Beads is a tool for extending the memory of coding agents, such as Claude Code , allowing them to manage tasks (i.e. beads) themselves. It was originally built by Steve Yegge and is now part of Gaslandia , which comprises of Beads, Gastown, Gas City, and Wasteland. Beads is backed by Dolt, and version v1.0.5 is available now. In today’s blog, I’ll cover a common question we’ve seen from Beads…