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 Alex Verkhovsky
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docs: refocus getting started tutorials on activation (#2653)
* docs: add Getting Deeper Django tutorial * docs: add spec-backed Django tutorial * docs: replace Getting Started with small exercises * docs(tutorials): add closing CTA to getting deeper * docs(tutorials): remove redundant hello world exercise * docs: rewrite welcome page around conversion proofs |
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Alex Verkhovsky
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Rename Quick Dev to Build (#2651)
* feat(bmm): rename quick dev to build * fix: address build rename review findings * fix: clarify deprecated build shims * fix: offer legacy customization migration |
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Alex Verkhovsky
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1a8fea5bd0 | fix(docs): resolve deployed validation findings (#2644) | ||
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Alex Verkhovsky
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029ba287bc |
docs: make Quick Dev the canonical implementation workflow (#2643)
Rewrite published documentation and maintained translations around variable planning depth with one Phase 4 implementation loop. Update diagrams and AI indexes, and reject obsolete workflow terminology in deployable output. |
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Alex Verkhovsky
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116d52f5e0 |
feat: promote quick-dev to the official Phase 4 loop (#2637)
* feat(bmm): promote quick-dev to the official Phase 4 loop
- module-help.csv: bmad-quick-dev becomes the required Phase 4 item
(sprint-planning -> quick-dev -> code-review); the deprecated
create-story/dev-story rows leave the catalog; code-review and
qa-generate-e2e-tests chain after quick-dev.
- Dev agent menu drops its DS/CS entries.
- Docs and skill recommendations point at bmad-quick-dev instead of the
legacy split (architecture, ux, sprint-status, sprint-planning,
retrospective, named-agents, project-context,
expand-bmad-for-your-org, commands, workflow-map, getting-started).
The legacy skills themselves are untouched; deprecating them in place
is a follow-up PR.
- Quick-dev's user-facing descriptions (commands, workflow-map,
getting-started, help catalog, dev menu) drop the interactive-session
phrasing ("canonical implementation loop") for plain documentation
wording.
- bmad-retrospective: story-record scan also matches
spec-{epic}-{story}-*.md and quick-dev's section names, so retros see
quick-dev output.
- bmad-quick-dev: preserve an existing baseline_commit on resumed runs
instead of overwriting it with current HEAD.
* fix(bmm): address quick-dev review findings
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Brian
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bb45db4aa4 |
feat(core): consolidate research trio into bmad-deep-recon (#2611)
* feat(bmm): consolidate research trio into bmad-deep-recon
Replace bmad-market-research, bmad-domain-research, and bmad-technical-research
(5,136 lines of near-duplicate legacy step files) with one modern skill,
bmad-deep-recon (~650 lines):
- Research-master-orchestrator persona; conclusions never rest on training
data alone; lead-following rounds with coverage/novelty-exhaustion stops
- Six type packs as ~25-line policy+craft cards (market, domain, technical,
competitive, user-voice, academic-lit) + select decision shape layering a
weighted-matrix method over any type
- Three acquisition modes: Generate (subagent fan-out), Delegate (engine
registry: CLI/MCP, engine-first strategy), Import (provenance-tracked)
- Claims-ledger verification (normal/high/max) with independence rules and
optional red-team pass; cited synthesis with staleness map
- Effort presets (quick/standard/deep) over four knobs (subagents,
sources/round, depth, validation); precedence request > knob > preset
- Plan gate with surface discovery (MCPs/CLIs/engines), routing table, and
time estimate; use_workflows and subagent_models config
- Create/Refresh/Deepen intents, memlog run-folder workspace, headless JSON
- v6 shims forward the three old IDs with type pre-set; analyst menu,
catalog, marketplace, docs and translation mirrors updated
* feat(bmm): runtime output_format for bmad-deep-recon (v7 artifact protocol)
Replace the output_formats array with output_format = auto|html|md|both
(default auto): interactive runs render the HTML briefing, headless or
skill-invoked runs present the canonical markdown only. research.md always
exists in the workspace as the machine-readable report; the briefing is its
regenerable face. First instance of the v7 artifact protocol (memlog = truth,
md = distillation under contract, html = face).
* feat(core): move bmad-deep-recon to core-skills; address review findings
Move: research is not code-project-specific — home it in core-skills
(brainstorming precedent) so CIS and core-only installs get it. Skill ID
unchanged; standalone marketplace plugin added; catalogs moved to Core;
{planning_artifacts} falls back to {output_folder} on core-only installs.
v6 shims stay in bmm-skills (the legacy trio were bmm skills).
Review fixes (CodeRabbit):
- Engine briefs are now file-based: invoke templates substitute
{brief_file} (a skill-generated path), never inline brief text — quotes
and shell metacharacters in researched content can't shape a command.
- Refresh/Deepen preserve verification statuses for out-of-scope claims.
- HTML briefing: http(s)-only source links, escape source-derived text.
- user-voice pack: redact usernames/handles/emails from verbatim quotes;
communities complement surveys (triangulate) rather than beat them.
- engine.md: explicit single-writer rule — digests return to the lead,
which alone writes research.md in plan order.
* feat(core): deep-recon v2 — draft/process/run, faster defaults, research firewall
Rework after first real-run feedback (slow, token-heavy, locally biased
report, end-pass verification degraded quality, digests stranded in
subagent contexts):
- Three modes replace the acquisition-mode machinery: Draft (build a
deep-research prompt the user runs in their own subscribed tool),
Process (file a finished report into imports/, extract to digests/,
distill research.md summary + metadata so downstream never reprocesses),
Run (native fan-out, first-class). Bare research asks get the choice up
front with the trade stated honestly.
- Engine/Delegate registry cut: the Draft->Process round-trip is the
integration with dedicated deep-research tools; engine.md -> run.md.
- Files-first: digests hit {doc_workspace}/digests/ on landing, sections
commit per dimension, synthesis reads files never conversation memory,
dead runs resume from disk.
- Research firewall: persistent_facts default now empty, assistants get
only their brief, project context frames questions but is inadmissible
as evidence.
- Verification at landing, not end-of-run: normal = spot-check
load-bearing claims only; red_team default off; heavy passes behind
high/max. Presets rescaled faster (standard 3 subagents/8 sources/
depth 2).
- Multi-agent research lessons folded into run.md and the plan gate:
decomposition topology (breadth/depth/straightforward), per-assistant
tool-call budgets, query craft with OODA pause, shared source-quality
card, stop-and-write valve, mechanical citation check at finalize.
- Ripple: v6 shims, catalogs, marketplace, docs one-liners (all five
languages), template gains source: provenance field.
* feat(core): deep-recon quality pass — carve SKILL.md, recon_kit scripts, single-source verification
- SKILL.md 3989→2091 tokens: Draft/Process/Refresh+Deepen/Finalize carved to
references/{draft,process,lifecycle,finalize}.md; Run effort knobs + plan
gate moved into run.md; Overview and pack prose trimmed
- verification.md: red-team pass is the single adversarial mechanism (max
runs it at full breadth — no double-spawn); level semantics single-sourced
- scripts/recon_kit.py + tests: citations cross-check, memlog claim tally
(ref=/status= convention, last wins), staleness date math from per-class
windows, deterministic run-folder slugs, escaped source-appendix HTML
- Draft wired with preferred/banned source policies and an open-floor opening
- external_sources examples (Tavily/Sonar/xAI X-Search MCPs); source-quality
card: answer engines are aggregators — chase their citations
* docs: Deep Recon explanation page + integration
- new docs/explanation/deep-recon.md: three modes, mode-choice guidance,
research types, native-run internals diagram, firewall/verification, refresh
- analysis-phase.md research section rewritten for bmad-deep-recon
- core-tools.md: deep-recon in thinking-skills table, full catalog entry,
migration note for the merged market/domain/technical trio
- workflow-map.md + getting-started.md link the new page
- vi-vn developer guide: last stale old-skill flow mention updated
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Brian
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c23f23400d |
feat: streamline core to an 8-skill set with merged review and editorial skills (#2603)
* feat: streamline core to a 5-skill kernel with standalone skill modules
Core installs 14 -> 5 catalog-visible skills; atoms exit to standalone
modules; installer gains real dependency resolution; zero npm deps.
- Merge bmad-editorial-review-prose/-structure into bmad-editorial-review
(structure models JIT-loaded, new customize.toml)
- Merge bmad-review-adversarial-general/-edge-case-hunter/-verification-gap
into bmad-review as selectable lenses; hidden husk-forwarders remain at
the old IDs (no catalog rows) so gds/loop/os-utils keep working
- Move bmad-brainstorming, bmad-party-mode, bmad-forge-idea out of core to
src/standalone-skills/ as single-skill modules; add bmad-analysis bundle
module (curated dependency list over the atoms)
- Move bmad-spec into bmm (2-plan-workflows)
- Modernize bmad-advanced-elicitation: uv run, customize.toml, methods
pick offloaded to scripts/pick_methods.py (with tests)
- Delete bmad-index-docs, bmad-shard-doc (removes the tree's only external
npm dependency), and the four deprecation shims (bmad-create-prd,
bmad-edit-prd, bmad-validate-prd, bmad-create-architecture); all added
to removals.txt
- Installer: activate the dependencies field (recursive union into
selectedModules, cycle-guarded, warn on unknown), config-driven picker
visibility; core stays force-installed
- bmm module.yaml declares deps on the three atoms
- Docs updated across all locales; new reference/standalone-skills.md;
shard-doc how-tos removed
* Restore original critical wording lost in the review/editorial merges
The merges into bmad-review and bmad-editorial-review were meant to keep
the source skills' critical wording behind progressive disclosure, not
paraphrase it away. Restore what was lost:
- lens-adversarial: clueless-weasel framing, extreme-skepticism wording,
the at-least-ten-issues quota, and zero-findings-is-suspicious (the
merge had inverted this to zero-is-valid)
- bmad-review SKILL: zero-findings stance is now per-lens
- lens-edge-case: mandatory exact-order step enforcement
- lens-verification-gap: exact 'No verification gaps found.' clean line
- editorial-review: full Human/LLM reader principles restored to new
references/reader-principles.md; structure-pass HIGH-VALUE DENSITY
role, front-load-value, anti-patterns, pacing check, and length_target
assessment; prose-pass role sentence, analyze-style-first step, and
merge-overlapping-fixes rule; output summary block and min-3-words HALT
* feat(installer): promote bmad-analysis bundle to src/bmad-analysis-skills
Move the bmad-analysis bundle module out of src/standalone-skills/ into its
own src/bmad-analysis-skills root, teach the installer to resolve it there
(getModulePath, official-modules listing, isBuiltInModule helper), and
update the marketplace manifest and standalone-skills docs to match.
* refactor(bmad-review): rename edge-case lens to edge-case-hunter
Rename the lens code and reference file (lens-edge-case.md ->
lens-edge-case-hunter.md), add explicit when = "always" to the shipped
lenses, and tighten the lens-selection wording in SKILL.md.
* feat(bmad-editorial-review): configurable style guide + analysis-driven rework
Apply the workflow-builder analysis recommendations:
- Make the baseline style guide configurable: style_guide in customize.toml
now IS the baseline (default "Microsoft Writing Style Guide") instead of
an empty override slot; SKILL.md no longer hardcodes the guide.
- Inline reader-principles.md into SKILL.md and delete the reference (it
loaded on every run and was half-duplicated inline).
- Complete the customization surface: activation_steps_prepend/append,
persistent_facts (project-context glob), on_complete, and a
review_output_path scalar split out of output_preferences; add a
file:-load fallback convention.
- Ground word metrics: new scripts/word_metrics.py (stdlib, PEP 723, tests)
emits total/per-section word counts so impact estimates and the reduction
summary use exact numbers.
- Cross-pass dedup: prose pass skips CUT-tagged passages and re-attaches
fixes in MERGE'd ones; output ranks by impact with a long-tail rollup.
- Polish: HALT threshold replaced with plain outcome, duplicate LLM-reader
bullets merged, all-caps lowered, literal Overview heading added.
* fix(installer): stop cache-refresh git commands from escaping to the parent repo
Two compounding bugs let a pre-commit test run shallow-fetch and hard-reset
the developer's own repository:
1. Git spawns in custom-module-manager and external-manager inherited the
hook environment. Git exports GIT_DIR (absolute, in worktree checkouts)
into pre-commit hooks; a child git then targets the hook's repo regardless
of cwd, and treats its cwd — the module cache dir — as the work tree. The
cache refresh's 'git fetch --depth 1' + 'git reset --hard origin/main'
therefore shallowed the shared .bare and moved the checked-out branch.
New git-env.js strips repo-targeting GIT_* vars from every git spawn in
both managers, including calls that previously inherited process.env
implicitly.
2. Test suite 51 (quickUpdate dependency expansion) ran the real
CustomModuleManager lookup, which scans ~/.bmad/cache/custom-modules and
network-refreshes every cached clone — real user state. The suite now
stubs findModuleSourceByCode.
Verified by rerunning the suite with GIT_DIR pointed at the repo and a PATH
shim blocking fetch/reset/clone: 432 passing, zero blocked calls.
* De-scope standalone-skills mechanism: atoms return to core, shims reinstated
Shrink the PR to its heart — the skill merges — and defer the module
mechanics to a follow-up where all skills become module-driven:
- bmad-brainstorming, bmad-party-mode, bmad-forge-idea move back to
src/core-skills/ as ordinary core skills with their catalog rows
restored; src/standalone-skills/ and the bmad-analysis bundle module
are removed
- Installer reverted to main: standalone discovery, hidden-module
filtering, dependency resolution, manifest changes (test suites 49-51
removed with the code); the cache-refresh git fix is retained
- The four bmm deprecation shims (create/edit/validate-prd,
create-architecture) are reinstated so enterprise installs that
invoke the old IDs or carry _bmad/custom overrides keep working;
descriptions trimmed to the short husk style; their removals.txt
entries dropped (removal rides the v7 cut as their frontmatter
promises)
- marketplace.json keeps the five plugin entries with atom paths
pointing at src/core-skills/
- Docs (en/cs/fr/vi/zh) reframe the three skills as core thinking
skills; standalone-skills.md reference page removed
* Fix all findings from the max-effort adversarial review
Correctness:
- Finish the edge-case -> edge-case-hunter lens rename at every caller:
the forwarder husk, the code-review/dev-auto/quick-dev review layers,
the renderer test assertion, and the stale example path in
bmad-review/SKILL.md
- marketplace.json: ship the five core kernel skills with
bmad-method-lifecycle so its skills' bmad-review/bmad-editorial-review/
bmad-help/bmad-advanced-elicitation invocations resolve in a
marketplace install
- pick_methods.py / word_metrics.py: force UTF-8 stdout (Windows locale
code pages crashed on the catalog's arrows and CJK headings)
- word_metrics.py: pair fences CommonMark-style so 4-backtick fences can
embed 3-backtick examples without corrupting sections; count CJK
characters as words
- pick_methods.py: validate --extra entries are JSON objects (was an
uncaught AttributeError); read catalogs with utf-8-sig (BOM'd CSVs
silently blanked every num)
- bmad-spec: activation now resolves {output_folder} (which the
Workspace uses) instead of the unused {planning_artifacts}; drop the
stale core-only-installs comment
- Editorial husks: pin the legacy output contracts (three-column table /
Document Summary report and exact empty-state lines) like the review
husks do
- PRD shims: advertise the real bmad-prd customize keys
(validation_checklist_template, prd_output_path, run_folder_pattern,
finalize_reviewers) instead of three that don't exist
- bmad-prd: add the forwarded-activation clause its shims rely on
(ported from bmad-architecture)
- Locale workflow-maps (fr/cs/vi/zh): add the bmad-spec Phase-2 row the
English map gained, which every locale's core-tools note points at
- git-env.js: also strip GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS and the
GIT_CONFIG_COUNT/KEY_n/VALUE_n family; pass gitEnv() to the three npm
install spawns whose transitive git calls inherited hook vars
Consistency:
- brain.py --extra overlay now replaces-by-name like pick_methods.py
(same customize.toml additional_* semantics across sibling skills),
with a regression test
* Fix prettier formatting in marketplace.json
* Apply valid CodeRabbit findings
- brain.py: catch malformed --extra overlays (bad JSON, non-array root,
non-object entries) into the clean error path instead of a raw
traceback, with a regression test; read catalogs and overlays with
utf-8-sig; normalize ALL CSV fields (required ones were unstripped and
could arrive as None from short rows)
- brain-selector: clamp the random-technique count to what the pool can
supply so the Total badge matches the actual draw (template +
regenerated assets/brain-selector.html)
- bmad-editorial-review: word_metrics command now uses the explicit
{skill-root}/ prefix
- resolve_party.py / resolve_personas.py: custom member overrides now
start from the installed entry, so omitted fields (icon, title,
description, module, team) survive; non-string member tokens land in
unresolved instead of raising TypeError; party's member loop gains the
isinstance guards its personas twin already had
- bmad-brainstorming: fix the SKILL.md claim that headless is the only
context for self-generated ideas (autonomous mode is interactive);
autonomous mode honors user-supplied techniques before self-selecting
- Docs: drop duplicate 'only' in the spec template; align zh-cn
forge-idea's bmad-review description with the English wording
* Create only the output folder at install time
bmm no longer pre-creates planning_artifacts, implementation_artifacts,
and project_knowledge — the last of which put an empty docs/ at every
project root. Skills create those lazily on first write. core now
declares {output_folder} in its directories block, which was previously
created only as a side effect of the artifact folders nesting under it.
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Brian
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005ef1104a |
feat(core): add bmad-forge-idea skill + docs (#2492)
* feat(core): add bmad-forge-idea skill
Domain-agnostic idea-forging skill for BMad core. Takes a half-formed idea
and pressure-tests it in conversation until it hardens, proves out, or dies
cheaply — the quality of thinking is the product, not an artifact. One
question at a time with an always-on anti-sycophancy stance; two opt-in gears
(adversarial attack; a persona room resolved from the installed roster,
voiced by default and spawned when a branch needs independent minds); a
memlog as durable, resumable residue. Honest exits (hardened / killed /
clearer); optional brief distilled from the memlog that can feed bmad-spec or
bmad-quick-dev. Interactive and socratic; no headless mode.
Registered in core-skills/module-help.csv (menu code FI).
* Add forge-idea documentation and finalize skill scripts/conventions
Docs (Diátaxis):
- New explanation/forge-idea.md and how-to/pressure-test-an-idea.md
- core-tools.md: catalog entry + item section for bmad-forge-idea
- workflow-map.md and getting-started.md: Phase 1 (Analysis) listing
- De-collide the "forge" verb from bmad-prfaq positioning across docs
Skill:
- forge-idea SKILL.md: add term-sharpening axis, operationalize the
existing-project ground-truth rule, and add graceful degradation
- bmad-prfaq: description de-collision; Stage 1 now redirects upstream
to bmad-forge-idea for an unsound idea
- Unbundle the core memlog.py copy (skill references the core script at
{project-root}/_bmad/scripts); keep skill-local resolve_personas.py + tests
- customize.toml: comment refresh; on_complete as array
* Fix review findings: resolve_personas crash + doc accuracy
- resolve_parties: resolve token once + coerce non-strings (fixes KeyError
on mixed-case members and TypeError on unhashable members)
- Guard malformed party-mode config shapes so discovery stays best-effort
- _brief: pass through model/capabilities; register: no name-lookup hijack
- 5 new regression tests (case-insensitivity, malformed input, rename collision)
- Docs: correct bmad-review-adversarial-general name, bmad-prfaq handoff,
recursive resume glob, broken table row, and Produces filenames across
forge-idea/brainstorming/product-brief/architecture rows
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Brian
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cd8ac7e9aa |
bmm: standardize memlog usage across skills (#2483)
* bmm: standardize memlog usage across skills
- Point all memlog writes at the canonical core script (uv {project-root}/_bmad/scripts/memlog.py) in bmad-spec, bmad-brainstorming, and bmad-architecture; drop the python3/{skill-root} invocations and remove the bundled memlog.py copy from bmad-brainstorming.
- Migrate bmad-prd, bmad-ux, and bmad-product-brief off the hand-authored decision-log.md onto the memlog standard: .memlog.md written only via memlog.py (init/append), distilled-toward not authored, no lifecycle status; rename the headless decision_log JSON key to memlog.
- Fix bmad-spec capability rendering: nested bullets so intent/success break onto their own lines instead of collapsing into one blob.
- Update EN + FR docs (getting-started, workflow-map, core-tools) to reference .memlog.md.
- Remove the bmad-product-brief eval suite (to be replaced with a new format).
* bmm: invoke scripts with 'uv run' instead of python3/bare uv
Bare 'uv {path}.py' does not execute (uv treats the path as a subcommand and errors); only 'uv run {path}' runs the script. Fixes the broken bare-uv memlog form shipped earlier in this branch and converts python3 script calls to 'uv run' across the 6 touched skills (memlog.py, resolve_customization.py, brain.py, lint_spine.py). Inline 'python3 -c' one-liners and .py shebangs are left as-is.
* bmm: address PR review on memlog standardization
- Delete orphaned bmad-brainstorming/scripts/tests/test_memlog.py: it
imported the bundled memlog.py removed in this PR (ModuleNotFoundError on
collection) and its unique tests asserted the now-removed status-lifecycle
behavior. The canonical src/scripts/tests/test_memlog.py is the corrected
superset, so no coverage is lost.
- Make runnable memlog command examples self-contained with the full
'uv run {project-root}/_bmad/scripts/memlog.py ... --workspace {doc_workspace}'
form across bmad-brainstorming (converge/finalize/headless), bmad-prd, and
bmad-ux. Terse checklist back-references left short by design.
- bmad-product-brief Update: init .memlog.md if missing (legacy/pre-standard
briefs), matching bmad-prd and bmad-ux; fix the --type override invocation.
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Brian
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ee47e30cf6 |
refactor(bmad-ux): spine-based UX skill (DESIGN.md + EXPERIENCE.md) (#2413)
* refactor(bmad-ux): replace bmad-create-ux-design with lean spine-based bmad-ux
* refactor(bmad-ux): adopt DESIGN.md spec, split into two-file spine, align prd/brief
DESIGN.md (visual identity per the Google Labs spec) and EXPERIENCE.md
(behavior, flow, IA) replace the single design.md spine. EXPERIENCE.md
cross-references DESIGN.md tokens via the spec's {path.to.token} syntax.
Example suite restructure
- 3 DESIGN.md examples: editorial (Stitch source / Linen & Logic), calm
native mobile (Quill), shadcn-on-Tailwind web SaaS (Drift)
- 2 paired EXPERIENCE.md examples (Quill, Drift); Linen & Logic unpaired
to model the Stitch handoff scenario
- Replaces the prior 2-example combined spine set
Discovery additions (outcome-driven, one line each)
- Source scan: glob {planning_artifacts}/ for candidates, parent never reads
- Form-factor: resolve before IA closes; journeys often derive it
- Surface closure: every stated need has a surface, every surface a journey
- Named-protagonist journeys (Mary, not "the user")
- Design handoff working mode (extensible producer registry, default: Stitch)
PRD and brief alignment with same insights
- bmad-prd: dropped standalone Primary Persona section from template;
renamed "Personas + Journeys" entry to "Journey-led"; named-protagonist
rule on UJs; form-factor probe; validation checklist updated
- bmad-product-brief: form-factor surfaced in Discovery topics
Quality scan fixes
- Added ## Overview heading; renamed ## Activation to ## On Activation
- Replaced ../ paths in example assets with {planning_artifacts}/
- Sources section compressed (abstract delta-only rule)
- Working mode aligned to "Fast path" / "Coaching path" BMad-wide convention
New
- references/design-md-spec.md: working summary of the spec for the LLM
- customize.toml: design_md_examples, experience_md_examples,
design_handoffs registries
- .prettierignore: ignore .analysis/ quality-scan artifacts repo-wide
* refactor(bmad-ux): activation parity with prd/brief, opt-in reviewer gate, no headline grade
- Restructure On Activation as numbered six-step list mirroring bmad-prd
and bmad-product-brief, restoring the explicit key-resolution list that
earlier crammed-paragraph form had dropped (planning_artifacts and
friends were silently unresolved at Create).
- Make Reviewer Gate opt-in and lens-selectable. At Finalize, ask before
spending tokens on parallel reviewer subagents; at Validate intent,
skip that question but still confirm lens picks. Stops the auto-run
WCAG audit on hobby-stakes work.
- Drop the overall validation grade. Per-category verdicts and severity
counts already say what is true; a single headline grade conflated
design rigor with release readiness and led "POOR" pills landing on
reports whose own bodies described the work as strong. Removed from
references/validate.md (ladder rule + markdown twin), HTML template
(grade pill div + CSS vars + classes).
- Trim creative-tools.md: drop the Custom entries section. Runtime
prompt files should only carry what the LLM needs to act in this
moment; how-to-extend-via-TOML is setup-time human documentation
already covered by customize.toml comments.
* fix(bmad-ux): align validation report template with 8-category rubric
Template placeholders referenced 'Decision-readiness' and 'seven dimensions'
from the prior rubric. Replace with TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_NAME and inline the
eight canonical categories from references/validate.md so the synthesis pass
names them verbatim.
* fix(validate-skills): remove stale WF-01/WF-02 rules
WF-01/WF-02 were originally scoped to workflow.md files (now mostly gone)
but had been generalized to flag name/description in any non-SKILL.md
markdown. That over-captured legitimate spec files — e.g. DESIGN.md
examples in bmad-ux/assets/ that carry name/description per the Google
Labs DESIGN.md spec.
Step files are already covered by STEP-06. Rule count: 14 → 12.
* fix(bmad-ux): address PR review followups
- validation-report-template.html: severity badge class is badge-sev-*,
not sev-* (the comment misled the synthesis pass).
- Sweep dangling bmad-create-ux-design references: module-help.csv,
bmad-agent-ux-designer/customize.toml, bmad-prd/SKILL.md handoff list,
workflow-map.md (en + 4 translations), getting-started.md (en + 4
translations). Workflow-map output column updated to DESIGN.md +
EXPERIENCE.md.
- references/validate.md: Markdown capitalized as a proper noun.
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Davor Racic
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feat(prompts): add directory prompt with updated Clack runtime (#2387)
* chore(deps): update @clack/core and @clack/prompts to latest versions and adjust Node.js engine requirement * feat(prompts): add directory prompt with autocomplete and create-directory support * chore(docs): update Node.js version requirement to 20.12+ across multiple documentation files * fix(prompts): code review fixes |
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Brian
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c52c9b5b0e |
feat(bmad-prd): new PRD skill + product-brief updates (#2378)
* feat(bmm): add bmad-prd skill and extend product-brief with external integrations
Consolidates the legacy create-prd/edit-prd/validate-prd trio into a single
lean facilitator with create/update/validate intent modes, following the
bmad-product-brief pattern. Both skills gain external_sources and
external_handoffs customize.toml fields for routing through corporate MCP
tools (Confluence, Jira, etc.) with graceful degradation, plus a File roles
constraint clarifying decision-log (audit trail) vs addendum (preserved
depth for downstream docs).
* refactor(bmad-prd): tighten SKILL.md and operationalize source-extractor pattern
- Compress Overview to remove coaching prose duplicated in Discovery
- Operationalize "Extract, don't ingest" with explicit subagent return contract; reference from Update, Validate, and Finalize input reconciliation instead of inline "read N documents"
- Fix Overview H1 -> H2 (was breaking pre-pass tooling)
- Move full headless JSON schemas to assets/headless-schemas.md; keep minimal example inline
- Compress File roles bullet; tighten Finalize step 1
SKILL.md: 124 -> 105 lines, ~4729 -> ~4467 tokens
* feat(bmad-prd): open-items gate, drop distillate, persona discipline, decision-log metadata
- Add Finalize "Open-items review" step (new step 4): counts OQs / [ASSUMPTION] / [NOTE FOR PM], walks them with user, flags high density as red flag against agreed stakes
- Validate now treats open-items density as a first-class finding category
- Resume / continuity surfaces open items deterministically as the first orientation step
- Drop the PRD's own distillate output and the bmad-distillator finalize step. Downstream workflows (UX, architecture, story creation) source-extract from prd.md directly via the canonical source-extractor pattern. Headless schemas, customize.toml comments, and template updated accordingly.
- Drop "status: draft" from PRD frontmatter and template; version/state transitions logged to decision-log.md instead. Finalize step 7 records the version transition entry.
- Add PRD Discipline bullet: personas must be research-grounded or marked [ILLUSTRATIVE]; must drive decisions; 2-4 personas max. Discipline pass enforces.
- Expand File roles bullet: competitive-analysis detail beyond a one-line landscape and operational/cost mechanics (rate-limiting, compression) belong in addendum
* feat(bmad-prd): outcome-driven trim, swappable validation checklist, HTML report
SKILL.md trim (4.7K -> ~3.2K tokens, 124 -> 93 lines):
- Cut anchor enumerations (HIPAA/PCI/NIST list, API/Mobile/Web list, hobby->regulated list, "fast/easy/scalable/intuitive", input enumerations, etc.) the LLM already knows
- Cut derivable reasoning (synonyms-cause-drift explanation, hobby-vs-enterprise examples, etc.)
- Cut good/bad examples that anchor LLM attention (password/SendGrid example, persona quote, "let me also add this nearby thing")
- Drop SMART-ceremony language from Measurable bullet (keep judgment-not-ritual; SMART principles fine)
Progressive disclosure to references/:
- Headless mode rules + JSON minimal example moved to references/headless.md (loaded only when invoked headless)
- On Activation step 6 gates mode detection: headless -> read references/headless.md and follow
Swappable validation checklist:
- New assets/prd-validation-checklist.md (15 items: Quality / Discipline / Structural / Stakes-gated, each one line)
- New customize.toml field validation_checklist (override per org)
- Used by Validate intent AND Finalize Step 3 -- same subagent, same checklist, two moments
- Replaces bmad-validate-prd's 13-step micro-file architecture; kept the valuable check dimensions (density, measurability, traceability, implementation leakage, etc.) and dropped the ceremony
HTML validation report:
- New scripts/render-validation-html.py (PEP 723, stdlib only, ~175 lines) renders structured findings JSON into a styled HTML report with pass/warn/fail grade, inline SVG score bar, category grouping
- New assets/validation-report-template.html (inline CSS, native <details>, no JS, no external deps) -- swappable via customize.toml validation_report_template
- New references/validation-render.md documents the subagent output contract and renderer invocation; loaded only when validate flow runs
- Auto-opens browser on interactive runs; headless skips the open
Mode flow consistency:
- Create and Update both now explicitly "proceed to ## Finalize"
- Validate / analyze is standalone -- explicit "does NOT enter ## Finalize"; renderer auto-opens the HTML
- analyze is a synonym for validate; intent detection routes both
- Update mode no longer has its own light-close validation step (Finalize Step 3 covers it)
* refactor(product-brief,bmad-prd): remove distillation from brief and PRD workflows
Drop bmad-distillator integration from bmad-product-brief (finalize step,
update mode, headless JSON, constraints) and clean up customize.toml comments.
Distillation is the wrong layer — story self-containment via epic solution
design docs is the right answer for downstream context.
Also commit pending bmad-prd changes: working mode selector (Express vs
Facilitative), open-items triage into phase-blocking/resolvable/deferred
buckets, persistence wording fix, and facilitation-guide reference.
* refactor(bmad-prd): aggressive SKILL.md compression, remove LLM-obvious content
* feat(bmad-prd,bmad-product-brief): surface party-mode and advanced-elicitation at opening
* refactor(bmm): retire bmad-create-prd/edit/validate, point docs and PM agent at bmad-prd
Removes the three separate PRD skills (create, edit, validate) in favor of the
unified bmad-prd skill. Updates module-help.csv, PM agent menu, workflow map,
getting-started tutorial, commands reference, customize/help SKILL.md examples,
and the website workflow-map diagram. Adds Recipe 6 (Advanced Integration
Patterns) to expand-bmad-for-your-org.md covering external_sources,
external_handoffs, doc_standards, and swappable templates.
* test(bmad-product-brief): drop distillate from evals
Distillate was removed from the product-brief workflow in
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Alex Verkhovsky
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003c979dbc |
chore: remove SM agent (Bob) and migrate to Developer agent (#2186)
* chore: remove SM agent (Bob) and migrate capabilities to Developer agent Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix(docs): correct agent naming and grammar from review triage Standardize Developer agent references to bmad-agent-dev (matching installed skill directory name) and fix possessive apostrophe in implementation-readiness workflow. * fix(skills): replace dev team references with Developer agent No longer a multi-agent development team — just one Developer agent. Remove residual Scrum Master search patterns from retrospective. --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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Brian
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abfc56bd2c |
feat: add bmad-prfaq skill as alternative analysis path (#2157)
* feat: add bmad-prfaq skill as alternative to product brief Add Working Backwards PRFAQ challenge skill for stress-testing product concepts through Amazon's PRFAQ methodology. Includes press release drafting, customer FAQ, internal FAQ, and verdict stages with subagent support for artifact scanning and web research. - New bmad-prfaq skill with 5-stage interactive gauntlet and headless mode - Subagents for artifact analysis and web research (graceful degradation) - Research-grounded output directive for current market/competitive data - Always produces distillate for downstream PRD consumption - Fix manifest array syntax in both prfaq and product-brief manifests - Drop number prefixes from reference files - Update docs: getting-started, workflow-map, agents, skills reference - Add analysis-phase explainer doc with comparison table and decision guide - Update workflow-map-diagram.html with prfaq card - Add -H and -A args to CSV for both skills - Add unist-util-visit as devDependency (was imported but undeclared) * fix: harden bmad-prfaq for compaction resilience and context efficiency Add coaching persona re-anchors to all stage prompts so the behavioral directive survives context compaction. Add do-not-read guards at resume detection, headless mode, and input gathering to prevent parent agent context bloat. Add Stage 1 coaching notes capture. Adapt template and press release stage for non-commercial concept types. Cap subagent response token budgets. * fix: add config.user.yaml to file-ref validator allowlist Also update PRFAQ config path to use correct _config/bmm/ prefix. |
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Alex Verkhovsky
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b3cf338118 |
refactor(quick-dev): rename tech-spec prefix to spec (#2109)
* refactor(quick-dev): rename tech-spec prefix to spec * docs: update tech-spec references to spec |
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Alex Verkhovsky
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7e97b7e7f3 |
fix(docs): correct skill names in getting-started tutorials (#2103)
Agent skills referenced with shortened names (bmad-pm, bmad-architect, etc.) that don't match installed skill names. Fixed to use actual names (bmad-agent-pm, bmad-agent-architect, etc.) across EN, ZH-CN, and FR. Also fixed bmad-research to three specific research skills (EN, FR) and bmad-product-brief to bmad-create-product-brief (ZH-CN). Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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Brian
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0380656de6 |
refactor: consolidate agents into phase-based skill directories (#2050)
* refactor: consolidate agents into phase-based skill directories Remove separate agent/workflow/skill directories (src/bmm/agents, src/bmm/workflows, src/core/skills, src/utility/agent-components) and reorganize all content into phase-based structures under src/bmm-skills (1-analysis, 2-plan-workflows, 3-solutioning, 4-implementation) and src/core-skills. Eliminates the agent/skill distinction by treating agents as skills within their workflow phase. * fix: update broken file references to use new bmm-skills paths * docs: update all references for unified bmad-quick-dev workflow Remove all references to the old separate bmad-quick-spec and bmad-quick-dev-new-preview workflows. The new bmad-quick-dev is a unified workflow that handles intent clarification, planning, implementation, review, and presentation in a single run. Updated files across English docs, Chinese translations, source skill manifests, website diagram, and build tooling. |
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Alex Verkhovsky
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2a12c6b2f0 |
docs: drop slash-command prefix from skill references (#1892)
* docs: drop slash-command syntax from skill references (editorial) Skill names like bmad-help are now shown without a / prefix since invocation syntax varies across platforms. First-encounter locations (README, getting-started, get-answers, installer message, bmad-help display rules) get editorial framing so new users understand these are skill names to invoke by name. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs: mechanical removal of slash prefix from all remaining skill references Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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Alex Verkhovsky
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bb046f5062 | docs: mention next install channel (#1887) | ||
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Alex Verkhovsky
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db8f856fce |
docs: update terminology from commands to skills across all documentation (#1850)
Align documentation with the skills-based architecture migration by replacing references to "commands", "slash commands", and legacy command names with the new "skills" terminology and skill names. |
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Alex Verkhovsky
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811d03262d |
fix(config): remove Windsurf from recommended/preferred IDEs (#1727)
Windsurf is no longer a preferred IDE. Only Claude Code and Cursor are now recommended. Windsurf remains a supported platform (installer still works, templates stay, reference tables stay). - Set preferred: false in both platform-codes.yaml files - Move windsurf entry to "Other IDEs" section in tools/platform-codes.yaml - Fix codex.js hardcoding preferred: true in constructor - Remove stale "3 preferred tools" count from ui.js JSDoc - Update docs to list only Claude Code and Cursor as recommended - Update docs/index.md popular tools to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI |
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Brian Madison
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1782e97731 |
docs: elevate bmad-help as primary on-ramp across all documentation
BMad-Help is one of V6's flagship features but was undersold in docs. This update positions it properly as the intelligent guide that: - Inspects project state and detects what's completed - Understands natural language queries - Varies options based on installed modules - Auto-invokes after every workflow - Recommends first required tasks Changes: - Add dedicated "Meet BMad-Help" section to getting-started - Expand commands.md with full BMad-Help subsection and examples - Reposition get-answers-about-bmad.md to start with BMad-Help - Enhance install-bmad.md and established-projects.md with query examples - Add index.md tip box promoting /bmad-help as quickest way to dive in |
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Brian Madison
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d4b4bdfa12 |
docs: improve project-context documentation and fix folder structure
- Add explanation/how-to docs for project-context.md feature - Update workflow-map Context Management section with comprehensive guidance - Fix folder structure examples to show proper nested subdirectories (planning-artifacts/ and implementation-artifacts/ under _bmad-output/) - Update established-projects.md with project-context creation step - Standardize terminology: use "existing projects" instead of "brownfield" |
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Alex Verkhovsky
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a1101534b2 |
fix(docs): comprehensive documentation site review fixes (#1578)
* fix(docs): comprehensive documentation site review fixes Rehype plugins: - Rewrite rehype-markdown-links for correct relative .md resolution - Handle raw HTML base paths and bare .md links in rehype-base-paths - Guard protocol-relative URLs (//...) in all link processors - Use file.path instead of file.history[0] for vfile compatibility - Fail build when content directory cannot be detected - Export helpers for testability; add 107 unit tests Build & CI: - Revert cancel-in-progress to false to avoid mid-deploy cancellation - Remove redundant link-validation CI step (build validates internally) - Remove unnecessary fetch-depth:0 from docs deploy workflow - Refuse docs build on Windows (platform guard) - Remove dead build scripts and stale references Tooling: - Add DOCS_ROOT boundary check in validate-doc-links.js - Handle directory paths and prefix stripping in link validator - Remove dead regex and add // guard in fix-doc-links.js Accessibility & CSS: - Darken caution/danger aside title colors for WCAG AA 4.5:1 contrast - Fix 100vw scrollbar overflow (banner width:100%, html overflow-x:clip) - Add :focus-visible ring to banner link for keyboard navigation - Remove dead CSS declaration and add missing code block lang Documentation content: - Convert /docs/ absolute links to relative paths and fix llms.txt URLs - Correct command file paths and naming in commands reference - Update stale shard-doc command to current /bmad-shard-doc format - Fix incomplete sentence in install-bmad.md - Add Quick Flow next steps and fix 404 link path - Expand thin content pages with substantive detail - Add sidebar ordering frontmatter to all content pages - Remove BMGD docs (moved to dedicated repo) - Remove unused assets and misleading diagram caption - Add non-iframe fallback link to workflow map diagram - Remove dead noscript block from workflow-map - Standardize BMAD to BMad, fix spelling/grammar, normalize headings Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix(docs): add non-interactive installation to sidebar, rewrite and reorder how-to guides - Move non-interactive-installation.md into how-to/ directory so it appears in the sidebar navigation (was orphaned at docs root) - Rewrite the page based on editorial review: consolidate redundant sections, add missing how-to structure (prerequisites, "What You Get"), condense installation modes from 5 subsections to a table, cut speculative examples - Reorder how-to sidebar: Install (1), Non-Interactive (2), Upgrade to v6 (3), then the rest following user journey order - Fix README link to point to docs site instead of repo-internal markdown path Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix(docs): address documentation review findings Fix broken directory tree, grammar errors, inconsistent naming, missing admonition/headings, enable lastUpdated timestamps in CI, and remove footer CSS that misapplied to the content footer. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix(docs): move bleeding-edge install command out of Verify Installation The alternative npx command for installing from main was misplaced inside the "Verify Installation" section. Move it to a tip admonition under Step 1 where users look for install options. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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Chad Woolley
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981e5a49c2 |
docs: Add exact slash commands to getting-started guide (#1505)
The getting-started tutorial referenced agents and workflows by name (e.g., "Load the PM agent", "Run the prd workflow") without providing the actual commands to type. This adds the exact slash commands inline alongside the existing prose so new users know precisely what to run. |
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Brian Madison
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c352e03d18 | add interactive diagram to test final doc build and layout | ||
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Alex Verkhovsky
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91f6c41be1 |
docs: radical reduction of documentation scope for v6 beta (#1406)
* docs: radical reduction of documentation scope for v6 beta Archive and basement unreviewed content to ship a focused, minimal doc set. Changes: - Archive stale how-to workflow guides (will rewrite for v6) - Archive outdated explanation and reference content - Move unreviewed content to basement for later review - Reorganize TEA docs into dedicated /tea/ section - Add workflow-map visual reference page - Simplify getting-started tutorial and sidebar navigation - Add explanation pages: brainstorming, adversarial-review, party-mode, quick-flow, advanced-elicitation - Fix base URL handling for subdirectory deployments (GitHub Pages forks) The goal is a minimal, accurate doc set for beta rather than comprehensive but potentially misleading content. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * refactor: restructure BMM and agents documentation by consolidating and flattening index files. --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> |