/show
Show detailed information about an issue
> /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
/show
Context preview
What this command does when you run it.
Show detailed information about an issue
Command definition
show.mddescription: 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.
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

