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* feat(ready,blocked): Add --parent flag for scoping by epic/bead descendants
Add --parent flag to `bd ready` and `bd blocked` CLI commands and MCP tools
to filter results to all descendants of a specific epic or bead.
## Backward Compatibility
- CLI: New optional --parent flag; existing usage unchanged
- RPC: New `blocked` operation added (was missing); existing operations unchanged
- MCP: New optional `parent` parameter; existing calls work as before
- Storage interface: GetBlockedIssues signature changed to accept WorkFilter
- All callers updated to pass empty filter for existing behavior
- Empty WorkFilter{} returns identical results to previous implementation
## Implementation Details
SQLite uses recursive CTE to traverse parent-child hierarchy:
WITH RECURSIVE descendants AS (
SELECT issue_id FROM dependencies
WHERE type = 'parent-child' AND depends_on_id = ?
UNION ALL
SELECT d.issue_id FROM dependencies d
JOIN descendants dt ON d.depends_on_id = dt.issue_id
WHERE d.type = 'parent-child'
)
SELECT issue_id FROM descendants
MemoryStorage implements equivalent recursive traversal with visited-set
cycle protection via collectDescendants helper.
Parent filter composes with existing filters (priority, labels, assignee, etc.)
as an additional WHERE clause - all filters are AND'd together.
## RPC Blocked Support
MCP beads_blocked() existed but daemon client raised NotImplementedError.
Added OpBlocked and handleBlocked to enable daemon RPC path, which was
previously broken. Now both CLI and daemon clients work for blocked queries.
## Changes
- internal/types/types.go: Add ParentID *string to WorkFilter
- internal/storage/sqlite/ready.go: Add recursive CTE for parent filtering
- internal/storage/memory/memory.go: Add getAllDescendants/collectDescendants
- internal/storage/storage.go: Update GetBlockedIssues interface signature
- cmd/bd/ready.go: Add --parent flag to ready and blocked commands
- internal/rpc/protocol.go: Add OpBlocked constant and BlockedArgs type
- internal/rpc/server_issues_epics.go: Add handleBlocked RPC handler
- internal/rpc/client.go: Add Blocked client method
- integrations/beads-mcp/: Add BlockedParams model and parent parameter
## Usage
bd ready --parent bd-abc # All ready descendants
bd ready --parent bd-abc --priority 1 # Combined with other filters
bd blocked --parent bd-abc # All blocked descendants
## Testing
Added 4 test cases for parent filtering:
- TestParentIDFilterDescendants: Verifies recursive traversal (grandchildren)
- TestParentIDWithOtherFilters: Verifies composition with priority filter
- TestParentIDWithBlockedDescendants: Verifies blocked issues excluded from ready
- TestParentIDEmptyParent: Verifies empty result for childless parent
* fix: Correct blockedCmd indentation and suppress gosec false positive
- Fix syntax error from incorrect indentation in blockedCmd Run function
- Add nolint:gosec comment for GetBlockedIssues SQL formatting (G201)
The filterSQL variable contains only parameterized WHERE clauses with
? placeholders, not user input
bd - Beads
Distributed, git-backed graph issue tracker for AI agents.
Beads provides a persistent, structured memory for coding agents. It replaces messy markdown plans with a dependency-aware graph, allowing agents to handle long-horizon tasks without losing context.
⚡ Quick Start
# Install (macOS/Linux)
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/steveyegge/beads/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
# Initialize (Humans run this once)
bd init
# Tell your agent
echo "Use 'bd' for task tracking" >> AGENTS.md
🛠 Features
- Git as Database: Issues stored as JSONL in
.beads/. Versioned, branched, and merged like code. - Agent-Optimized: JSON output, dependency tracking, and auto-ready task detection.
- Zero Conflict: Hash-based IDs (
bd-a1b2) prevent merge collisions in multi-agent/multi-branch workflows. - Invisible Infrastructure: SQLite local cache for speed; background daemon for auto-sync.
- Compaction: Semantic "memory decay" summarizes old closed tasks to save context window.
📖 Essential Commands
| Command | Action |
|---|---|
bd ready |
List tasks with no open blockers. |
bd create "Title" -p 0 |
Create a P0 task. |
bd dep add <child> <parent> |
Link tasks (blocks, related, parent-child). |
bd show <id> |
View task details and audit trail. |
bd quickstart |
Interactive guide for AI agents. |
🔗 Hierarchy & Workflow
Beads supports hierarchical IDs for epics:
bd-a3f8(Epic)bd-a3f8.1(Task)bd-a3f8.1.1(Sub-task)
Stealth Mode: Run bd init --stealth to use Beads locally without committing files to the main repo. Perfect for personal use on shared projects.
📦 Installation
- npm:
npm install -g @beads/bd - Homebrew:
brew install steveyegge/beads/bd - Go:
go install github.com/steveyegge/beads/cmd/bd@latest
Requirements: Linux (glibc 2.32+), macOS, or Windows.
🌐 Community Tools
- beads_viewer - Keyboard-driven terminal UI with kanban board, insights panel, and graph view. Built by @Dicklesworthstone.
- beads.el - Emacs UI to browse, edit, and manage beads. Built by @ctietze.
- beads-ui - Local web interface with live updates and kanban board.
npx beads-ui start. Built by @mantoni. - bdui - Real-time terminal UI with tree view, dependency graph, and vim-style navigation. Built by @assimelha.
- perles - Terminal UI with BQL (Beads Query Language) and multi-view kanban. Built by @zjrosen.
- vscode-beads - VS Code extension with issues panel and daemon management. Built by @jdillon.
