Beads Validation Skill

Validates that beads issues are correctly created and ready for TDD.

When to Use

1. After creating issues (in rust-project-init):

   • Check all PRD features have corresponding issues
   • Check priorities are valid
   • Check issue IDs exist before adding dependencies

2. Before TDD loop (in /ship Phase 2.5):

   • Check for circular dependencies
   • Check bd ready returns expected first task
   • Check no issues are incorrectly blocked

Validation Checks

1. PRD → Issues Mapping

# Count features in PRD
grep -c "^###\|^-" docs/PRD.md | head -1

# Count issues created
bd list --status=open | wc -l

# Each MVP feature should have an issue

2. Dependency Validity

# List all dependencies
bd list --status=open --json | jq '.[] | .dependencies'

# Check each dependency ID exists
bd show {dep_id}  # Should not error

3. Circular Dependency Check

# bd doctor checks for cycles
bd doctor

4. Ready State Check

# Should have at least one ready issue
bd ready --limit=1

# If empty, something is blocked incorrectly

5. Priority Validation

# All priorities should be 1, 2, or 3
bd list --json | jq '.[] | .priority' | sort -u

Script Usage

# After creating issues
python3 scripts/validate_beads.py --check-created --prd docs/PRD.md

# Before TDD
python3 scripts/validate_beads.py --check-deps --check-ready

Output:

## Beads Validation

[PASS] PRD features: 4, Issues created: 4
[PASS] All dependency IDs exist
[PASS] No circular dependencies
[PASS] Ready queue has 1 issue (notes-abc)
[PASS] All priorities valid (1-3)

Result: 5/5 checks passed

Common Issues

No Ready Issues

[FAIL] No issues ready to work on

Cause: All issues blocked by dependencies Fix: Check dependency chain, ensure at least one issue has no blockers

Missing Features

[WARN] PRD has 5 features, only 3 issues created

Fix: Create missing issues with bd create

Invalid Dependency

[FAIL] Dependency notes-xyz does not exist

Fix: Check issue ID before bd dep add

Circular Dependency

[FAIL] Circular dependency: A → B → C → A

Fix: Remove one dependency to break cycle

Integration

Called automatically in:

• rust-project-init.md → After creating issues
• ship.md → Phase 2.5: Before TDD loop