Provides a lightweight memory system for coding agents through a graph-based issue tracker.
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Beads is a lightweight, graph-based issue tracker designed to give coding agents an enhanced memory and long-term planning capability. It helps agents reliably perform complex, long-horizon tasks by chaining issues together with dependencies, preventing common problems like amnesia during compaction sessions or silently passing over discovered work. Agents can use it to file, manage, and query issues, creating a shared, distributed database experience backed by Git for project organization and improved work auditability.
Key Features
01Zero setup with project-local database
02Git-versioned JSONL records provide a distributed database across machines
03Four types of dependency tracking (blocks, related, parent-child, discovered-from)
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05Automatic detection of ready-to-work issues
06Agent-friendly JSON output for programmatic integration
Use Cases
01Upgrade coding agents' memory and long-term planning capabilities
02Enable agents to automatically file and manage newly-discovered work
03Facilitate shared, distributed issue tracking for multiple agents collaborating on a project
