diff --git a/lib/components/fabro-workflow/src/transforms/variable_expansion.rs b/lib/components/fabro-workflow/src/transforms/variable_expansion.rs
index da7aba76d..eb33f250f 100644
--- a/lib/components/fabro-workflow/src/transforms/variable_expansion.rs
+++ b/lib/components/fabro-workflow/src/transforms/variable_expansion.rs
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ impl TemplateTransform {
                     continue;
                 }
                 if let Some(kind) = reference_kind_for_attribute(scope, attr_name, text) {
-                    validate_static_reference(text, kind)
+                    validate_static_reference(text, kind.into())
                         .map_err(|error| Error::Validation(error.to_string()))?;
                     continue;
                 }
diff --git a/lib/foundation/fabro-template/src/static_reference.rs b/lib/foundation/fabro-template/src/static_reference.rs
index b832f2956..e2678ea65 100644
--- a/lib/foundation/fabro-template/src/static_reference.rs
+++ b/lib/foundation/fabro-template/src/static_reference.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 //! reference-bearing attribute is added here once instead of drifting between
 //! per-crate walkers.
 
-use fabro_types::graph::{AttributeScope, Graph, ReferenceKind, reference_kind_for_attribute};
+use fabro_types::graph::{
+    AttributeScope, Graph, GraphReferenceKind, ReferenceKind, reference_kind_for_attribute,
+};
 
 use crate::contains_template_syntax;
 
@@ -119,20 +121,19 @@ pub fn visit_graph_references<'graph, E>(
                 continue;
             };
             let reference = match kind {
-                ReferenceKind::Import | ReferenceKind::ChildWorkflow => value,
-                // Classification only yields FileInline for `@` values.
-                ReferenceKind::FileInline => value
+                GraphReferenceKind::Import | GraphReferenceKind::ChildWorkflow => value,
+                // Classification only yields these kinds for `@` values.
+                GraphReferenceKind::FileInline | GraphReferenceKind::GraphGoalFile => value
                     .strip_prefix('@')
-                    .expect("file inline classification requires a leading '@'"),
-                ReferenceKind::Dockerfile | ReferenceKind::GraphGoalFile => continue,
+                    .expect("file reference classification requires a leading '@'"),
             };
-            validate_static_reference(reference, kind)
+            validate_static_reference(reference, kind.into())
                 .map_err(GraphReferenceError::StaticReference)?;
             let event = match kind {
-                ReferenceKind::Import => GraphReference::Import { reference },
-                ReferenceKind::ChildWorkflow => GraphReference::ChildWorkflow { reference },
-                ReferenceKind::FileInline => GraphReference::FileInline { key, reference },
-                ReferenceKind::Dockerfile | ReferenceKind::GraphGoalFile => unreachable!(),
+                GraphReferenceKind::Import => GraphReference::Import { reference },
+                GraphReferenceKind::ChildWorkflow => GraphReference::ChildWorkflow { reference },
+                GraphReferenceKind::FileInline => GraphReference::FileInline { key, reference },
+                GraphReferenceKind::GraphGoalFile => GraphReference::GoalFile { reference },
             };
             visit(event).map_err(GraphReferenceError::Visit)?;
         }
diff --git a/lib/foundation/fabro-types/src/graph.rs b/lib/foundation/fabro-types/src/graph.rs
index b9f74b79f..e0d7dc17c 100644
--- a/lib/foundation/fabro-types/src/graph.rs
+++ b/lib/foundation/fabro-types/src/graph.rs
@@ -598,8 +598,7 @@ pub enum AttributeScope {
     Edge,
 }
 
-/// Kinds of static (non-templated) file references a graph attribute can
-/// carry.
+/// Kinds of static (non-templated) workflow-owned file references.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, strum::Display)]
 pub enum ReferenceKind {
     #[strum(to_string = "file inline reference")]
@@ -614,25 +613,48 @@ pub enum ReferenceKind {
     GraphGoalFile,
 }
 
+/// Kinds of static file references that graph attributes can carry: the
+/// subset of [`ReferenceKind`] that [`reference_kind_for_attribute`] can
+/// classify. Config-sourced kinds (Dockerfiles) are unrepresentable here by
+/// construction.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum GraphReferenceKind {
+    FileInline,
+    Import,
+    ChildWorkflow,
+    GraphGoalFile,
+}
+
+impl From<GraphReferenceKind> for ReferenceKind {
+    fn from(kind: GraphReferenceKind) -> Self {
+        match kind {
+            GraphReferenceKind::FileInline => Self::FileInline,
+            GraphReferenceKind::Import => Self::Import,
+            GraphReferenceKind::ChildWorkflow => Self::ChildWorkflow,
+            GraphReferenceKind::GraphGoalFile => Self::GraphGoalFile,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Classify a graph attribute as a static file reference, if it is one.
 #[must_use]
 pub fn reference_kind_for_attribute(
     scope: AttributeScope,
     key: &str,
     value: &str,
-) -> Option<ReferenceKind> {
+) -> Option<GraphReferenceKind> {
     match key {
-        "import" if matches!(scope, AttributeScope::Node) => Some(ReferenceKind::Import),
+        "import" if matches!(scope, AttributeScope::Node) => Some(GraphReferenceKind::Import),
         "stack.child_workflow" if matches!(scope, AttributeScope::Node) => {
-            Some(ReferenceKind::ChildWorkflow)
+            Some(GraphReferenceKind::ChildWorkflow)
         }
         "goal" if matches!(scope, AttributeScope::Graph) && value.starts_with('@') => {
-            Some(ReferenceKind::GraphGoalFile)
+            Some(GraphReferenceKind::GraphGoalFile)
         }
         "prompt" | "output_schema"
             if matches!(scope, AttributeScope::Node) && value.starts_with('@') =>
         {
-            Some(ReferenceKind::FileInline)
+            Some(GraphReferenceKind::FileInline)
         }
         _ => None,
     }
@@ -1168,7 +1190,7 @@ mod tests {
                 "output_schema",
                 "@schemas/result.schema.json",
             ),
-            Some(ReferenceKind::FileInline),
+            Some(GraphReferenceKind::FileInline),
         );
     }