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Beads: the architecture of a graph issue tracker for AI agents

Feb 18, 2026 / Geoffrey Huntley / issue 2

How a version-controlled database turns issue tracking into persistent agent memory — a chapter in the style of The Architecture of Open Source Applications.

tags: architecture, agents, open-source