diff --git a/doc/OBSERVATIONS.md b/doc/OBSERVATIONS.md
index 9a8e585..46d6328 100644
--- a/doc/OBSERVATIONS.md
+++ b/doc/OBSERVATIONS.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 **AI pipelines with standard tools** — ollie scripts compose into multi-stage AI pipelines via Unix pipes. Proof-of-concept:
 
 ```
-; s/optimize -n 2 -cm qwen/qwen3-8b -jm 'anthropic/claude-opus-4.6' 'generate a hello world program. use c++.' >[2]/dev/null | s/q
+; s/optimize -n 2 -cm qwen/qwen3-8b -jm 'anthropic/claude-opus-4.6' 'generate a hello world program. use c++.' >[2]/dev/null | b/q
 ```
 
-`s/optimize` generates and judges candidate prompts, emitting the best to stdout; `s/q` acts on it. Any tool that reads stdin and writes stdout is already a pipeline stage.
+`s/optimize` generates and judges candidate prompts, emitting the best to stdout; `b/q` acts on it. Any tool that reads stdin and writes stdout is already a pipeline stage.
diff --git a/scripts/README.md b/scripts/README.md
index ac8ceae..ace426f 100644
--- a/scripts/README.md
+++ b/scripts/README.md
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ mounted filesystem under `s/`, so they are available without any `$PATH` changes
 ```sh
 exec $OLLIE/s/sh              # start interactive shell
 $OLLIE/s/job "my prompt"      # batch job (foreground)
-$OLLIE/s/q "my prompt"        # foreground one-shot query
-$OLLIE/s/sched "my prompt"    # background job; prints b/ path
+$OLLIE/b/q "my prompt"        # foreground one-shot query
+$OLLIE/b/sched "my prompt"    # background job; prints b/ path
 $OLLIE/s/ls                   # list sessions
 $OLLIE/s/kill <id>            # kill a session
 $OLLIE/s/optimize "prompt"    # generate and return best optimized prompt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ $OLLIE/s/optimize "prompt"    # generate and return best optimized prompt
 Scripts are organized by the filesystem namespace they are hosted under:
 
 - `s/` — scripts hosted under the `s/` namespace
+- `b/` — scripts hosted under the `b/` namespace
 
 ---
 
@@ -104,6 +105,42 @@ With `-parallel N` and N > 1, results are separated by `=== {id} ===` headers.
 
 ---
 
+## b/q
+
+Foreground one-shot query; thin wrapper around `s/job`. Output goes to stdout.
+
+```
+b/q [flags] [prompt...]
+echo "prompt" | b/q [flags]
+```
+
+Accepts the same flags as `s/job`.
+
+---
+
+## b/sched
+
+Submit a background job; prints the `b/` path for each job.
+
+```
+b/sched [flags] [prompt...]
+echo "prompt" | b/sched [flags]
+```
+
+**Flags**
+
+| Flag | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `-name N` | Base job name |
+| `-cwd DIR` | Working directory (default: `pwd`) |
+| `-agent A` | Agent config name |
+| `-backend B` | Backend override |
+| `-model M` | Model override |
+| `-output FORMAT` | Output format hint (e.g. `json`) |
+| `-parallel N` | Submit N parallel jobs (default: 1) |
+
+---
+
 ## s/optimize
 
 Generates N candidate optimized prompts, judges them, and returns the best one to stdout. Debugging output (progress messages) goes to stderr.
@@ -128,7 +165,7 @@ echo "prompt" | s/optimize [flags]
 ```sh
 s/optimize "Summarize this document"
 s/optimize -n 5 -cm qwen/qwen3-8b -jm anthropic/claude-opus-4.6 "Write a haiku"
-s/optimize "generate a hello world program. use c++." >[2]/dev/null | s/q
+s/optimize "generate a hello world program. use c++." >[2]/dev/null | b/q
 ```
 
 Outputs to stdout, making it composable with other pipeline stages.
diff --git a/scripts/s/q b/scripts/b/q
similarity index 86%
rename from scripts/s/q
rename to scripts/b/q
index beec2c5..630a7d0 100644
--- a/scripts/s/q
+++ b/scripts/b/q
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# s/q: foreground one-shot query; output goes to stdout.
+# b/q: foreground one-shot query; output goes to stdout.
 for _arg; do
     [ "$_arg" = "-help" ] && cat <<'EOF' && exit 0
 usage: q [flags] [prompt...]
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ Flags:
   -help             show this help
 EOF
 done
-exec "${0%/*}/job" "$@"
+exec "${0%/*}/../s/job" "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/s/sched b/scripts/b/sched
similarity index 84%
rename from scripts/s/sched
rename to scripts/b/sched
index 79c498e..00f4bec 100644
--- a/scripts/s/sched
+++ b/scripts/b/sched
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# s/sched: submit a background job; prints the b/ path for each job.
+# b/sched: submit a background job; prints the b/ path for each job.
 for _arg; do
     [ "$_arg" = "-help" ] && cat <<'EOF' && exit 0
 usage: sched [flags] [prompt...]
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ Flags:
 EOF
 done
 OLLIE=${OLLIE:-$HOME/mnt/ollie}
-"${0%/*}/job" -bg "$@" | while IFS= read -r id; do
+"${0%/*}/../s/job" -bg "$@" | while IFS= read -r id; do
     [ -n "$id" ] && printf '%s/b/%s\n' "$OLLIE" "$id"
 done
diff --git a/scripts/s/optimize b/scripts/s/optimize
index d14b2fc..a2a68a7 100755
--- a/scripts/s/optimize
+++ b/scripts/s/optimize
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fi
 
 [ -z "$prompt" ] && { printf 'optimize: empty prompt\n' >&2; exit 1; }
 
-Q="${0%/*}/q"
+Q="${0%/*}/../b/q"
 
 c_flags=()
 j_flags=()