This skill should be used when the user asks to "track issues", "create beads issue", "show blockers", "what''s ready to work on", "beads routing", "prefix routing", "cross-rig beads", "BEADS_DIR", "two-level beads", "town vs rig beads", "slingable beads", or needs guidance on git-based issue tracking with the bd CLI.
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agentops
February 1, 2026
Select agents to install to:
npx add-skill https://github.com/boshu2/agentops/blob/main/skills/beads/SKILL.md -a claude-code --skill beadsInstallation paths:
.claude/skills/beads/# Beads - Persistent Task Memory for AI Agents Graph-based issue tracker that survives conversation compaction. ## Overview **bd (beads)** replaces markdown task lists with a dependency-aware graph stored in git. **Key Distinction**: - **bd**: Multi-session work, dependencies, survives compaction, git-backed - **TodoWrite**: Single-session tasks, linear execution, conversation-scoped **Decision Rule**: If resuming in 2 weeks would be hard without bd, use bd. ## Prerequisites - **bd CLI**: Version 0.34.0+ installed and in PATH - **Git Repository**: Current directory must be a git repo - **Initialization**: `bd init` run once (humans do this, not agents)