diff --git a/agents/test-bd.json b/agents/test-bd.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43dc37a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agents/test-bd.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+	"trustedTools": [
+		"execute_code"
+	],
+	"hooks": {
+		"agentSpawn": "bd prime 2>/dev/null || true",
+		"userPromptSubmit": "true",
+		"stop": "true"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core b/core
index d66b8f4..031dc34 160000
--- a/core
+++ b/core
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d66b8f473f4fda9a31cde21ca2b6c38d2bc606c0
+Subproject commit 031dc349e2114ece99482253e66b76eced7c63d7
diff --git a/prompts/06_tool-plan.md b/prompts/06_tool-plan.md
index 3f92930..5fba986 100644
--- a/prompts/06_tool-plan.md
+++ b/prompts/06_tool-plan.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Task Planning
 
+If beads workflow context was injected at session start, prefer `bd` over the tools below.
+
 Plans are markdown checklists living under `{{.OllieMountPath}}/pl/`. Use the four plan tools below in order.
 
 ---
diff --git a/tools/plan_create b/tools/plan_create
index 2431bc9..947daa7 100755
--- a/tools/plan_create
+++ b/tools/plan_create
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ FILEPATH="$PLAN_DIR/$FILENAME"
 {
     printf '# %s\n\n' "$GOAL"
     for task in "$@"; do
-        printf '- [ ] %s\n' "$task"
+        printf -- '- [ ] %s\n' "$task"
     done
 } > "$FILEPATH" || { echo "error: failed to write $FILEPATH"; exit 1; }