diff --git a/.changeset/optimize-typecheck-ci.md b/.changeset/optimize-typecheck-ci.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..41f92fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/optimize-typecheck-ci.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@perstack/base": patch
+---
+
+Fixed tsconfig.json to exclude dist directory for cleaner type checking
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b610a1cb..3ad0c95d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 
+      - name: Restore turbo cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: .turbo
+          key: turbo-typecheck-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/*.[tj]s', '**/*.[tj]sx', 'pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            turbo-typecheck-${{ runner.os }}-
+
       - name: Type check
         run: pnpm run typecheck
 
diff --git a/apps/base/tsconfig.json b/apps/base/tsconfig.json
index b29b04ff..dee8920e 100644
--- a/apps/base/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/base/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
     "resolveJsonModule": true
   },
   "include": ["**/*.ts", "**/*.tsx"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
 }
diff --git a/apps/e2e-mcp-server/tsconfig.json b/apps/e2e-mcp-server/tsconfig.json
index b29b04ff..dee8920e 100644
--- a/apps/e2e-mcp-server/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/e2e-mcp-server/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
     "resolveJsonModule": true
   },
   "include": ["**/*.ts", "**/*.tsx"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
 }
diff --git a/turbo.json b/turbo.json
index 919f94fa..ec93c251 100644
--- a/turbo.json
+++ b/turbo.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       "outputs": []
     },
     "typecheck": {
-      "dependsOn": ["^build", "^typecheck"],
+      "dependsOn": ["^typecheck"],
       "cache": true
     },
     "//#generate:root": {}