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>
* feat(quick-dev): improve checkpoint 1 UX with clickable link, external editing note, and change detection
Display spec file path as clickable CWD-relative link alongside the
summary. Inform users they can open the spec in another session with
any tool before approving. On approval, re-read the spec from disk
and acknowledge any external edits before proceeding.
* fix(quick-dev): tighten checkpoint 1 [A] flow wording
- Remove stray 'and options' from the editing-note intro so the note's
position relative to the [A]/[E] menu is unambiguous.
- Restructure the [A] bullet into explicit missing/exists branches so
the missing-file HALT cannot fall through to status updates and
recreate a deleted spec.
Addresses augmentcode review comments on PR #2217.
* docs(quick-dev): rewrite checkpoint 1 editing-note
- Drop boilerplate opener about the spec being a regular file.
- Enumerate concrete options: editor, in-session Q&A, or bmad-advanced-elicitation / bmad-party-mode / bmad-code-review skills.
- Flag that skills should ideally run in another session to avoid context bloat.
- Change "add this note" to "display this note" for precision.
* refactor(quick-dev): eliminate spec-wip.md singleton
Write directly to spec-{slug}.md with status: draft instead of using
a shared spec-wip.md file. Use draft status for resume detection in
step-01. Removes wipFile variable from all step frontmatter and
workflow initialization.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(quick-dev): address PR review findings
- step-02: preserve Intent block on draft resume instead of regenerating from template (F1)
- step-01: resume existing draft on slug collision rather than creating -2 duplicate (F3)
- step-01: recognize `done` status and ingest as context instead of silently re-implementing (F4)
- step-oneshot: remove unused spec_file frontmatter declaration (F6)
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Step-02 now displays the finalized spec file path as a CWD-relative
clickable link after approval. Step-05 clarifies the dual convention:
project-root-relative paths (leading /) for spec-file content, CWD-relative
paths (no leading /) for terminal/conversation output. One-shot review
order explicitly uses CWD-relative path:line format.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* refactor: consolidate agents into phase-based skill directories
Remove separate agent/workflow/skill directories (src/bmm/agents,
src/bmm/workflows, src/core/skills, src/utility/agent-components) and
reorganize all content into phase-based structures under src/bmm-skills
(1-analysis, 2-plan-workflows, 3-solutioning, 4-implementation) and
src/core-skills. Eliminates the agent/skill distinction by treating
agents as skills within their workflow phase.
* fix: update broken file references to use new bmm-skills paths
* docs: update all references for unified bmad-quick-dev workflow
Remove all references to the old separate bmad-quick-spec and
bmad-quick-dev-new-preview workflows. The new bmad-quick-dev is a
unified workflow that handles intent clarification, planning,
implementation, review, and presentation in a single run.
Updated files across English docs, Chinese translations, source
skill manifests, website diagram, and build tooling.
Alex Verkhovsky
Brian