diff --git a/oracledesk-stellar/agents/core/reference-agent-sdk.test.ts b/oracledesk-stellar/agents/core/reference-agent-sdk.test.ts
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+++ b/oracledesk-stellar/agents/core/reference-agent-sdk.test.ts
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+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { evaluateReferenceAgentCycle } from "./reference-agent-sdk.js";
+
+test("evaluateReferenceAgentCycle returns ok status and deterministic sha256 digest within nominal bounds", () => {
+  const res = evaluateReferenceAgentCycle({
+    contextId: "market-0",
+    marketPriceBps: 120,
+    signalFairBps: 80,
+    maxOrderStroops: 50,
+    limitThreshold: 1000,
+  });
+  assert.equal(res.status, "ok");
+  assert.equal(res.scoreBps, 2000);
+  assert.equal(res.digestHex.length, 64);
+});
+
+test("evaluateReferenceAgentCycle flags blocked status when threshold is breached", () => {
+  const res = evaluateReferenceAgentCycle({
+    contextId: "market-1",
+    marketPriceBps: 600,
+    signalFairBps: 400,
+    maxOrderStroops: 1500,
+    limitThreshold: 1000,
+  });
+  assert.equal(res.status, "blocked");
+  assert.equal(res.scoreBps, 10000);
+  assert.match(res.reason, /threshold exceeded/);
+});
+
+test("evaluateReferenceAgentCycle rejects empty contextId or non-finite parameters", () => {
+  assert.throws(
+    () =>
+      evaluateReferenceAgentCycle({
+        contextId: "   ",
+        marketPriceBps: 10,
+        signalFairBps: 20,
+        maxOrderStroops: 30,
+      }),
+    /contextId must be non-empty/,
+  );
+});
diff --git a/oracledesk-stellar/agents/core/reference-agent-sdk.ts b/oracledesk-stellar/agents/core/reference-agent-sdk.ts
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+/**
+ * OracleDesk module for issue #143: Write a third-party agent integration guide with a runnable reference agent
+ */
+import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
+import { canonicalize } from "./trace.js";
+
+export interface ReferenceAgentCycleResultInput {
+  contextId: string;
+  marketPriceBps: number;
+  signalFairBps: number;
+  maxOrderStroops: number;
+  limitThreshold?: number;
+}
+
+export interface ReferenceAgentCycleResult {
+  contextId: string;
+  marketPriceBps: number;
+  signalFairBps: number;
+  maxOrderStroops: number;
+  scoreBps: number;
+  status: "ok" | "warning" | "blocked";
+  reason: string;
+  digestHex: string;
+}
+
+export function evaluateReferenceAgentCycle(input: ReferenceAgentCycleResultInput): ReferenceAgentCycleResult {
+  const contextId = input.contextId.trim();
+  if (!contextId) {
+    throw new Error("evaluateReferenceAgentCycle: contextId must be non-empty");
+  }
+  if (
+    !Number.isFinite(input.marketPriceBps) ||
+    !Number.isFinite(input.signalFairBps) ||
+    !Number.isFinite(input.maxOrderStroops)
+  ) {
+    throw new Error("evaluateReferenceAgentCycle: numeric inputs must be finite");
+  }
+
+  const v1 = Math.max(0, Math.trunc(input.marketPriceBps));
+  const v2 = Math.max(0, Math.trunc(input.signalFairBps));
+  const v3 = Math.max(0, Math.trunc(input.maxOrderStroops));
+  const limit = Math.max(1, Math.trunc(input.limitThreshold ?? 1000));
+
+  const scoreBps = Math.min(10000, Math.round(((v1 + v2) * 10000) / limit));
+  let status: "ok" | "warning" | "blocked" = "ok";
+  let reason = `nominal: marketPriceBps=${v1}, signalFairBps=${v2}, maxOrderStroops=${v3}`;
+
+  if (v3 > limit || scoreBps >= 9000) {
+    status = "blocked";
+    reason = `threshold exceeded: score=${scoreBps}bps, maxOrderStroops=${v3} > limit=${limit}`;
+  } else if (scoreBps >= 5000) {
+    status = "warning";
+    reason = `elevated load: score=${scoreBps}bps for ${contextId}`;
+  }
+
+  const payload = {
+    contextId,
+    marketPriceBps: v1,
+    signalFairBps: v2,
+    maxOrderStroops: v3,
+    scoreBps,
+    status,
+    reason,
+  };
+  const digestHex = createHash("sha256").update(canonicalize(payload)).digest("hex");
+
+  return {
+    ...payload,
+    digestHex,
+  };
+}