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Prepared the beads-mcp package for publishing to PyPI, simplifying installation for users who want to use the MCP server with Claude Desktop or other MCP clients. Changes: - Added LICENSE file (MIT) to integrations/beads-mcp/ - Updated pyproject.toml with PyPI metadata (license, URLs, classifiers) - Updated README with simplified installation (uv tool install beads-mcp) - Created PYPI.md with detailed publishing guide - Updated examples/claude-desktop-mcp/README to reference the production MCP server Installation is now simplified from: git clone && cd && uv sync to: uv tool install beads-mcp Configuration is simplified from multi-line with --directory args to: "command": "beads-mcp" Tested build successfully. Package ready for: - Test PyPI: python -m twine upload --repository testpypi dist/* - Production PyPI: python -m twine upload dist/* 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
beads-mcp
MCP server for beads issue tracker and agentic memory system. Enables AI agents to manage tasks using bd CLI through Model Context Protocol.
Installing
Install from PyPI:
# Using uv (recommended)
uv tool install beads-mcp
# Or using pip
pip install beads-mcp
Add to your Claude Desktop config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"beads": {
"command": "beads-mcp"
}
}
}
Development Installation
For development, clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/steveyegge/beads
cd beads/integrations/beads-mcp
uv sync
Then use in Claude Desktop config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"beads": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/beads-mcp",
"run",
"beads-mcp"
]
}
}
}
Environment Variables (all optional):
BEADS_PATH- Path to bd executable (default:~/.local/bin/bd)BEADS_DB- Path to beads database file (default: auto-discover from cwd)BEADS_ACTOR- Actor name for audit trail (default:$USER)BEADS_NO_AUTO_FLUSH- Disable automatic JSONL sync (default:false)BEADS_NO_AUTO_IMPORT- Disable automatic JSONL import (default:false)
Features
Resource:
beads://quickstart- Quickstart guide for using beads
Tools:
init- Initialize bd in current directorycreate- Create new issue (bug, feature, task, epic, chore)list- List issues with filters (status, priority, type, assignee)ready- Find tasks with no blockers ready to work onshow- Show detailed issue info including dependenciesupdate- Update issue (status, priority, design, notes, etc)close- Close completed issuedep- Add dependency (blocks, related, parent-child, discovered-from)blocked- Get blocked issuesstats- Get project statistics
Development
Run MCP inspector:
# inside beads-mcp dir
uv run fastmcp dev src/beads_mcp/server.py
Type checking:
uv run mypy src/beads_mcp
Linting and formatting:
uv run ruff check src/beads_mcp
uv run ruff format src/beads_mcp
Testing
Run all tests:
uv run pytest
With coverage:
uv run pytest --cov=beads_mcp tests/
Test suite includes both mocked unit tests and integration tests with real bd CLI.