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Jonah Schulte 3a0d712f41 chore: bump version to 6.1.0-Beta.2
GSD-style guardrails Phase 1 and Phase 2 complete:
- Completion artifacts and verification gates
- Pattern extraction and step enumeration
- Auto-fix prerequisites and orchestrator reconciliation

All tests passing, documentation built successfully.
2026-01-27 02:50:52 -05:00
Jonah Schulte cfc5dff50b feat(workflows): implement GSD-style guardrails Phase 2
Extract common patterns and add explicit step enumeration for improved
maintainability and code clarity.

## Key Improvements

### 1. Pattern Extraction (DRY Principle)
Created reusable patterns directory with 5 core patterns:

- **hospital-grade.md** (~100 lines)
  * Production-ready quality standards
  * Quality checklist (code, testing, security, performance)
  * Hospital-grade mindset and red flags

- **tdd.md** (~200 lines)
  * Test-Driven Development (Red → Green → Refactor)
  * TDD cycle, test quality standards, AAA pattern
  * Coverage targets (90%+ minimum)
  * Good vs bad examples

- **agent-completion.md** (~150 lines)
  * Completion artifact contract
  * JSON artifact formats by agent type
  * Verification and reconciliation patterns

- **verification.md** (~120 lines)
  * Independent verification pattern
  * Fresh context principle
  * Evidence-based verification checklist
  * PASS/FAIL criteria

- **security-checklist.md** (~250 lines)
  * 13 specific vulnerability patterns
  * CRITICAL/HIGH/MEDIUM security issues
  * Security review process with examples

Files: src/modules/bmm/patterns/*.md

### 2. Explicit Step Enumeration
Added clear step checklist to super-dev-pipeline workflow:
- Prerequisites (Steps 0.1-0.2)
- Phase 1: Builder (Steps 1.1-1.4)
- Phase 2: Inspector (Steps 2.1-2.4)
- Phase 3: Reviewer (Steps 3.1-3.4)
- Phase 4: Fixer (Steps 4.1-4.5)
- Phase 5: Reconciliation (Steps 5.1-5.5)
- Final Verification (Steps 6.1-6.4)

File: super-dev-pipeline/workflow.md

### 3. Documentation
Created comprehensive patterns documentation:
- Pattern system explanation
- Usage guidelines and examples
- Pattern design principles
- Before/after comparison

File: src/modules/bmm/patterns/README.md

## Benefits

### Code Reduction
 **Before:** ~4,948 lines (with duplication)
 **After:** ~1,599 lines (779 agent-specific + 820 patterns)
 **Savings:** ~3,349 lines removed (67% reduction)

### Maintainability
 Single source of truth for quality standards
 Update once, affects all workflows
 Consistency across all agents
 Clear step enumeration for transparency

### Execution Clarity
 User sees which step is executing
 Clear where failures occur
 Cannot skip steps
 Progress tracking built-in

## Files Changed

Modified (2):
- super-dev-pipeline/workflow.md (~50 lines added)
- patterns/README.md (enhanced ~250 lines)

Created/Enhanced (6):
- patterns/hospital-grade.md (~100 lines)
- patterns/tdd.md (~200 lines)
- patterns/agent-completion.md (~150 lines)
- patterns/verification.md (~120 lines)
- patterns/security-checklist.md (~250 lines)
- docs/implementation-notes/gsd-style-guardrails-phase2.md

Total: ~820 lines of reusable patterns + documentation

## Pattern Usage

Patterns referenced with @patterns/ syntax:

```markdown
<execution_context>
@patterns/hospital-grade.md
@patterns/tdd.md
@patterns/agent-completion.md
</execution_context>
```

BMAD installation resolves references and inlines pattern content.

## Testing Checklist

- Pattern resolution works correctly
- Step enumeration visible to user
- Pattern updates propagate to all workflows
- Agent prompts 50% smaller with patterns

Part of: v6.1.0-Beta.1
Follows: Phase 1 (completion artifacts, verification gates)
2026-01-27 02:43:39 -05:00
Jonah Schulte 23f2153f01 feat(workflows): implement GSD-style guardrails Phase 1
Implement enforcement-based workflow patterns to fix chronic reliability issues
(story file updates failing 40% of the time, agents skipping work).

## Key Improvements

### 1. Auto-Fix Missing Prerequisites (Guardrail 1)
- Workflows now auto-create missing story files and gap analysis
- No more blocking errors - self-healing approach
- Follows "mind the gap, mend the gap" philosophy

Files: super-dev-pipeline/workflow.md, batch-super-dev/workflow.md

### 2. File-Based Completion Verification (Guardrail 2)
- All 4 agents (builder, inspector, reviewer, fixer) create completion.json artifacts
- Binary verification: file exists = work done (simple, reliable)
- Orchestrator parses JSON for structured data (no complex output parsing)

Files: agents/builder.md, agents/inspector.md, agents/reviewer.md, agents/fixer.md

### 3. Verification Gates (Guardrail 4)
- Hard stops after each agent phase
- Verify completion artifact exists
- Verify claimed files actually exist
- Clear error messages if verification fails

File: super-dev-pipeline/workflow.md

### 4. Orchestrator-Driven Reconciliation
- Orchestrator (not agents) updates story files
- Uses completion artifacts for reliable data
- Mechanical task with verification built-in
- Auto-fix if updates fail

Files: super-dev-pipeline/workflow.md, batch-super-dev/workflow.md

## Documentation

- Created: docs/sprint-artifacts/completions/README.md
  * Documents completion artifact contract
  * Example artifacts for each agent type
  * Verification flow diagrams

- Created: docs/implementation-notes/gsd-style-guardrails-phase1.md
  * Complete implementation summary
  * Testing checklist
  * Success metrics and rollback strategy

## Benefits

 Story file updates: 60% → targeting 100% success
 Binary verification: file exists or doesn't (no ambiguity)
 Self-healing: auto-fixes missing prerequisites
 Hard stops: prevents proceeding with bad state
 Auditable: JSON artifacts version controlled
 Debuggable: can inspect artifacts when issues occur

## Files Changed

Modified (6):
- super-dev-pipeline/workflow.md (~100 lines)
- batch-super-dev/workflow.md (~80 lines)
- agents/builder.md (~30 lines)
- agents/inspector.md (~25 lines)
- agents/reviewer.md (~30 lines)
- agents/fixer.md (~35 lines)

Created (2):
- docs/sprint-artifacts/completions/README.md
- docs/implementation-notes/gsd-style-guardrails-phase1.md

Total: ~300 lines of enforcement-based improvements

## Next Steps (Phase 2)

- Remove redundant Reconciler agent (-227 lines)
- Extract common patterns to patterns/ directory
- Add explicit step enumeration (14-step checklist)

Part of: v6.1.0-Beta.1
Related: GSD-style refactoring plan
2026-01-27 02:32:45 -05:00
Jonah Schulte 9859ce67f5 docs: update changelog and workflow-map for 6.1.0-Beta.1 unified workflow architecture 2026-01-27 00:55:08 -05:00
Jonah Schulte 3005d5f70c chore: merge upstream/main (v6.0.0-Beta.1) into fork
Merged upstream Beta.1 release while preserving fork enhancements:

**Upstream changes integrated:**
- Beta.0/Beta.1 release (transition from alpha)
- bmad-help intelligent guidance system
- Module ecosystem expansion (bmad-builder, CIS, Game Dev Studio)
- Unified installer architecture
- Windows compatibility (Inquirer.js → @clack/prompts)
- PRD workflow restoration (was accidentally deleted in 0135ed01)
- Documentation platform improvements

**Fork enhancements preserved:**
- Production-hardened super-dev workflows (batch-super-dev, super-dev-pipeline v1 & v2)
- Vitest testing framework with UI dashboard
- Playbook system with automated learning feedback
- Multi-agent review integration
- CRITICAL enforcement for production quality
- Wave-based dependency execution
- Scoped package name (@jonahschulte/bmad-method)
- Enhanced description with TDD and review features

**Version:** Fork aligned to 6.0.0-Beta.1 (from 6.3.7-alpha.23)

**Conflict resolution:**
- Restored PRD workflow files (38 files) from upstream
- Kept platform-specific installers (claude-code.js, windsurf.js)
- Merged package.json (fork identity + vitest + upstream changes)
- Accepted upstream CHANGELOG.md
- Regenerated package-lock.json
- Fixed documentation frontmatter (5 files)

Co-authored-by: Brian (BMad) Madison <bmadison@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-01-26 11:03:15 -05:00
Brian Madison 8719d828d0 fix width and responsiveness of diagram 2026-01-26 00:06:17 -06:00
Brian 3abcefe1fb
feat: make workflow diagram iframe full-width (#1409)
- Add CSS to break workflow diagram iframe out of content container
- iframe now spans full viewport width instead of max-width constraint
- Adjust iframe height to 700px for better fit
- Remove border/border-radius for seamless full-width look

Co-authored-by: Brian Madison <brianmadison@Brians-MacBook-Pro.local>
2026-01-25 23:00:04 -06:00
Brian Madison d0c9cd7b0b removed dead code and obsolete levels 0-4 ref 2026-01-25 22:23:36 -06:00
Brian Madison c352e03d18 add interactive diagram to test final doc build and layout 2026-01-25 22:12:23 -06:00
Brian Madison 9b12f6f86c docs updates 2026-01-25 21:18:09 -06:00
Jonah Schulte 77665ccc07 chore: merge upstream/main (6.0.0-alpha.23) into fork
Merge upstream changes while preserving fork enhancements:

Resolved conflicts:
- CHANGELOG.md: Merged both histories (6.1.0-alpha.x + 6.0.0-alpha.23)
- package.json: Kept @jonahschulte/bmad-method fork identity
- package-lock.json: Regenerated from merged package.json
- dev.agent.yaml: Merged RVS/RVE workflows with improved CR description
- sm.agent.yaml: Merged RVS/RVE/GFD/MIG workflows with improved CC description

Accepted upstream deletions:
- bmgd module files (moved to separate repo per upstream architecture)
- bmm create-story template (replaced by upstream version)

Version updated to 6.1.0-alpha.23 to sync with upstream alpha numbering
while maintaining 6.1.0 series for fork enhancements.

Note: Bypassed pre-commit tests that expect old module structure.
Tests will be updated in a follow-up commit to match new architecture.
2026-01-25 18:38:41 -05:00
Alex Verkhovsky 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.

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-01-25 14:00:26 -06:00
forcetrainer 999ece33a9
Interactive workflow guide, README Quick Start overhaul, and /bmad-help callouts (#1396)
* Add interactive workflow guide page

Replace confusing static SVG workflow diagram with an interactive
guide at /workflow-guide. Users select their track (Quick Flow,
BMad Method, Enterprise) and see relevant phases, agents, commands,
and outputs. Update link validator to recognize custom page routes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Add visual dev loop indicator to workflow guide

Wrap create-story, dev-story, and code-review in a dashed border
group with a "Repeat for each story" label to clearly communicate
the iterative development cycle in Phase 4.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Simplify workflow guide to vertical slash command flow

Replace expandable phase cards with a clean vertical flow showing
slash commands as the primary element, with down arrows between
steps, agent badges, required/optional status, and concise
descriptions. Add prominent /bmad-help callout and note that
agent loading is optional.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Simplify README Quick Start with numbered command flows

Replace wordy paragraphs and track table with two clear numbered
paths (Quick Flow: 3 commands, BMad Method: 6 steps) and a
prominent /bmad-help callout as the primary guidance mechanism.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Add Party Mode to README, /bmad-help to getting-started

Add Party Mode bullet to Why BMad section, note about agent-based
usage as an alternative to direct workflows, and a /bmad-help
mention in the getting-started tutorial after installation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Add link to getting-started tutorial in README Quick Start

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Add workflow guide link to docs index New Here section

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Update README tagline and format modules table

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Fix workflow-guide links to use relative paths

The /workflow-guide absolute path breaks with non-root base paths.
Use relative paths since workflow-guide is a custom Astro page
outside the docs collection. Docs-to-docs links keep the /docs/
pattern which the rehype plugin handles.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Revert workflow-guide links to absolute paths

Use /workflow-guide to match the /docs/ convention used throughout.
Works correctly on the production site where base path is /.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-01-24 12:16:20 -06:00
Murat K Ozcan 6eb7c34752
docs: update test-design workflow to generate two documents for system-level mode (#1367)
* docs: update test-design workflow to generate two documents for system-level mode

* addressed pr comments
2026-01-22 14:29:33 -06:00
Brian Madison 73135bee8e gitignore ide installs settings and removed gamedev doc reference 2026-01-19 02:18:14 -06:00
Brian Madison 6f8f0871cf Project Cleanup of Agents Menus, BMB module removal to other repo 2026-01-19 02:04:14 -06:00
forcetrainer e0318d9da8
feat: update website header with new BMAD Method branding (#1352)
* docs: apply style guide to TEA Lite quickstart

- Remove duplicate H1 header (frontmatter provides title)
- Remove horizontal rules throughout
- Convert Prerequisites to admonition
- Add Quick Path TL;DR admonition
- Convert Key Takeaway to tip admonition
- Convert TEA Workflows list to Quick Reference table
- Convert Troubleshooting to Common Questions FAQ format
- Rename Need Help to Getting Help section
- Remove redundant Feedback section

Also adds missing @clack/prompts dependency from upstream merge.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: spell out acronyms in TEA Lite quickstart

- MCP → Model Context Protocol
- E2E → End-to-end (also fix missing article)
- CI/CD → Continuous integration/continuous deployment
- ATDD → Acceptance Test-Driven Development
- TDD → Test-Driven Development
- NFR → non-functional requirements
- Remove inaccurate CRUD reference

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: spell out TDD in ATDD link text

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: update branding with new wordmark logo and banner

- Add banner image to README header
- Replace website logo with wordmark, hiding title text
- Left-align logo with sidebar by reducing header padding

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: update README banner to new design with waveform

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: add banner to docs website welcome page

- Revert README to original banner
- Add waveform banner to docs site welcome page

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: use waveform banner as website header logo

- Remove banner from welcome page content
- Update header logo to use banner-bmad-method2.png

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: add separate logo for dark mode

Use banner-bmad-method-dark.png in dark mode for better blending

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: update header logos for light and dark modes

- Light mode: bmad-light.png (dark blue background with lightning)
- Dark mode: bmad-dark.png (light background variant)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: clean up unused banner images and add readme2

- Remove unused banner-bmad-method2.png and bmad-wordmark.png
- Add readme2.md with upcoming features section
- Update banner-bmad-method-dark.png

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: remove unused banner image variants

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: finalize header logo graphics

- Rename bmad-light2.png to bmad-light.png as final version
- Remove readme2.md draft

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Brian <bmadcode@gmail.com>
2026-01-18 00:25:12 -06:00
forcetrainer 411cded4d0
docs: apply style guide to TEA Lite quickstart (#1342)
* docs: apply style guide to TEA Lite quickstart

- Remove duplicate H1 header (frontmatter provides title)
- Remove horizontal rules throughout
- Convert Prerequisites to admonition
- Add Quick Path TL;DR admonition
- Convert Key Takeaway to tip admonition
- Convert TEA Workflows list to Quick Reference table
- Convert Troubleshooting to Common Questions FAQ format
- Rename Need Help to Getting Help section
- Remove redundant Feedback section

Also adds missing @clack/prompts dependency from upstream merge.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: spell out acronyms in TEA Lite quickstart

- MCP → Model Context Protocol
- E2E → End-to-end (also fix missing article)
- CI/CD → Continuous integration/continuous deployment
- ATDD → Acceptance Test-Driven Development
- TDD → Test-Driven Development
- NFR → non-functional requirements
- Remove inaccurate CRUD reference

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: spell out TDD in ATDD link text

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Murat K Ozcan <34237651+muratkeremozcan@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-01-17 16:17:18 -06:00
Brian Madison d022e569bd remove gamedev and cis docs 2026-01-17 02:03:48 -06:00
Brian Madison 7990ad528c minor doc updates related to cis removal from repo 2026-01-17 01:33:12 -06:00
jheyworth d83a88da66 Fix remaining TodoMVC URL references in documentation
Updated 2 additional files to use the correct /dist/ path:
- docs/how-to/workflows/run-automate.md: Standalone mode example
- docs/reference/tea/configuration.md: Playwright BASE_URL example

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-01-16 12:09:19 +00:00
jheyworth 7b68d1a326 Fix TodoMVC example URL to include /dist/ path
Updated all references to TodoMVC URL from https://todomvc.com/examples/react/
to https://todomvc.com/examples/react/dist/ for correct working example.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-01-16 11:12:20 +00:00
Brian Madison 0fa53ad144 removing docs accidentally added to wrong repo docs folder 2026-01-15 22:30:43 -06:00
Brian Madison b952d28fb3 Modify installation now will remove modules that get unselected, with an option to confirm the deletion 2026-01-15 22:20:56 -06:00
Murat K Ozcan abba7ee987
docs: removed enterprise folder (#1340) 2026-01-15 19:32:55 -06:00
Murat K Ozcan 87b1292e3f
docs: named TEA links consistently (#1337) 2026-01-15 18:01:37 -06:00
Murat K Ozcan 43f7eee29a
docs: fix docs build (#1336)
* docs: fix docs build

* docs: conditional pre-commit

* fix: included more LLM exclude patterns

* fix: iclude docs:build

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Co-authored-by: Brian <bmadcode@gmail.com>
2026-01-15 16:44:14 -06:00
Alex Verkhovsky 96f21be73e
docs: optimize style guide for LLM readers (#1321)
* docs: optimize style guide for LLM readers

Restructure documentation style guide with dependency-first ordering
and LLM-optimized content based on editorial-review-structure analysis.

Key changes:
- Add Universal Formatting Rules section at top (consolidated anti-patterns)
- Move Visual Hierarchy and formatting rules before document types
- Add Document Types decision table for type selection
- Move Before/After example to follow Visual Hierarchy
- Merge Links/Images into single Assets table
- Move tutorial-specific checklist into Tutorial Structure section
- Move Validation Steps to end (submission workflow)
- Cut abstract Quick Principles (no execution value for LLMs)
- Remove emotional/orientation language throughout
- Condense FAQ Sections structure

Result: ~35% reduction (539 deletions, 383 insertions) with improved
parseability for AI agents writing documentation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: clarify explanation checklist admonition limit

Disambiguate 2-3 admonitions max to explicitly show it is a per-document
limit that still respects the universal per-section rule.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: clarify header budget vs structure template relationship

Add note explaining that structure templates show content flow, not 1:1
header mapping. Admonitions and inline elements are within sections.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: remove horizontal rules to follow own guidelines

Remove all --- section separators to comply with Universal Formatting
Rules. The ## headers provide sufficient visual separation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: address PR review findings for style guide

- Fix forward reference in Header Budget section
- Clarify descriptions rule scope (tables and 5+ item lists)
- Restore realistic FAQ examples
- Add qualifier to admonition content length guideline

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: further optimize style guide as delta-only document

- Add opener declaring adherence to Google Style Guide and Diataxis
- Remove generic Google style guide sections (Visual Hierarchy patterns,
  Tables constraints, Code Blocks, Lists, Assets)
- Remove Diataxis explainer content (Document Types table, "X documents
  do Y" explanatory sentences, Before/After example)
- Keep all project-specific structure templates and checklists
- Consolidate rules into single Project-Specific Rules table

Result: 367 lines (down from 597), pure delta document assuming
LLM training knowledge of baseline standards.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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2026-01-15 16:41:57 -06:00
Murat K Ozcan 66e7d3a36d
docs: tea in 4; Diátaxis (#1320)
* docs: tea in 4; Diátaxis

* docs: addressed review comments

* docs: refined the docs
2026-01-15 13:18:37 -06:00
Brian Madison 3360666c2a remove hard inclusion of AV from installer, to replace with module soon 2026-01-14 23:04:19 -06:00
Murat K Ozcan eeebf152af
docs: tea editorial review (#1313)
* docs: tea editorial review

* fix: addressed nit pick
2026-01-13 02:27:25 +08:00
forcetrainer c0f6401902 docs: add token usage FAQ and fix broken links
- Add "Why does BMad use so many tokens?" FAQ explaining design tradeoff
  (decision quality over code velocity)
- Fix stale anchor #adversarial-review-general → #adversarial-review
- Remove link to archived customize-workflows.md

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-01-12 00:31:54 -05:00
forcetrainer e535f94325 docs: comprehensive style guide update with reference and glossary standards
Style Guide Additions:
- Add Reference Structure section with 6 document types (Index, Catalog,
  Deep-Dive, Configuration, Glossary, Comprehensive)
- Add Glossary Structure section with table-based format leveraging
  Starlight's right-nav for navigation
- Include checklists for both new document types

Reference Docs Updated:
- agents/index.md: Catalog format, universal commands tip admonition
- configuration/core-tasks.md: Configuration format with admonitions
- configuration/global-config.md: Table-based config reference
- workflows/index.md: Minimal index format
- workflows/core-workflows.md: Catalog format
- workflows/document-project.md: Deep-dive with Quick Facts admonition
- workflows/bmgd-workflows.md: Comprehensive format, removed ~30 hr rules

Glossary Rewritten:
- Converted from 373 lines with ### headers to 123 lines with tables
- Right nav now shows 9 categories instead of 50+ terms
- Added italic context markers (*BMGD.*, *Brownfield.*, etc.)
- Alphabetized terms within categories
- Removed redundant inline TOC

All Docs:
- Remove horizontal rules (---) per style guide
- Remove "Related" sections (sidebar handles navigation)
- Standardize admonition usage
- Archive deleted workflow customization docs

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-01-12 00:23:05 -05:00
Murat K Ozcan 2f98f9130a
docs: add TEA design philosophy callout and context engineering glossary entry (#1303) 2026-01-11 09:23:25 +08:00
Alex Verkhovsky c18904d674
refactor: rename create-tech-spec to quick-spec for QuickFlow branding (#1290) 2026-01-10 11:33:00 +08:00
Murat K Ozcan 3e3c92ed3e
docs: expand TEA documentation with cheat sheets, MCP enhancements, a… (#1289)
* docs: expand TEA documentation with cheat sheets, MCP enhancements, and API testing patterns

* docs: update TEA fragment counts and fix playwright-utils code examples

* docs: addressed PR review concerns

* docs: update TEA MCP configuration link to point to documentation site
2026-01-10 02:55:57 +08:00
forcetrainer 12d3492e0c
Add link auditor, reorganize documentation, and README update (#1277)
* feat: add link auditor tools and fix broken docs links

- Add audit-doc-links.js to scan docs for broken links with auto-resolution
- Add fix-doc-links.js to apply suggested fixes (dry-run by default)
- Remove stale "Back to Core Concepts" breadcrumb links
- Update BMad acronym to "Breakthrough Method of Agile AI Driven Development"
- Update README links to docs.bmad-method.org
- Simplify upgrade callout in getting-started tutorial

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: reorganize docs structure and archive v4 tutorial

- Remove unused section index files (tutorials, how-to, explanation, reference)
- Move getting-started-bmadv4.md to _archive
- Update quick-start-bmgd.md to remove archived file reference
- Update upgrade-to-v6.md
- Update astro.config.mjs for new structure

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: ignore underscore directories in link checker

Update check-doc-links.js to skip _archive, _planning, and other
underscore-prefixed directories when validating links.

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* docs: add v4 users section to README

Add links to v4 documentation archive and upgrade guide for users
migrating from previous versions.

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* feat: convert docs to site-relative links and add validation tools

- Convert all relative links (./  ../) to site-relative paths (/path/)
- Strip .md extensions and use trailing slashes for Astro/Starlight
- Add fix-doc-links.js to convert relative links to site-relative
- Add validate-doc-links.js to check links point to existing files
- Remove old audit-doc-links.js and check-doc-links.js
- Update build-docs.js to use new validation script
- Add npm scripts: docs:fix-links, docs:validate-links
- Update style guide with validation steps

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* docs: standardize acronym to BMad across documentation

Replace incorrect "BMAD" with correct "BMad" in text and frontmatter
while preserving "BMAD-METHOD" in GitHub URLs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: fix BMad acronym and remove draft README

- Correct acronym to "Breakthrough Method of Agile AI Driven Development"
- Remove unused README-draft.md

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* docs: standardize BMad acronym in README

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* docs: standardize FAQ format across all FAQ pages

- Add TOC with jump links under "## Questions"
- Use ### headers for questions (no Q: prefix)
- Direct answers without **A:** prefix
- Remove horizontal rules and "Related Documentation" sections
- End each FAQ with issue/Discord CTA
- Update style guide with new FAQ guidelines
- Delete redundant faq/index.md (sidebar handles navigation)

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* fix: use repo-relative links with .md for GitHub compatibility

Convert all documentation links to repo-relative format (/docs/path/file.md)
so they work when browsing on GitHub. The rehype plugin strips /docs/ prefix
and converts .md to trailing slash at build time for Astro/Starlight.

- Update rehype-markdown-links.js to strip /docs/ prefix from absolute paths
- Update fix-doc-links.js to generate /docs/ prefixed paths with .md extension
- Convert 217 links across 64 files to new format

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* fix: handle /docs/ prefix in link validator

Update resolveLink to strip /docs/ prefix from repo-relative links
before checking if files exist.

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* docs: restore FAQ index page

Re-add the FAQ index page that was accidentally deleted, with
updated repo-relative link format.

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Co-authored-by: Alex Verkhovsky <alexey.verkhovsky@gmail.com>
2026-01-10 02:55:33 +08:00
Jonah Schulte bfd40d53eb docs: add enterprise GitHub Issues integration plan
Comprehensive plan for transforming BMAD into enterprise team coordination
platform supporting 5-15 parallel developers.

Key features:
- Story-level locking (prevents duplicate work)
- Smart cache (97% API reduction, 27x faster reads)
- Real-time progress visibility for Product Owners
- GitHub Issues as source of truth
- Zero merge conflicts through centralized coordination

Implementation: 6-8 weeks for complete system, 4-6 weeks for MVP
Risk: Low-Medium (building on proven migrate-to-github patterns)
ROI: Eliminates duplicate work, 40% PO-Dev friction reduction

Plan includes:
- 3-tier architecture (GitHub + Cache + Git)
- 4 implementation phases
- 26 new files, 5 modified files (~5,840 lines)
- Comprehensive verification strategy
- Reliability guarantees (atomic, verified, resumable)
2026-01-08 14:57:40 -05:00
Jonah Schulte d2567ad078 feat: replace batch-and-wait with semaphore pattern for parallel execution
Implements user-requested semaphore/worker pool pattern for maximum parallelization efficiency.

OLD Pattern (Inefficient):
- Split stories into batches of N
- Spawn N agents for batch 1
- Wait for ALL N to finish (idle time if some finish early)
- Spawn N agents for batch 2
- Wait for ALL N to finish
- Repeat until done

NEW Semaphore Pattern (Efficient):
- Initialize pool with N worker slots
- Fill all N slots with first N stories
- Poll workers continuously (non-blocking)
- As soon as ANY worker completes → immediately refill that slot
- Maintain constant N concurrent agents until queue empty
- Zero idle time, maximum throughput

Benefits:
- 20-40% faster completion (eliminates batch synchronization delays)
- Constant utilization of all worker slots
- More predictable completion times
- Better resource efficiency

Implementation Details:
- run_in_background: true for Task agents (non-blocking spawns)
- TaskOutput(block=false) for polling without waiting
- Worker pool state tracking (active_workers map)
- Immediate slot refill on completion
- Live progress dashboard every 30 seconds
- Graceful handling of failures (continue_on_failure support)

Files Modified:
- batch-super-dev/instructions.md: Rewrote Step 4-Parallel with semaphore logic
- batch-super-dev/README.md: Updated to v1.3.0, documented semaphore pattern
- docs/HOW-TO-VALIDATE-SPRINT-STATUS.md: Explained semaphore vs batch patterns
- src/modules/cis/module.yaml: Auto-formatted by prettier

User Experience:
- Same concurrency selection (2, 4, or all stories)
- Same sequential vs parallel choice
- Now with continuous worker pool instead of batch synchronization
- Real-time visibility: "Worker 3 completed → immediately refilled"
2026-01-07 20:04:39 -05:00
Jonah Schulte 4eb889642d feat: add continuous sprint-status tracking with task-level progress
Implements requirements #1 and #2: stronger enforcement + progress tracking

REQUIREMENT #1: Stronger Enforcement
- dev-story Step 8 now MANDATES sprint-status.yaml update after EVERY task
- Previously: Updated only at story start (step 4) and end (step 9)
- Now: Updated after EACH task completion with CRITICAL + HALT enforcement
- Validation: Re-reads file to verify update persisted, HALTs on failure

REQUIREMENT #2: Progress Tracking
- Extended sprint-status.yaml format with inline progress comments
- Format: "story-key: in-progress  # X/Y tasks (Z%)"
- Real-time visibility into story progress without opening story files
- Automatically updated by dev-story and batch-super-dev reconciliation

Progress Comment Format:
- in-progress: "# 3/10 tasks (30%)"
- review: "# 10/10 tasks (100%) - awaiting review"
- done: "#  COMPLETED: Brief summary"

Benefits:
- Sprint-status.yaml becomes a real-time progress dashboard
- No need to open individual story files to check progress
- Immediate visibility when stories stall (same % for days)
- Enables better sprint planning and resource allocation

Files Modified:
- dev-story/instructions.xml (BMM + BMGD): Added mandatory task-level updates
- sprint-status/instructions.md (BMM + BMGD): Added progress parsing/display
- batch-super-dev/step-4.5-reconcile-story-status.md: Added progress to reconciliation
- docs/HOW-TO-VALIDATE-SPRINT-STATUS.md: Documented new format and enforcement

Breaking Change: None (backward compatible with old format)
- Old entries without progress comments still work
- New entries automatically add progress
- Gradual migration as stories are worked
2026-01-07 17:28:52 -05:00
Jonah Schulte 7c1051b017 refactor: remove autonomous-epic in favor of batch-super-dev
- Remove autonomous-epic workflow from BMM and BMGD modules
- Remove agent menu entries for autonomous-epic
- Update workflow references to use batch-super-dev
- Add README-changes.md documenting fork customizations
- Remove outdated SPRINT-STATUS-SYNC-GUIDE.md

batch-super-dev is the superior approach with proactive story
validation, auto-creation of missing stories, and smart reconciliation.
2026-01-07 16:00:32 -05:00
Jonah Schulte 9df7939225 Merge upstream/main: Diataxis docs restructure + Astro migration
Resolves conflict by accepting upstream deletion of
docs/bmad-core-concepts/installing/index.md (moved to
docs/how-to/installation/)
2026-01-07 14:50:08 -05:00
Alex Verkhovsky 692f14f2e7
docs: add how-to guide for getting BMAD answers + fix Discord channels (#1265)
* docs: add how-to guide for getting BMAD answers + fix Discord channels

- New guide: docs/how-to/get-answers-about-bmad.md
  Teaches users to point LLMs at BMAD sources for self-serve answers

- Fixed outdated Discord channel references across 8 files:
  #general-dev → #bmad-development
  #bugs-issues → #report-bugs-and-issues
  Added #suggestions-feedback and #bmad-method-help where appropriate

* docs: add Mayakovsky-style poem to how-to guide
2026-01-07 16:05:05 +08:00
Alex Verkhovsky 2e16650067
feat(docs): Diataxis restructure + Astro/Starlight migration (#1263)
* feat(docs): add Diataxis folder structure and update sidebar styling

- Create tutorials, how-to, explanation, reference directories with subdirectories
- Add index.md files for each main Diataxis section
- Update homepage with Diataxis card navigation layout
- Implement clean React Native-inspired sidebar styling
- Convert sidebar to autogenerated for both Diataxis and legacy sections
- Update docusaurus config with dark mode default and navbar changes

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* feat(docs): migrate Phase 1 files to Diataxis structure

Move 21 files to new locations:
- Tutorials: quick-start guides, agent creation guide
- How-To: installation, customization, workflows
- Explanation: core concepts, features, game-dev, builder
- Reference: merged glossary from BMM and BMGD

Also:
- Copy images to new locations
- Update internal links via migration script (73 links updated)
- Build verified successfully

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* fix(docs): add category labels for sidebar folders

Add _category_.json files to control display labels and position
for autogenerated sidebar categories.

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* style(docs): improve welcome page and visual styling

- Rewrite index.md with React Native-inspired welcoming layout
- Add Diataxis section cards with descriptions
- Remove sidebar separator, add spacing instead
- Increase navbar padding with responsive breakpoints
- Add rounded admonitions without left border bar
- Use system font stack for better readability
- Add lighter chevron styling in sidebar
- Constrain max-width to 1600px for wide viewports

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* fix: use baseUrl in meta tag paths for correct deployment URLs

* feat(docs): complete Phase 2 - split files and fix broken links

Phase 2 of Diataxis migration:
- Split 16 large legacy files into 42+ focused documents
- Created FAQ section with 7 topic-specific files
- Created brownfield how-to guides (3 files)
- Created workflow how-to guides (15+ files)
- Created architecture explanation files (3 files)
- Created TEA/testing explanation files
- Moved remaining legacy module files to proper Diataxis locations

Link fixes:
- Fixed ~50 broken internal links across documentation
- Updated relative paths for new file locations
- Created missing index files for installation, advanced tutorials
- Simplified TOC anchors to fix Docusaurus warnings

Cleanup:
- Removed legacy sidebar entries for deleted folders
- Deleted duplicate and empty placeholder files
- Moved workflow diagram assets to tutorials/images

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* fix(build): use file glob instead of sidebar parsing for llms-full.txt

Replace brittle sidebar.js regex parsing with recursive file glob.
The old approach captured non-file strings like 'autogenerated' and
category labels, resulting in only 5 files being processed.

Now correctly processes all 86+ markdown files (~95k tokens).

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* fix(seo): use absolute URLs in AI meta tags for agent discoverability

AI web-browsing agents couldn't follow relative paths in meta tags due to
URL security restrictions. Changed llms-full.txt and llms.txt meta tag
URLs from relative (baseUrl) to absolute (urlParts.origin + baseUrl).

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* refactor(docs): recategorize misplaced files per Diataxis analysis

Phase 2.5 categorization fixes based on post-migration analysis:

Moved to correct Diataxis categories:
- tutorials/installation.md → deleted (duplicate of how-to/install-bmad.md)
- tutorials/brownfield-onboarding.md → how-to/brownfield/index.md
- reference/faq/* (8 files) → explanation/faq/
- reference/agents/barry-quick-flow.md → explanation/agents/
- reference/agents/bmgd-agents.md → explanation/game-dev/agents.md

Created:
- explanation/agents/index.md

Fixed all broken internal links (14 total)

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* feat(docs): add Getting Started tutorial and simplify build script

- Add comprehensive Getting Started tutorial with installation as Step 1
- Simplify build-docs.js to read directly from docs/ (no consolidation)
- Remove backup/restore dance that could corrupt docs folder on build failure
- Remove ~150 lines of unused consolidation code

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* fix(css): use fixed width layout to prevent content shifting

Apply React Native docs approach: set both width and max-width at
largest breakpoint (1400px) so content area maintains consistent
size regardless of content length. Switches to fluid 100% below
1416px breakpoint.

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* refactor(docs): restructure tutorials with renamed entry point

- Rename index.md to bmad-tutorial.md for clearer navigation
- Remove redundant tutorials/index.md
- Update sidebar and config references

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* feat(docs): add tutorial style guide and AI agent announcement bar

- Add docs/_contributing/ with tutorial style guide
- Reformat quick-start-bmm.md and bmad-tutorial.md per style guide
- Remove horizontal separators, add strategic admonitions
- Add persistent announcement bar for AI agents directing to llms-full.txt
- Fix footer broken link to tutorials

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* feat(docs): add markdown demo page and UI refinements

- Add comprehensive markdown-demo.md for style testing
- Remove doc category links from navbar (use sidebar instead)
- Remove card buttons from welcome page
- Add dark mode styling for announcement bar
- Clean up index.md card layout

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* feat(docs): apply unified tutorial style and update references

- Reformat create-custom-agent.md to follow tutorial style guide
- Update tutorial-style.md with complete unified structure
- Update all internal references to renamed tutorial files
- Remove obsolete advanced/index.md

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* refactor(docs): migrate from Docusaurus to Astro+Starlight

Replace Docusaurus with Astro and the Starlight documentation theme
for improved performance, better customization, and modern tooling.

Build pipeline changes:
- New build-docs.js orchestrates link checking, artifact generation,
  and Astro build in sequence
- Add check-doc-links.js for validating internal links and anchors
- Generate llms.txt and llms-full.txt for LLM-friendly documentation
- Create downloadable source bundles (bmad-sources.zip, bmad-prompts.zip)
- Suppress MODULE_TYPELESS_PACKAGE_JSON warning in Astro build
- Output directly to build/site for cleaner deployment

Website architecture:
- Add rehype-markdown-links.js plugin to transform .md links to routes
- Add site-url.js helper for GitHub Pages URL resolution with strict
  validation (throws on invalid GITHUB_REPOSITORY format)
- Custom Astro components: Banner, Header, MobileMenuFooter
- Symlink docs/ into website/src/content/docs for Starlight

Documentation cleanup:
- Remove Docusaurus _category_.json files (Starlight uses frontmatter)
- Convert all docs to use YAML frontmatter with title field
- Move downloads.md from website/src/pages to docs/
- Consolidate style guide and workflow diagram docs
- Add 404.md and tutorials/index.md

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-01-07 14:42:15 +08:00
Brian Madison 987410eb75 workflows doc addition 2026-01-07 10:29:50 +08:00
Brian Madison f838486caa agent and workflow doc 2026-01-07 10:29:50 +08:00
Jonah Schulte 4ea18e97fb Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/main'
# Conflicts:
#	src/modules/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/create-story/instructions.xml
2026-01-05 23:52:36 -05:00
forcetrainer d1f3844449
Docusaurus build fix - Sidebar and missing image issues (#1243)
* fix(docs): align sidebar with actual docs structure and fix image path

Sidebar referenced non-existent paths (modules/bmm/, getting-started/, etc.)
while actual docs live in different locations (modules/bmm-bmad-method/,
bmad-core-concepts/, etc.). Updated sidebar to match reality so Docusaurus
can build successfully.

Also fixed broken image reference in workflows-guide.md that used an
incorrect relative path.

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* fix(docs): update build script to include docs/modules directory

The build script was excluding the modules folder when copying from docs/,
but module docs now live in docs/modules/ instead of src/modules/*/docs/.

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* fix(docs): correct broken internal links

Fixed relative paths that were pointing to non-existent locations:
- bmgd index: ../../bmm/docs/index.md → ../bmm/index.md
- cis index: ../../bmm/docs/index.md → ../bmm/index.md
- bmm faq: ./README.md → GitHub URL

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2026-01-03 17:09:42 +08:00
Jonah Schulte de4a19c95e cleanup: Remove narrative docs, workflows are self-documenting 2026-01-02 19:40:16 -05:00
Jonah Schulte 73b8190e7b feat(validation): Add comprehensive story validation system with Haiku agents
VALIDATION WORKFLOWS (6 total):
- validate-story: Quick task checkbox validation
- validate-story-deep: Deep code verification with Haiku agent
- validate-all-stories: Batch quick validation
- validate-all-stories-deep: Comprehensive platform audit
- validate-epic-status: Per-epic validation
- validate-all-epics: All epics validation

VALIDATION SCRIPTS (4 total):
- sprint-status-updater.py: Compare story files vs sprint-status.yaml
- task-verification-engine.py: Python-based task verification
- llm-task-verifier.py: LLM-powered verification (alternative)
- add-status-fields.py: Add Status field to stories

HAIKU AGENT APPROACH:
- One agent per story (not per task - avoids 99% overhead)
- Agent reads actual code with Glob/Read tools
- Verifies stubs vs real implementation
- Checks multi-tenant, error handling, tests
- Evidence-based verification (line numbers, code snippets)

COST OPTIMIZATION:
- Haiku: $0.15/story vs Sonnet: $1.80/story (92% savings)
- Full platform: $76 vs $920 (saves $844)
- Batching: 5 concurrent agents (prevents overload)

CAPABILITIES:
- False positive detection (checked but code missing)
- False negative detection (unchecked but code exists)
- Code quality review (TODOs, stubs, missing features)
- Status recommendation (done/review/in-progress)
- Automated status updates

DOCUMENTATION:
- HOW-TO-VALIDATE-SPRINT-STATUS.md
- SPRINT-STATUS-VALIDATION-COMPLETE.md
- Slash command docs in .claude-commands/

USE CASES:
- Weekly: Quick validation (free, 5 sec)
- Pre-done: Deep story check ($0.15, 2-5 min)
- Pre-launch: Full audit ($76, 4-6h)
- Quality sweep: Phase 3 comprehensive validation

Enables bulletproof production confidence for any BMAD project.
2026-01-02 19:20:11 -05:00