diff --git a/.beads/.gitignore b/.beads/.gitignore
index dba6914..363ebae 100644
--- a/.beads/.gitignore
+++ b/.beads/.gitignore
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ redirect
 # Sync state (local-only, per-machine)
 # These files are machine-specific and should not be shared across clones
 .sync.lock
-.jsonl.lock
-sync_base.jsonl
 export-state/
 
 # Ephemeral store (SQLite - wisps/molecules, intentionally not versioned)
@@ -28,6 +26,17 @@ ephemeral.sqlite3-journal
 ephemeral.sqlite3-wal
 ephemeral.sqlite3-shm
 
+# Dolt server management (auto-started by bd)
+dolt-server.pid
+dolt-server.log
+dolt-server.lock
+dolt-server.port
+dolt-server.activity
+dolt-monitor.pid
+
+# Backup data (auto-exported JSONL, local-only)
+backup/
+
 # Legacy files (from pre-Dolt versions)
 *.db
 *.db?*
@@ -36,19 +45,7 @@ ephemeral.sqlite3-shm
 *.db-shm
 db.sqlite
 bd.db
-daemon.lock
-daemon.log
-daemon-*.log.gz
-daemon.pid
-beads.base.jsonl
-beads.base.meta.json
-beads.left.jsonl
-beads.left.meta.json
-beads.right.jsonl
-beads.right.meta.json
-
-# NOTE: Do NOT add negation patterns (e.g., !issues.jsonl) here.
-# They would override fork protection in .git/info/exclude, allowing
-# contributors to accidentally commit upstream issue databases.
-# The JSONL files (issues.jsonl, interactions.jsonl) and config files
-# are tracked by git by default since no pattern above ignores them.
+# NOTE: Do NOT add negation patterns here.
+# They would override fork protection in .git/info/exclude.
+# Config files (metadata.json, config.yaml) are tracked by git by default
+# since no pattern above ignores them.
diff --git a/.beads/dolt-monitor.pid.lock b/.beads/dolt-monitor.pid.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/.beads/metadata.json b/.beads/metadata.json
index c94e6c1..f262c5d 100644
--- a/.beads/metadata.json
+++ b/.beads/metadata.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "database": "dolt",
-  "jsonl_export": "issues.jsonl",
   "backend": "dolt",
   "dolt_mode": "server",
-  "dolt_database": "beads_meml"
+  "dolt_database": "beads_meml",
+  "project_id": "876a8fcd-79fc-4727-a69a-b6bf58c616e9"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 36e4b35..629b1e8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,7 @@
 
 .ai
 build
+
+# Dolt database files (added by bd init)
+.dolt/
+*.db