Beads
Skill Verified ActiveDolt-powered issue tracker for multi-session work with dependencies and persistent memory across conversation compaction. Use when work spans sessions, has blockers, or needs context recovery after compaction. Trigger with "create task", "what's ready", "track this work", "resume after compaction". Make sure to use this skill whenever managing multi-session work, tracking dependencies, or recovering context.
To provide AI agents with a robust, persistent, and dependency-aware task management system that survives conversation compaction and enables long-term project tracking.
Features
- Persistent memory across conversation compaction
- Graph-based issue dependency tracking
- Multi-session work support
- Context recovery after session resets
- AI-optimized CLI workflows via `bd prime`
Use Cases
- Managing multi-session work that spans days or weeks
- Tracking complex project dependencies and blockers
- Recovering context and resuming work after conversation compaction
- Organizing and prioritizing tasks for long-term AI agent projects
Non-Goals
- Replacing ephemeral single-session task lists (use TodoWrite)
- Managing project management tools other than 'bd'
- Providing a generic command-line interface without specific task management context
Trust
- info:Issues AttentionOpen issues (176) are significantly higher than closed issues (563) in the last 90 days (closure rate ~27%), indicating slower response times on newer issues.
Installation
First, add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add gastownhall/beads/plugin install beads@beads-marketplaceQuality Score
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