Critical bug: MCP init tool reported success but didn't create .beads
directory. It was using --db flag which tells bd to use an existing
database elsewhere instead of creating a new one.
Root cause:
- bd_client.init() was calling _global_flags() which adds --db flag
- bd init --db <path> uses existing db instead of creating new one
- Result: init appeared to succeed but created nothing
Fix:
- Remove _global_flags() from init command
- Only pass --actor flag (safe for init)
- Do NOT pass --db flag to init (defeats the purpose)
- Add explicit comment explaining why
Testing:
- Added test_init_creates_beads_directory() integration test
- Verifies .beads directory is created in current working directory
- Verifies database file has correct prefix
- All 91 tests pass
This was causing silent failures where agents thought they initialized
bd but the .beads directory was never created.
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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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