Agent skill · software engineering · aiskillstore
ralph-tui-create-beads
Convert PRDs to beads for ralph-tui execution. Creates an epic with child beads for each user story. Use when you have a PRD and want to use ralph-tui with beads as the task source. Triggers on: create beads, convert prd to beads, beads for ralph, ralph beads.
Why this skill is useful
Adds specific commands and procedures for converting PRDs to beads in ralph-tui, which the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires ralph-tui installed locally. About 7k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 405 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
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. --- 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 --- Step 1: Extract Quality Gates Look for the "Quality Gates" section in the PRD: 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. --- Output Format Beads use bd create command with HEREDOC syntax to safely handle special characters: CRITICAL: Always use <<'EOF' (single-quoted) for the HEREDOC delimiter. This prevents shell interpretation of backticks, $variables, and () in descriptions. --- Story Size: The #1 Rule Each story must be completable in ONE ralph-tui iteration (~one agent context window). ralph-tui spawns a fresh agent instance per iteration with no memory of previous work. If a story is too big, the agent runs out of context before finishing. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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