Prepare for public launch: comprehensive examples, docs, and tooling

This commit adds everything needed for a successful public launch:

**New Documentation**
- SECURITY.md: Security policy and best practices
- CLAUDE.md: Complete agent instructions for contributing to beads
- Enhanced README with pain points, FAQ, troubleshooting sections
- Added Taskwarrior to comparison table with detailed explanation

**Installation**
- install.sh: One-liner installation script with platform detection
- Auto-detects OS/arch, tries go install, falls back to building from source
- Updated README with prominent installation instructions

**Examples** (2,268+ lines of working code)
- examples/python-agent/: Full Python implementation of agent workflow
- examples/bash-agent/: Shell script agent with colorized output
- examples/git-hooks/: Pre-commit, post-merge, post-checkout hooks with installer
- examples/claude-desktop-mcp/: Documentation for future MCP server integration
- examples/README.md: Overview of all examples

**Dogfooding**
- Initialized bd in beads project itself (.beads/beads.db)
- Created issues for roadmap (MCP server, migrations, demos, 1.0 milestone)
- Exported to .beads/issues.jsonl for git versioning

**Visual Assets**
- Added screenshot showing agent using beads to README intro
- Placed in .github/images/ following GitHub conventions

This addresses all launch readiness items:
 Security policy
 Working agent examples (Python, Bash)
 Git hooks for automation
 FAQ addressing skeptics
 Troubleshooting common issues
 Easy installation
 Dogfooding our own tool
 Pain points that create urgency

Ready to ship! 🚀

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Bash Agent Example
A bash script demonstrating how an AI agent can use bd to manage tasks autonomously.
## Features
- Pure bash implementation (no Python/Node required)
- Colorized terminal output
- Automatic work discovery
- Random issue creation to simulate real agent behavior
- Dependency linking with `discovered-from`
- Statistics display
## Prerequisites
- bash 4.0+
- bd installed: `go install github.com/steveyegge/beads/cmd/bd@latest`
- jq for JSON parsing: `brew install jq` (macOS) or `apt install jq` (Linux)
- A beads database initialized: `bd init`
## Usage
```bash
# Make executable
chmod +x agent.sh
# Run with default 10 iterations
./agent.sh
# Run with custom iteration limit
./agent.sh 20
```
## What It Does
The agent runs in a loop:
1. Looks for ready work (no blockers)
2. Claims the task (sets status to `in_progress`)
3. "Works" on it (simulates 1 second of work)
4. 50% chance to discover a follow-up issue
5. If discovered, creates and links the new issue
6. Completes the original task
7. Shows statistics and repeats
## Example Output
```
🚀 Beads Agent starting...
Max iterations: 10
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════
Beads Statistics
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════
Open: 5 In Progress: 0 Closed: 2
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════
Iteration 1/10
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════
Looking for ready work...
Claiming task: bd-3
✓ Task claimed
Working on: Fix authentication bug (bd-3)
Priority: 1
⚠ Discovered issue while working!
✓ Created issue: bd-8
✓ Linked bd-8 ← discovered-from ← bd-3
Completing task: bd-3
✓ Task completed: bd-3
```
## Use Cases
**Continuous Integration**
```bash
# Run agent in CI to process testing tasks
./agent.sh 5
```
**Cron Jobs**
```bash
# Run agent every hour
0 * * * * cd /path/to/project && /path/to/agent.sh 3
```
**One-off Task Processing**
```bash
# Process exactly one task and exit
./agent.sh 1
```
## Customization
Edit the script to customize behavior:
```bash
# Change discovery probability (line ~80)
if [[ $((RANDOM % 2)) -eq 0 ]]; then # 50% chance
# Change to:
if [[ $((RANDOM % 10)) -lt 3 ]]; then # 30% chance
# Add assignee filtering
bd ready --json --assignee "bot" --limit 1
# Add priority filtering
bd ready --json --priority 1 --limit 1
# Add custom labels
bd create "New task" -l "automated,agent-discovered"
```
## Integration with Real Agents
This script is a starting point. To integrate with a real LLM:
1. Replace `do_work()` with calls to your LLM API
2. Parse the LLM's response for tasks to create
3. Use issue IDs to maintain context
4. Track conversation state in issue metadata
## See Also
- [../python-agent/](../python-agent/) - Python version with more flexibility
- [../git-hooks/](../git-hooks/) - Automatic export/import on git operations

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Simple AI agent workflow using bd (Beads issue tracker).
#
# This demonstrates the full lifecycle of an agent managing tasks:
# - Find ready work
# - Claim and execute
# - Discover new issues
# - Link discoveries
# - Complete and move on
set -euo pipefail
# Colors for output
RED='\033[0;31m'
GREEN='\033[0;32m'
YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
BLUE='\033[0;34m'
NC='\033[0m' # No Color
log_info() {
echo -e "${BLUE} ${NC}$1"
}
log_success() {
echo -e "${GREEN}${NC} $1"
}
log_warning() {
echo -e "${YELLOW}${NC} $1"
}
log_error() {
echo -e "${RED}${NC} $1"
}
# Check if bd is installed
if ! command -v bd &> /dev/null; then
log_error "bd is not installed"
echo "Install with: go install github.com/steveyegge/beads/cmd/bd@latest"
exit 1
fi
# Check if we're in a beads-initialized directory
if ! bd list &> /dev/null; then
log_error "Not in a beads-initialized directory"
echo "Run: bd init"
exit 1
fi
# Find ready work
find_ready_work() {
bd ready --json --limit 1 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.[0] // empty'
}
# Extract field from JSON
get_field() {
local json="$1"
local field="$2"
echo "$json" | jq -r ".$field"
}
# Claim a task
claim_task() {
local issue_id="$1"
log_info "Claiming task: $issue_id"
bd update "$issue_id" --status in_progress --json > /dev/null
log_success "Task claimed"
}
# Simulate doing work (in real agent, this would call LLM/execute code)
do_work() {
local issue="$1"
local issue_id=$(get_field "$issue" "id")
local title=$(get_field "$issue" "title")
local priority=$(get_field "$issue" "priority")
echo ""
log_info "Working on: $title ($issue_id)"
echo " Priority: $priority"
# Simulate work delay
sleep 1
# Simulate discovering new work (50% chance)
if [[ $((RANDOM % 2)) -eq 0 ]]; then
log_warning "Discovered issue while working!"
# Create new issue
local new_issue=$(bd create "Follow-up: $title" \
-d "Discovered while working on $issue_id" \
-p 2 \
-t task \
--json)
local new_id=$(echo "$new_issue" | jq -r '.id')
log_success "Created issue: $new_id"
# Link it back to parent
bd dep add "$new_id" "$issue_id" --type discovered-from
log_success "Linked $new_id ← discovered-from ← $issue_id"
return 0 # Discovered new work
fi
return 1 # No new work discovered
}
# Complete a task
complete_task() {
local issue_id="$1"
local reason="${2:-Completed successfully}"
log_info "Completing task: $issue_id"
bd close "$issue_id" --reason "$reason" --json > /dev/null
log_success "Task completed: $issue_id"
}
# Show statistics
show_stats() {
echo ""
echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════"
echo " Beads Statistics"
echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════"
bd stats
echo ""
}
# Main agent loop
run_agent() {
local max_iterations="${1:-10}"
local iteration=0
echo ""
echo "🚀 Beads Agent starting..."
echo " Max iterations: $max_iterations"
show_stats
while [[ $iteration -lt $max_iterations ]]; do
iteration=$((iteration + 1))
echo ""
echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════"
echo " Iteration $iteration/$max_iterations"
echo "═══════════════════════════════════════════════════"
# Find ready work
log_info "Looking for ready work..."
ready_work=$(find_ready_work)
if [[ -z "$ready_work" ]]; then
log_warning "No ready work found. Agent idle."
break
fi
issue_id=$(get_field "$ready_work" "id")
# Claim it
claim_task "$issue_id"
# Do the work
if do_work "$ready_work"; then
log_info "New work discovered, will process in next iteration"
fi
# Complete it
complete_task "$issue_id"
# Brief pause between iterations
sleep 0.5
done
echo ""
log_success "Agent finished after $iteration iterations"
show_stats
}
# Handle Ctrl-C gracefully
trap 'echo ""; log_warning "Agent interrupted by user"; exit 130' INT
# Run the agent
run_agent "${1:-10}"