ralph-tui-create-beads

Ralph TUI - Create Beads

Converts PRDs to beads (epic + child tasks) for ralph-tui autonomous execution.

Note: This skill is bundled with ralph-tui's Beads tracker plugin. Future tracker plugins (Linear, GitHub Issues, etc.) will bundle their own task creation skills.

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The Job

Take a PRD (markdown file or text) and create beads in .beads/beads.jsonl:

1. Extract Quality Gates from the PRD's "Quality Gates" section
2. Create an epic bead for the feature
3. Create child beads for each user story (with quality gates appended)
4. Set up dependencies between beads (schema → backend → UI)
5. Output ready for ralph-tui run --tracker beads

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Step 1: Extract Quality Gates

Look for the "Quality Gates" section in the PRD:

## Quality Gates

These commands must pass for every user story:
- `pnpm typecheck` - Type checking
- `pnpm lint` - Linting

For UI stories, also include:
- Verify in browser using dev-browser skill

Extract:

• Universal gates: Commands that apply to ALL stories (e.g., pnpm typecheck)
• UI gates: Commands that apply only to UI stories (e.g., browser verification)

If no Quality Gates section exists: Ask the user what commands should pass, or use a sensible default like npm run typecheck.

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Output Format

Beads use bd create command with HEREDOC syntax to safely handle special characters:

# Create epic (link back to source PRD)
bd create --type=epic \
  --title="[Feature Name]" \
  --description="$(cat <<'EOF'
[Feature description from PRD]
EOF
)" \
  --external-ref="prd:./tasks/feature-name-prd.md"

# Create child bead (with quality gates in acceptance criteria)
bd create \
  --parent=EPIC_ID \
  --title="[Story Title]" \
  --description="$(cat <<'EOF'
[Story description with acceptance criteria INCLUDING quality gates]
EOF
)" \
  --priority=[1-4]

CRITICAL: Always use <<'EOF' (single-quoted) for the HEREDOC delimiter. This prevents shell interpretation of backticks, $variables, and () in descriptions.