tracer show

Display detailed information about a specific issue

Syntax

tracer show <ISSUE_ID> [OPTIONS]

Description

Shows complete details for a single issue, including labels, dependencies, and recent comments.

Arguments

ISSUE_ID · string · required

The ID of the issue to display (e.g., bd-1).

Options

--full · boolean

Show full event history including all status changes and updates.

--json · boolean

Output the issue in JSON format.

Examples

Basic details

tracer show bd-1

Output Format

Human-readable

bd-5 Fix null pointer in parser [P0, bug]
  Status: in_progress
  Assignee: agent-1
  Created: 2026-03-02 14:30 | Updated: 2026-03-04 09:15

  Description:
  Parser crashes when input is empty or malformed

  Labels: security, parser

  Dependencies:
    bd-7 → bd-5 (blocks)
    bd-5 → bd-1 (discovered-from)

  Recent comments:
    agent-1 (2 hours ago): "Found the root cause in tokenizer"
    human-dev (5 hours ago): "This is blocking deployment"

With —full flag

bd-5 Fix null pointer in parser [P0, bug]
  Status: in_progress
  Assignee: agent-1
  Created: 2026-03-02 14:30 | Updated: 2026-03-04 09:15

  Description:
  Parser crashes when input is empty or malformed

  Labels: security, parser

  Dependencies:
    bd-7 → bd-5 (blocks)
    bd-5 → bd-1 (discovered-from)

  Recent comments:
    agent-1 (2 hours ago): "Found the root cause in tokenizer"
    human-dev (5 hours ago): "This is blocking deployment"

  Recent Events:
    [2026-03-04 09:15] Commented by agent-1
      Found the root cause in tokenizer
    [2026-03-04 07:00] StatusChanged by agent-1
    [2026-03-03 16:30] Commented by human-dev
      This is blocking deployment
    [2026-03-02 14:30] Created by agent-1

JSON (with —json flag)

{
  "id": "bd-5",
  "title": "Fix null pointer in parser",
  "description": "Parser crashes when input is empty or malformed",
  "design": "",
  "acceptance_criteria": "",
  "notes": "",
  "status": "in_progress",
  "priority": 0,
  "issue_type": "bug",
  "assignee": "agent-1",
  "estimated_minutes": null,
  "created_at": "2026-03-02T14:30:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-04T09:15:00Z",
  "closed_at": null,
  "external_ref": null,
  "dependencies": []
}

Issue not found

Error: Issue bd-999 not found

The show command displays the most recent 5 comments by default. Use --full to see all events including status changes, assignments, and earlier comments.

Use tracer show before starting work to understand context:

# See what's blocking an issue
tracer show bd-5

# Get issue details in script
ISSUE_JSON=$(tracer show bd-5 --json)
TITLE=$(echo $ISSUE_JSON | jq -r '.title')