Beads

Beads is a Git-backed issue tracker designed as a persistent memory layer for coding agents. Instead of relying on ad hoc Markdown plans, it gives agents a structured task graph with blocker relationships, ready-work detection and branch-friendly coordination for long-horizon work across sessions. It’s built on Dolt, a SQL database with built-in version control that supports branches, merging, diffs and table cloning similar to a Git repository. Beads represents a new category of agent-native project memory and task tracking tools. Other early projects in this space include ticket and tracer. Unlike traditional ticketing systems such as GitHub Issues and Jira, Beads and similar tools enable new workflows for coordinating autonomous multi-agent execution, including agents assigning tasks to one another.