- Rename party-mode → bmad-party-mode (canonical ID convention)
- Change bmad-skill-manifest.yaml from type:workflow to type:skill
- Add SKILL.md with frontmatter for installer discovery
- Remove installed_path, use relative ./steps/ refs internally
- Update module-help.csv to skill:bmad-party-mode
- Update compiler.js hardcoded PM menu path
- Update 43 cross-references to IDE-agnostic _bmad/ path
- Update test fixtures for renamed directory
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When feeding brainstorming sessions into the PRD workflow, soft/qualitative
ideas (tone, personality, interaction design, coaching philosophy) get
silently dropped because they don't map cleanly to the PRD's structured
template (FR/NFR format). The resulting PRD reads as complete, so the
loss is invisible without manually diffing against the brainstorming output.
Add a reconciliation check in step-11 (polish) that cross-references the
brainstorming document against the finished PRD, flags ideas that didn't
land anywhere, and lets the user decide which to incorporate.
* chore(core): convert help.md to native skill directory
Migrate the single-file help.md task to a bmad-help/ skill directory
following the pattern established by bmad-review-adversarial-general.
Update module-help.csv to use skill: reference and remove the entry
from the parent manifest. Fix 7 BMM workflow step files that had
hardcoded file path references to the now-relocated help task.
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* refactor(prompts): invoke bmad-help as a skill
* style(prompts): format bmad-master agent yaml
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* feat: add skill manifest for advanced-elicitation workflow
Register advanced-elicitation as an invocable skill so it can be
triggered as a standalone slash command, matching the pattern used
by party-mode and brainstorming.
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* refactor: convert advanced-elicitation from XML to markdown workflow
The installer only discovers workflow.yaml and workflow.md files,
so workflow.xml was never registered. Convert to workflow.md with
YAML frontmatter while preserving all elicitation logic verbatim.
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* fix: update all references from workflow.xml to workflow.md
Update 67 references across 50 files to point to the new markdown
workflow. Also fix incorrect methods.csv filename and bare
advanced-elicitation.xml reference in generate-project-context.
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* feat(skills): migrate Roo Code installer to native skills format
Move Roo Code from legacy `.roo/commands/` flat files to native
`.roo/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.md` directory output. Verified
skill discovery in Roo Code v3.51 with 43 skills installed.
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* test(skills): add native skills tests for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor
Add dedicated test suites covering config validation, fresh install,
legacy cleanup, and ancestor conflict detection for Claude Code, Codex
CLI, and Cursor. Updates migration checklist to reflect verified status.
84 assertions now pass (up from 50).
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* test(skills): add Roo Code reinstall/upgrade test
Verify that running Roo setup over existing skills output succeeds
and preserves SKILL.md output. Checks off the last Roo checklist item.
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* feat(skills): migrate GitHub Copilot to config-driven native skills
Replace 699-line custom installer with config-driven skill_format.
Output moves from .github/agents/ + .github/prompts/ to
.github/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.md. Legacy cleanup strips BMAD
markers from copilot-instructions.md and removes old directories.
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* docs: update migration checklist with Copilot and Roo verified results
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* feat(skills): migrate Cline to config-driven native skills
Move Cline installer from .clinerules/workflows to .cline/skills with
SKILL.md directory output. Add legacy cleanup and 9 test assertions.
* feat(skills): migrate CodeBuddy to config-driven native skills
Move CodeBuddy installer from .codebuddy/commands to .codebuddy/skills
with SKILL.md directory output. Add legacy cleanup and 9 test assertions.
* feat(skills): migrate Crush to config-driven native skills
Move Crush installer from .crush/commands to .crush/skills with
SKILL.md directory output. Add legacy cleanup and 9 test assertions.
* feat(skills): migrate Trae to config-driven native skills
Move Trae installer from .trae/rules to .trae/skills with SKILL.md
directory output. Add legacy cleanup and 9 test assertions.
* feat(skills): migrate KiloCoder to config-driven native skills
Replace 269-line custom kilo.js installer with config-driven entry in
platform-codes.yaml targeting .kilocode/skills/ with skill_format: true.
- Add installer config: target_dir, skill_format, template_type, legacy_targets
- Add cleanupKiloModes() to strip BMAD modes from .kilocodemodes on cleanup
- Remove kilo.js from manager.js customFiles and Kilo-specific result handling
- Delete tools/cli/installers/lib/ide/kilo.js
- Add test Suite 22: 11 assertions (config, install, legacy cleanup, modes, reinstall)
- Update migration checklist with verified results
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* feat(skills): migrate Gemini CLI to config-driven native skills
Replace TOML-based .gemini/commands output with native SKILL.md output
in .gemini/skills/. Gemini CLI confirms native skills support per
geminicli.com/docs/cli/skills/.
- Update platform-codes.yaml: target_dir, skill_format, legacy_targets
- Add test Suite 23: 9 assertions (config, install, legacy, reinstall)
- Add Gemini CLI section to migration checklist
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* feat(skills): migrate iFlow, QwenCoder, and Rovo Dev to native skills
Complete the native skills migration for all remaining platforms:
- iFlow: .iflow/commands → .iflow/skills (config change)
- QwenCoder: .qwen/commands → .qwen/skills (config change)
- Rovo Dev: replace 257-line custom rovodev.js with config-driven
.rovodev/skills, add cleanupRovoDevPrompts() for prompts.yml cleanup
All platforms now use config-driven native skills. No custom installer
files remain. Manager.js customFiles array is now empty.
- Add test suites 24-26: 20 new assertions (173 total)
- Update migration checklist: all summary gates passed
- Delete tools/cli/installers/lib/ide/rovodev.js
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* fix(installer): preserve bmad-os-* skills during cleanup
The cleanupTarget method removed all entries starting with "bmad" from
IDE skills directories, which would also wipe version-controlled
bmad-os-* skills from the BMAD-METHOD repo. Add exclusion for the
bmad-os- prefix so those skills survive reinstalls.
* docs: flag all unverified platforms for manual IDE testing
Add NEEDS MANUAL IDE VERIFICATION to KiloCoder, Gemini CLI, iFlow,
QwenCoder, and Rovo Dev checklists. CodeBuddy, Crush, and Trae already
had the flag.
* fix(installer): suspend Kilo Code and add verified Gemini/Crush results
Kilo Code does not support the Agent Skills standard — the migration
from modes+workflows to skills was based on a false fork assumption.
- Add suspended field to platform-codes.yaml, hiding Kilo from the IDE
picker and blocking setup with a clear message
- Fail the installer early (before writing _bmad/) if all selected IDEs
are suspended, protecting existing installations from being corrupted
- Still clean up legacy Kilo artifacts (.kilocodemodes, .kilocode/workflows)
when users switch to a different IDE
- Mark Crush and Gemini CLI as manually verified (both work end-to-end)
- Replace Suite 22 install tests with suspended-behavior tests (7 assertions)
* docs: update KiloCoder checklist to reflect suspended status
* fix(skills): add canonicalIds for BMM research and PRD workflows
Drop the bmm module prefix from 6 workflow skill names so they
install as bmad-create-prd, bmad-domain-research, etc. instead of
bmad-bmm-create-prd, bmad-bmm-domain-research, etc.
* fix(installer): address PR review findings from automated reviewers
Triage of 18 findings from Augment and CodeRabbit reviews on PR #1841:
Source code fixes:
- Exclude bmad-os-* from findAncestorConflict to match cleanupTarget
- Wrap cleanupCopilotInstructions in try/catch (best-effort, not fatal)
- Wrap suspended-platform cleanup in try/catch (failure boundary)
- Clean up temp backup dirs in catch block when install aborts
- Normalize IDE keys to lowercase before suspended lookup
- Delete dead loadCustomInstallerFiles method and stale references
- Rename "Roo Cline" to "Roo Code" in both platform-codes.yaml files
- Fix Gemini CLI package name (@google/gemini-cli, not @anthropic-ai)
Test improvements:
- Add name/frontmatter invariant check to 6 missing platform suites
- Assert stale bmad-architect skill is removed after cleanup
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These manifests were missed during the all-is-skills migration (#1834),
leaving 6 workflows undiscoverable by the native skills installer.
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* feat(skills): add canonical bmad- naming via skill manifests
Add bmad-skill-manifest.yaml sidecars to all 38 capabilities (tasks,
agents, workflows) declaring canonicalId as the single source of truth
for skill names. Update Claude Code and Codex installers to prefer
canonicalId over path-derived names, with graceful fallback.
- 24 manifest files covering 38 capabilities
- New shared skill-manifest.js utility for manifest loading
- resolveSkillName() in path-utils.js bridges manifest → installer
- All command generators propagate canonicalId through CSV manifests
- Drops bmm module prefix from all user-facing skill names
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* feat(skills): claude-code installer outputs .claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md
Refactor the config-driven installer to emit Agent Skills Open Standard
format for Claude Code: directory-per-skill with SKILL.md entrypoint,
unquoted YAML frontmatter, and full canonical names.
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* refactor(installer): migrate codex to config-driven pipeline
Delete the custom codex.js installer (441 lines) and route Codex
through the config-driven pipeline via platform-codes.yaml. This
fixes 7 task/tool descriptions that were generic due to bypassing
manifests, and eliminates duplicate transformToSkillFormat code.
Key changes:
- Add codex entry to platform-codes.yaml with skill_format + legacy_targets
- Remove codex from custom installer list in manager.js
- Add installCustomAgentLauncher() to config-driven for custom agent support
- Add detect() override for skill_format platforms (bmad-prefix check)
- Set configDir from target_dir for base-class detect() compatibility
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* fix(installer): guard codex skill installs in nested directories
* fix(installer): warn on stale global legacy skill dirs
* feat(installer): migrate cursor to native skills
* Migrate Windsurf installer to native skills
* Clarify Windsurf skill invocation in checklist
* feat(installer): migrate kiro to native skills
* docs: record kiro skill visibility verification
* Migrate Antigravity installer to native skills
* Document Antigravity ancestor skill verification
* Synchronize native skills migration checklist
* Migrate Auggie installer to native skills
* Migrate OpenCode installer to native skills
* Document live skill verification for Auggie and OpenCode
* fix(test): replace _bmad filesystem dependency with self-contained fixture
The installation component tests walked up the filesystem looking for a
pre-installed _bmad directory, which exists locally but not in CI. Replace
findInstalledBmadDir() with createTestBmadFixture() that creates a minimal
temp directory with fake compiled agents, making tests fully self-contained.
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* fix(workflows): remove ambiguous with-argument from help task chaining
The "with argument" clause in 7 workflow completion steps caused LLMs
to interpret "Read fully and follow: help.md with argument X" as a
skill/function invocation rather than a file-read instruction. Drop the
clause entirely — help.md already infers the completed workflow from
the preceding "[Workflow] complete." text in conversation context.
Closes#1637
* fix(workflows): correct broken qa/automate file references
The QA workflow was renamed to qa-generate-e2e-tests but three files
still referenced the old qa/automate path, breaking CI file-ref
validation.
* fix(test): update QA agent test to match renamed workflow path
The workflow path changed from qa/automate to qa-generate-e2e-tests
but the installation component test was not updated to match.
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- Standardize all workflow descriptions to follow format: [short description]. Use when the user says 'explicit action phrase' or 'another phrase'
- Remove verbose descriptions in favor of concise summaries with explicit trigger phrases
- Use max 2 phrases per workflow to minimize context and false positives
- Phrases are explicit actions (e.g., "lets create", "run X") not questions
- No slash commands in descriptions - users invoke via /name directly
- Rename qa/automate to qa-generate-e2e-tests for clarity
- Update various core tasks and workflows
* fix: replace bare _bmad/ backtick refs with {project-root}/_bmad/
Closes#1718 (partial — bare _bmad/ category only)
* fix: replace relative step refs with {project-root}/_bmad/ paths
Converts all ./step-XX.md, step-XX.md, and steps/step-XX.md
backtick references in new-format workflow and step files to
full {project-root}/_bmad/... paths.
Refs #1718
* fix: correct create-architecture installed path and remaining relative refs
- replace create-architecture with architecture in all step path refs
to match workflow.md installed_path definition
- convert ../data/ relative refs in create-prd step-05/06/11 frontmatter
- fix stale nextStepFile example in create-prd step-01b-continue
- fix bare step-01-init.md ref in create-architecture step-01b-continue
Fixes#1718
* fix: convert remaining relative data refs and fix stale examples in continue steps
* fix: inline quick-spec step navigation paths, remove frontmatter tokens
Replace {nextStepFile} and {skipToStepFile} frontmatter tokens with
explicit {project-root}/_bmad/ paths in all quick-spec step files.
These are LLM prompts, not config files -- inline paths are clearer
and carry semantic information without indirection. Also standardize
wording from "Load" to "Read fully and follow:" for consistency.
Also add .junie/ to .prettierignore to fix unrelated CI noise.
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The PRD workflow step-02 was refactored to be discovery-only with
forward references to steps 2b and 2c, but those files were never
created. This left a gap where the workflow jumped from classification
directly to success criteria with no executive summary generation.
- Add step-02b-vision.md: collaborative vision/differentiator discovery
- Add step-02c-executive-summary.md: generate and append exec summary
- Update step-02 nextStepFile to chain through 02b instead of skipping to 03
When only one PRD exists in planning_artifacts, use it automatically
instead of prompting the user for its path. Still asks when multiple
PRDs are found or falls back to manual input when none are discovered.
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Update all references to the help task file from the old path
`_bmad/core/tasks/bmad-help.md` to the new path `_bmad/core/tasks/help.md`.
Affected files:
- 7 workflow step files across multiple workflows
- 1 IDE tool command generator (updated comments)
Adds two operational technology domains to domain-complexity.csv
in both PRD and architecture workflows. Addresses the gap in OT
domain coverage for physical process control and building systems.
process_control: industrial automation, SCADA, PLC, DCS, I&C,
P&ID — covers power/utilities, water treatment, oil & gas,
manufacturing, chemical, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, mining,
and other sectors where software controls physical processes.
Key concerns include functional safety, process safety and hazard
analysis, environmental compliance, OT cybersecurity, and plant
reliability/maintainability. Requires engineering_authority PRD
section for PE/EOR credential requirements.
building_automation: BAS/BMS, HVAC, fire alarm, fire protection,
life safety, elevators, lighting, access control, commissioning —
covers commercial and institutional building systems. Key concerns
include life safety codes, multi-trade coordination, commissioning,
and indoor environmental quality.
Both domains are high complexity, include engineering_authority
as a required PRD section, and follow established entry patterns.
Fixes#1240
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Replace /src/core/ paths with {project-root}/_bmad/core/ convention
in validation-report-prd-workflow.md lines 293-294.
These paths reference party-mode and advanced-elicitation workflows
using the source tree layout (/src/core/) instead of the installed
layout ({project-root}/_bmad/core/) that Beta.4 standardized
across all other files.
This is the remaining half of the fix for #1435, which was closed
as "will fix with .4 release" but only the brianmadison path on
line 11 and the XML syntax issue were addressed. The /src/core/
paths on lines 293-294 were missed.
Fixes#1480
The validationWorkflow reference uses ./steps-v/step-v-01-discovery.md
but steps-v/ is a sibling of steps-e/, not a child. Corrected to
../steps-v/step-v-01-discovery.md.
Fixes#1496
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* fix: correct malformed XML syntax and remove hardcoded path
- Fix missing opening quote in activation-steps.txt: `n={HELP_STEP}"` → `n="{HELP_STEP}"`
- Remove spurious hyphen: `-Let` → `Let`
- Replace hardcoded `/Users/brianmadison/...` path with relative path
Fixes#1435
* fix: add missing HELP_STEP placeholder replacement
The activation-steps.txt template includes a {HELP_STEP} placeholder,
but activation-builder.js never calculated or replaced it. This caused
the literal string "{HELP_STEP}" to appear in compiled agent files.
Added helpStep calculation between menuStep and haltStep, and adjusted
subsequent step numbers accordingly.
Fixes#1441
* Update src/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/create-prd/validation-report-prd-workflow.md
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Replace ambiguous "execute" terminology with explicit "Read fully and follow:"
phrasing across all workflow files to prevent LLM goal-seeking behavior where
models attempt to "achieve the end result" rather than following step-by-step
instructions verbatim.
Changes:
- Update 5 handler templates with canonical phrasing
- Replace ~150 INSTRUCTIONAL patterns across 87 workflow files
- Add "[Workflow] complete." prefix to 7 workflow endpoints
- Preserve BEHAVIORAL/STRUCTURAL patterns (agent descriptions, XML tags)
- Fix gitignore and markdownlint to ignore all node_modules directories
Closes#1372
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Alex Verkhovsky
Nikolas Hor
Brian Madison
Brian Madison
Michael Pursifull