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BMAD Context Engineering Enhancement - Progress Tracker
🎯 Project Status Overview
Project: BMAD Context Engineering Enhancement
Start Date: January 2025
Target Completion: January 2025 (12 days)
Current Phase: 📋 Planning ✅ Complete → 🏗️ Phase 1 Foundation ✅ Complete → 🚀 Phase 2 Agent Enhancement (67% Complete)
Overall Progress: 60% (Phase 1 ✅ + Phase 2.1 ✅ + Phase 2.2 ✅ + Phase 2.3 ✅)
Codebase Analysis: ✅ Complete - Foundation Implemented
🚀 IMMEDIATE NEXT ACTIONS (Ready to Execute)
🔥 Phase 2.2: Master Orchestrator Enhancement ✅ COMPLETE
Priority: HIGH ⚡
Completion Time: 30 minutes
Dependencies: Phase 1 Complete ✅, Phase 2.1 Complete ✅
Branch Status: ✅ Already on development branch
Commit Status: ✅ Committed (707b527)
Completed Development Results ✅
- Development Branch: ✅ Already checked out and active
- Foundation Complete: ✅ All Phase 1 context capabilities available
- Dev Agent Enhanced: ✅ Phase 2.1 complete (lean context approach)
- Orchestrator Enhanced: ✅ Phase 2.2 complete (foundation context capabilities)
Completed Tasks for bmad-orchestrator.md:
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Add Phase 1 context dependencies ✅ COMPLETE
- Added
context-optimizationto dependencies.tasks ✅ - Added
context-handoffto dependencies.tasks ✅ - Added
context-validationto dependencies.tasks ✅ - Added
context-compressionto dependencies.utils ✅ - Added
context-filteringto dependencies.utils ✅
- Added
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Update persona for basic context orchestration ✅ COMPLETE
- Added context management capabilities to core principles ✅
- Updated focus to include context orchestration ✅
- Maintained rich orchestration structure (147 lines < 180 target) ✅
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Validate orchestrator enhancement ✅ COMPLETE
- File size compliance: 147 lines (✅ under 180 line target) ✅
- Verified 5 context dependencies added ✅
- Structure integrity confirmed (valid YAML + markdown) ✅
- Orchestration capabilities maintained ✅
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Commit Phase 2.2 orchestrator completion ✅ COMPLETE
- Commit Hash:
707b527✅ - Message: "feat: Enhance bmad-orchestrator with foundation context capabilities" ✅
- Commit Hash:
🔥 Phase 2.3: Architect Agent Enhancement ✅ COMPLETE
Priority: HIGH ⚡
Completion Time: 15 minutes
Dependencies: Phase 1 Complete ✅, Phase 2.1 Complete ✅, Phase 2.2 Complete ✅
Branch Status: ✅ Already on development branch
Commit Status: ✅ Committed (4029768)
Completed Development Results ✅
- Development Branch: ✅ Already checked out and active
- Foundation Complete: ✅ All Phase 1 context capabilities available
- Dev Agent Enhanced: ✅ Phase 2.1 complete (lean context approach)
- Orchestrator Enhanced: ✅ Phase 2.2 complete (foundation context capabilities)
- Architect Enhanced: ✅ Phase 2.3 complete (technical context management)
Completed Tasks for architect.md:
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Add Phase 1 context dependencies ✅ COMPLETE
- Added
context-optimizationto dependencies.tasks ✅ - Added
context-handoffto dependencies.tasks ✅ - Added
context-validationto dependencies.tasks ✅ - Added
context-compressionto dependencies.utils ✅ - Added
context-filteringto dependencies.utils ✅
- Added
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Update persona for technical context management ✅ COMPLETE
- Added technical context management capabilities to core principles ✅
- Updated focus to include architecture context analysis ✅
- Maintained technical focus (71 lines < 120 target) ✅
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Validate architect enhancement ✅ COMPLETE
- File size compliance: 71 lines (✅ under 120 line target) ✅
- Verified 5 context dependencies added ✅
- Structure integrity confirmed (valid YAML + markdown) ✅
- Architecture capabilities maintained ✅
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Commit Phase 2.3 architect completion ✅ COMPLETE
- Commit Hash:
4029768✅ - Message: "feat: Enhance architect with foundation context capabilities" ✅
- Commit Hash:
🔥 Phase 2.4: PM Agent Enhancement (Ready Now)
Priority: HIGH ⚡
Estimated Time: 15 minutes
Dependencies: Phase 1 Complete ✅, Phase 2.1 Complete ✅, Phase 2.2 Complete ✅, Phase 2.3 Complete ✅
Branch Status: ✅ Already on development branch
Commit Strategy: Continue sequential development with local commits
Ready-to-Execute Tasks for pm.md:
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Add Phase 1 context dependencies ✅ READY
- Add
context-optimizationto dependencies.tasks - Add
context-handoffto dependencies.tasks - Add
context-validationto dependencies.tasks - Add
context-compressionto dependencies.utils - Add
context-filteringto dependencies.utils
- Add
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Update persona for product context management ✅ READY
- Add product context management capabilities to core principles
- Update focus to include product context analysis
- Maintain product management focus (target: <80 lines)
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Validate PM enhancement ✅ READY
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Commit Phase 2.4 PM completion ✅ READY
📝 Subsequent Sequential Steps After PM
[ ] Continue with remaining planning agents ✅ READY
- po.md, analyst.md, ux-expert.md, qa.md, sm.md
- All follow same foundation context pattern
- Sequential enhancement maintaining focus areas
📋 Phase 1: Foundation (Days 1-4) - Status: ✅ COMPLETE
1.1 Core Configuration Enhancement ✅ COMPLETE
Current Status: ✅ Analyzed, ✅ Planned, ✅ Executed and Validated
Blocker Status: None
File: bmad-core/core-config.yaml (Enhanced: 26 lines → 68 lines)
Implementation Checklist:
- Create development branch ✅ (Already on development branch)
- Backup current configuration ✅ (Created .backup file)
- Add context_engineering section ✅ (42 lines added)
- Universal settings block ✅
- Agent type classifications (dev vs planning) ✅
- Token limits and compression ratios ✅
- Enabled utilities per agent type ✅
- Performance monitoring configuration ✅
- Validate YAML syntax ✅ (Passed npm run validate)
- Test configuration loading ✅ (All agents validated)
- Verify backward compatibility ✅ (No breaking changes)
Phase 1.1 Completion: ✅ 100% COMPLETE
1.2 Universal Context Tasks Creation ✅ COMPLETE
Dependencies: 1.1 Complete ✅
File Count: 3 new files ✅ Created
Total Actual Lines: ~470 lines across 3 files (as estimated)
Task Files to Create:
[x] context-optimization.md ✅ COMPLETE
- Purpose: Universal context compression and optimization
- Target: All agents (with different parameters)
- Size: 6.4K (~160 lines) ✅ Created
- Location:
bmad-core/tasks/context-optimization.md✅ - Content Status: ✅ Implemented with full specification
[x] context-handoff.md ✅ COMPLETE
- Purpose: Cross-agent context transfer
- Target: All agents
- Size: 8.5K (~200 lines) ✅ Created
- Location:
bmad-core/tasks/context-handoff.md✅ - Content Status: ✅ Implemented with full specification
[x] context-validation.md ✅ COMPLETE
- Purpose: Security and quality validation
- Target: All agents
- Size: 9.2K (~230 lines) ✅ Created
- Location:
bmad-core/tasks/context-validation.md✅ - Content Status: ✅ Implemented with full specification
Implementation Strategy:
- Create all 3 files in sequence
- Follow BMad markup patterns:
{{placeholders}}and[[LLM:]] - Include proper dependency declarations
- Test file loading with existing agent structure
Phase 1.2 Completion: ✅ 100% COMPLETE
1.3 Universal Context Utilities Creation ✅ COMPLETE
Dependencies: 1.2 Complete ✅
File Count: 2 new files ✅ Created
Total Actual Lines: ~330 lines across 2 files (exceeded estimate)
Utility Files to Create:
[x] context-compression.md ✅ COMPLETE
- Purpose: Lean utility for token optimization
- Target: All agents
- Size: 7.4K (~185 lines) ✅ Created
- Location:
bmad-core/utils/context-compression.md✅ - Content Status: ✅ Implemented with full specification
[x] context-filtering.md ✅ COMPLETE
- Purpose: Relevance-based content filtering
- Target: All agents
- Size: 9.2K (~230 lines) ✅ Created
- Location:
bmad-core/utils/context-filtering.md✅ - Content Status: ✅ Implemented with full specification
Phase 1.3 Completion: ✅ 100% COMPLETE
📊 Phase 1 Overall Progress: ✅ 100% COMPLETE - Foundation Established
📋 Phase 2: Agent Enhancement (Days 5-9) - Status: 🔄 Planned, Waiting for Phase 1
2.1 Dev Agent Enhancement (Lean Context Focus) ✅ COMPLETE
Current Status: ✅ COMPLETE - Enhanced and Validated
Dependencies: Phase 1 Complete ✅
File: bmad-core/agents/dev.md (Enhanced: 66 lines → 73 lines)
Current Dev Agent Analysis ✅
- Structure: YAML configuration + persona + dependencies
- Dependencies: Enhanced with 5 context capabilities (lean approach)
- Size: 73 lines (✅ under 100-line target)
- Enhancement Approach: Minimal additions completed successfully
Ready Implementation Plan:
[x] Analyze current dev.md agent structure ✅ DONE
- Reviewed existing capabilities and dependencies
- Identified minimal enhancement opportunities
- Documented current context usage patterns
[x] Implement lean context enhancements ✅ COMPLETE
- Add context-optimization to dependencies.tasks ✅
- Add context-handoff to dependencies.tasks ✅
- Add context-validation to dependencies.tasks ✅
- Add context-compression to dependencies.utils ✅
- Add context-filtering to dependencies.utils ✅
- Update core_principles to include context management ✅
- Maintain current lean structure (target: <100 lines total) ✅ 73 lines
[x] Validate dev agent leanness ✅ COMPLETE
- Test file size compliance (73 lines < 100 target) ✅
- Verify lean dependencies (5 context enhancements) ✅
- Check structure integrity (valid YAML + markdown) ✅
- Confirm minimal context overhead (lean approach maintained) ✅
Phase 2.1 Completion: ✅ 100% COMPLETE
2.2 Web/Planning Agents Enhancement (Foundation Context Focus) ⚡ READY
Current Planning Agent Status ✅
Analysis Complete for all agents:
- bmad-orchestrator.md: 141 lines, rich orchestration capabilities
- pm.md: 62 lines, focused product management
- architect.md: Ready for technical context enhancement
- po.md, analyst.md, ux-expert.md, qa.md, sm.md: Ready for role-specific enhancements
Sequential Enhancement Approach (Using Phase 1 Foundation Only)
Note: This phase uses ONLY the existing Phase 1 context capabilities. Rich context features (context-retrieval, context-memory-management, semantic-search, context-analysis) will be added in Phase 3.
Master Orchestrator Enhancement ⚡ HIGH PRIORITY
[ ] Enhance bmad-orchestrator.md (Foundation Context)
- Add context-optimization to dependencies.tasks
- Add context-handoff to dependencies.tasks
- Add context-validation to dependencies.tasks
- Add context-compression to dependencies.utils
- Add context-filtering to dependencies.utils
- Update persona for basic context orchestration capabilities
- Maintain rich orchestration structure (target: <180 lines)
System Architecture Enhancement
[ ] Enhance architect.md (Foundation Context)
- Add context-optimization to dependencies.tasks
- Add context-handoff to dependencies.tasks
- Add context-validation to dependencies.tasks
- Add context-compression to dependencies.utils
- Add context-filtering to dependencies.utils
- Update core principles for technical context management
- Maintain technical focus (target: <120 lines)
Product Management Enhancement
[ ] Enhance pm.md (Foundation Context)
- Add context-optimization to dependencies.tasks
- Add context-handoff to dependencies.tasks
- Add context-validation to dependencies.tasks
- Add context-compression to dependencies.utils
- Add context-filtering to dependencies.utils
- Update core principles for product context management
- Maintain product focus (target: <100 lines)
Additional Planning Agents Enhancement (Foundation Context)
[ ] Enhance po.md (Product Owner)
- Add Phase 1 context capabilities (5 dependencies)
- Update core principles for backlog context management
- Maintain lean structure (target: <100 lines)
[ ] Enhance analyst.md (Business Analyst)
- Add Phase 1 context capabilities (5 dependencies)
- Update core principles for business analysis context
- Maintain focused structure (target: <100 lines)
[ ] Enhance ux-expert.md (UX Expert)
- Add Phase 1 context capabilities (5 dependencies)
- Update core principles for design context management
- Maintain UX focus (target: <100 lines)
[ ] Enhance qa.md (Quality Assurance)
- Add Phase 1 context capabilities (5 dependencies)
- Update core principles for test context management
- Maintain quality focus (target: <100 lines)
[ ] Enhance sm.md (Scrum Master)
- Add Phase 1 context capabilities (5 dependencies)
- Update core principles for team context management
- Maintain facilitation focus (target: <100 lines)
Phase 2.2 Completion: ⏸️ 0% - Dependencies: Phase 1 Complete ✅
2.3 Context Templates Creation
Dependencies: 2.1 & 2.2 Complete
File Count: 2 new files
[ ] Create context-handoff-tmpl.md
- Define handoff template structure with BMad markup
- Add placeholder system (
{{context_transfer_purpose}}) - Include LLM instruction markup (
[[LLM: Generate context summary]]) - Add validation checkpoints
- Include error handling templates
- Size: ~80 lines
- Location:
bmad-core/templates/context-handoff-tmpl.md
[ ] Create context-summary-tmpl.md
- Define summary template structure
- Add key information placeholders
- Include compression instructions
- Add quality validation markup
- Include formatting guidelines
- Size: ~60 lines
- Location:
bmad-core/templates/context-summary-tmpl.md
Phase 2.3 Completion: ⏸️ 0% - Dependencies: 2.1 & 2.2 Complete
📊 Phase 2 Overall Progress: 33% (2.1 Complete ✅, 2.2 Ready ⚡, 2.3 Waiting)
📋 Phase 3: Rich Context Features (Days 10-12) - Status: 🔄 Planned
3.1 Rich Context Tasks (Planning Agents Only)
Dependencies: Phase 2 Complete
Target: Web/planning agents only
File Count: 2 new files
[ ] Create context-retrieval.md
- Define semantic search procedures
- Implement intelligent retrieval algorithms
- Add vector search capabilities
- Include relevance scoring mechanisms
- Add real-time retrieval optimization
- Size: ~180 lines
- Location:
bmad-core/tasks/context-retrieval.md
[ ] Create context-memory-management.md
- Define long-term context storage procedures
- Implement context archiving strategies
- Add retrieval optimization algorithms
- Include memory lifecycle management
- Add cross-session context persistence
- Size: ~150 lines
- Location:
bmad-core/tasks/context-memory-management.md
Phase 3.1 Completion: ⏸️ 0% - Dependencies: Phase 2 Complete
3.2 Rich Context Utilities (Planning Agents Only)
Dependencies: 3.1 Complete
Target: Web/planning agents only
File Count: 2 new files
[ ] Create semantic-search.md
- Define advanced search capabilities
- Implement vector embeddings procedures
- Add similarity matching algorithms
- Include contextual search features
- Size: ~120 lines
- Location:
bmad-core/utils/semantic-search.md
[ ] Create context-analysis.md
- Define context quality assessment procedures
- Implement relevance scoring algorithms
- Add freshness validation
- Include quality metrics tracking
- Size: ~100 lines
- Location:
bmad-core/utils/context-analysis.md
Phase 3.2 Completion: ⏸️ 0% - Dependencies: 3.1 Complete
3.3 Rich Context Agent Enhancement (Final Enhancement)
Dependencies: 3.2 Complete (All Phase 3 rich features created)
Target: Web/planning agents that were enhanced in Phase 2.2
Purpose: Add the rich context capabilities created in Phase 3.1 & 3.2
Master Orchestrator Rich Enhancement
[ ] Enhance bmad-orchestrator.md (Add Rich Context)
- Add context-retrieval to dependencies.tasks
- Add context-memory-management to dependencies.tasks
- Add semantic-search to dependencies.utils
- Add context-analysis to dependencies.utils
- Update persona for advanced context orchestration capabilities
- Add cross-session memory management features
- Include quality metrics tracking integration
Planning Agents Rich Enhancement
[ ] Enhance architect.md (Add Rich Context)
- Add context-retrieval and context-memory-management tasks
- Add semantic-search and context-analysis utils
- Update for advanced technical context capabilities
[ ] Enhance remaining planning agents (Add Rich Context)
- pm.md: Add rich product context management
- po.md: Add rich backlog and user journey context
- analyst.md: Add rich business analysis context
- ux-expert.md: Add rich design pattern context
- qa.md: Add rich test strategy context
- sm.md: Add rich team dynamics context
Phase 3.3 Completion: ⏸️ 0% - Dependencies: 3.2 Complete
📊 Phase 3 Overall Progress: 0% → Target: Start Day 10
📋 Testing & Validation (Throughout Implementation) - Status: 🔄 Planned
Testing Areas
[ ] Dev Agent Leanness Validation
- Token limit compliance testing (<2000 tokens)
- Dependency count verification (<3 dependencies)
- Compression ratio validation (0.9 ratio)
- Code relevance assessment (>95% threshold)
- Performance testing (<1 second context assembly)
[ ] Planning Agent Rich Context Validation
- Context retrieval accuracy testing (>85% relevance)
- Context comprehensiveness assessment (>90% coverage)
- Cross-agent handoff success testing (98% success rate)
- Context quality scoring (>4.0/5.0 average)
- Rich context capacity utilization (8000 tokens max)
[ ] BMad Method Compliance Validation
- Natural language format verification (100% markdown)
- Template markup compliance (100% proper markup)
- File size compliance testing (all files <50KB)
- Agent type differentiation verification
- Dynamic loading compliance testing
[ ] Performance & Integration Testing
- Context optimization time (<500ms)
- Context compression speed (<200ms)
- Semantic search response (<2000ms)
- Agent context assembly (<1000ms)
- Cross-agent handoff latency (<300ms)
[ ] Backward Compatibility Testing
- Existing agent functionality preservation
- Configuration loading compatibility
- Template processing compatibility
- Workflow execution compatibility
📊 Testing Overall Progress: 0% → Continuous throughout implementation
🎯 Risk Management & Mitigation
Current Risk Status: 🟢 LOW RISK
Mitigation Strategies in Place:
- ✅ Backward Compatibility: All changes are additive
- ✅ Incremental Testing: Each phase can be tested independently
- ✅ Rollback Strategy: Git branching allows easy reversion
- ✅ Size Controls: File size monitoring to maintain <50KB targets
- ✅ Documentation: Complete specifications ready for implementation
Risk Indicators to Monitor:
- 🟡 File Size Creep: Monitor all new files stay <50KB
- 🟡 Dev Agent Scope Creep: Ensure dev agent stays lean (<100 lines)
- 🟡 Dependency Explosion: Watch dependency counts per agent
- 🟡 Performance Impact: Monitor context processing times
📊 Success Metrics Tracking
Current Baseline (Pre-Enhancement)
- Dev Agent Size: 66 lines ✅
- Dev Agent Dependencies: 2 (tasks: 1, checklists: 1) ✅
- Planning Agent Avg Size: ~100 lines ✅
- Configuration Size: 26 lines ✅
Target State (Post-Enhancement)
- Dev Agent Size: <100 lines (target: ~80 lines)
- Dev Agent Dependencies: <6 total (3 new context dependencies)
- Planning Agent Dependencies: 6-8 dependencies each
- Configuration Size: ~66 lines (+40 lines)
- New Files Created: 9 total (3 tasks + 2 utils + 2 tasks + 2 utils + 2 templates)
🚀 READY TO EXECUTE - START TODAY
Immediate Action Items (Next 2 Hours):
- ✅ Analysis Complete - Codebase thoroughly analyzed
- 🔥 Create Development Branch - Start implementation safely
- 🔥 Backup Current Config - Preserve existing state
- 🔥 Begin Core Config Enhancement - Add context_engineering section
Success Criteria for Today:
- Development branch created
- Core configuration enhanced with context engineering section
- Configuration validates and loads correctly
- Backward compatibility confirmed
Implementation confidence: 9.5/10 ✅
Ready to proceed: YES ✅
Blocking issues: None ✅
📅 Key Milestones & Deadlines
| Milestone | Target Date | Status | Dependencies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 Complete | Day 4 | 🔄 Not Started | None |
| Dev Agent Enhanced | Day 6 | 🔄 Not Started | Phase 1 |
| Planning Agents Enhanced | Day 9 | 🔄 Not Started | Phase 1 |
| Rich Features Complete | Day 12 | 🔄 Not Started | Phase 2 |
| Full Testing Complete | Day 14 | 🔄 Not Started | Phase 3 |
| Project Delivery | Day 15 | 🔄 Not Started | All Phases |
📝 Progress Notes:
- Project plan approved and documented
- Ready to begin Phase 1 implementation
- All documentation and tracking systems in place
🔄 Last Updated: January 2025
✅ Next Review: After Phase 1.1 completion
👥 Stakeholders: Project team, BMad Method compliance team