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Generated from bd help --doc graph. Display a visualization of an issue’s dependency graph. For epics, shows all children and their dependencies. For regular issues, shows the issue and its direct dependencies. With —all, shows all open issues grouped by connected component. Display formats: (default) DAG with columns and box-drawing edges (terminal-native) —box ASCII boxes showing layers, more detailed —compact Tree format, one line per issue, more scannable —dot Graphviz DOT format (pipe to dot -Tsvg > graph.svg) —html Self-contained interactive HTML with D3.js visualization The graph shows execution order:
  • Layer 0 / leftmost = no dependencies (can start immediately)
  • Higher layers depend on lower layers
  • Nodes in the same layer can run in parallel
Status icons: ○ open ◐ in_progress ● blocked ✓ closed ❄ deferred Examples: bd graph issue-id # Terminal DAG visualization (default) bd graph —box issue-id # ASCII boxes with layer grouping bd graph —dot issue-id | dot -Tsvg > graph.svg # SVG via Graphviz bd graph —dot issue-id | dot -Tpng > graph.png # PNG via Graphviz bd graph —html issue-id > graph.html # Interactive browser view bd graph —all —html > all.html # All issues, interactive 
bd graph [issue-id] [flags]
bd graph [command]
Flags: 
      --all       Show graph for all open issues
      --box       ASCII boxes showing layers
      --compact   Tree format, one line per issue, more scannable
      --dot       Output Graphviz DOT format (pipe to: dot -Tsvg > graph.svg)
      --html      Output self-contained interactive HTML (redirect to file)

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bd graph check

Check the dependency graph for cycles, orphans, and other integrity issues. Returns exit code 0 if the graph is clean, 1 if issues are found. 
bd graph check [flags]