diff --git a/gnu/packages/task-management.scm b/gnu/packages/task-management.scm
index f61f7ec99e8..8447a67f8c9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/task-management.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/task-management.scm
@@ -76,6 +76,53 @@
   #:use-module (guix build-system python)
   #:use-module (guix build-system qt))
 
+(define-public beads
+  (package
+    (name "beads")
+    (version "0.17.7")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method git-fetch)
+       (uri (git-reference
+             (url "https://github.com/steveyegge/beads")
+             (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "0adg00mqgl70fxynciswkzka5hyia86h92b1pnqd8achk6c5szbr"))))
+    (build-system go-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     (list
+      #:install-source? #f
+      #:import-path "github.com/steveyegge/beads/cmd/bd"
+      #:unpack-path "github.com/steveyegge/beads"
+      #:phases
+      #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
+          (add-before 'build 'set-home
+            (lambda _
+              (setenv "HOME" "/tmp"))))))
+    (native-inputs
+     (list git))
+    (propagated-inputs
+     (list go-github-com-anthropics-anthropic-sdk-go
+           go-github-com-fatih-color
+           go-github-com-spf13-cobra
+           go-github-com-spf13-viper
+           go-gopkg-in-natefinch-lumberjack-v2
+           go-modernc-org-sqlite
+           go-rsc-io-script))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/steveyegge/beads")
+    (synopsis "Graph-based issue tracker for AI coding agents")
+    (description
+     "@command{bd} (Beads) is a lightweight memory system for coding
+agents, using a graph-based issue tracker.  Four kinds of dependencies
+work to chain issues together like beads, making them easy for agents
+to follow for long distances and reliably perform complex task streams
+in the right order.  It uses SQLite for fast local operations and
+JSONL files stored in git for distributed synchronization across
+machines.")
+    (license license:expat)))
+
 (define-public clikan
   (let ((commit "55ab29e68263c6fed2844aef96fbebacda3eba9b")
         (revision "1"))