chore(sprint-planning): convert workflow.yaml to unified workflow.md (#1856)

* chore(sprint-planning): convert workflow.yaml + instructions.md to unified workflow.md

Step 4 of 9 in the yaml-to-md conversion plan. Merges config
and instructions into a single self-contained workflow.md,
dropping engine scaffolding (critical tags, invoke-protocol).

* fix(sprint-planning): address review findings from PR triage

- Update stale workflow.yaml references to workflow.md in sm.agent.yaml and module-help.csv
- Widen epics_pattern from epic*.md to *epic*.md to match documented input files
- Fix placeholder mismatch: epics_in_progress_count → in_progress_count

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/bmm/agents/sm.agent.yaml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ agent:
 
   menu:
     - trigger: SP or fuzzy match on sprint-planning
-      workflow: "{project-root}/_bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/sprint-planning/workflow.yaml"
+      workflow: "{project-root}/_bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/sprint-planning/workflow.md"
       description: "[SP] Sprint Planning: Generate or update the record that will sequence the tasks to complete the full project that the dev agent will follow"
 
     - trigger: CS or fuzzy match on create-story

src/bmm/module-help.csv

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ bmm,2-planning,Create UX,CU,30,_bmad/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/create-ux-de
 bmm,3-solutioning,Create Architecture,CA,10,_bmad/bmm/workflows/3-solutioning/create-architecture/workflow.md,bmad-bmm-create-architecture,true,architect,Create Mode,"Guided Workflow to document technical decisions",planning_artifacts,architecture,
 bmm,3-solutioning,Create Epics and Stories,CE,30,_bmad/bmm/workflows/3-solutioning/create-epics-and-stories/workflow.md,bmad-bmm-create-epics-and-stories,true,pm,Create Mode,"Create the Epics and Stories Listing",planning_artifacts,"epics and stories",
 bmm,3-solutioning,Check Implementation Readiness,IR,70,_bmad/bmm/workflows/3-solutioning/check-implementation-readiness/workflow.md,bmad-bmm-check-implementation-readiness,true,architect,Validate Mode,"Ensure PRD UX Architecture and Epics Stories are aligned",planning_artifacts,"readiness report",
-bmm,4-implementation,Sprint Planning,SP,10,_bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/sprint-planning/workflow.yaml,bmad-bmm-sprint-planning,true,sm,Create Mode,"Generate sprint plan for development tasks - this kicks off the implementation phase by producing a plan the implementation agents will follow in sequence for every story in the plan.",implementation_artifacts,"sprint status",
+bmm,4-implementation,Sprint Planning,SP,10,_bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/sprint-planning/workflow.md,bmad-bmm-sprint-planning,true,sm,Create Mode,"Generate sprint plan for development tasks - this kicks off the implementation phase by producing a plan the implementation agents will follow in sequence for every story in the plan.",implementation_artifacts,"sprint status",
 bmm,4-implementation,Sprint Status,SS,20,_bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/sprint-status/workflow.md,bmad-bmm-sprint-status,false,sm,Create Mode,"Anytime: Summarize sprint status and route to next workflow",,,
 bmm,4-implementation,Validate Story,VS,35,_bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/create-story/workflow.yaml,bmad-bmm-create-story,false,sm,Validate Mode,"Validates story readiness and completeness before development work begins",implementation_artifacts,"story validation report",
 bmm,4-implementation,Create Story,CS,30,_bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/create-story/workflow.yaml,bmad-bmm-create-story,true,sm,Create Mode,"Story cycle start: Prepare first found story in the sprint plan that is next, or if the command is run with a specific epic and story designation with context. Once complete, then VS then DS then CR then back to DS if needed or next CS or ER",implementation_artifacts,story,

src/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/sprint-planning/workflow.md

@@ -1,9 +1,57 @@
-# Sprint Planning - Sprint Status Generator
+---
+name: sprint-planning
+description: 'Generate sprint status tracking from epics. Use when the user says "run sprint planning" or "generate sprint plan"'
+---
 
-<critical>The workflow execution engine is governed by: {project-root}/_bmad/core/tasks/workflow.xml</critical>
+# Sprint Planning Workflow
-<critical>You MUST have already loaded and processed: {project-root}/_bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/sprint-planning/workflow.yaml</critical>
 
-## 📚 Document Discovery - Full Epic Loading
+**Goal:** Generate sprint status tracking from epics, detecting current story statuses and building a complete sprint-status.yaml file.
+
+**Your Role:** You are a Scrum Master generating and maintaining sprint tracking. Parse epic files, detect story statuses, and produce a structured sprint-status.yaml.
+
+---
+
+## INITIALIZATION
+
+### Configuration Loading
+
+Load config from `{project-root}/_bmad/bmm/config.yaml` and resolve:
+
+- `project_name`, `user_name`
+- `communication_language`, `document_output_language`
+- `implementation_artifacts`
+- `planning_artifacts`
+- `date` as system-generated current datetime
+- YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT in your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Paths
+
+- `installed_path` = `{project-root}/_bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/sprint-planning`
+- `template` = `{installed_path}/sprint-status-template.yaml`
+- `checklist` = `{installed_path}/checklist.md`
+- `tracking_system` = `file-system`
+- `project_key` = `NOKEY`
+- `story_location` = `{implementation_artifacts}`
+- `story_location_absolute` = `{implementation_artifacts}`
+- `epics_location` = `{planning_artifacts}`
+- `epics_pattern` = `*epic*.md`
+- `status_file` = `{implementation_artifacts}/sprint-status.yaml`
+
+### Input Files
+
+| Input | Path | Load Strategy |
+|-------|------|---------------|
+| Epics | `{planning_artifacts}/*epic*.md` (whole) or `{planning_artifacts}/*epic*/*.md` (sharded) | FULL_LOAD |
+
+### Context
+
+- `project_context` = `**/project-context.md` (load if exists)
+
+---
+
+## EXECUTION
+
+### Document Discovery - Full Epic Loading
 
 **Strategy**: Sprint planning needs ALL epics and stories to build complete status tracking.
 
@@ -44,11 +92,6 @@
 <action>Build complete inventory of all epics and stories from all epic files</action>
 </step>
 
-  <step n="0.5" goal="Discover and load project documents">
-    <invoke-protocol name="discover_inputs" />
-    <note>After discovery, these content variables are available: {epics_content} (all epics loaded - uses FULL_LOAD strategy)</note>
-  </step>
-
 <step n="2" goal="Build sprint status structure">
 <action>For each epic found, create entries in this order:</action>
 
@@ -170,7 +213,7 @@ development_status:
 - **File Location:** {status_file}
 - **Total Epics:** {{epic_count}}
 - **Total Stories:** {{story_count}}
-- **Epics In Progress:** {{epics_in_progress_count}}
+- **Epics In Progress:** {{in_progress_count}}
 - **Stories Completed:** {{done_count}}
 
 **Next Steps:**

src/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/sprint-planning/workflow.yaml

@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-name: sprint-planning
-description: 'Generate sprint status tracking from epics. Use when the user says "run sprint planning" or "generate sprint plan"'
-author: "BMad"
-
-# Critical variables from config
-config_source: "{project-root}/_bmad/bmm/config.yaml"
-user_name: "{config_source}:user_name"
-communication_language: "{config_source}:communication_language"
-date: system-generated
-implementation_artifacts: "{config_source}:implementation_artifacts"
-planning_artifacts: "{config_source}:planning_artifacts"
-
-# Workflow components
-installed_path: "{project-root}/_bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/sprint-planning"
-instructions: "{installed_path}/instructions.md"
-template: "{installed_path}/sprint-status-template.yaml"
-validation: "{installed_path}/checklist.md"
-
-# Variables and inputs
-project_context: "**/project-context.md"
-project_name: "{config_source}:project_name"
-
-# Tracking system configuration
-tracking_system: "file-system" # Options: file-system, Future will support other options from config of mcp such as jira, linear, trello
-project_key: "NOKEY" # Placeholder for tracker integrations; file-system uses a no-op key
-story_location: "{implementation_artifacts}" # Relative path for file-system, Future will support URL for Jira/Linear/Trello
-story_location_absolute: "{implementation_artifacts}" # Absolute path for file operations
-
-# Source files (file-system only)
-epics_location: "{planning_artifacts}" # Directory containing epic*.md files
-epics_pattern: "epic*.md" # Pattern to find epic files
-
-# Output configuration
-status_file: "{implementation_artifacts}/sprint-status.yaml"
-
-# Smart input file references - handles both whole docs and sharded docs
-# Priority: Whole document first, then sharded version
-# Strategy: FULL LOAD - sprint planning needs ALL epics to build complete status
-input_file_patterns:
-  epics:
-    description: "All epics with user stories"
-    whole: "{planning_artifacts}/*epic*.md"
-    sharded: "{planning_artifacts}/*epic*/*.md"
-    load_strategy: "FULL_LOAD"
-
-# Output configuration
-default_output_file: "{status_file}"