/create
Create a new issue interactively
> /plugin marketplace add steveyegge/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
/create
Context preview
What this command does when you run it.
Create a new issue interactively
Command definition
create.mddescription: Create a new issue interactively argument-hint: "[title] [type] [priority]"
Create a new beads issue. If arguments are provided:
- $1: Issue title
- $2: Issue type (bug, feature, task, epic, chore, decision)
- $3: Priority (0-4, where 0=critical, 4=backlog)
If arguments are missing, ask the user for: 1. Issue title (required) 2. Issue type (default: task) 3. Priority (default: 2) 4. Description (optional)
Use the beads MCP `create` tool to create the issue. Show the created issue ID and details to the user.
Optionally ask if this issue should be linked to another issue (discovered-from, blocks, parent-child, related).
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.
Repo: steveyegge/beads
Other commands on beads.
- /plan-to-beads
Convert a Claude Code plan file into beads epic + tasks for cross-session tracking.
Open command - /audit
Log and label agent interactions (append-only JSONL)
Open command - /blocked
Show blocked issues
Open command - /close
Close a completed issue
Open command - /comments
View or manage comments on an issue
Open command - /compact
Compact old closed issues using semantic summarization
Open command

