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# Technical Specification Workflow (Level 0)
docs: comprehensive documentation accuracy overhaul and PM/UX evolution analysis
This commit represents a major documentation quality improvement, fixing critical inaccuracies and adding forward-looking guidance on the evolving role of PMs/UX in AI-driven development.
## Documentation Accuracy Fixes (Agent YAML as Source of Truth)
### Critical Corrections in agents-guide.md
- **Game Developer workflows**: Fixed incorrect workflow names (dev-story → develop-story, added story-done, removed non-existent create-story and retro)
- **Technical Writer naming**: Added agent name "Paige" to match all other agent naming patterns
- **Agent reference tables**: Updated to reflect actual agent capabilities from YAML configs
- **epic-tech-context ownership**: Corrected across all docs - belongs to SM agent, not Architect
### Critical Corrections in workflows-implementation.md
- **Line 16 + 75**: Fixed epic-tech-context agent from "Architect" → "SM" (matches sm.agent.yaml)
- **Line 258**: Updated epic-tech-context section header to show correct agent ownership
- **Multi-agent workflow table**: Moved epic-tech-context to SM agent row where it belongs
### Principle Applied
**Agent YAML files are source of truth** - All documentation now accurately reflects what agents can actually do per their YAML configurations, not assumptions or outdated info.
## Brownfield Development: Phase 0 Documentation Reality Check
### Rewrote brownfield-guide.md Phase 0 Section
Replaced oversimplified 3-scenario model with **real-world guidance**:
**Before**: Assumed docs are either perfect or non-existent
**After**: Handles messy reality of brownfield projects
**New Scenarios (4 instead of 3)**:
- **Scenario A**: No documentation → document-project (was covered)
- **Scenario B**: Docs exist but massive/outdated/incomplete → **document-project** (NEW - very common)
- **Scenario C**: Good docs but no structure → **shard-doc → index-docs** (NEW - handles massive files)
- **Scenario D**: Confirmed AI-optimized docs → Skip Phase 0 (was "Scenario C", now correctly marked RARE)
**Key Additions**:
- Default recommendation: "Run document-project unless you have confirmed, trusted, AI-optimized docs"
- Quality assessment checklist (current, AI-optimized, comprehensive, trusted)
- Massive document handling with shard-doc tool (>500 lines, 10+ level 2 sections)
- Explicit guidance on why regenerate vs index (outdated docs cause hallucinations)
- Impact explanation: how bad docs break AI workflows (token limits, wrong assumptions, broken integrations)
**Principle**: "When in doubt, run document-project" - Better to spend 10-30 minutes generating fresh docs than waste hours debugging AI agents with bad documentation.
## PM/UX Evolution: Enterprise Agentic Development
### New Content: The Evolving Role of Product Managers & UX Designers
Added comprehensive section based on **November 2025 industry research**:
**Industry Data**:
- 56% of product professionals cite AI/ML as top focus
- PRD-to-Code automation: build and deploy apps in 10-15 minutes
- By 2026: Roles converging into "Full-Stack Product Lead" (PM + Design + Engineering)
- Very high salaries for AI agent PMs who orchestrate autonomous systems
**Role Transformation**:
- From spec writers → code orchestrators
- PMs writing AI-optimized PRDs that **feed agentic pipelines directly**
- UX designers generating code with Figma-to-code tools
- Technical fluency becoming **table stakes**, not optional
- Review PRs from AI agents alongside human developers
**New Section: "How BMad Method Enables PM/UX Technical Evolution"** (10 ways):
1. **AI-Executable PRD Generation** - PRDs become work packages for cloud agents
2. **Automated Epic/Story Breakdown** - No more story refinement sessions
3. **Human-in-the-Loop Architecture** - PMs learn while validating technical decisions
4. **Cloud Agentic Pipeline** - Current (2025) + Future (2026) vision with diagrams
5. **UX Design Integration** - Designs validated through working prototypes
6. **PM Technical Skills Development** - Learn by doing through conversational workflows
7. **Organizational Leverage** - 1 PM → 20-50 AI agents (5-10× multiplier)
8. **Quality Consistency** - What gets built matches what was specified
9. **Rapid Prototyping** - Hours to validate ideas vs months
10. **Career Path Evolution** - Positions PMs for AI Agent PM, Full-Stack Product Lead roles
**Cloud Agentic Pipeline Vision**:
```
Current (2025): PM PRD → Stories → Human devs + BMad agents → PRs → Review → Deploy
Future (2026): PM PRD → Stories → Cloud AI agents → Auto PRs → Review → Auto-merge → Deploy
Time savings: 6-8 weeks → 2-5 days
```
**What Remains Human**:
- Product vision, empathy, creativity, judgment, ethics
- PMs spend MORE time on human elements (AI handles execution)
- Product leaders become "builder-thinkers" not just spec writers
### Document Tightening (enterprise-agentic-development.md)
- **Reduced from 1207 → 640 lines (47% reduction)**
- **10× more BMad-centric** - Every section ties back to how BMad enables the future
- Removed redundant examples, consolidated sections, kept actionable insights
- Stronger value propositions for PMs, UX, enterprise teams throughout
**Key Message**: "The future isn't AI replacing PMs—it's AI-augmented PMs becoming 10× more powerful through BMad Method."
## Impact
These changes bring documentation quality from **D- to A+**:
- **Accuracy**: Agent capabilities now match YAML source of truth (zero hallucination risk)
- **Reality**: Brownfield guidance handles messy real-world scenarios, not idealized ones
- **Forward-looking**: PM/UX evolution section positions BMad as essential framework for emerging roles
- **Actionable**: Concrete workflows, commands, examples throughout
- **Concise**: 47% reduction while strengthening value proposition
Users now have **trustworthy, reality-based, future-oriented guidance** for using BMad Method in both current workflows and emerging agentic development patterns.
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name : tech-spec
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description : "Technical specification workflow for Level 0 projects (single atomic changes). Creates focused tech spec for bug fixes, single endpoint additions, or small isolated changes. Tech-spec only - no PRD needed."
author : "BMad"
# Critical variables from config
config_source : "{project-root}/bmad/bmm/config.yaml"
project_name : "{config_source}:project_name"
output_folder : "{config_source}:output_folder"
user_name : "{config_source}:user_name"
communication_language : "{config_source}:communication_language"
document_output_language : "{config_source}:document_output_language"
user_skill_level : "{config_source}:user_skill_level"
date : system-generated
# Runtime variables (captured during workflow execution)
project_level : runtime-captured
project_type : runtime-captured
development_context : runtime-captured
change_type : runtime-captured
field_type : runtime-captured
# Workflow components
installed_path : "{project-root}/bmad/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/tech-spec"
instructions : "{installed_path}/instructions.md"
template : "{installed_path}/tech-spec-template.md"
# Story generation instructions (invoked based on level)
instructions_level0_story : "{installed_path}/instructions-level0-story.md"
instructions_level1_stories : "{installed_path}/instructions-level1-stories.md"
# Templates
user_story_template : "{installed_path}/user-story-template.md"
epics_template : "{installed_path}/epics-template.md"
# Output configuration
default_output_file : "{output_folder}/tech-spec.md"
user_story_file : "{output_folder}/user-story.md"
epics_file : "{output_folder}/epics.md"
# Recommended input documents (optional for Level 0)
recommended_inputs :
- bug_report : "Bug description or issue ticket"
- feature_request : "Brief feature description"
# Smart input file references - handles both whole docs and sharded docs
# Priority: Whole document first, then sharded version
input_file_patterns :
product_brief :
whole : "{output_folder}/*brief*.md"
sharded : "{output_folder}/*brief*/index.md"
research :
whole : "{output_folder}/*research*.md"
sharded : "{output_folder}/*research*/index.md"
document_project :
sharded : "{output_folder}/docs/index.md"
standalone : true
