BMAD-METHOD/bmad-core/tasks/implement-story-with-review.md

Implement Story with Review

Purpose

Orchestrate story implementation with integrated analysis, review, and memory synthesis workflows using modular sub-tasks for optimal context management.

Overview

This orchestrator coordinates three specialized tasks:

• story-analysis: Performs codebase search, dependency analysis, and complexity assessment
• internal-review-process: Executes systematic code review when complexity thresholds are exceeded
• memory-synthesis: Extracts and synthesizes learnings into persistent project memory

Section 1: Analysis Phase

Execute story-analysis task to perform:

• User override checking and temporal context establishment
• Codebase semantic search for existing patterns and implementations
• Dependency analysis with version-based criticality assessment
• Story complexity assessment using Fibonacci scale
• Mode declaration (Review Mode vs. Standard Mode)

The analysis phase will create artifacts in the story's Dev Notes that inform subsequent implementation decisions.

Section 2: Task Execution Phase

For each task in the story's task list:

1. Load Analysis Results: Reference the analysis artifacts created in Section 1
2. Task Complexity Assessment: Evaluate current task complexity using Fibonacci scale
3. Conditional Implementation Path:
   • If task complexity > agentThresholdTask: Execute internal-review-process task
   • Else: Implement directly using analysis findings for code reuse opportunities
4. Testing and Completion: Write and pass required tests, mark task complete

Section 3: Story Finalization

1. Execute DoD Checklist: Run story-dod-checklist task
2. Address Issues: Resolve any checklist failures
3. Update Status: Change story status to Review

Section 4: Memory Synthesis

Execute memory-synthesis task to perform:

• Comprehensive knowledge extraction from all Dev Notes
• Memory validation against existing project memory
• Conflict detection and resolution
• Project memory file updates

Task Dependencies

This orchestrator requires access to:

• story-analysis task for initial analysis
• internal-review-process task for high-complexity reviews
• memory-synthesis task for learning extraction
• story-dod-checklist task for final validation
• core-config.yml for threshold configurations
• Story file for task list and Dev Notes sections

Benefits of Modular Approach

• Minimal Context: Each sub-task loads only necessary information
• Reusability: Sub-tasks can be used independently or in other workflows
• Maintainability: Easier to update individual components
• Testability: Each component can be validated separately
• Flexibility: Different orchestration patterns possible for different scenarios