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! 🚀🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
This is a fundamental architectural shift from binary SQLite to JSONL as
the source of truth for git workflows.
## New Features
- `bd export --format=jsonl` - Export issues to JSON Lines format
- `bd import` - Import issues from JSONL (create new, update existing)
- `--skip-existing` flag for import to only create new issues
## Architecture Change
**Before:** Binary SQLite database committed to git
**After:** JSONL text files as source of truth, SQLite as ephemeral cache
Benefits:
- Git-friendly text format with clean diffs
- AI-resolvable merge conflicts (append-only is 95% conflict-free)
- Human-readable issue tracking in git
- No binary merge conflicts
## Documentation
- Updated README with JSONL-first workflow and git hooks
- Added TEXT_FORMATS.md analyzing JSONL vs CSV vs binary
- Updated GIT_WORKFLOW.md with historical context
- .gitignore now excludes *.db, includes .beads/*.jsonl
## Implementation Details
- Export sorts issues by ID for consistent diffs
- Import handles both creates and updates atomically
- Proper handling of pointer fields (EstimatedMinutes)
- All tests passing
## Breaking Changes
- Database files (*.db) should now be gitignored
- Use export/import workflow for git collaboration
- Git hooks recommended for automation
🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
