diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6b1f5d4..59da23b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ checksum = "ac07cdecf99051d9a5238b80f35af32cdeba5b336e55d957b318b50137e18da5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "beady-eye"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64 0.23.1",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a6e668f..d6b1f72 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "beady-eye"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.88"
 description = "A tree of work in flight: bead graphs annotated with the live agents working them"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e0f51d..e093975 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ $ nix run github:CodeForBreakfast/beady-eye
 From your own flake, pin a release tag and take the package or the overlay:
 
 ```nix
-inputs.beady-eye.url = "github:CodeForBreakfast/beady-eye/v0.17.0";
+inputs.beady-eye.url = "github:CodeForBreakfast/beady-eye/v0.18.0";
 
 beady-eye.packages.${system}.default                # the package
 nixpkgs.overlays = [ beady-eye.overlays.default ];  # pkgs.beady-eye
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES/0.18.0.md b/RELEASE-NOTES/0.18.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1951cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES/0.18.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+bdi 0.18.0
+
+Minor release, **0.17.0 → 0.18.0**.
+
+## Highlights
+
+**bdi reads a blocker's project when it needs to.** When a bead's blocker is in a configured project bdi isn't reading, bdi now reads that project and shows the blocker with its title and status, instead of reporting that it is in a project bdi hasn't read. bdi keeps watching that project from then on. Under `--project`, bdi still reads only the projects you named.
+
+**You can set a project's bead prefix in config.** Add `prefix = "<bead prefix>"` to a `[[projects]]` entry. bdi uses the prefix to know which project holds a blocker, and reads a blocker's project only when that project states its prefix. The setting is optional, and a config without it behaves as before.
+
+## Maintenance
+
+Dependency bumps.
diff --git a/herdr-plugin.toml b/herdr-plugin.toml
index 4f95f8b..fe032d9 100644
--- a/herdr-plugin.toml
+++ b/herdr-plugin.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 id = "codeforbreakfast.beady-eye"
 name = "beady-eye"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 min_herdr_version = "0.9.1"
 platforms = ["linux", "macos"]
 description = "A tree of work in flight: bead graphs annotated with the live agents working them."