**Bead document** from Bead: Bead Reshaping · [canonical source](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/4c17b0ec-441c-4285-85d1-f727492cc58a/README.md) · discussion: Talk: Bead Reshaping
Beads are not a fixed partition of the work. They **reshape — split, merge, reassign, prune — much like Gaussian splats optimize their number and shapes** to best represent a scene. This bead is the home for that idea: the signal that triggers a reshape (conceptual tension = "content that doesn't belong"), the operations, and who drives them (the mayordomo / `bead-orchestrator`). **Read order** 1. [`about.md`](about.md) — identity, motivation, mechanism. 2. [`bead-bind-startup.md`](bead-bind-startup.md) — if advancing this bead. 3. [`2026-06-17/notes/00-beads-reshape-like-gaussian-splats.md`](2026-06-17/notes/00-beads-reshape-like-gaussian-splats.md) — the analogy, the ops, and worked example #1 (contacts → `people/`). Status: **open / methodology** (2026-06-17).