
Beads
OfficialProvides a distributed, git-backed issue tracker that gives AI agents persistent structured memory for managing complex coding tasks over time.
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What it does
- Track development tasks with dependency graphs
- Store and retrieve structured project memory
- Version control task states with automatic merging
- Handle multi-agent workflows without conflicts
- Compact old tasks to save context window space
- Link related issues with semantic relationships
Best for
AI agents working on long-horizon coding projectsMulti-agent development workflowsPersistent task tracking across coding sessions
Git-backed with cell-level mergeHash-based IDs prevent merge conflictsCross-platform CLI tool