BMAD-METHOD/.agents/skills/bmad-story-automator/steps-c/step-02b-preflight-finalize.md

name	description	nextStep	outputFolder	outputFile	stateHelper	ensureMarkerGitignore	deriveProjectSlug	markerFormat
step-02b-preflight-finalize	Finalize preflight and start execution	./step-03-execute.md	{output_folder}/story-automator	{outputFolder}/orchestration-{epic_id}-{timestamp}.md	../scripts/story-automator	../scripts/story-automator	../scripts/story-automator	../data/marker-file-format.md

Step 2b: Pre-flight Finalize

Goal: Finalize preflight artifacts, create marker, and start execution. Interaction mode: Deterministic auto-proceed.

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Do

1. Create Complexity + Agents Files

Derive deterministic filenames:

state_base=$(basename "{outputFile}" .md)
complexity_path="{outputFolder}/complexity-${state_base}.json"
agents_dir="{outputFolder}/agents"
agents_path="$agents_dir/agents-${state_base}.md"

Write complexity file:

mkdir -p "$(dirname "$complexity_path")"
echo "$stories_json" | jq -c '{stories:.}' > "$complexity_path"

Build deterministic agents file:

mkdir -p "$agents_dir"
"{stateHelper}" orchestrator-helper agents-build \
  --state-file "{outputFile}" \
  --complexity-file "$complexity_path" \
  --output "$agents_path" \
  --config-json "$agent_config_json"

Update state frontmatter with file paths:

agents_path_json=$(printf '%s' "$agents_path" | jq -R '.')
complexity_path_json=$(printf '%s' "$complexity_path" | jq -R '.')
"{stateHelper}" orchestrator-helper state-update "{outputFile}" \
  --set "agentsFile=$agents_path_json" \
  --set "complexityFile=$complexity_path_json"

2. Create Marker and Begin Execution

Create marker file (see {markerFormat} for JSON structure):

# Resolve the active marker path for the selected runtime layout and gitignore it.
marker_info=$("{stateHelper}" orchestrator-helper marker path)
marker_entry=$(echo "$marker_info" | jq -r '.entry')
"{ensureMarkerGitignore}" ensure-marker-gitignore --gitignore ".gitignore" --entry "$marker_entry"

# Create marker
project_slug=$(echo "$("{deriveProjectSlug}" derive-project-slug --project-root "{project-root}")" | jq -r '.slug')
"{stateHelper}" orchestrator-helper marker create --epic "$epic_id" --story "$first_story_id" \
  --remaining "$selected_count" --state-file "{outputFile}" \
  --project-slug "$project_slug" --pid "$$" --heartbeat "{timestamp}"

Set status="IN_PROGRESS", log "Execution started". Update frontmatter (append step-02b-preflight-finalize, set lastUpdated).

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Then

→ Load, read entire file, and execute {nextStep}