beads

beads is a Task tracking & backlogs skill for AI agents, published by ynulihao in the AgentSkillOS repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates beads F (15/100) and the safety scan rated it unsafe; the rating is based on static analysis only.

Tracks complex, multi-session work using the Beads issue tracker and dependency graphs, and provides persistent memory that survives conversation compaction. Use when work spans multiple sessions, has complex dependencies, or needs persistent context across compaction cycles. Trigger with phrases like "create task for", "what's ready to work on", "show task", "track this work", "what's blocking", or "update status".

Grade
F
Quality
15 / 100
Safety
Unsafe
GitHub stars
611

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Our review

Architecture
58 / 100
Maturity
Packaged: licensed, with a version or references
Security scan
Critical-risk patterns
License
Not declared. Check the repository before reusing it.

What the scanner flagged

  • pipe remote script to shell
  • over-broad allowed-tools ('*')
  • mentions secrets in text

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  • Sibling files (scripts, references) not fetched; security scan covers SKILL.md only

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