")"
 DOCS_DIR="$PROJECT_ROOT/docs"
 TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
-CONFIG_FILE="$SCRIPT_DIR/repos-config.json"
+CONFIG_FILE="${CONFIG_FILE:-$SCRIPT_DIR/repos-config.json}"
 
 echo "=============================================================="
 echo "  Garden Linux Documentation Aggregation"
diff --git a/scripts/fetch-repo-docs.sh b/scripts/fetch-repo-docs.sh
index 110f971..eb60e69 100755
--- a/scripts/fetch-repo-docs.sh
+++ b/scripts/fetch-repo-docs.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 REPO_URL="$1"
 BRANCH="${2:-main}"
 DOCS_PATH="${3:-docs}"
@@ -18,6 +19,13 @@ if [ -z "$REPO_URL" ] || [ -z "$OUTPUT_DIR" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# Convert relative file:// URLs to absolute paths
+if [[ "$REPO_URL" == file://../* ]]; then
+    RELATIVE_PATH="${REPO_URL#file://}"
+    ABSOLUTE_PATH="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && cd "$RELATIVE_PATH" && pwd)"
+    REPO_URL="file://$ABSOLUTE_PATH"
+fi
+
 echo "Fetching docs from: $REPO_URL"
 echo "   Branch: $BRANCH"
 echo "   Docs path: $DOCS_PATH"
diff --git a/scripts/repos-config.local.json b/scripts/repos-config.local.json
index 9e0289c..6768ac1 100644
--- a/scripts/repos-config.local.json
+++ b/scripts/repos-config.local.json
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
   "repos": [
     {
       "name": "gardenlinux",
-      "url": "file:///home/$USER/*/gardenlinux/gardenlinux",
+      "url": "file://../gardenlinux",
       "docs_path": "docs",
+      "root_files": ["CONTRIBUTING.md", "SECURITY.md"],
       "target_path": "projects/gardenlinux",
       "branch": "docs-ng",
       "structure": {
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "builder",
-      "url": "file:///home/$USER/*/gardenlinux/builder",
+      "url": "file://../builder",
       "docs_path": "docs",
       "target_path": "projects/builder",
       "branch": "main",
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "python-gardenlinux-lib",
-      "url": "file:///home/$USER/*/gardenlinux/python-gardenlinux-lib",
+      "url": "file://../python-gardenlinux-lib",
       "docs_path": "docs",
       "target_path": "projects/python-gardenlinux-lib",
       "branch": "main",