BMAD-METHOD/bmad/bmm
Brian Madison cfedecbd53 docs: massive documentation overhaul + introduce Paige (Documentation Guide agent)
## 📚 Complete Documentation Restructure

**BMM Documentation Hub Created:**
- New centralized documentation system at `src/modules/bmm/docs/`
- 18 comprehensive guides organized by topic (7000+ lines total)
- Clear learning paths for greenfield, brownfield, and quick spec flows
- Professional technical writing standards throughout

**New Documentation:**
- `README.md` - Complete documentation hub with navigation
- `quick-start.md` - 15-minute getting started guide
- `agents-guide.md` - Comprehensive 12-agent reference (45 min read)
- `party-mode.md` - Multi-agent collaboration guide (20 min read)
- `scale-adaptive-system.md` - Deep dive on Levels 0-4 (42 min read)
- `brownfield-guide.md` - Existing codebase development (53 min read)
- `quick-spec-flow.md` - Rapid Level 0-1 development (26 min read)
- `workflows-analysis.md` - Phase 1 workflows (12 min read)
- `workflows-planning.md` - Phase 2 workflows (19 min read)
- `workflows-solutioning.md` - Phase 3 workflows (13 min read)
- `workflows-implementation.md` - Phase 4 workflows (33 min read)
- `workflows-testing.md` - Testing & QA workflows (29 min read)
- `workflow-architecture-reference.md` - Architecture workflow deep-dive
- `workflow-document-project-reference.md` - Document-project workflow reference
- `enterprise-agentic-development.md` - Team collaboration patterns
- `faq.md` - Comprehensive Q&A covering all topics
- `glossary.md` - Complete terminology reference
- `troubleshooting.md` - Common issues and solutions

**Documentation Improvements:**
- Removed all version/date footers (git handles versioning)
- Agent customization docs now include full rebuild process
- Cross-referenced links between all guides
- Reading time estimates for all major docs
- Consistent professional formatting and structure

**Consolidated & Streamlined:**
- Module README (`src/modules/bmm/README.md`) streamlined to lean signpost
- Root README polished with better hierarchy and clear CTAs
- Moved docs from root `docs/` to module-specific locations
- Better separation of user docs vs. developer reference

## 🤖 New Agent: Paige (Documentation Guide)

**Role:** Technical documentation specialist and information architect

**Expertise:**
- Professional technical writing standards
- Documentation structure and organization
- Information architecture and navigation
- User-focused content design
- Style guide enforcement

**Status:** Work in progress - Paige will evolve as documentation needs grow

**Integration:**
- Listed in agents-guide.md, glossary.md, FAQ
- Available for all phases (documentation is continuous)
- Can be customized like all BMM agents

## 🔧 Additional Changes

- Updated agent manifest with Paige
- Updated workflow manifest with new documentation workflows
- Fixed workflow-to-agent mappings across all guides
- Improved root README with clearer Quick Start section
- Better module structure explanations
- Enhanced community links with Discord channel names

**Total Impact:**
- 18 new/restructured documentation files
- 7000+ lines of professional technical documentation
- Complete navigation system with cross-references
- Clear learning paths for all user types
- Foundation for knowledge base (coming in beta)

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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README.md

BMM - BMad Method Module

Core orchestration system for AI-driven agile development, providing comprehensive lifecycle management through specialized agents and workflows.

Table of Contents

Essential Reading

📖 BMM v6 Workflows Guide - Required reading before using BMM. Explains the revolutionary workflow system and component integration.

Documentation

All BMM-specific documentation is organized in the docs/ folder:

Getting Started

Core Concepts

Workflows & Reference

Module Structure

🤖 Agents

Core Development Roles:

  • PM - Product Manager for planning and requirements
  • Analyst - Business analysis and research
  • Architect - Technical architecture and design
  • SM - Scrum Master for sprint and story management
  • DEV - Developer for implementation
  • TEA - Test Architect for quality assurance
  • UX - User experience design

Game Development (Optional):

  • Game Designer - Creative vision and GDD creation
  • Game Developer - Game-specific implementation
  • Game Architect - Game systems and infrastructure

📋 Workflows

Four-phase methodology adapting to project complexity:

1. Analysis (Optional)

  • brainstorm-project - Project ideation
  • research - Market/technical research
  • product-brief - Product strategy

2. Planning (Required)

  • prd - Scale-adaptive planning
  • Routes to appropriate documentation level

3. Solutioning (Level 3-4)

  • architecture - System design
  • tech-spec - Epic technical specifications

4. Implementation (Iterative)

  • create-story - Draft stories
  • story-context - Inject expertise
  • dev-story - Implement
  • code-review - Validate quality

👥 Teams

Pre-configured agent groups for coordinated complex tasks.

📝 Tasks

Atomic work units composing into larger workflows.

🏗️ Test Architecture

TEA Guide - Comprehensive testing strategy across 9 specialized workflows.

Quick Start

  1. Load PM agent in your IDE
  2. Wait for menu to appear
  3. Run workflow:
    *prd
    

IDE Instructions:

Key Concepts

Scale Levels

BMM automatically adapts complexity:

Level Stories Documentation
0 Single change Minimal
1 1-10 Light PRD
2 5-15 Focused PRD
3 12-40 Full architecture
4 40+ Enterprise scale

Story Lifecycle

Four-state machine tracked in status file:

BACKLOG → TODO → IN PROGRESS → DONE
  • BACKLOG - Ordered stories to draft
  • TODO - Ready for SM drafting
  • IN PROGRESS - Approved for DEV
  • DONE - Completed with metrics

Just-In-Time Design

Technical specifications created per epic during implementation, enabling learning and adaptation.

Context Injection

Dynamic technical guidance generated for each story, providing exact expertise when needed.

Best Practices

  1. Start with workflows - Let process guide you
  2. Respect scale - Don't over-document small projects
  3. Trust the process - Methodology carefully designed
  4. Use status file - Single source of truth for stories

For complete BMad Method workflow system details, see the BMM Workflows README.