vibed/nbd/.beans/nbd-6j0q--print-tickets-in-markdown-format-instead-of-key-va.md

title	status	type	priority	created_at	updated_at
Print tickets in markdown format instead of key-value table	completed	feature	normal	2026-03-10T23:30:30Z	2026-03-10T23:30:30Z

Goal

When a ticket is printed to stdout (e.g. by nbd read, nbd create, nbd archive, nbd next, nbd update without --json), it should be rendered as markdown with TOML frontmatter — the same format used by --ftype md files on disk — rather than the current key-value table.

--json output is unaffected.

Current output (nbd read <id>)

ID:           a3f9c2
Title:        Fix login bug
Body:         Users cannot log in with email +
Priority:     8
Status:       in_progress
Type:         bug
Dependencies: b7d41e, c9e823

Target output

+++
title = "Fix login bug"
priority = 8
status = "in_progress"
ticket_type = "bug"
dependencies = ["b7d41e", "c9e823"]
+++
Users cannot log in with email +

The id field is not in the frontmatter on disk (filename is the source of truth), but for display purposes it should appear as a comment or additional line. Recommended approach: add id = "a3f9c2" as the first key in the frontmatter so it's immediately visible:

+++
id = "a3f9c2"
title = "Fix login bug"
priority = 8
status = "in_progress"
ticket_type = "bug"
dependencies = ["b7d41e", "c9e823"]
+++
Users cannot log in with email +

Files to change

src/display.rs

Replace format_ticket with a markdown-rendering implementation. The simplest approach reuses serialize_markdown from src/store.rs, adding id to the frontmatter output.

Option A (preferred): expose serialize_markdown from store.rs as pub(crate) and call it from display.rs, prepending the id line to the TOML frontmatter block.

Option B: duplicate the logic in display.rs as a display-specific formatter that includes id.

The print_ticket function should call the new formatter.

src/tests.rs

Update any unit tests for format_ticket that check the old key-value table format. They should now expect TOML frontmatter.

tests/integration.rs

Update any integration tests that check the plain-text output of nbd read, nbd create, etc.

Commands affected

Any command that calls display::print_ticket:

• nbd create (non-JSON path)
• nbd read (non-JSON path)
• nbd archive (non-JSON path)
• nbd next (non-JSON path, single ticket)
• nbd update currently calls print_diff, so it is not affected

Validation

cargo fmt && cargo check && cargo clippy && cargo test
cargo run -- create --title "Test ticket" --body "Some body text" --priority 7 --type bug
# Output should be:
# +++
# id = "<id>"
# title = "Test ticket"
# priority = 7
# status = "todo"
# ticket_type = "bug"
# dependencies = []
# +++
# Some body text