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Generated from bd help --doc query. Query issues using a simple query language that supports compound filters, boolean operators, and date-relative expressions. The query language enables complex filtering that would otherwise require multiple flags or piping through jq. Syntax: field=value Equality comparison field!=value Inequality comparison field>value Greater than field>=value Greater than or equal field<value Less than field<=value Less than or equal Boolean operators (case-insensitive): expr AND expr Both conditions must match expr OR expr Either condition can match NOT expr Negates the condition (expr) Grouping with parentheses Supported fields: status Stored status (open, in_progress, blocked, deferred, closed). Note: dependency-blocked issues stay “open”; use ‘bd blocked’ to find them priority Priority level (0-4) type Issue type (bug, feature, task, epic, chore, decision) assignee Assigned user (use “none” for unassigned) owner Issue owner label Issue label (use “none” for unlabeled) title Search in title (contains) description Search in description (contains, “none” for empty) notes Search in notes (contains) created Creation date/time updated Last update date/time started Date/time issue first transitioned to in_progress closed Close date/time id Issue ID (supports wildcards: bd-*) spec Spec ID (supports wildcards) pinned Boolean (true/false) ephemeral Boolean (true/false) template Boolean (true/false) parent Parent issue ID mol_type Molecule type (swarm, patrol, work) Date values: Relative durations: 7d (7 days ago), 24h (24 hours ago), 2w (2 weeks ago) Absolute dates: 2025-01-15, 2025-01-15T10:00:00Z Natural language: tomorrow, “next monday”, “in 3 days” Examples: bd query “status=open AND priority>1” bd query “status=open AND priority<=2 AND updated>7d” bd query “(status=open OR status=blocked) AND priority<2” bd query “type=bug AND label=urgent” bd query “NOT status=closed” bd query “assignee=none AND type=task” bd query “created>30d AND status!=closed” bd query “label=frontend OR label=backend” bd query “title=authentication AND priority=0” 
bd query [expression] [flags]
Flags: 
  -a, --all           Include closed issues (default: exclude closed)
  -n, --limit int     Limit results (default: 50, 0 = unlimited) (default 50)
      --long          Show detailed multi-line output for each issue
      --offset int    Skip the first N matching results (0-based). Only supported under --proxied-server.
      --parse-only    Only parse the query and show the AST (for debugging)
  -r, --reverse       Reverse sort order
      --sort string   Sort by field: priority, created, updated, closed, status, id, title, type, assignee