diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/agents/chat/runtime/references/__init__.py b/surfsense_backend/app/agents/chat/runtime/references/__init__.py
index dcff46441..ad8b7cc0e 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/agents/chat/runtime/references/__init__.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/agents/chat/runtime/references/__init__.py
@@ -6,11 +6,78 @@ at this turn so it can retrieve from those sources with tools.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+
+from app.agents.chat.runtime.path_resolver import build_path_index
+from app.schemas.new_chat import MentionedDocumentInfo
+
+from .chats import resolve_chat_references
+from .connectors import resolve_connector_references
+from .documents import resolve_document_references
+from .folders import resolve_folder_references
 from .models import ReferenceKind, ResolvedReference
 from .reference_pointers import render_reference_pointers
 
+
+async def resolve_references(
+    session: AsyncSession,
+    *,
+    search_space_id: int,
+    requesting_user_id: str | None,
+    current_chat_id: int,
+    document_ids: list[int] | None = None,
+    folder_ids: list[int] | None = None,
+    connector_ids: list[int] | None = None,
+    connector_chips: list[MentionedDocumentInfo] | None = None,
+    thread_ids: list[int] | None = None,
+) -> list[ResolvedReference]:
+    """Resolve a turn's ``@``-references into one ordered pointer list.
+
+    Order is documents, folders, connectors, chats. The path index is built
+    once and shared by the document and folder resolvers.
+    """
+    references: list[ResolvedReference] = []
+
+    if document_ids or folder_ids:
+        index = await build_path_index(session, search_space_id)
+        if document_ids:
+            references += await resolve_document_references(
+                session,
+                search_space_id=search_space_id,
+                document_ids=document_ids,
+                index=index,
+            )
+        if folder_ids:
+            references += await resolve_folder_references(
+                session,
+                search_space_id=search_space_id,
+                folder_ids=folder_ids,
+                index=index,
+            )
+
+    if connector_ids:
+        references += await resolve_connector_references(
+            session,
+            search_space_id=search_space_id,
+            connector_ids=connector_ids,
+            chips=connector_chips,
+        )
+
+    if thread_ids:
+        references += await resolve_chat_references(
+            session,
+            search_space_id=search_space_id,
+            requesting_user_id=requesting_user_id,
+            current_chat_id=current_chat_id,
+            thread_ids=thread_ids,
+        )
+
+    return references
+
+
 __all__ = [
     "ReferenceKind",
     "ResolvedReference",
     "render_reference_pointers",
+    "resolve_references",
 ]