beo-reference
Canonical shared reference corpus for beo skills.
This skill is lookup-only. It exists so other beo skills can cite beo-reference → references/<file> and load exactly the protocol document they need.
Atomic purpose
Expose one authoritative reference, read-only.
When to use
- another beo skill needs one specific shared protocol, rule, convention, contract, or CLI reference
- authoritative guidance is required without any behavioral work or state changes
Inputs
Required
- one explicit reference request identifying the needed document
Outputs
Allowed reads only
- the targeted reference document from
references/<file>
Must not write
STATE.jsonHANDOFF.json- feature artifacts
- implementation code
Boundary rules
beo-referenceis read-only and not a routing destination.beo-referencemust not make decisions, write state, edit artifacts, or execute feature work.- Callers must load only the needed reference file, not the full corpus.
beo-referencemust not function as an operational skill.
Reference index
CLI references
references/br-cli-reference.md— canonicalbrcommand usagereferences/bv-cli-reference.md— canonicalbvcommand usage
Status and state
references/status-mapping.md— canonical bead states and transitionsreferences/state-and-handoff-protocol.md—STATE.jsonandHANDOFF.jsonschema and resume rules
Artifacts
references/artifact-conventions.md— artifact paths, ownership, and namingreferences/bead-description-templates.md— standard bead description formats
Workflow protocols
references/pipeline-contracts.md— routing table, allowed transitions, cross-skill invariantsreferences/approval-gates.md— approval timing and label ownershipreferences/dependency-and-scheduling.md— dependency reconciliation and scheduling cascadereferences/failure-recovery.md— failure classes and recovery rulesreferences/shared-hard-gates.md— shared onboarding, session-boundary, and interaction rulesreferences/worker-template.md— standard worker prompt template
Knowledge and communication
references/knowledge-store.md— knowledge-store rules and integrationreferences/learnings-read-protocol.md— reading learnings and critical patterns safelyreferences/communication-standard.md— communication rules for beo outputsreferences/agent-mail-coordination.md— coordinator / worker messaging protocol
Red flags
- routing to
beo-reference - loading the entire corpus instead of one needed file
- treating reference docs as permission to change pipeline ownership