diff --git a/PLAN.md b/PLAN.md
index 1c534fc..666245c 100644
--- a/PLAN.md
+++ b/PLAN.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ detective method: **a fact needs ≥2 independent sources or it is
 2dph/
   PLAN.md / AGENTS.md
   docs/                     published docs (this conversation → docs/ as md)
-  skills/                   in-project skills (web-search, db-yaml, kb-search, agent-cost, diataxis-docs, …)
+  skills/                   in-project skills (web-search, db-yaml, brain, diataxis-docs)
   bin/
     facts/extract           auto-pair 2 sources → lexicon yaml + graph
     facts/audit             ["self"|"facts"|"info"|"stale"] 2-source + staleness gate
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Feedback loop: every commit → PR → CI → green/gate → merge. Same discipl
 
 1. scaffold repo (:done after this file + AGENTS.md + .gitignore + ci)
 2. gh repo create eSlider/2dph --private + initial commit + CI
-3. vendored skill integration (web-search, db-yaml, kb-search, agent-cost, diataxis-docs) — no remote links
+3. vendored skill integration (web-search, db-yaml, brain, diataxis-docs) — no remote links
 4. .venv: ladybug + model2vec + mistune
 5. schema + tools with TDD (kb + md + facts + brain)
 6. ~/.config/brain config
diff --git a/bin/tools/test_published_docs.py b/bin/tools/test_published_docs.py
index 0facabe..02dca93 100644
--- a/bin/tools/test_published_docs.py
+++ b/bin/tools/test_published_docs.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class PublishedDocsTest(unittest.TestCase):
         paths = [
             ROOT / "README.md",
             ROOT / "docs" / "design.md",
-            ROOT / "skills" / "kb-search" / "SKILL.md",
+            ROOT / "skills" / "brain" / "SKILL.md",
             ROOT / "skills" / "diataxis-docs" / "SKILL.md",
         ]
         # Command-style `--hop 1` / `--hop N` plus follow/walk = the old lie.
diff --git a/bin/tools/test_skills_bin_paths.py b/bin/tools/test_skills_bin_paths.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96d0e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tools/test_skills_bin_paths.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+"""Every bin/ path named in skills/ must exist on disk."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+BIN_PATH = re.compile(r"\b(bin/[A-Za-z0-9_./-]+)")
+
+
+class SkillsBinPathsTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_agent_cost_skill_is_gone(self) -> None:
+        self.assertFalse(
+            (ROOT / "skills" / "agent-cost").exists(),
+            "skills/agent-cost documents bin/agents/cost which does not exist",
+        )
+
+    def test_brain_skill_replaces_kb_search(self) -> None:
+        self.assertTrue((ROOT / "skills" / "brain" / "SKILL.md").is_file())
+        self.assertFalse((ROOT / "skills" / "kb-search").exists())
+
+    def test_skill_bin_paths_exist(self) -> None:
+        missing: list[str] = []
+        for skill in sorted((ROOT / "skills").rglob("SKILL.md")):
+            text = skill.read_text()
+            for match in BIN_PATH.findall(text):
+                rel = match.rstrip("`'.,")
+                if rel.endswith(".go") or Path(rel).suffix == "" or Path(rel).suffix in {".go", ".py"}:
+                    p = ROOT / rel
+                    if not p.exists():
+                        missing.append(f"{skill.relative_to(ROOT)}: {rel}")
+        self.assertEqual(missing, [], "SKILL.md names bin/ paths that do not exist")
diff --git a/skills/brain/SKILL.md b/skills/brain/SKILL.md
index 8aa1a5f..0944f3b 100644
--- a/skills/brain/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/brain/SKILL.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-name: kb-search
+name: brain
 description: >-
   Deduction search over the 2dph brain (Ladybug graph: ops corpus, portfolio,
   ssh hosts) with bin/brain/search.go instead of reading files or grepping
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description: >-
   documentation.
 ---
 
-# kb-search — deduction over facts and info
+# brain — deduction over facts and info
 
 One embedded Ladybug graph (`var/kb.lbug`, read-only when queried) holding two
 roots: