From 98df41ff54a158e53f81f5df2c8b9d14736663f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Olsen <robinolsen98@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 12:50:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add read/describe command for viewing issue details

---
 pkg/cli/commands/read.go | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 pkg/cli/commands/read.go

diff --git a/pkg/cli/commands/read.go b/pkg/cli/commands/read.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0116b96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cli/commands/read.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var getIssueCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:               "describe [issue ID]",
+	Aliases:           []string{"get", "read"},
+	Short:             "Gets issue details",
+	Long:              `Gets issue details by ID`,
+	RunE:              runGetCmd,
+	Args:              cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+	ValidArgsFunction: completeIssues,
+}
+
+func runGetCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	issueID := args[0]
+
+	issue, err := svc.Beads.GetIssue(cmd.Context(), issueID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	cmd.Printf("Title: %s\n", issue.Title)
+	cmd.Printf("Description: %s\n", issue.Description)
+	cmd.Printf("Status: %s\n", issue.Status)
+	cmd.Printf("Type: %s\n", issue.IssueType)
+	cmd.Printf("Priority: %d\n", issue.Priority)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(getIssueCmd)
+}
+
+func completeIssues(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
+	if svc == nil {
+		return nil, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
+	}
+
+	issues, err := svc.Beads.AllIssues(cmd.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
+	}
+
+	var completions []string
+	for _, issue := range issues {
+
+		if strings.HasPrefix(issue.Title, toComplete) {
+			completions = append(completions, issue.ID)
+		}
+
+		if strings.HasPrefix(issue.ID, toComplete) {
+			completions = append(completions, issue.ID)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return completions, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
+}