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beads-sdd-orchestrator

Uses Beads as a canonical state graph for development, integrating with various SDD workflows.

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Activation

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Orchestrate Beads as the canonical work graph while allowing any spec-driven or structured development workflow—Spec Kit, Superpowers, BMad, GSD, custom SDD, or plain markdown—to produce specs, plans, and execution artifacts. Use when creating features, turning designs into beads, planning implementation, executing child tasks, syncing GitHub Issues, creating PR gates, or finishing work.
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Advanced

Key capabilities

  • Orchestrate development cycles using Beads as the canonical work graph
  • Convert designs and specs into Beads for managing state and dependencies
  • Break down features into implementation tasks and child beads
  • Sync Beads state with GitHub Issues for visibility
  • Create PR gates and manage closeout of beads after PR merge

How it works

The skill orchestrates development by using Beads as the central work graph, allowing various SDD frameworks to produce artifacts. It maps these artifacts into Beads, ensuring Beads remains the authoritative source for state, dependencies, and gates.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
A design document or spec for a new feature
You get back
A parent feature bead created in Beads with the spec/design of record, and potentially child task beads

When to use beads-sdd-orchestrator

  • Orchestrating feature development
  • Syncing github issues with beads
  • Setting up pr gates
  • Planning implementation details

About beads-sdd-orchestrator

Serves as an orchestrator for development processes, using the Beads work graph to manage state, dependencies, and gates while allowing other SDD frameworks to generate artifacts.

Orchestrate Beads as the canonical work graph while allowing any spec-driven or structured development workflow—Spec Kit, Superpowers, BMad, GSD, custom SDD, or plain markdown—to produce specs, plans, and execution artifacts. Use when creating features, turning designs into beads, planning implement

When not to use it

  • For general coding tasks that do not involve the Beads workflow
  • For pure documentation tasks that do not involve the Beads workflow
  • When GitHub is intended to be the primary source of truth for work status

Limitations

  • The skill is an orchestrator, not a replacement for SDD frameworks
  • GitHub Issues are for humans and mirror Beads, they are not the source of truth
  • Do not continue if canonical state is ambiguous between GitHub and Beads

How it compares

This skill centralizes the work graph in Beads while integrating diverse SDD workflows, providing a unified and authoritative view of project status, unlike managing separate artifacts across different tools.

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beads-sdd-orchestrator (this skill)02moReviewAdvanced
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project-planner3210moReviewIntermediate
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