version

version is a command for coding agents from gastownhall/beads. It costs 5 tokens per session (223 once invoked), scanned C, original, MIT.

A command for checking the installed versions of Beads components and whether they work together. Beads is an issue tracker designed for coding workflows involving AI agents.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to view the Beads command-line, plug-in, and service versions, check compatibility, and get update instructions when versions do not match.
Why use it?
It helps identify version mismatches that could cause the command-line tool, plug-in, or background service to behave incorrectly.

Command

Part of the beads plugin — 29 commands, 1 agent, 4 hooks shipped together

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/gastownhall/beads/version
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gastownhall/beads

Or install beads, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 29 commands, 1 agent, 4 hooks.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for version

README.md
[![agentmods](https://agentmods.dev/badge/commands/gastownhall/beads/version.svg)](https://agentmods.dev/commands/gastownhall/beads/version)
Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/commands/gastownhall/beads/version"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/commands/gastownhall/beads/version.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>
Per session 5 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 223 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan C 2 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00005 $0.00223
Opus 5 $0.00003 $0.00112
Sonnet 5 $0.00001 $0.00045
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00022

Measured 3d ago against content hash f994ab7afb0a, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

version scanned grade C with 2 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Downloads and executes remote codehighSupply chain

curl | sh runs whatever the server returns today, which is not necessarily what it returned when this was reviewed.

- Update bd CLI: `curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gastownhall/beads/main/scripts/install.sh | bash`

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

- Update bd CLI: `curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gastownhall/beads/main/scripts/install.sh | bash`
Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

  • version — 91% identical, 2 lines differ
plugins/beads/skills/beads/commands/version.md · 27 lines

What it actually says

Check the installed versions of beads components and verify compatibility.

Note: The MCP server automatically checks bd CLI version >= 0.9.0 on startup. This command provides detailed version info and update instructions.

Use the beads MCP tools to:

  1. Run bd version via bash to get the CLI version
  2. Check the plugin version (0.9.2)
  3. Compare versions and report any mismatches

Display:

  • bd CLI version (from bd version)
  • Plugin version (0.9.2)
  • MCP server version (0.9.2)
  • MCP server status (from stats tool or connection test)
  • Compatibility status (✓ compatible or ⚠️ update needed)

If versions are mismatched, provide instructions:

  • Update bd CLI: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gastownhall/beads/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
  • Update plugin: /plugin update beads
  • Restart Claude Code after updating

Suggest checking for updates if the user is on an older version.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 3d ago First seen · 27 lines · 5 tokens per session scan C f994ab7afb0a

Subscribe to this mod's changes

version is a command published in the GitHub repository gastownhall/beads (26,797 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 5 tokens to every session and 223 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 2 findings (downloads and executes remote code, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.