diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 033df5f..08489f5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,16 @@
 .venv
 __pycache__
+.beads
+.entity-manager
+.coverage
+coverage.xml
+htmlcov/
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.egg-info/
+dist/
+build/
+.pytest_cache/
+AGENTS.md
+@AGENTS.md
+.gitattributes
diff --git a/src/entity_manager/backends/__init__.py b/src/entity_manager/backends/__init__.py
index e69de29..7d3512b 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager/backends/__init__.py
+++ b/src/entity_manager/backends/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"""Backend implementations for entity manager."""
+
+from entity_manager.backends.beads import BeadsBackend
+from entity_manager.backends.github import GitHubBackend
+from entity_manager.backends.notion import NotionBackend
+
+__all__ = ["BeadsBackend", "GitHubBackend", "NotionBackend"]
diff --git a/src/entity_manager/backends/beads.py b/src/entity_manager/backends/beads.py
index 336ac37..d4f7fb0 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager/backends/beads.py
+++ b/src/entity_manager/backends/beads.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def _bead_to_entity(self, bead: dict[str, Any]) -> Entity:
                 labels[label] = ""
 
         entity = Entity(
-            id=str(bead["id"]),  # Using the hash ID directly (bd-a1b2 format), converted to str
+            id=str(bead["id"]),  # Using the bead ID directly (e.g., "entity-manager-abc" or "bd-a1b2")
             title=bead.get("title", ""),
             description=bead.get("description", ""),
             labels=labels,
@@ -116,14 +116,11 @@ def _entity_id_to_bead_id(self, entity_id: str) -> str:
             entity_id: Entity ID (string)
 
         Returns:
-            Beads ID string (bd-xxxx format)
+            Beads ID string (project-prefix-hash format)
         """
-        # If already in beads format, return as-is
-        if entity_id.startswith("bd-"):
-            return entity_id
-
-        # Otherwise, assume it's a bead hash ID without the bd- prefix
-        return f"bd-{entity_id}"
+        # Beads IDs are already in the correct format (e.g., "entity-manager-abc" or "bd-a1b2")
+        # No conversion needed - return as-is
+        return entity_id
 
     def create(
         self,
@@ -162,7 +159,11 @@ def read(self, entity_id: str) -> Entity:
         logger.info("Reading beads issue", entity_id=bead_id)
 
         result = self._run_bd_command(["show", bead_id, "--json"])
-        if isinstance(result, dict):
+        if isinstance(result, list) and len(result) > 0:
+            entity = self._bead_to_entity(result[0])
+            logger.debug("Beads issue read successfully", entity_id=bead_id)
+            return entity
+        elif isinstance(result, dict):
             entity = self._bead_to_entity(result)
             logger.debug("Beads issue read successfully", entity_id=bead_id)
             return entity
@@ -268,9 +269,16 @@ def add_link(self, source_id: str, target_ids: list[str], link_type: str) -> Non
 
         # Map entity manager link types to beads dependency types
         # beads supports: blocks, related, parent-child, discovered-from
-        beads_type = link_type
-        if link_type == "relates_to":
-            beads_type = "related"
+        link_type_lower = link_type.lower().replace("_", "-").replace(" ", "-")
+        beads_type_map = {
+            "relates-to": "related",
+            "blocked-by": "blocks",
+            "blocking": "blocks",  # Inverse relationship
+            "parent": "parent-child",
+            "child": "parent-child",
+            "children": "parent-child",
+        }
+        beads_type = beads_type_map.get(link_type_lower, link_type_lower)
 
         for target_id in target_ids:
             target_bead_id = self._entity_id_to_bead_id(target_id)
@@ -288,9 +296,17 @@ def remove_link(self, source_id: str, target_ids: list[str], link_type: str, rec
             link_type=link_type,
         )
 
-        beads_type = link_type
-        if link_type == "relates_to":
-            beads_type = "related"
+        # Map entity manager link types to beads dependency types
+        link_type_lower = link_type.lower().replace("_", "-").replace(" ", "-")
+        beads_type_map = {
+            "relates-to": "related",
+            "blocked-by": "blocks",
+            "blocking": "blocks",  # Inverse relationship
+            "parent": "parent-child",
+            "child": "parent-child",
+            "children": "parent-child",
+        }
+        beads_type = beads_type_map.get(link_type_lower, link_type_lower)
 
         for target_id in target_ids:
             target_bead_id = self._entity_id_to_bead_id(target_id)
diff --git a/src/entity_manager/cli.py b/src/entity_manager/cli.py
index 02cddac..fbf2427 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager/cli.py
+++ b/src/entity_manager/cli.py
@@ -135,8 +135,10 @@ def update(
 @app.command
 def delete(*entity_ids: str) -> None:
     """Delete one or more entities."""
+    import builtins
+
     backend = get_backend()
-    backend.delete(list(entity_ids))
+    backend.delete(builtins.list(entity_ids))
     print(f"Deleted {len(entity_ids)} entity(ies)")