Beads

Beads

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Provides 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

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