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/show

Show detailed information about an issue

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beads
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Install
> /plugin marketplace add gastownhall/beads
> /plugin install beads@beads-marketplace

How it fires

How this command gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfClaude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/show

Context preview

What this command does when you run it.

Show detailed information about an issue

Command definition

show.md
description: Show detailed information about an issue
argument-hint: "[issue-id]"

Display detailed information about a beads issue.

If an issue ID is provided as $1, use it. Otherwise, ask the user for the issue ID.

Use the beads MCP `show` tool to retrieve issue details and present them clearly, including:

  • Issue ID, title, and description
  • Status, priority, and type
  • Creation and update timestamps
  • Dependencies (what this issue blocks or is blocked by)
  • Related issues

If the issue has dependencies, offer to show the full dependency tree.

Ships withbeads

Distributed graph issue tracker for AI agents, powered by Dolt. Platforms: macOS, Linux, Windows, FreeBSD Docs: Beads provides a persistent, structured memory for coding agents.

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