beads

Log and label agent interactions (append-only JSONL)

Show blocked issues

Close a beads issue that's been completed.

View or manage comments on an issue

Reduce database size by summarizing closed issues no longer actively referenced.

Create a new beads issue. If arguments are provided:

Manage the per-project background daemon that handles database connections and syncs with git.

Manage bd daemon processes across all repositories and worktrees.

Delete one or more issues and clean up all references.

Manage dependencies between beads issues.

Epic management commands

Export issues to JSONL format

Import issues from JSONL format

Initialize beads in the current project

Manage labels on beads issues. Labels provide flexible cross-cutting metadata beyond structured fields (status, priority, type).

List beads issues with optional filtering.

Load AI-optimized workflow context for beads issue tracking.

Quick start guide for bd workflows (deprecated)

Find ready-to-work tasks with no blockers

Rename the issue prefix for all issues

Reopen one or more closed issues.

Restore full history of compacted issue from git

Search issues by text query

Show detailed information about an issue

Show project statistics and progress

Synchronize issues with git remote in a single operation.

Manage issue templates for streamlined issue creation.

Update a beads issue.

Check beads and plugin versions

Show the AI-supervised issue workflow guide