diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/agents/chat/runtime/references/folders.py b/surfsense_backend/app/agents/chat/runtime/references/folders.py
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+"""Resolve ``@folder`` ids into references for the pointer block."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from sqlalchemy import select
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+
+from app.agents.chat.runtime.path_resolver import DOCUMENTS_ROOT, PathIndex
+from app.db import Folder
+
+from .models import ReferenceKind, ResolvedReference
+
+
+def folder_pointer_path(folder_id: int, folder_paths: dict[int, str]) -> str:
+    """Trailing-slash virtual path so the model reads the pointer as a directory."""
+    base = folder_paths.get(folder_id, DOCUMENTS_ROOT)
+    return base if base.endswith("/") else f"{base}/"
+
+
+async def resolve_folder_references(
+    session: AsyncSession,
+    *,
+    search_space_id: int,
+    folder_ids: list[int],
+    index: PathIndex,
+) -> list[ResolvedReference]:
+    """Map folder ids to references in input order; unknown ids are dropped."""
+    if not folder_ids:
+        return []
+
+    rows = await session.execute(
+        select(Folder).where(
+            Folder.search_space_id == search_space_id,
+            Folder.id.in_(folder_ids),
+        )
+    )
+    folders_by_id = {row.id: row for row in rows.scalars().all()}
+
+    references: list[ResolvedReference] = []
+    for folder_id in dict.fromkeys(folder_ids):
+        folder = folders_by_id.get(folder_id)
+        if folder is None:
+            continue
+        references.append(
+            ResolvedReference(
+                kind=ReferenceKind.FOLDER,
+                entity_id=folder.id,
+                label=str(folder.name or "untitled"),
+                path=folder_pointer_path(folder.id, index.folder_paths),
+            )
+        )
+    return references
+
+
+__all__ = ["folder_pointer_path", "resolve_folder_references"]