Beads
ActiveDescription
A memory upgrade for coding agents. Provides persistent contextual memory for Claude Code, Codex, and other coding agents to improve long-task consistency.
Key Features
- Dolt-powered versioned SQL database — cell-level merge, native branching and remote sync
- Dependency-aware task graph — replaces Markdown TODOs with graph structure supporting blocks/related/parent-child relationships
- Agent-optimized output — JSON output format, dependency tracking and auto-ready task detection
- Hash-based conflict-free IDs — uses bd-a1b2 format IDs to prevent merge conflicts in multi-agent workflows
- Semantic memory compaction — auto-summarizes old closed tasks to save context window space
- Hierarchical task structure — supports Epic → Task → Sub-task hierarchy for complex project management
Use Cases
💡 Provide cross-session persistent task memory for Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents
💡 Track task dependencies with graph structures in multi-agent collaborative projects
💡 Use Dolt version control to review task change history and decision records
💡 Accumulate searchable knowledge insights for projects via bd remember
💡 Isolate experimental task branches for open source contributors to avoid polluting main repo
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Quick Start
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gastownhall/beads/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
cd your-project
bd init
bd create "Implement auth" -p 0