The "rendered N files" progress line was pure diagnostic noise. The shim
already tells the LLM to ignore stderr and follow the stdout instruction, so
on success render.py now prints only the "read and follow ..." line.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The shim called bare `python`, which can resolve to Python 2 or be absent;
render.py needs 3.11+ for tomllib. Spell out python3 and the version
requirement. Also make the exit code authoritative: on a non-zero exit
(including an uncaught crash that writes only to stderr), do not proceed --
report what was printed and stop.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
render.py now merges the three customize layers (customize.toml ->
custom/bmad-quick-dev.toml -> .user.toml) with the same structural rules as
resolve_customization.py and inlines the resolved [workflow] values, so no
{workflow.*} placeholder survives. workflow.md drops its Step 1 runtime
resolver + manual-merge fallback; step-05 and step-oneshot drop their runtime
workflow.on_complete calls. The shared resolve_customization.py and every
other skill are untouched. Smoke test extended with a [workflow] override
fixture covering inlining, array append, and no-leak assertions.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The bare `python render.py` shim assumes the agent's working directory is
the skill directory, but agents run from the project root, so the script
is not found. Reference it as `{skill-root}/render.py` — BMAD's standard
token for a skill's installed directory, already used by every other
skill's resolve_customization.py invocation — and add the one-line
`{skill-root}` explainer so the model resolves it from an instruction
rather than guessing. Interpreter stays `python`; the python vs python3
choice is a separate cross-platform concern.
Load the four config layers through a load_toml helper that marks the
base _bmad/config.toml as required. A missing, unparseable, or unreadable
base now prints a HALT directive to stdout and exits, instead of being
silently skipped and then crashing downstream with a KeyError when a
derived value (e.g. implementation_artifacts) is absent. Optional layers
still warn on stderr and fall back to empty. Merge semantics are
unchanged (dict-aware deep merge, override wins for lists and scalars).
New test/test-quick-dev-renderer.js spins up a temp project with
base _bmad/config.toml and a _bmad/custom/config.user.toml override,
runs render.py, and asserts the override wins in rendered workflow.md
and that sprint_status is rooted at an absolute path in the temp
project. Registered as test:renderer in package.json and chained
into the npm test script.
Part of plan-quick-dev-python-config-hardening.md (F7).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The previous INSTALL_ONLY_PATHS entry 'render/' was a blanket prefix
that let every {project-root}/_bmad/render/... reference in any skill
slip past validation. Narrow to 'render/bmad-quick-dev/' so only this
skill's render buffer is whitelisted. Future skills adopting the
stdout-dispatch renderer pattern add their own entries explicitly.
Part of plan-quick-dev-python-config-hardening.md (F6).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
render.py rebuilds from scratch per the docstring, but
makedirs(exist_ok=True) only overwrites files that still exist in
the source — stale outputs from renamed/deleted source files linger
in _bmad/render/bmad-quick-dev/ forever. Remove every .md in the
render dir before the render loop; keep the dir itself and any
non-.md files.
Part of plan-quick-dev-python-config-hardening.md (F5).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Python text-mode open() with the platform default performs universal-
newline translation: on Windows, LF source files get written as CRLF,
producing spurious diffs when rendered output is compared against
source. Pass newline="" on both the source read and the rendered
write so line endings pass through verbatim.
Part of plan-quick-dev-python-config-hardening.md (F4).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
On Windows, os.path.join returns backslash-separated paths that can
misrender as escape sequences when later concatenated into POSIX
shell strings or regexes. Normalize the project root to forward
slashes after find_project_root, and use posixpath.join for every
path that gets baked into rendered .md files or joined into config
values. os.makedirs and os.listdir accept forward-slash paths on
Windows, so their call sites stay as-is.
Part of plan-quick-dev-python-config-hardening.md (F3).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Single happy path: central _bmad/config.toml with four-layer merge,
Python 3.11+ required (no ImportError guard), HALT if config missing.
Deletes load_flat_yaml, the YAML fallback branch, the setdefault block
for planning_artifacts/implementation_artifacts/communication_language,
and the tomllib ImportError fallback.
Part of plan-quick-dev-python-config-hardening.md (F0).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Move compile-time variable substitution out of the LLM and into a
deterministic Python step. SKILL.md becomes a two-line stdout-dispatch
shim that runs render.py and follows the instruction it prints. The
renderer reads BMad configuration from the central four-layer TOML
surface introduced in #2285 (_bmad/config.toml plus config.user.toml
and the two _bmad/custom/ overrides), with a fallback to the legacy
per-module _bmad/bmm/config.yaml for pre-#2285 installs.
Compile-time refs ({{.var}}) get substituted at render time. LLM-runtime
refs ({var}) pass through untouched.
Renderer (render.py)
- Python 3 stdlib only (tomllib, already bundled since 3.11). UTF-8 I/O.
Every invocation rebuilds from scratch — no hash, no cache.
- find_project_root walks up from cwd; HALT to stdout if no _bmad/
is found anywhere on the path.
- load_central_config deep-merges the four TOML layers in priority
order (base-team → base-user → custom-team → custom-user) so user
overrides in _bmad/custom/config.user.toml win over installer-
regenerated base values. flatten_central_config lifts scalar keys
from [core] and [modules.bmm] into the renderer's flat namespace;
module keys beat core on collision (matches the installer's own
core-key-stripping behavior).
- When _bmad/config.toml is absent, falls through to the legacy
flat-YAML parser for _bmad/bmm/config.yaml — the renderer keeps
working across the #2285 transition.
- {{.var}} substitution; unresolved refs emit empty string (Go
missingkey=zero semantics).
- Smart defaults for planning_artifacts / implementation_artifacts /
communication_language applied after config load. Derives
sprint_status / deferred_work_file from implementation_artifacts.
{{.main_config}} points at whichever surface was actually read.
- Renders every .md in the skill dir except SKILL.md to
{project-root}/_bmad/render/bmad-quick-dev/.
- On success, stderr summary plus a single stdout line:
"read and follow {workflow_md}". On failure, stdout HALT directive —
per the Anthropic skills spec, script stdout is the defined agent-
communication channel.
Skill entry (SKILL.md)
- Two-line shim: run python render.py, follow stdout. No template
tokens in SKILL.md itself.
Template conversions
- workflow.md, step-01..05, step-oneshot, sync-sprint-status: convert
every compile-time {var} reference to {{.var}}. Runtime refs
preserved.
- spec-template.md untouched (single-curly comment hint stays as
documentation).
Skill-prose cleanups bundled in
- Remove dead step-file frontmatter: empty-string variable declarations
(spec_file, story_key, diff_output, review_mode) in quick-dev step-01
and code-review step-01; empty --- --- blocks in step-03 and step-05;
the specLoopIteration counter init moved from step-04 frontmatter into
the step body where first-entry vs loopback semantics are explicit.
- Unify the language rule across all six quick-dev step files plus
workflow.md.
Tooling
- tools/validate-skills.js: add TPL-01 rule. Files whose name contains
"template" must not contain compile-time {{.var}} substitutions.
Template files seed durable, version-controlled artifacts that
execute on other machines; baking a value at render time would
freeze a machine-local path into every downstream artifact.
- tools/validate-file-refs.js: add render/ to INSTALL_ONLY_PATHS so
the validator recognizes the runtime-generated buffer.
- tools/skill-validator.md: document TPL-01; deterministic rule count
bumped from 14 to 15.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The Blind Hunter subagent intentionally has no tool access, but the
review steps never said how {diff_output} should be delivered. Orchestrators
typically wrote the diff to a temp file and asked the agent to read it,
which silently fails (0 tool calls), and the 10-finding requirement then
pushes the agent to hallucinate findings against code it never saw.
State explicitly that the diff is passed inline in the subagent prompt,
in both bmad-code-review step 2 and bmad-quick-dev step 4.
Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* docs(fr): translation of install-custom-modules
Reference commit 97d32405
* docs(fr): refinement of forensic-investigation
* docs(fr): translation of customize-bmad TOML customization rewrite
Reference commits 0dbfae67, 4405b817, ffdd9bc6, b63086f2"
* fix(docs): handle non-ASCII anchors in link validator
Anchor validation failed for links containing accented characters
(e.g. ./customize-bmad.md#dépannage) because the raw anchor didn't
match the slugified version produced by extractAnchors.
Normalize anchors through decodeURIComponent + headingToAnchor before
comparing, and guard against malformed URI components.
* docs(fr): translation of install-bmad channel and config rewrite
Reference commits 3d824d4c, 91a57499, 0f852a38
* docs(fr): translation of expand-bmad-for-your-org organizational customization patterns
Reference commits c52c9b5b, b63086f2, 4405b817, 0dbfae67
* docs(fr): update install-custom-modules
Reference commit 231a2036
* docs(fr): consolidate non-interactive installation into unified install-bmad guide
Replace standalone non-interactive-installation.md with a redirect stub
pointing to the Installations CI non interactives section in install-bmad.md.
* docs(fr): translation of named-agents
Reference commits 0dbfae67, 4405b817, b63086f2
* docs(fr): refinement of upgrade-to-v6
* docs(fr): refine agents.md
* docs(fr): refine commands.md
rename bmad-create-prd to bmad-prd and update skill descriptions
* docs(fr): refine workflow-map-diagram
Reference commit c52c9b5b
rename create-prd to prd, create-product-brief to product-brief
add prfaq workflow, update agent labels and output names
refine French wording throughout
* docs(fr): update and refine workflow-map
Reference commits: 380590ac52c9b5
* docs(fr): update and refine getting-started
Reference commits c52c9b5b, 0f852a38
rename bmad-create-prd to bmad-prd, add PRD intents section
update Quick Reference table, refine French wording throughout
* docs(fr): refine index.md
Reference commit 0dbfae67
refine French wording throughout, improve phrasing and table formatting
* docs(fr): apply French typographic conventions across all docs
regex-based pass followed by AI + manual review of all 34 source files
Rules applied:
- Apostrophe: ASCII ' → curly ’ (U+2019) in all French prose
- Guillemets: ASCII "..." → « … » with narrow no-break space (U+202F) on both sides
- Narrow no-break space (U+202F): before ; ? ! and after « / before »
- No-break space (U+00A0): before : in French prose
- Thousands separator: narrow no-break space (U+202F) in 4+ digit numbers
Additional review fixes: remaining ASCII quotes in _STYLE_GUIDE.md
checklist items, testing.md, and party-mode.md numbering.
Preserved exclusions: YAML frontmatter delimiters, code blocks,
backtick inline code, URLs, footnote syntax, and English UI text.
* docs(fr): align sidebar ordering with current English docs
Update sidebar order values across all French explanation and how-to
pages to match the live English documentation structure.
* docs(fr): fix omission in quick-dev from english
* docs(fr): style guide formatting
* docs(fr): use quick-dev wording in workflow-map-diagram-fr
* docs(fr): fix typos
* docs(fr): add bmad-investigate / IN trigger to agent tables
The forensic investigation feature added the IN menu trigger and
bmad-investigate skill, but the French docs that enumerate triggers
and agent capabilities were not updated.
- agents.md: add IN trigger and Enquête de code to Amelia's row
- named-agents.md: add Enquête de code to Amelia's capabilities
* docs(fr): fix agent skill identifiers to use bmad-agent-* prefix
The agent skill identifiers in agents.md and commands.md were missing
the -agent- segment of the namespace (e.g. bmad-pm instead of
bmad-agent-pm). All agent launchers use the bmad-agent-* naming
convention since the installer generates skill directories under that
prefix.
- agents.md: fix bmad-dev, bmad-analyst, bmad-pm, bmad-architect,
bmad-ux-designer, bmad-tech-writer
- commands.md: fix bmad-pm, bmad-architect
* docs(fr): rename bmad-create-ux-design to bmad-ux (#2413)
Apply ee47e30c (refactor(bmad-ux): spine-based UX skill) to French docs.
Rename skill bmad-create-ux-design → bmad-ux and update outputs
from ux-spec.md to DESIGN.md + EXPERIENCE.md.
* docs(fr): translate bmad-spec section
French translation of the bmad-spec section introduced in aa6dece
(feat(bmad-spec): introduce Spec kernel distiller skill (#2417)).
* docs(fr): improve core-tools locution, phrasing and typography
Broader pass across all sections of core-tools.md for more idiomatic
French: consistent section headers (À utiliser quand, Fonctionnement),
natural verb choices, fluid sentence construction and corrected
punctuation.
* docs(fr): apply French typography and table formatting pass
Continuation of 27002100. Systematic pass across all French documentation
assisted by an automated French typography linter:
- Replace regular space with NBSP (U+00A0) before colons per French
typographic convention
- Align table separator rows to match column widths
- Fix thousands separator in install-bmad.md (5000 → 5 000)
- Correct glossary example code block rendering in _STYLE_GUIDE.md
* docs(fr): fix missing french typography on roadmap.mdx
* docs(fr): translate web-bundles explanation and how-to
French translation of:
- docs/explanation/web-bundles.md
- docs/how-to/use-web-bundles.md
Reference commits: 7729ad46, d659a03d, 3bc2ad30
* docs(fr): refresh skill metadata references
Fixes#2437 for French.
- agents.md: update PM triggers CP/VP/EP → PRD, remove stale US trigger
from Technical Writer, align PRD description to create/update/validate
- commands.md: fix Cursor/Windsurf skill paths to .agents/skills/,
update core tools count to 12, align PRD description
- core-tools.md: add missing bmad-customize tool entry and section with
link to customize-bmad how-to
- party-mode.md: replace stale "BMad Master orchestre" with "Le Party
Mode orchestre la discussion"
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Co-authored-by: Brian <bmadcode@gmail.com>
* Initial draft: brainstorming improved
* bmad-brainstorming: apply quality-analysis fixes
- Add ## Overview heading (prose was already present)
- Fix resume scan to glob output_dir/*/session.md (per-session subfolders);
handle multiple in-progress sessions
- Anchor brain_methods to {skill-root} and always pass --file to brain.py
(--file before subcommand); drop the unreliable conditional
- Log decisions, dismissed E3 false positive, verified tests (15 passed)
* bmad-brainstorming: memlog session memory + facilitation refinements
Replace the running-log concept with a generic, append-only memlog
(scripts/memlog.py): a flat, chronological, write-only session memory any
skill can reuse. Entries land at the end in the order they happen; --type
tags the kind (idea/insight/question/decision/technique); nothing is
grouped, reordered, or rewritten. The file is .memlog.md, read only on resume.
- scripts/memlog.py (init/append/set) + test_memlog.py (20 tests)
- SKILL.md: reordered into framing + flow; lean Memlog framing; batch
technique model (Facilitator Chosen / Browse / Category / Inventive Flow);
Progressive removed; facilitation stance preserved
- references/finalize.md: two-move synthesis + opt-in artifacts, each derived
from the memlog via subagent
- references/headless.md, customize.toml: memlog wiring + per-topic folders
* bmad-brainstorming: gate technique-flow choice and stop full-catalog dumps
- brain.py: `list` now requires --category or --all; a bare `list` is refused so the full ~100-technique catalog can no longer flood context. --all is the deliberate full-dump escape hatch.
- SKILL.md: technique-flow selection is now a hard gate (present the four ways, wait for the user's pick) instead of a soft default that got skipped; Stance "no multiple-choice" rule scoped to generation, with an explicit carve-out for that one process menu.
- headless.md: use `list --all` deliberately, passing --file.
- customize.toml: fix stale "progressive flows" wording to match the four real flows.
- test_brain.py: regression tests for the list guard (bare refused, --all dumps all).
* bmad-brainstorming: remove .decision-log.md build-time artifact
The workflow-builder writes .decision-log.md to track its own build session; it is a build-time artifact, not part of the shipped skill, so it should not be committed to the project.
* bmad-brainstorming: facilitation modes, attributed memlog, and the selection composer
- Three facilitation modes chosen up front (Facilitator / Creative Partner / Ideate for me), each a loaded frame; SKILL.md routes mode + technique selection primarily through the selection page, with the in-chat menus as fallback.
- memlog: optional --by user|coach attribution (required in Creative Partner) so authorship stays visible in the log.
- brain.py: generates a self-contained "browse all" selection page (brain-selector.html) - a session composer with facilitation mode, a hand-picked + Random + Invent + AI-picks technique strategy, category toggle-chips and a category-aware filter, and a copy-to-clipboard prompt with a paste-back banner. Category-tinted cards, 13 crafted category icons, and a hand-assigned icon for each of the 100 techniques. `html` writes to a file (never dumps the catalog into context); a snapshot test keeps the shipped page in sync with the CSV.
- Drop the now-unused Six Thinking Hats detail file; the catalog needs no detail files.
- finalize.md: synthesis is mode-aware and the "hand them the mirror" step reads the by-attribution tags.
* bmad-brainstorming: fix code-review findings
memlog.py
- Parse frontmatter by the first line that is exactly `---`, so a `---` inside a
topic/goal value no longer truncates the block, drops `status`, and breaks resume
forever. Neutralize newlines in field values on render too.
brain.py (selector page + CLI)
- Composer: category toggles now define session scope; the text filter is a pure
browse aid. checked() and the random pool both key off scope (offCats), so hidden
cards are never silently copied and a stray filter term can't starve a random draw.
- Clipboard: only show the "Copied!" banner when the copy actually succeeds; on
failure show a warning and a prefilled prompt() so the text is never lost.
- category_style: fall back to the neutral glyph instead of KeyError if the hue/glyph
dicts ever desync.
- random: clamp -n so a negative/oversized value returns cleanly instead of crashing.
- --extra: merge a JSON overlay of additional_techniques into every command, so the
browse page and category draws include custom techniques/categories as advertised.
docs
- SKILL.md: fix dangling `## Choosing Your Mode` anchor and the "Copy selection"
button label; document --extra in the regen instructions.
- mode-autonomous.md: persist the mode flip when handing off from autonomous, so a
resume restores the new stance.
- finalize.md: grammar/typo fixes (CodeRabbit).
tests
- Regression tests for the memlog `---` fix, --extra merge, negative -n, and the
category fallback; regenerated the snapshot-tested selection page. Renamed the
shadowing `type`/`l` locals flagged by CodeRabbit. 52 passing.
* bmad-brainstorming: composer header polish + dark mode
- Center header content (.hwrap) so it aligns with the card column on wide screens.
- Replace the text filter with jump-nav: category chips smooth-scroll to their
section (offset for the sticky header); drop the category exclude-toggle, so
Random/AI draw from the whole catalog.
- Fix narrow-screen crowding between the chips and the Copy prompt button.
- Move Copy prompt to the end of the Techniques row, anchored to the Total readout.
- Add a per-mode hint line that explains the selected facilitation stance.
- Dark mode: refactor all colors to CSS variables + a dark palette, with a header
toggle (☾/☀) that defaults to system preference and persists in localStorage; an
inline head script applies the theme before first paint to avoid a flash. Category
hues are lifted toward white on dark surfaces to stay legible.
Regenerated the snapshot-tested selection page; SKILL.md wording updated (chips are
jump-nav, not a filter). 52 Python tests passing.
* bmad-brainstorming: condense SKILL.md, extract resume + in-chat technique frames
- Rewrite SKILL.md: consolidate framing, merge session setup into Run a
Session, descriptive (non-imperative) Overview true across all 3 stances
(~2,790 -> ~2,070 tokens)
- Extract Resuming to references/resume.md (loads only on resume)
- Extract in-chat technique selection to references/in-chat-techniques.md
(loads only when the composer page is declined)
- Add HTML-open recovery guidance to the composer-page step
- Ideate-for-me now auto-produces the HTML keepsake (finalize.md +
mode-autonomous.md) instead of asking first
* Enhance bmad-brainstorming: goal facet, proven grouping, convergence, icon sidecar
Catalog (brain-methods.csv -> 108 methods):
- Add provenance / good_for / audience columns (additive, backward-compatible)
- Add 8 researched classic methods: How Might We, Job to Be Done, Empathy Map,
Backcasting, TRIZ Contradiction, Fishbone Diagram, Build on What Works, Scenario Cross
Selector page (brain.py generator):
- "Proven & Professional" lead group (29 named methods, cross-category)
- Super-group ordering (Structured/Creative/Wild/Introspective) replacing alphabetical
- "Great for" goal filter driven by good_for tags
- Per-category "Invent a ... technique" cards reusing the invent flow
Convergence:
- New references/converge.md (diverge -> converge -> finalize); wired into SKILL.md
Maintainability:
- Extract category + technique icons to assets/brain-icons.json; brain.py loads the
sidecar, with logic and fallbacks staying in code (8 new icons added, full coverage)
Docs:
- Add analysis/ (catalog-analysis.md + method-matrix.csv): the 4-axis review behind these changes
All 52 tests pass.
Reframes the party-mode skill around outcomes instead of a rigid
subagent script, addressing issue #2280.
- Voicing the room is the default; subagents become opt-in (--subagents)
for rounds that genuinely need independent thinking.
- Removes the lossy 400-word context cap and the 'Do NOT use tools'
constraint that drove subagents to fabricate on grounded questions.
- Adds a 'What Good Feels Like' bar: short in-character turns, real
drama over consensus, brevity by default.
- Adds orchestrator weaving so independently-produced turns read as one
conversation without altering what any persona actually argued.
- Slims SKILL.md from 128 to 75 lines.
With shallow clones (--depth 1), `origin/HEAD` becomes stale after the
initial clone. The update path used `git reset --hard origin/HEAD` which
never picked up new commits pushed to the default branch.
Resolve the default branch name via `git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD`,
then fetch and reset against `origin/<branch>` explicitly. Falls back to
`main` if origin/HEAD is not set.
Co-authored-by: Brian <bmadcode@gmail.com>
loadExistingConfig only read from legacy _bmad/<module>/config.yaml files, but
the installer writes user-scoped answers (user_name, communication_language, etc.)
to _bmad/config.user.toml. On every subsequent reinstall those values were not
loaded back, so the user got re-prompted instead of seeing their prior answers as
defaults.
Adds parseCentralToml — a lightweight line scanner matching the installer's own
TOML output format — and updates loadExistingConfig to read config.toml and
config.user.toml first (merging both into the same section buckets). Legacy
per-module config.yaml files are kept as a fallback for pre-v6 installations.
Co-authored-by: RobertOcsko <robert.ocsko@;seon.io>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Brian <bmadcode@gmail.com>
* fix(installer): refresh custom-source cache on quick-update and persist channel marker
* fix(installer): persist real next ref and atomically dedupe custom refresh
* fix(installer): preserve custom-source cache when remote unreachable
When git fetch fails against an existing custom-module cache, cloneRepo
previously wiped the cache and attempted a fresh clone, which then also
failed for the same reason (network down, repo deleted/moved, auth
revoked) — leaving the user with no usable cache. With the new
quick-update refresh path calling cloneRepo for every cached custom
module, this turned transient remote outages into cache loss on every
quick-update.
- cloneRepo: on fetch failure with an existing cache, keep the previous
clone and surface a warning via prompts.log.warn instead of removing
the cache. The downstream metadata write uses the existing HEAD.
- _refreshRepoCacheOnce: update the comment to reflect that the common
"remote unreachable but cache exists" case is now handled inside
cloneRepo; warn on the remaining unrecoverable failures so they
aren't silent.
Tests: 349 passed, 0 failed.
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Co-authored-by: Brian Madison <bmadcode@gmail.com>
Make bmadcode.com/web-bundles/ the single supported install path. The
site keeps install steps current as Gemini and ChatGPT evolve, always
points at the newest tagged release, and turns one signup into the
notification channel for new bundles.
- README.md: drop direct-folder install reference, point to the site
- web-bundles/README.md: lead with Install (site), reframe folder as
source for the shelf rather than install target
- docs/explanation/web-bundles.md: replace the per-bundle INSTRUCTIONS.md
steer with the site, replace the dead how-to link
- docs/how-to/use-web-bundles.md: rewrite as a short pointer to the site
(kept the file so existing inbound links resolve), retain prerequisites,
persona customization, and build-your-own sections
* feat(web-bundles): add release packager + bundle manifest
Adds the infrastructure for shipping web bundles as downloadable ZIPs
attached to a GitHub Release, consumed by the upcoming
bmadcode.com/web-bundles/ page.
- web-bundles/bundles.json — manifest with persona, tagline, description,
accent color, motif key, knowledge files, and feature flags
(web-browsing, deep-research, stitch integration) for each of the 6
bundles. Top-level releaseTag and downloadUrlPattern so the
consuming page can construct download URLs without hardcoding.
- tools/bundle-web-bundles.js — packager that zips each bundle dir into
dist/web-bundles/{slug}.zip and prints the gh release create command.
Zero dependencies; uses system zip.
- .gitignore — exclude dist/web-bundles/ build artifacts.
The web-bundles-v1.0.0 release on GitHub is currently in draft state
with the 6 zips attached; it'll be published in coordination with the
Ghost site page going live.
* fix(web-bundles): single-source release tag, sharper bundle copy
- Remove downloadUrlPattern from bundles.json — the consuming page
derives the URL from releaseTag, so version bumps now touch one
field instead of two.
- product-brief-coach: drop "one-page" (briefs are whatever length
the product earns).
- brainstorming-coach: real numbers — 60 techniques across 10
categories — with concrete examples (SCAMPER, Drunk History
Retelling, Nature's Solutions, Six Thinking Hats, etc.) so the
card actually communicates the surprising breadth.
* fix(web-bundles): harden release script per PR review
- Verify the zip CLI is on PATH up front with a clear install
hint, instead of crashing mid-zip with an opaque execSync error.
- Wrap JSON.parse in try/catch; validate the manifest shape (bundles
array non-empty, releaseTag present, slug present per entry) before
trying to package, so config errors fail with a targeted message.
- Catch zip failures per-bundle and surface the failing slug.
- Refuse to print the gh release command when zero bundles were
packaged (would otherwise mislead the user into creating an empty
release).
- Derive --title from manifest.releaseTag so the printed command can
never drift from the actual tag (was previously hardcoded
"Web Bundles v1" while the tag had moved to v1.0.0).
- Remove the stale `web-bundles-v1` example from the file header.
Addresses augmentcode bot review comments on PR #2424.
* docs(web-bundles): rewrite copy to actually sell what each bundle does
The JSON drives the bmadcode.com/web-bundles/ page; previous copy
was generic and undersold the actual capabilities. Rewrote each
tagline + description to lead with concrete, differentiating facts
pulled directly from each bundle's SKILL.md:
- Brainstorming Coach: 60 techniques across 10 categories with
specific names (SCAMPER, Drunk History Retelling, Nature's
Solutions, Shadow Work Mining, Superposition Collapse); calls
out the 4 routes (browse, recommend, random, progressive) and
the ~100-idea quantity-unlocks-quality target.
- Product Brief Coach: names the three intent modes (Create /
Update / Validate) and the two working paths (Fast / Coaching);
surfaces the [ASSUMPTION] tag system and the Addendum.
- PRFAQ Coach: details the 4 stages (Ignition / Press Release /
Customer FAQ / Internal FAQ + Verdict), the 9 press release
sections, the weasel-word list ("best-in-class", "seamless"),
and that it adapts for commercial, internal, OSS, community.
- PRD Coach: spells out the two entry points (Vision+Features
vs Journey-led), named-protagonist journeys, glossary
discipline, stable ID system (FR-1..N, SM-C1..N), and the
7-dimension validation rubric.
- UX Coach: leads with the two-spine contract (DESIGN.md +
EXPERIENCE.md), Don Norman framing, named-protagonist
journeys, surface closure as the test, and Stitch integration.
- Market & Industry Research: leads with Deep Research as the
engine, names Porter and Christensen as anchors, lists the 6
deliverable sections, and frames the deliverable as synthesis
not a research dump.
* fix(web-bundles): security hardening + strict bundle validation
Two issues raised by coderabbit on the latest commit:
1. Shell injection surface: execSync was building the zip command
with a template literal that interpolated bundle.slug from JSON.
Even with our controlled inputs, a slug with shell metacharacters
would break quoting. Switched to execFileSync with an argument
array (no shell) and added a strict ^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*$ slug
regex enforced before any FS or zip call.
2. Missing bundle directories were [SKIP]-warned but the script
still printed the release command, allowing an incomplete release
to ship cleanly. Now treated as fatal: any missing or invalid slug
blocks the printed gh command and exits non-zero with the offending
slugs listed.
* feat(docs): add sidebar order validator
Adds tools/validate-sidebar-order.js to validate sidebar.order values
in YAML frontmatter across English and translated docs.
Checks for duplicate orders, gaps in sequence, and missing order fields.
For translations, also warns on order drift from English counterparts.
Wired into the quality script as docs:validate-sidebar.
* fix(validate-sidebar): tighten language detection and drift guard, add docstrings
* fix(validate-sidebar): replace subdirectory heuristic with locale pattern matching
detectLanguageDirs() previously classified any top-level docs/ directory
containing subdirectories as a translation language. This was too broad —
if an English section ever gained nested subfolders it would be silently
excluded from validation.
Replaced with a BCP 47 locale-code regex (/^[a-z]{2}(?:-[a-zA-Z]{2})?$/)
that matches known patterns (cs, fr, vi-vn, zh-cn) and won't falsely
classify content sections like explanation/ or reference/.
* fix(validate-sidebar): guard drift check against undefined order values
extractSidebarOrder() returns { hasSidebar: false } when no sidebar block
exists, leaving order as undefined rather than null. The drift check only
guarded against null, allowing undefined values to emit noisy warnings
like "Order drift: ... order undefined".
Changed the guard to typeof === 'number' which correctly excludes both
undefined and null without relying on a specific sentinel value.
* chore(validate-sidebar): add JSDoc docstrings to all functions
Adds @param and @returns annotations to extractSidebarOrder,
detectLanguageDirs, getEnglishSections, checkDirectory,
checkTranslationDrift, and relativePath.
* fix(validate-sidebar): add to pre-commit hook
* refactor(validate-sidebar): harden parsing and edge-case handling
Refactor to main() wrapper with pure return-based APIs, single directory
scan, and shared reporting. Harden frontmatter parsing (anchored delimiter,
direct-child-only order extraction, flow mapping support) and validation
(Infinity/zero guard, gap flood cap, multi-segment locales, graceful ENOENT).
* docs: fix sidebar.order duplicates and gaps across all locales
Resolves all validator errors flagged by the new
tools/validate-sidebar-order.js check.
English (docs/{explanation,how-to,reference}/):
- Renumbered to remove duplicates; established reading order
for new explanation pages added since orders were last set.
Translations (cs, fr, vi-vn, zh-cn):
- Mirrored English structural ordering where files exist, then
compacted to 1..N within each directory to eliminate gaps
caused by missing translation files.
Non-blocking drift warnings remain where translation directories
have fewer files than English; these are expected per the
validator's design.
---------
Co-authored-by: Brian Madison <bmadcode@gmail.com>
* fix(skills): strengthen activation guardrails for all workflow skills
Add explicit "Activation is complete" boundary markers that require
confirming activation_steps_prepend and activation_steps_append were
fully executed before beginning the main workflow.
Previously, the guardrail was either missing (bmad-product-brief,
bmad-prd, bmad-investigate) or too weak ("Begin the workflow below").
LLM agents would short-circuit complex activation sequences (INCLUDE →
READ → RUN → CHECK → FILTER → CD) by guessing variables instead of
executing steps in order, causing append steps and on_complete hooks
to be silently skipped.
The new guardrail explicitly names both prepend and append steps,
requiring confirmation before proceeding. This prevents agents from
starting the main workflow in parallel with activation.
23 skills updated: bmad-product-brief, bmad-prd, bmad-prfaq,
bmad-investigate, bmad-create-story, bmad-dev-story,
bmad-quick-dev, bmad-code-review, bmad-correct-course,
bmad-sprint-planning, bmad-sprint-status, bmad-retrospective,
bmad-qa-generate-e2e-tests, bmad-checkpoint-preview,
bmad-check-implementation-readiness, bmad-create-architecture,
bmad-create-epics-and-stories, bmad-generate-project-context,
bmad-create-ux-design, bmad-document-project, bmad-market-research,
bmad-technical-research, bmad-domain-research.
* fix(skills): extend activation gate to agent + new skills, refine placement
- bmad-product-brief / bmad-prd: pull activation_steps_append out of
the numbered list so the sentinel reads as a paragraph break, not
as the next list item.
- bmad-investigate: move the sentinel above Step 7 (routing) — Step 7
is workflow routing, not activation; the gate must fire first.
- bmad-agent-{analyst,tech-writer,pm,ux-designer,architect,dev}: add
the same gate between Step 7 (append) and Step 8 (menu dispatch).
Persona skills had the same short-circuit risk but no sentinel.
- bmad-ux, bmad-spec: new skills introduced on main after this branch
forked; apply the same gate so the pattern stays consistent.
- removals.txt: register bmad-create-ux-design as renamed to bmad-ux.
---------
Co-authored-by: Brian Madison <bmadcode@gmail.com>
- Drop "one-click install" framing in README and explanation page; setup is
multi-step but consistent across the shelf.
- Drop "two files (sometimes three)" claim; honestly name SKILL.md,
INSTRUCTIONS.md, and any required data files (templates, CSVs,
validation checklists).
- Add explicit setup pattern in README (create Gem/GPT, upload knowledge,
paste instructions, save).
- Add "Updating and customizing" section to the explanation page covering
re-upload-the-attachments updates and the rule of thumb that custom
changes belong in the pasted instructions block, not the knowledge
files, so future updates don't clobber team customizations.
* feat(web-bundles): bring back V4 web bundles for V6
Restores the V4 web bundle pattern for V6. BMad planning skills are
repackaged as one-click installs for Google Gemini Gems and ChatGPT
Custom GPTs, so users can run analysis and planning conversations in
flat-rate web LLM subscriptions instead of metered IDE tokens.
Current shelf (6 bundles): brainstorming, product brief, PRFAQ, PRD,
UX, market and industry research. Each bundle ships a SKILL.md
protocol, an INSTRUCTIONS.md with a default persona and a contrasting
swap example, and any required data files.
New in this commit:
- Market & Industry Research bundle merging market and domain research
with Porter and Christensen anchors, Mary persona inherited from the
BMad analyst agent, Geoffrey Moore swap example, Deep Research mode
integrated as the default research path
- web-bundles/README.md folder index listing all 6 bundles
- README.md section announcing the V6 web bundle shelf
- docs/explanation/web-bundles.md concept page (what, why, when)
- docs/how-to/use-web-bundles.md install steps for Gemini Gems and
ChatGPT Custom GPTs
* docs(web-bundles): unindent admonition closer in use-web-bundles.md
The :::note[Prerequisites] closer was indented under the last bullet,
which can prevent the admonition from closing and break Starlight
rendering for the rest of the page. Flush left now.
The forensic investigation feature (commit 380590aa) added the IN menu
trigger and bmad-investigate skill, but several docs that enumerate
triggers and agent capabilities were not updated.
- agents.md: add IN trigger and Forensic Investigation to Amelia's row
- named-agents.md: add forensic investigation to Amelia's capabilities
Co-authored-by: Brian <bmadcode@gmail.com>
* feat(bmad-spec): add Spec kernel distiller skill
New 2-plan-workflows skill that distills any intent input (brain dump,
PRD, transcript, brief) into a spec.md carrying the five-field kernel:
Problem, Capabilities, Constraints, Non-goals, Success signal. Headless
callers receive JSON; interactive runs close conversationally with the
spec path and gap-coverage invitations.
Includes:
- SKILL.md with activation contract and conventions
- customize.toml exposing template path, output path, run-folder pattern
- assets/spec-template.md (five-field skeleton)
- assets/headless-schemas.md (JSON IO contracts)
* remove brain-dump fallback config from bmad-spec customize.toml
* refactor(bmad-spec): companions+sources model, routing tilt, flat output path
- Collapse `related:` into `companions:`; companion paths may point inside the spec folder (spec-authored) or outside it (adopted from an upstream skill), distinguished implicitly by path
- `sources:` reserved for fully-absorbed inputs; downstream does NOT read these
- Soften mutation contract: bmad-spec owns SPEC.md and spec-authored companions; adopted companions belong to their originating skill
- Add "when to spawn a companion" tilt: multi-item catalogs, tables, diagrams (always), editorial voice rules; sub-bullets in a kernel field signal it has outgrown the kernel
- Fix Spec Law rule 7 and Pass 2: load-bearing content lands in SPEC.md or a companion, not the decision log (the log records wrapper-drops only)
- Flatten output path to `{planning_artifacts}/specs/spec-{slug}-{date}/`, mirroring `prds/` and `ux-designs/`; drop `spec_folder_name` (no longer used)
- Extract Load-bearing definition into its own section above Spec Law
* chore(core): retire bmad-distillator, promote bmad-spec to core
- Delete bmad-distillator/ and all registry + doc references (superseded by bmad-spec; no skill or workflow in any BMad module invoked it)
- Add bmad-distillator to removals.txt so installer cleans it from existing IDE skill directories on update
- Move bmad-spec from bmm-skills/2-plan-workflows/ to core-skills/ (universal scope: game design, research hypotheses, editorial briefs, policy, business plans, not just software)
- Register bmad-spec in core module-help.csv and bmad-pro-skills marketplace plugin
- Drop bmad-distillator section from core-tools.md (en, vi-vn, cs, fr, zh-cn) and vi-vn dev guide; renumber subsequent sections
* refactor(bmad-spec): add lean-prose discipline + generalize help text
- Add Spec Law rule 8: lean prose. Every sentence carries load-bearing content; cut decoration, hedges, backstory, throat-clearing. Applies to SPEC.md, companions, and decision log.
- Update Self-Validate Pass 1 to enforce rules 1-6 and 8 (rule 7 stays in Pass 2)
- Prime the operation up-front: write lean from the first pass, every sentence must earn its place
- Note in Companions section that companions follow the same lean discipline
- Generalize core module-help.csv entry: domain-agnostic framing (software, game design, research, editorial, policy, business, anything intent-bearing); call out succinct, no-fluff and "locks the WHAT before the HOW" as the value props
* fix(bmad-spec): address PR review findings (CodeRabbit + Augment)
- headless-schemas.md: rewrite spec_path examples to point at the spec folder (not a file), rename source_artifact to sources[] array, add companions[] array, update verdict from "six rules" to "eight rules", disambiguate reason requirement (only when status=blocked)
- SKILL.md activation: fix config path from {project-root}/_bmad/config.yaml to {project-root}/_bmad/core/config.yaml (matches other BMM skills)
- customize.toml + SKILL.md Workspace: drop {date} from default run_folder_pattern (spec-{slug}); same slug = same folder = trivial in-place update, no glob-and-pick-most-recent needed. Override available for users who want dated history.
- spec-template.md: rename "## Success signals" (plural) to "## Success signal" (singular) to match SKILL.md kernel naming
- SKILL.md Frontmatter conventions: fix adopted-companion example path from _bmad-output/ux-designs/foo-ux/DESIGN.md to ../../ux-designs/ux-foo-bar-2026-05-23/DESIGN.md (matches actual flat-output convention)
- SKILL.md Spec Law: fix double-period typo in rule 2 ((stack, conventions)..)
- SKILL.md Overview: fix awkward "bloat with expansive line item details the kernel" phrasing; drop software-flavored downstream consumer list since bmad-spec is now a core skill serving any domain
* fix(bmad-spec): drop {planning_artifacts} dependency; output to {output_folder}/specs
bmad-spec is a core skill but its default path used {planning_artifacts}, a bmm-module variable. Core-only installs (no bmm) would fail at activation when the resolver tried to expand the path.
Land specs directly under {output_folder}/specs/spec-{slug}/ instead. Works in any install regardless of installed modules, and aligns with the long-term BMad direction of grouping artifacts as siblings under {output_folder}/<type>/ rather than nested under planning vs implementation parents.
In bmm installs, adopted-companion paths from spec to UX/PRD pick up one extra .. (e.g., ../planning-artifacts/ux-designs/<run>/DESIGN.md) since the spec folder is now one level up from planning-artifacts. Examples in SKILL.md and headless-schemas.md updated. module-help.csv output-location updated and stale -{date} fragment removed.
* docs(bmad-spec): add reference docs, trim headless schema, tighten defaults
- Add full bmad-spec entry to docs/reference/core-tools.md and table-row
stubs to cs/fr/vi-vn/zh-cn (full translation pending).
- Strip headless-schemas.md to a minimal {status, files} success response
and {status, error_code, reason} blocked response. Drop spec_path,
capabilities, verdict, decision_log_path — all derivable from the files
themselves.
- Narrow customize.toml persistent_facts default from recursive glob to
single {project-root}/project-context.md; document override path.
- Drop unused {doc_workspace} convention line from SKILL.md.
- Clarify Self-Validate verdict handling for interactive vs headless.
- Document missing_slug error code in SKILL.md + headless schema.
* 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.
Documents the fix landed in #2391 and the manual step required for users
who installed the experimental BMad Automator module under its previous
`baut` code.
* fix(installer): preserve stale installed modules on update
* test: drop stale baut regression case
* fix(installer): preserve source-backed modules and configs
* fix(installer): retain preserved module config in quick update
* fix(installer): preserve module config blocks for retained modules
* fix(installer): preserve user-scope blocks for retained modules
* fix(installer): retain stale modules during updates
* feat(installer): bundle module registry, retire marketplace, refresh display names
Prepares v6.7.0 for release:
- Moves bundled module list from tools/installer/modules/registry-fallback.yaml
to bmad-modules.yaml at repo root; renames to reflect single-source-of-truth role.
- Retires the remote marketplace registry fetch in ExternalModuleManager; the
installer now reads the bundled YAML only.
- Adds WDS (Whiteport Design Studio) entry alongside BMM, BMB, BMA, CIS, GDS, TEA.
- Refreshes display names and descriptions on every bundled module; TEA
repositioned after BMM in the picker.
- Adds plugin_name override field on registry entries so modules whose
marketplace.json declares a plugin under a different name than the installer
code (e.g. WDS uses bmad-wds) match without falling back to the single-plugin
heuristic.
- Removes the community modules picker from the interactive installer; previously
installed community modules are preserved on update and can still be installed
via --custom-source.
- Renames the custom-source confirm prompt for clarity.
CHANGELOG.md updated with the full v6.7.0 entry.
* feat(installer): fully retire community catalog plumbing
Removes the last marketplace network connections from the installer.
The v6.7.0 first pass retired the official-registry fetch but left
CommunityModuleManager + RegistryClient in place, which still
fetched community-index.yaml and categories.yaml on every install
to support the channel-gate and update flows.
This commit:
- Deletes tools/installer/modules/community-manager.js and
registry-client.js entirely.
- Strips CommunityModuleManager calls from ui.js (channel gate +
update channels), core/manifest.js (getModuleVersionInfo),
core/installer.js (resolution + installed-modules listing), and
modules/official-modules.js (findModuleSource fallback +
pre-install plugin resolution + post-install manifest entry).
- Simplifies installFromResolution: community branch removed; all
non-external installs are now treated as custom-source.
- Removes corresponding test suites (CommunityModuleManager unit
tests and the entire RegistryClient suite).
- Updates CHANGELOG with the migration note.
After this commit, grep confirms zero references to the bmad-plugins-
marketplace registry from the installer. The only remaining 'marketplace'
references are about per-repo .claude-plugin/marketplace.json files,
which the installer reads from cloned custom-source repos.
* feat(bmad-prd): voice rules, probing reference, and operational hardening
- Session Posture section (voice prohibitions, record-as-you-go, anti-caving, register-matching)
- New references/probing.md: seven probing categories, six critical assumptions, PRD/solution-design boundary
- Intent detection signals (create/update/validate) on activation step 6
- Update intent: inline conflict-detection procedure against decision-log.md
- Activation step 1 falls back to customize.toml instead of halting on resolver failure
- Restructure Discovery into five sub-sections (Posture, Brain dump, Four-dimension read, Right-skill check, Working mode)
- Regroup PRD Discipline into three clusters (Artifact shape, Substance, Honesty about scope)
- Define phase-blockers in Finalize step 4
- Em-dash strip in prose; preserve [v2 — out of MVP] callout convention
- Move bmad-party-mode / bmad-advanced-elicitation mention into the greeting step
* feat(bmad-prd): funnel discipline, UJ depth, and UX reframing
Template discipline for downstream AI extraction:
- §3 Glossary: exact-use enforcement (FRs, UJs, SMs use Glossary terms verbatim)
- §4 Features: FRs now use "#### FR-N: Name" heading with Realizes UJ-X cross-reference, testable consequences, and optional per-FR Out of Scope
- §7 Success Metrics: SM-N / SM-CN numbering with Validates FR-X cross-reference
User journeys:
- §2.4 UJ format expanded from one-liner to named-persona mini-flow (persona, 3-5 steps, edge cases, optional capability surfacing); hobby can collapse to one-liners
- Strip "job of UX" / "not this PRD" gatekeeping from template; depth is the team's call
- Strengthen UX-as-input / UX-as-output patterns for bidirectional PRD <-> UX flow
- SKILL.md Discovery Posture: push for two to three named-persona UJs in non-trivial scope
Validation checklist:
- Q-3 Traceability tightened to require Realizes UJ-X on FRs and Validates FR-X on SMs
- Q-7 (new): FR testability — every FR has at least one testable consequence
- S-1 Glossary integrity: now covers FR descriptions, consequences, UJ flows, SM definitions
- S-2: SM added to ID continuity scope
- S-5 (new): UJ persona linkage — every UJ names a persona by exact §2 label
- STK-2 (new): UJ density gate — non-hobby scope needs at least two UJs
* docs(bmad-prd): anonymize validation-findings JSON example
Replace project-specific values (Plantsona prd_name, frozen timestamp, §16 location, premium-conversion finding) with generic placeholder content. Swap the example finding to demonstrate Q-7 FR testability so it doubles as a primer on the new checklist item.
* feat(bmad-prd): reviewer pass redesign and consolidate facilitation
- finalize_reviewers TOML field replaces inline review lenses; entries
follow the skill:/file:/plain-text prefix convention, resolved on-demand
so reviewer data has zero context cost on runs that skip the pass.
- Subagent contract: reviewers write to {doc_workspace}/review-{slug}.md
and return summary-only (verdict, top findings, file path); parent
never holds full review text.
- Section-by-section walk-through UX at Finalize and Validate; user
decides per finding whether to autofix, discuss, defer, or ignore.
- Finalize entry names the sequence in one sentence so users understand
the polish-last order.
- Template philosophy moved from prd-template.md to SKILL.md PRD
Discipline; template is now pure shape menu (preamble and Notes for
facilitator stripped).
- facilitation-guide.md content folded into SKILL.md Discovery posture
(story-shape UJ walk, four MVP types, state-inference-don't-quiz);
guide file deleted.
* feat(bmad-prd): tighten SKILL.md, extract Reviewer Gate and Validate playbook
- SKILL.md: trim activation/posture/discovery bloat; sharpen Right-skill
check; extract Reviewer Gate to its own section (dedup with Finalize
step 3 and Validate intent).
- references/validate.md: rename from validation-render.md and expand to
the full Validate intent playbook (orient, run gate, structural
validator pipeline, render, close).
- references/probing.md: drop stale facilitation-guide.md reference.
- assets/prd-template.md: redesign §2.4 User Journeys with named-scene
default shape, worked example, and scope dial.
* fix(bmad-prd): make Brain dump a hard first-move rule
Discovery was being skipped: the LLM treated the user's opening
message as the full picture and jumped to multiple-choice intake.
Strengthen the ordering so Brain dump always comes first for Create
and Update, before any questions or working-mode choices.
- Add explicit Discovery ordering at the section top.
- Rewrite Brain dump as a non-negotiable first move with an anti-
pattern callout naming the exact failure mode.
- Add timing prefix to Working mode reinforcing the order.
* refactor(bmad-prd): aggressive trim and quality fixes from analysis
SKILL.md cut 49% (143 -> 84 lines); references/validate.md 35%;
references/headless.md 22%. Package-wide ~21% reduction.
Customization sweep:
- {finalize_reviewers} -> {workflow.finalize_reviewers} (was a silent
override no-op)
- Add canonical ## Conventions block
- Rename decision-log.md -> .decision-log.md across SKILL, refs, schemas
- customize.toml: validation_checklist -> validation_checklist_template,
output_dir -> prd_output_path, output_folder_name -> run_folder_pattern;
lifecycle comments on external_sources / external_handoffs
New behavior:
- Activation step 4: explicit by-name greeting using {user_name},
{communication_language} persisted for every turn (not just greeting)
- Right-skill scan on first message before brain dump
- Neutral defaults when config.yaml is missing; never block on it
- Headless: Detection section + per-intent Inputs section + 'partial'
status semantics + Update conflict-override rationale
- Brownfield Update bootstraps .decision-log.md via subagent when absent
- Reviewer Gate findings-overwhelm fix: tiered surfacing
(verdict -> critical/high -> medium/low rolled into tail)
- Discovery edge cases: conditional MVP question, persona/UJ push
contextually triggered, working modes renamed as outcomes
(Fast path / Coaching path)
- Subagent discipline: Finalize step 2 return-format contract,
step 5 structure->prose ordering, explicit no-subagent fallback
Tests:
- scripts/tests/test_render_validation_html.py (17 passing, covers
grade thresholds, category mapping, stats, score-bar rendering)
* refactor(bmad-prd): replace mechanical checklist+renderer with quality rubric and LLM-synthesized report
The structural checklist + Python renderer produced mechanical pass/warn/fail
reports that didn't speak to actual PRD quality, and additional reviewers
(adversarial) wrote separate review-*.md files that never made it into the
HTML. Replaces that pipeline with:
- A judgment rubric across seven PRD-quality dimensions (decision-readiness,
substance over theater, strategic coherence, done-ness clarity, scope
honesty, downstream usability, shape fit) that adapts to stakes and PRD
shape. Rubric walker writes review-rubric.md with per-dimension verdicts.
- HTML skeleton with TEMPLATE_* placeholders the synthesis pass fills
directly — no substitution engine, no Python.
- Synthesis pipeline in references/validate.md: parent reads every
review-*.md, fills the skeleton, writes validation-report.html plus
markdown twin, opens via webbrowser. Folds every reviewer's findings
into one report; grade derives from rubric verdicts and severity counts.
- Drops scripts/render-validation-html.py and scripts/tests/ entirely.
- finalize_reviewers defaults to empty (adversarial removed from defaults —
too brutal and frequently wrong against PRDs; teams can append in
override TOML).
- Headless mode now writes both HTML and markdown; skips browser-open.
* refactor(bmad-prd): faster working-mode entry, elicitation discipline, drop probing.md
Discovery rewrite: Brain dump -> Stakes calibration -> Working mode -> mode-scoped
work. Users in a hurry reach the Fast/Coaching choice in two or three turns instead
of ten. Brain dump explicitly invites existing inputs (briefs, research,
transcripts, prior PRD draft, design docs) alongside verbal context.
Elicitation discipline made explicit: Discovery pulls the user's vision out, never
inserts the LLM's. UJs and phasing must be user-articulated, not strawman-proposed
for rubber-stamp.
Coaching path now offers entry-point choice: Vision+Features (capability-first),
Personas+Journeys (user-first), or let-me-suggest. Capability-thinkers walk
features directly.
Template framing in PRD Discipline: Essential Spine is the expected default,
Adapt-In Menu is conditional, and the LLM is authorized to invent sections when
concerns don't match any cluster. Concern scan beat in Discovery surfaces real
domain concerns without forcing a fixed shape.
Web grounding: light targeted use at load-bearing moments authorized; deep
research is suggested to the user via dedicated research skills, accepting
gracefully if declined.
references/probing.md deleted; its load-bearing content was either LLM-default
PM instincts or already covered by SKILL.md.
Misroute list now includes bmad-workflow-builder for agent/custom-agent signals.
* fix(bmad-prd): align opener with Fast path naming, normalize misroute list
* refactor(bmad-prd, bmad-product-brief): bring skills to parity, default-on web research
Cross-skill consistency fixes:
- Brief renames {workflow.output_dir} -> {workflow.brief_output_path} and
{workflow.output_folder_name} -> {workflow.run_folder_pattern} to match PRD's
naming pattern.
- Decision-log filename unified on .decision-log.md (dotfile convention) across
both skills.
- Brief picks up PRD's fallback on customization-resolve failure (read TOML
directly instead of halt).
- Brief picks up PRD's persistent_facts default that auto-loads
project-context.md.
- Brief greeting now enforces {communication_language} for the entire run, not
just the greeting.
PRD additions, propagated from brief:
- File-roles paragraph in Conventions (boundary rules for .decision-log.md vs
addendum.md; capture during conversation, not at finalize; audit/override
never goes in addendum).
- Greeting now tells the user they can invoke bmad-party-mode or
bmad-advanced-elicitation at any point.
- Create intent now writes prd.md with status: draft and creates the
.decision-log.md skeleton at workspace init.
- Resume-check on activation: scans prd_output_path for prior in-progress runs
(status not final) and offers to resume.
- Finalize Close sets status: final + updated date so resume-check can
distinguish finalized from in-progress.
- Stakes-calibrated length guidance in PRD Discipline.
Web research, default-on for any scope:
- Reframed external_sources lines in both skills to distinguish org-configured
registry (internal tools) from generic web research; both fire on the same
triggers.
- New Research subagents (default) beat in PRD Discovery: spawn web-research
subagents to ground the picture; AI especially where training data ages by
the week. Subagent searches; parent receives a digest. Deep work routes to
bmad-market-research / bmad-domain-research / bmad-technical-research.
- Brief Discovery picks up the same posture in lighter form.
* fix(bmad-prd, bmad-product-brief): drop phantom v2 callout, add Fast/Coaching to brief
- Drop `[v2 — out of MVP]` from PRD validation rubric Dimension 5. It was
flagged for absence but never instructed for use anywhere — the template uses
`[NOTE FOR PM]` for v2/v3 deferrals, which is the de-facto convention.
- Add Fast path / Coaching path working-mode choice to brief Discovery so the
"I'm pitching tomorrow" user has an express option. Note that the opener's
pressure-calibration philosophy primarily shapes Coaching path; Fast path
swaps pushback for [ASSUMPTION] tags the user can correct in review.
* refactor(bmad-prd): tighten Research subagents beat
* 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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