# Beads Workflow Guide

## Quick Start

```bash
bd ready              # Find available work
bd show <id>          # View issue details
bd update <id> --status in_progress  # Claim work
bd close <id>         # Complete work
bd sync               # Sync with git
```

## Workflow Commands

### Finding Work
- `bd ready` - Show issues ready to work (no blockers)
- `bd list --status=open` - All open issues
- `bd list --status=in_progress` - Your active work
- `bd show <id>` - Detailed issue view with dependencies

### Creating & Updating
- `bd create --title="..." --type=task|bug|feature --priority=2` - New issue
  - Priority: 0-4 or P0-P4 (0=critical, 2=medium, 4=backlog). NOT "high"/"medium"/"low"
- `bd update <id> --status=in_progress` - Claim work
- `bd update <id> --assignee=username` - Assign to someone
- `bd close <id>` - Mark complete
- `bd close <id1> <id2> ...` - Close multiple issues at once (more efficient)
- `bd close <id> --reason="explanation"` - Close with reason
- **Tip**: When creating multiple issues/tasks/epics, use parallel subagents for efficiency

### Dependencies & Blocking
- `bd dep add <issue> <depends-on>` - Add dependency (issue depends on depends-on)
- `bd blocked` - Show all blocked issues
- `bd show <id>` - See what's blocking/blocked by this issue

### Sync & Collaboration
- `bd sync` - Sync with git remote (run at session end)
- `bd sync --status` - Check sync status without syncing

### Project Health
- `bd stats` - Project statistics (open/closed/blocked counts)
- `bd doctor` - Check for issues (sync problems, missing hooks)

## Common Workflows

### Starting Work
```bash
bd ready           # Find available work
bd show <id>       # Review issue details
bd update <id> --status=in_progress  # Claim it
```

### Completing Work
```bash
bd close <id1> <id2> ...    # Close all completed issues at once
bd sync                     # Push to remote
```

### Creating Dependent Work
```bash
# Run bd create commands in parallel (use subagents for many items)
bd create --title="Implement feature X" --type=feature
bd create --title="Write tests for X" --type=task
bd dep add beads-yyy beads-xxx  # Tests depend on Feature (Feature blocks tests)
```

## Integration with Gitea

When working on Gitea issues:
1. Create a beads issue to track the work
2. Link to Gitea issue in description or comments
3. When committing, use `Closes #{gitea_number}` to auto-close
4. Close the beads issue after push succeeds

## Session Close Protocol

**CRITICAL**: Before saying "done", run this checklist:

```
[ ] 1. git status              (check what changed)
[ ] 2. git add <files>         (stage code changes)
[ ] 3. bd sync                 (commit beads changes)
[ ] 4. git commit -m "..."     (commit code)
[ ] 5. bd sync                 (commit any new beads changes)
[ ] 6. git push                (push to remote)
```

Work is NOT complete until `git push` succeeds.