Bare filenames are cleaner than [file.md](file.md) for LLM-consumed
skill files — the markdown link wrapper adds nothing when display text
and URL are identical.
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STEP-04 compliance: add HALT directives to 5 additional menu locations
in brainstorming steps (01b, 02a, 02b, 02c, 02d). Also fixes bracket
typo [3 -> [3] in step-01b-continue.md.
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STEP-04 compliance: add explicit HALT directives after menu presentations
in brainstorming (4 locations) and generate-project-context (2 locations)
to prevent LLM from auto-selecting options without waiting for user input.
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- STEP-06: Remove name/description from step frontmatter in edit-prd (5 files)
and validate-prd (14 files) — these belong only in SKILL.md
- REF-02: Fix brainstorming step-02a/b/c/d CSV parse instructions to match
actual brain-methods.csv columns (3 cols, not 7)
- SEQ-02: Remove time estimates from brainstorming step-02a/b/c/d and step-03,
replace time-based thresholds with idea-count criteria
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Run skill-validator against all 36 skills on HEAD (42b1d0f6). Fixes:
- PATH-01: relative path corrections in product-brief-preview, brainstorming,
distillator, generate-project-context, edit-prd, quick-dev-new-preview
- PATH-04: remove 5 intra-skill path variables from edit-prd
- REF-01: single-curly template vars → double-curly in create-architecture,
create-epics-and-stories, create-story
- REF-02: fix dangling file refs in advanced-elicitation, validate-prd, edit-prd
- REF-03: update rule to prefer natural language `Invoke the skill` form;
fix stale persona ref in qa-generate-e2e-tests
- SEQ-01: "skip to" → "proceed to" in quick-dev-new-preview
- SEQ-02: remove time estimates from document-project, quick-spec
- SKILL-06: add "Use when" trigger to review-edge-case-hunter
- STEP numbering: renumber step n="0.5" to integer sequence in retrospective
Also updates REF-03 rule in tools/skill-validator.md to clarify that
natural language invocation is canonical — no skill: prefix required.
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Replace three inconsistent skill reference patterns (frontmatter variables
with raw paths, frontmatter variables with skill: prefix, inline Execute
skill: syntax) with a single natural-language convention across all workflow
and task step files.
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Skills must be invoked with "invoke" language, not file-oriented verbs
like "read fully and follow", "execute", "run", or "load". These imply
document-level operations and are incorrect for skill references.
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Add PATH-05: no file path references into another skill directory.
Skills are encapsulated — external consumers must use skill:name syntax,
not reach into internal files. Also tighten WF-03 to cross-reference
PATH-05 so vague "legitimate external path" no longer permits
cross-skill file paths.
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Party-mode moved from core/workflows/ to core/skills/ in PR #1959,
breaking 11 file references. Convert all to skill:bmad-party-mode
matching the convention used by skill:bmad-advanced-elicitation.
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* prototype preview of new version of product brief skill
* chore: re-enable bmad-builder external module
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* config loading with existing location
* refactor: rename bmad-bmm-product-brief-preview to bmad-product-brief-preview
Drop the redundant bmm prefix from the product brief preview skill folder
to align with the standard naming convention.
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* docs: add core tools reference and apply Diataxis style fixes
Add comprehensive reference doc for all 11 built-in core tools (tasks
and workflows) that ship with every BMad installation — bmad-help,
brainstorming, party-mode, distillator, advanced-elicitation, both
review tools, both editorial tools, shard-doc, and index-docs. Each
entry follows the Configuration Reference structure with purpose,
use cases, how it works, inputs, and outputs.
Style fixes across existing docs:
- reference/commands.md: convert #### headers to bold text, replace
sparse task table with link to new core-tools reference
- how-to/get-answers-about-bmad.md: remove horizontal rule between
sections (Diataxis violation)
- how-to/project-context.md: consolidate 4 consecutive tip admonitions
into single admonition with bullet list, add AGENTS.md reference
Also includes:
- Add bmad-distillator task to core module with compression agents,
format reference, splitting strategy, and analysis scripts
- Add Distillator entry to module-help.csv
- Rename supports-autonomous to supports-headless in product-brief
manifest
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* core items to skills folder
* fix calls to invoke party mode
* fix calls to invoke party mode and AE as skills
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The market-research workflow now lives entirely in
bmad-market-research/ as a native skill directory.
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- Add co-located HALT instructions after every menu in all 6 step files
- Fix step-05 to route to step-06 instead of declaring workflow complete
- Rename market-steps/ to steps/ for standard naming convention
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Move validate-prd from a workflow entry in create-prd manifest to a
self-contained skill at src/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/bmad-validate-prd/.
Update pm.agent.yaml and module-help.csv to use skill: URI.
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Strip name/description from all step frontmatter (STEP-06), remove
intra-skill path variables and inline them (PATH-04), move outputFile
to workflow.md (WF-03), fix stale step-11-complete refs (REF-02),
fix product_knowledge typo (REF-01), rewrite continuation logic
to use a lookup table, and strip legacy source workflow frontmatter.
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Move the create-prd workflow into src/core/tasks/bmad-create-prd/ as a
self-contained native skill with SKILL.md, workflow.md, steps-c/, data/,
and templates/. Update all internal path references from absolute
{project-root}/_bmad/... to relative paths. Mark the source
workflow-create-prd.md as standalone:false to prevent duplicate manifest
entries. Update pm.agent.yaml and module-help.csv to use skill:bmad-create-prd.
Remove installed_path and unused intra-skill path variables from
workflow.md (PATH-02, PATH-04).
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Remove installed_path and intra-skill path variables from
workflow.md (PATH-02, PATH-04).
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