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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