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+
+API Breaks
+----------
+- N/A
+
+Features
+--------
+- Adds "beams validate" cli entrypoint for checking the schema of a serialized beams behavior tree.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+- Fix an issue where cli entrypoints may not have the full serialization schema loaded.
+
+Maintenance
+-----------
+- Add regression tests for schema validation.
+
+Contributors
+------------
+- zllentz