diff --git a/cli/lib/fastlane-traces.ts b/cli/lib/fastlane-traces.ts
index ddc0668..fc847de 100644
--- a/cli/lib/fastlane-traces.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/fastlane-traces.ts
@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@ export function findFastlaneTraces(root: string): FastlaneTrace[] {
     lines(f).forEach((l, i) => {
       const m = CLI_CALL.exec(l);
       if (m) out.push({ file: rel(f), line: i + 1, text: l.trim().slice(0, 200), store: storeOf(m[1]!) });
-      else if (!/package\.json$/.test(f) || /"[^"]*"\s*:\s*"/.test(l)) {
+      // comment lines name the tools without calling them; one line per file and tool is enough (a real project
+      // listed the same script five times, mostly from its doc comments)
+      else if ((!/package\.json$/.test(f) || /"[^"]*"\s*:\s*"/.test(l)) && !/^\s*(\/\/|\/?\*|#|--|REM\b)/i.test(l)) {
         const d = DIRECT.find(x => x.re.test(l));
-        if (d) out.push({ file: rel(f), line: i + 1, text: l.trim().slice(0, 200), store: d.store, via: 'api', fix: d.fix });
+        if (d && !out.some(o => o.file === rel(f) && o.fix === d.fix)) out.push({ file: rel(f), line: i + 1, text: l.trim().slice(0, 200), store: d.store, via: 'api', fix: d.fix });
       }
     });
   }
diff --git a/tests/fastlane-traces.test.ts b/tests/fastlane-traces.test.ts
index 5b7a4df..7d03491 100644
--- a/tests/fastlane-traces.test.ts
+++ b/tests/fastlane-traces.test.ts
@@ -56,3 +56,12 @@ describe('fastlane traces', () => {
     expect(f?.fix).toContain('storebound import fastlane');
   });
 });
+
+describe('direct store API traces stay short', () => {
+  test('comment lines are skipped and each file names a tool once', () => {
+    const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'sb-fl2-'));
+    mkdirSync(join(dir, 'tools'));
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, 'tools/ship.mjs'), "/**\n *  4. `xcrun altool --upload-package` uploads it\n */\n// altool needs the app id\nconst words = ['xcrun', 'altool', '--upload-package'];\nrun(['xcrun', 'altool', '--validate-app']);\n");
+    expect(findFastlaneTraces(dir)).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ file: 'tools/ship.mjs', line: 5, via: 'api' })]);
+  });
+});