diff --git a/standards/src/templates/app/domain/item/ports/converters.py b/standards/src/templates/app/domain/item/ports/converters.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f386df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standards/src/templates/app/domain/item/ports/converters.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"""# Summary
+
+Optional converters for the item slice — pure functions mapping between domain
+types. Add a converter here when a service must reshape data; keep it pure.
+"""
+from domain.item.models import Item
+
+
+def to_item(data: dict) -> Item:
+    """Build an :class:`Item` from a raw mapping.
+
+    Args:
+        data (dict): Field mapping matching the item model.
+
+    Returns:
+        Item: The constructed item model.
+    """
+    return Item(**data)
diff --git a/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/__init__.py b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..196d174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"""# Summary
+
+Example pipeline family — a reusable skeleton, not an app-specific pipeline.
+
+Replace ``Example*`` names and the three stages with your family's stages. The
+shape (abc → impl → pipeline.yaml → resources/) stays the same.
+"""
diff --git a/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/abc.py b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/abc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebbc570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/abc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+"""# Summary
+
+Example pipeline family — port contracts (stage interfaces + root interface).
+
+Ports are declared as a DI tree: the root's annotated slots *are* the dependency
+decisions. The concrete subclass in ``impl.py`` pins the stage types.
+"""
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from typing import Any
+
+from pipelines.shared.ports import FinalizePort
+
+
+class IngestPort(ABC):
+    """Obtain the raw input as text/bytes."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def materialize(self, source: Any) -> str:
+        """Return the raw input materialized as text."""
+
+
+class ReadPort(ABC):
+    """Parse materialized input into records."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def read(self, content: str) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Return parsed records."""
+
+
+class NormalizePort(ABC):
+    """Normalize raw records into the target shape."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def build(self, records: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Return normalized records."""
+
+
+class ExamplePipelinePort(ABC):
+    """Root of the example family.
+
+    Notes:
+        The slot annotations below are contracts. A concrete subclass re-annotates
+        them with stage implementations; the DI container instantiates the tree.
+    """
+
+    ingest: IngestPort
+    reader: ReadPort
+    normalize: NormalizePort
+    finalize: FinalizePort
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def run(self, source: Any) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Run the full stage chain and return the normalized records."""
diff --git a/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/impl.py b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/impl.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d78c30e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/impl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+"""# Summary
+
+Example pipeline family — concrete stages, the wired root, and its registration.
+
+The concrete subclass re-annotates each slot with a stage implementation; the DI
+container builds the whole tree. Register the family so the shared registry can
+resolve it by ``(kind, variant, mode)``.
+"""
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+from pipelines.example.abc import (
+    ExamplePipelinePort,
+    IngestPort,
+    NormalizePort,
+    ReadPort,
+)
+from pipelines.shared.loader import build_pipeline
+from pipelines.shared.ports import FinalizePort
+from pipelines.shared.registry import register
+
+
+class TextIngest(IngestPort):
+    """Materialize any source as text."""
+
+    def materialize(self, source: Any) -> str:
+        return source if isinstance(source, str) else str(source)
+
+
+class LineReader(ReadPort):
+    """Read one record per non-empty line."""
+
+    def read(self, content: str) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        return [{"line": line} for line in content.splitlines() if line.strip()]
+
+
+class PassthroughNormalize(NormalizePort):
+    """Return records unchanged (replace with real normalization)."""
+
+    def build(self, records: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        return records
+
+
+class NoopFinalize(FinalizePort):
+    """Drop records (replace with a service-backed finalize stage)."""
+
+    async def finalize(self, records: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> list[Any]:
+        return records
+
+
+class ExamplePipeline(ExamplePipelinePort):
+    """Concrete example family — the dependency decisions live here."""
+
+    ingest: TextIngest
+    reader: LineReader
+    normalize: PassthroughNormalize
+    finalize: NoopFinalize
+
+    async def run(self, source: Any) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        content = self.ingest.materialize(source)
+        records = self.reader.read(content)
+        return self.normalize.build(records)
+
+
+def get_example_pipeline() -> ExamplePipeline:
+    """Wire and return the example pipeline through the shared loader."""
+    resources = Path(__file__).parent / "resources"
+    return build_pipeline(ExamplePipeline, resources_dir=resources)
+
+
+register("example", "default", ExamplePipeline)
diff --git a/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/pipeline.yaml b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/pipeline.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ebfe2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/pipeline.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Graph spec for the example family: nodes, edges, and the root.
+# Mirrors the port tree in abc.py. Replace with your family's graph.
+schema: ExampleRecord
+nodes:
+  ingest:
+    port: IngestPort
+  reader:
+    port: ReadPort
+  normalize:
+    port: NormalizePort
+  finalize:
+    port: FinalizePort
+edges:
+  - ingest -> reader
+  - reader -> normalize
+  - normalize -> finalize
+roots:
+  default: ExamplePipeline
diff --git a/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/resources/patterns/example.yaml b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/resources/patterns/example.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0074eff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/resources/patterns/example.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Pattern / rule fragments for the example family.
+# The loader merges every patterns/*.yaml into one registry by key.
+example:
+  enabled: true
diff --git a/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/resources/pipeline.yaml b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/resources/pipeline.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a670be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/example/resources/pipeline.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Runtime spec consumed by the shared loader.
+kind: example
+variant: default
+mode: default
+patterns: []
diff --git a/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/shared/__init__.py b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/shared/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8aef39c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/shared/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+"""# Summary
+
+Shared pipeline scaffolding — ports, loader, and registry reused by every
+pipeline family. See standards "06_pipeline_scaffold".
+"""
diff --git a/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/shared/loader.py b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/shared/loader.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10a3c2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/shared/loader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+"""# Summary
+
+Pipeline loader — wire a family root through the DI library and attach the
+merged pattern registry from ``resources/patterns/*.yaml``.
+
+All families share this loader so wiring is never hand-rolled.
+"""
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import yaml
+
+from hexa import build
+
+
+def load_patterns(resources_dir: str | Path) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Merge every pattern fragment under ``resources/patterns`` into one map.
+
+    Args:
+        resources_dir (str | Path): Family resources directory.
+
+    Returns:
+        dict[str, Any]: Merged pattern/rule fragments keyed by fragment name.
+    """
+    registry: dict[str, Any] = {}
+    patterns = Path(resources_dir) / "patterns"
+    if patterns.is_dir():
+        for path in sorted(patterns.glob("*.yaml")):
+            data = yaml.safe_load(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")) or {}
+            registry.update(data)
+    return registry
+
+
+def build_pipeline(
+    root_cls,
+    *,
+    resources_dir: str | Path = "resources",
+    instances: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    config: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+):
+    """Wire ``root_cls`` and inject the merged pattern registry.
+
+    Args:
+        root_cls: The pipeline root class (a port tree).
+        resources_dir (str | Path): Directory holding ``patterns/*.yaml``.
+        instances (dict[str, Any] | None): Runtime objects injected by slot name.
+        config (dict[str, Any] | None): Config values propagated by field name.
+
+    Returns:
+        The fully wired pipeline root.
+    """
+    merged_instances = dict(instances or {})
+    merged_instances.setdefault("registry", load_patterns(resources_dir))
+    return build(root_cls, instances=merged_instances, config=config or {})
diff --git a/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/shared/ports.py b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/shared/ports.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec15d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/shared/ports.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+"""# Summary
+
+Shared pipeline ports — the contracts every pipeline family reuses.
+
+A port is an abstract stage contract. Concrete families pin their implementations
+on a root's annotated slots; the DI library instantiates the tree.
+"""
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from typing import Any
+
+
+class FinalizePort(ABC):
+    """Terminal stage — turn normalized records into persisted resources."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def finalize(self, records: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> list[Any]:
+        """Persist records and return the created resources."""
+
+
+class RegistryPort(ABC):
+    """Resolve a pattern / rule fragment by key."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def resolve(self, key: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Return the fragment registered under ``key``."""
diff --git a/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/shared/registry.py b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/shared/registry.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5de929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standards/src/templates/app/pipelines/shared/registry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""# Summary
+
+Family registry — resolve a ``(kind, variant, mode)`` triple to a root class.
+
+A single lookup replaces hand-rolled ``if/else`` family selection.
+"""
+from typing import Dict, Type
+
+# Populated by ``register`` as families import.
+_FAMILIES: Dict[str, Dict[str, Dict[str, Type]]] = {}
+
+
+def register(kind: str, variant: str, root_cls: Type, mode: str = "default") -> Type:
+    """Register ``root_cls`` for a ``(kind, variant, mode)`` triple.
+
+    Returns:
+        Type: The registered class (so it can be used as a decorator).
+    """
+    _FAMILIES.setdefault(kind, {}).setdefault(variant, {})[mode] = root_cls
+    return root_cls
+
+
+def resolve_root(kind: str, variant: str, mode: str = "default") -> Type:
+    """Return the root class for a ``(kind, variant, mode)`` triple.
+
+    Raises:
+        KeyError: When no family matches the triple.
+    """
+    return _FAMILIES[kind][variant][mode]
diff --git a/standards/src/templates/app/pyproject.toml b/standards/src/templates/app/pyproject.toml
index 9d44827..48288f1 100644
--- a/standards/src/templates/app/pyproject.toml
+++ b/standards/src/templates/app/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pydantic>=2",
     "motor",
     "python-dotenv",
+    "pyyaml",
     "openapi-first",
     "mongo-ops",
     "hexa",
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["."]
-include = ["domain*", "infra*", "interfaces*", "pipelines*"]
+include = ["domain*", "infra*", "interfaces*", "pipelines*", "scripts*"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 asyncio_mode = "auto"
diff --git a/standards/src/templates/app/scripts/__init__.py b/standards/src/templates/app/scripts/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43e0740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standards/src/templates/app/scripts/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"""# Summary
+
+Operator scripts — run from the project root as ``python -m scripts.<name>``.
+
+They use the composition root (:func:`init.init` / :func:`init.shutdown`) so they
+share the exact wiring the API and worker use.
+"""
diff --git a/standards/src/templates/app/scripts/drop.py b/standards/src/templates/app/scripts/drop.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..042064a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standards/src/templates/app/scripts/drop.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+"""# Summary
+
+Operator script — drop the collections owned by each service for a clean slate.
+
+Run from the project root:
+
+    python -m scripts.drop
+"""
+import asyncio
+
+from init import init, shutdown
+
+
+async def main() -> None:
+    """Delete every service collection, best-effort, then shut down."""
+    resources = await init()
+    try:
+        dropped = 0
+        for name, svc in resources.items():
+            if not name.endswith("_svc"):
+                continue
+            delete_many = getattr(svc.repo, "delete_many", None)
+            if delete_many is not None:
+                await delete_many({})
+                dropped += 1
+        print(f"Dropped {dropped} service collection(s).")
+    finally:
+        await shutdown()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())
diff --git a/standards/src/templates/app/scripts/seed.py b/standards/src/templates/app/scripts/seed.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a2ad0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standards/src/templates/app/scripts/seed.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"""# Summary
+
+Operator script — seed demo data through the composition root.
+
+Run from the project root:
+
+    python -m scripts.seed
+"""
+import asyncio
+
+from init import init, shutdown
+
+
+async def main() -> None:
+    """Seed one demo item and shut down cleanly."""
+    resources = await init()
+    try:
+        item_svc = resources["item_svc"]
+        await item_svc.create({"name": "seed", "quantity": 1})
+        print("Seeded one item.")
+    finally:
+        await shutdown()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())