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Chris Sells 8c974d8dc4 docs: align user docs and CLI reference with the v1.1.0 release (#4874)
* docs: align user docs and CLI reference with the v1.1.0 release

The Mintlify site publishes from main, so the docs had drifted ahead of the
latest release — documenting features that no released binary ships.

- Remove architecture/storage-backends: v1.1.0 supports only Dolt (the
  SQLite/Postgres/MySQL backends are post-tag work on main). Redirect the
  old routes to /architecture/dolt and drop the alternate-backend claims
  from README, core-concepts, architecture index, and FAQ.
- Stamp the docs homepage with the release: "These docs are for the 1.1.0
  release" plus a link to the v1.1.0 release notes.
- Regenerate the CLI reference (docs/cli-reference/, docs/CLI_REFERENCE.md,
  docs.json nav) from the released v1.1.0 binary via tools/docsmint: removes
  pages for post-1.1.0 commands (heartbeat, migrate-personal, reclaim,
  unclaim) and post-1.1.0 flags.
- Fix hand-written pages that referenced post-1.1.0 CLI surface, verified
  against the v1.1.0 binary: bd dep relate/unrelate (not top-level
  relate/unrelate), bd admin reset (not bd reset), bd hooks list (not
  status), bd history / bd vc status (not vc log/diff), release the claim
  via bd assign + bd update (no bd unclaim), drop bd migrate-personal and
  bd daemon mentions, and reduce the Cursor integration page to the rules
  file that v1.1.0's bd setup cursor actually installs.
- Stop documenting the BD_ALLOW_REMOTE_MIGRATE escape hatch (and the
  nonexistent-in-1.1.0 bd migrate --force): the remote-migrate gate prints
  its own operator guidance by design; docs now defer to it.

* docs: auto-regenerate CLI reference

Applied from the cli-docs-freshness-patch artifact of https://github.com/gastownhall/beads/actions/runs/29613329749
(generated with CI's canonical pinned build). See
scripts/check-cli-docs-drift.sh for how drift is attributed.

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Cursor Set up beads for Cursor with an always-applied project rules file

Use Beads with Cursor through a project rules file that keeps the workflow guidance in front of the agent every turn.

bd setup cursor
bd setup cursor --check

bd setup cursor installs .cursor/rules/beads.mdc — an always-applied rule with the canonical Beads workflow guidance (the same content every other editor integration uses), so it stays in sync as the workflow evolves. Because it is always applied, Cursor re-includes it every turn, including after a context compaction.

Restart Cursor after installing so the rule loads.

Verifying it works

bd setup cursor --check

In a session, the agent should know your bd workflow without being told — ask it what work is ready and it should run bd ready. If it doesn't, confirm .cursor/rules/beads.mdc exists and restart Cursor.

After a context compaction, have the agent run bd prime to restore the workflow context, ready work, and project memories.

Remove

bd setup cursor --remove

This removes the rules file while leaving the rest of .cursor/ intact.