beads
Dolt-powered issue tracker for multi-session work with dependencies and persistent memory across conversation compaction.
Connecting the steps of a workflow
What it does
Beads - Persistent Task Memory for AI Agents
Use when work spans sessions, has blockers, or needs context recovery after compaction
You don’t need to name it. Ask for the job in your own words — your AI loads the skill when the request matches.
What it can touch
No script files in its folder
Its folder holds text, not programs — but the instructions do tell your AI to run commands (see below).
How we know
Listed the 49 files in the skill’s folder on GitHub; none is a script or program.
Uses terminal commands
It shows your AI commands to run. In a coding agent that means your terminal; in a chat app it usually can’t.
How we know
The SKILL.md contains shell code blocks.
Says which tools it uses
It declares the tools it expects to be allowed: Read,Bash(bd:*)
How we know
The allowed-tools field in the SKILL.md front matter.
Downloads a script and runs it in one step, unread
Code run this way does whatever the other server sends at that moment — what you can read today is not necessarily what runs.
How we know
resources/TROUBLESHOOTING.md line 57: “curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gastownhall/beads/main/scripts/install.sh | bash”. Read 2026-10-05, commit f2eb56a.
resources/TROUBLESHOOTING.md, line 57 ↗1 smaller thing worth knowing
Downloads a script and runs it in one step, unread. Usually legitimate — listed so nothing is hidden.
How we know
Downloads a script and runs it in one step, unread — commands/version.md line 21. Read 2026-10-05, commit f2eb56a.
commands/version.md, line 21 ↗Recently maintained
Its repository has had changes recently.
How we know
Last push to gastownhall/beads: 2026-10-04 (1 days before the scan).
Read automatically from the skill’s own files on GitHub on 5 Oct 2026. Launch7 does not run or manually review skills: this lists what the check saw, and nothing here means “safe”. How we check
Add it to your AI
Supported. Upload it once in Claude’s settings. Works on every plan, including Free.
Built in your browser from the SKILL.md on GitHub — nothing passes through Launch7.
In Claude, open Customize → Skills, press +, then Create skill → Upload a skill, and choose the .zip.
Make sure code execution is switched on (Settings → Capabilities). Skills need it.
Start a new chat and ask for the job in your own words — Claude picks the skill up when it fits.
How Claude does this: support.claude.com · checked 28 Sep 2026 · “Supported” means documented by the vendor; Launch7 has not run it end to end
More from gastownhall
All from this publisher →- beads-docs
Project conventions for writing, editing, restructuring, or reviewing the beads user documentation — the Mintlify site under docs/.
