diff --git a/Tests/Unit/Core/Aggregators/FileCouplingAggregatorTests.cs b/Tests/Unit/Core/Aggregators/FileCouplingAggregatorTests.cs
index 63b19ba..ecc1ce2 100644
--- a/Tests/Unit/Core/Aggregators/FileCouplingAggregatorTests.cs
+++ b/Tests/Unit/Core/Aggregators/FileCouplingAggregatorTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using ChangeTrace.Core.Aggregators;
 using ChangeTrace.Core.Events.Semantic;
+using ChangeTrace.Core.Options;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace ChangeTrace.Tests.Core.Aggregators;
@@ -43,4 +44,22 @@ public void Process_DoesNotEmitPairsForSmallBundles(int fileCount)
 
         Assert.Equal(0, writer.Count);
     }
+
+    /// <summary>Process skips bundles that exceed the configured file threshold.</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void Process_SkipsLargeBundlesAboveConfiguredThreshold()
+    {
+        using var writer = new SemanticEventWriter<FileCouplingEvent>();
+        var aggregator = new FileCouplingAggregator(
+            writer,
+            new FileCouplingAggregatorOptions(MaxFilesPerCommit: 4));
+
+        aggregator.Process(new CommitBundleEvent(
+            "commit-1",
+            "rian",
+            123,
+            new[] { "a.cs", "b.cs", "c.cs", "d.cs", "e.cs" }));
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, writer.Count);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Core/Aggregators/FileCouplingAggregator.cs b/src/Core/Aggregators/FileCouplingAggregator.cs
index a8ce25f..dcf5ac0 100644
--- a/src/Core/Aggregators/FileCouplingAggregator.cs
+++ b/src/Core/Aggregators/FileCouplingAggregator.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using ChangeTrace.Core.Events.Semantic;
 using ChangeTrace.Core.Interfaces;
+using ChangeTrace.Core.Options;
 
 namespace ChangeTrace.Core.Aggregators;
 
@@ -17,9 +18,14 @@ namespace ChangeTrace.Core.Aggregators;
 /// architectural coupling between files in repository over time.
 /// </para>
 /// </remarks>
-internal sealed class FileCouplingAggregator(SemanticEventWriter<FileCouplingEvent> writer)
+internal sealed class FileCouplingAggregator(
+    SemanticEventWriter<FileCouplingEvent> writer,
+    FileCouplingAggregatorOptions? options = null)
     : IEventAggregator<CommitBundleEvent>
 {
+    private readonly FileCouplingAggregatorOptions _options =
+        options ?? new FileCouplingAggregatorOptions();
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Processes single <see cref="CommitBundleEvent"/> and emits
     /// <see cref="FileCouplingEvent"/> for all file pairs modified together.
@@ -44,7 +50,12 @@ public void Process(CommitBundleEvent bundle)
         if (files.Length < 2)
             return;
 
+        if (files.Length > _options.MaxFilesPerCommit)
+            return;
+
         var timestamp = bundle.Timestamp;
+        var pairCount = files.Length * (files.Length - 1) / 2;
+        writer.EnsureAdditionalCapacity(pairCount);
 
         for (var i = 0; i < files.Length; i++)
         {
@@ -68,4 +79,4 @@ public void Flush()
     {
         // nothing buffered
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/Core/Events/Semantic/SemanticEventWriter.cs b/src/Core/Events/Semantic/SemanticEventWriter.cs
index cf24b8d..7cd454c 100644
--- a/src/Core/Events/Semantic/SemanticEventWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Core/Events/Semantic/SemanticEventWriter.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,25 @@ public void Write(T evt)
         _buffer[_count++] = evt;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Ensures the writer has room for an additional number of events without repeated growth.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="additionalCount">The number of additional events expected to be written.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="ObjectDisposedException">Thrown if the writer has been disposed.</exception>
+    public void EnsureAdditionalCapacity(int additionalCount)
+    {
+        if (_disposed) throw new ObjectDisposedException(nameof(SemanticEventWriter<T>));
+        if (additionalCount <= 0)
+            return;
+
+        var required = _count + additionalCount;
+
+        if (required <= _buffer.Length)
+            return;
+
+        Grow(required);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Returns snapshot of the written events as <see cref="ReadOnlyMemory{T}"/>.
     /// </summary>
@@ -90,8 +109,18 @@ public void Dispose()
     /// Doubles buffer size when capacity is exceeded.
     /// </summary>
     private void Grow()
+        => Grow(_buffer.Length * 2);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Grows buffer to satisfy a required capacity.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void Grow(int requiredCapacity)
     {
         var newSize = _buffer.Length * 2;
+
+        if (newSize < requiredCapacity)
+            newSize = requiredCapacity;
+
         var newBuffer = ArrayPool<T>.Shared.Rent(newSize);
         Array.Copy(_buffer, newBuffer, _count);
         ArrayPool<T>.Shared.Return(_buffer, clearArray: false);
diff --git a/src/Core/Options/FileCouplingAggregatorOptions.cs b/src/Core/Options/FileCouplingAggregatorOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd3adbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Core/Options/FileCouplingAggregatorOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+namespace ChangeTrace.Core.Options;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Controls how file coupling pairs are generated from commit bundles.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="MaxFilesPerCommit">
+/// Maximum number of files in a commit bundle that will still produce full coupling pairs.
+/// Commits above this threshold are skipped to bound quadratic pair generation cost.
+/// </param>
+internal sealed record FileCouplingAggregatorOptions(
+    int MaxFilesPerCommit = 24
+);