diff --git a/actions/extractor/tools/autobuild-impl.ps1 b/actions/extractor/tools/autobuild-impl.ps1
index 6ae433f2599c..1b7805efa041 100644
--- a/actions/extractor/tools/autobuild-impl.ps1
+++ b/actions/extractor/tools/autobuild-impl.ps1
@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@ if (($null -ne $env:LGTM_INDEX_INCLUDE) -or ($null -ne $env:LGTM_INDEX_EXCLUDE)
     Write-Output 'Path filters set. Passing them through to the JavaScript extractor.' 
 } else {
     Write-Output 'No path filters set. Using the default filters.'
+    # Note: We're adding the `reusable_workflows` subdirectories to proactively
+    # record workflows that were called cross-repo, check them out locally,
+    # and enable an interprocedural analysis across the workflow files.
+    # These workflows follow the convention `.github/reusable_workflows/<nwo>/*.ya?ml`
     $DefaultPathFilters = @(
         'exclude:**/*',
-        'include:.github/workflows/**/*.yml',
-        'include:.github/workflows/**/*.yaml',
+        'include:.github/workflows/*.yml',
+        'include:.github/workflows/*.yaml',
+        'include:.github/reusable_workflows/**/*.yml',
+        'include:.github/reusable_workflows/**/*.yaml',
         'include:**/action.yml',
         'include:**/action.yaml'
     )
diff --git a/actions/extractor/tools/autobuild.sh b/actions/extractor/tools/autobuild.sh
index 57adbf96279d..ce6a02b5b762 100755
--- a/actions/extractor/tools/autobuild.sh
+++ b/actions/extractor/tools/autobuild.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@
 
 set -eu
 
+# Note: We're adding the `reusable_workflows` subdirectories to proactively
+# record workflows that were called cross-repo, check them out locally,
+# and enable an interprocedural analysis across the workflow files.
+# These workflows follow the convention `.github/reusable_workflows/<nwo>/*.ya?ml`
 DEFAULT_PATH_FILTERS=$(cat << END
 exclude:**/*
-include:.github/workflows/**/*.yml
-include:.github/workflows/**/*.yaml
+include:.github/workflows/*.yml
+include:.github/workflows/*.yaml
+include:.github/reusable_workflows/**/*.yml
+include:.github/reusable_workflows/**/*.yaml
 include:**/action.yml
 include:**/action.yaml
 END