Major Enhancements:

- Installation path is now fully configurable, allowing users to specify custom installation directories during setup
  - Default installation location changed to .bmad (hidden directory) for cleaner project root organization

    Web Bundle Improvements:

    - All web bundles (single agent and team) now include party mode support for multi-agent collaboration!
    - Advanced elicitation capabilities integrated into standalone agents
    - All bundles enhanced with party mode agent manifests
    - Added default-party.csv files to bmm, bmgd, and cis module teams
    - The default party file is what will be used with single agent bundles. teams can customize for different party configurations before web bundling through a setting in the team yaml file
    - New web bundle outputs for all agents (analyst, architect, dev, pm, sm, tea, tech-writer, ux-designer, game-*, creative-squad)

    Phase 4 Workflow Updates (In Progress):

    - Initiated shift to separate phase 4 implementation artifacts from documentation
        - Phase 4 implementation artifacts (stories, code review, sprint plan, context files) will move to dedicated location outside docs folder
        - Installer questions and configuration added for artifact path selection
        - Updated workflow.yaml files for code-review, sprint-planning, story-context, epic-tech-context, and retrospective workflows to support this, but still might require some udpates

    Additional Changes:

    - New agent and action command header models for standardization
    - Enhanced web-bundle-activation-steps fragment
    - Updated web-bundler.js to support new structure
    - VS Code settings updated for new .bmad directory
    - Party mode instructions and workflow enhanced for better orchestration

   IDE Installer Updates:

    - Show version number of installer in cli
    - improved Installer UX
    - Gemini TOML Improved to have clear loading instructions with @ commands
    - All tools agent launcher mds improved to use a central file template critical indication isntead of hardcoding in 2 different locations.

src/modules/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/code-review/instructions.md

@@ -363,11 +363,11 @@ Review was saved to story file, but sprint-status.yaml may be out of sync.
       <action if="user confirms or no ask needed">
         Append under the story's "Tasks / Subtasks" a new subsection titled "Review Follow-ups (AI)", adding each item as an unchecked checkbox in imperative form, prefixed with "[AI-Review]" and severity. Example: "- [ ] [AI-Review][High] Add input validation on server route /api/x (AC #2)".
       </action>
-      <action if="{{persist_action_items}} == true and 'backlog_file' in {{persist_targets}}">
+      <action>
         If {{backlog_file}} does not exist, copy {installed_path}/backlog_template.md to {{backlog_file}} location.
         Append a row per action item with Date={{date}}, Story={{epic_num}}.{{story_num}}, Epic={{epic_num}}, Type, Severity, Owner (or "TBD"), Status="Open", Notes with short context and file refs.
       </action>
-      <action if="{{persist_action_items}} == true and ('epic_followups' in {{persist_targets}} or {{update_epic_followups}} == true)">
+      <action>
         If an epic Tech Spec was found: open it and create (if missing) a section titled "{{epic_followups_section_title}}". Append a bullet list of action items scoped to this epic with references back to Story {{epic_num}}.{{story_num}}.
       </action>
       <action>Save modified files.</action>

src/modules/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/code-review/workflow.yaml

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ communication_language: "{config_source}:communication_language"
 user_skill_level: "{config_source}:user_skill_level"
 document_output_language: "{config_source}:document_output_language"
 date: system-generated
+ephemeral_files: "{config_source}:dev_ephemeral_location"
 
 # Workflow components
 installed_path: "{project-root}/{bmad_folder}/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/code-review"
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ template: false
 
 # Variables (can be provided by caller)
 variables:
-  story_path: "" # Optional: Explicit path to story file. If not provided, finds first story with status "review"
-  story_dir: "{config_source}:dev_ephemeral_location" # Directory containing story files
+  story_path: "{ephemeral_files}/stories" # Optional: Explicit path to story file. If not provided, finds first story with status "review"
+  story_dir: "{ephemeral_files}/stories" # Directory containing story files
   tech_spec_search_dir: "{project-root}/docs"
   tech_spec_glob_template: "tech-spec-epic-{{epic_num}}*.md"
   arch_docs_search_dirs: |
@@ -31,16 +32,6 @@ variables:
     - "{output_folder}"
   arch_docs_file_names: |
     - architecture.md
-  enable_mcp_doc_search: true # Prefer enabled MCP servers for doc/best-practice lookup
-  enable_web_fallback: true # Fallback to web search/read-url if MCP not available
-  # Persistence controls for review action items and notes
-  persist_action_items: true
-  # Valid targets: story_tasks, story_review_section, backlog_file, epic_followups
-  persist_targets: |
-    - story_review_section
-    - story_tasks
-    - backlog_file
-    - epic_followups
   backlog_file: "{project-root}/docs/backlog.md"
   update_epic_followups: true
   epic_followups_section_title: "Post-Review Follow-ups"

src/modules/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/create-story/workflow.yaml

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ output_folder: "{config_source}:output_folder"
 user_name: "{config_source}:user_name"
 communication_language: "{config_source}:communication_language"
 date: system-generated
+story_dir: "{config_source}:dev_ephemeral_location"
 
 # Workflow components
 installed_path: "{project-root}/{bmad_folder}/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/create-story"
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ validation: "{installed_path}/checklist.md"
 
 # Variables and inputs
 variables:
-  story_dir: "{config_source}:dev_ephemeral_location" # Directory where stories are stored
   epics_file: "{output_folder}/epics.md" # Preferred source for epic/story breakdown
   prd_file: "{output_folder}/PRD.md" # Fallback for requirements
   architecture_file: "{output_folder}/architecture.md" # Optional architecture context

src/modules/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/epic-tech-context/workflow.yaml

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ output_folder: "{config_source}:output_folder"
 user_name: "{config_source}:user_name"
 communication_language: "{config_source}:communication_language"
 date: system-generated
+context_dir: "{config_source}:dev_ephemeral_location"
 
 # Inputs expected (check output_folder or ask user if missing)
 recommended_inputs:
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ instructions: "{installed_path}/instructions.md"
 validation: "{installed_path}/checklist.md"
 
 # Output configuration
-default_output_file: "{output_folder}/tech-spec-epic-{{epic_id}}.md"
+default_output_file: "{context_dir}/tech-spec-epic-{{epic_id}}.md"
 
 standalone: true
 

src/modules/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/retrospective/workflow.yaml

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ communication_language: "{config_source}:communication_language"
 user_skill_level: "{config_source}:user_skill_level"
 document_output_language: "{config_source}:document_output_language"
 date: system-generated
+ephemeral_files: "{config_source}:dev_ephemeral_location"
 
 installed_path: "{project-root}/{bmad_folder}/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/retrospective"
 template: false
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ input_file_patterns:
     sharded_single: "{output_folder}/*epic*/epic-{{epic_num}}.md"
 
   previous_retrospective:
-    pattern: "{output_folder}/retrospectives/epic-{{prev_epic_num}}-retro-*.md"
+    pattern: "{ephemeral_files}/retrospectives/epic-{{prev_epic_num}}-retro-*.md"
 
   architecture:
     whole: "{output_folder}/*architecture*.md"
@@ -45,9 +46,9 @@ input_file_patterns:
     sharded: "{output_folder}/docs/index.md"
 
 # Required files
-sprint_status_file: "{output_folder}/sprint-status.yaml"
-story_directory: "{config_source}:dev_ephemeral_location"
-retrospectives_folder: "{output_folder}/retrospectives"
+sprint_status_file: "{ephemeral_files}/sprint-status.yaml"
+story_directory: "{ephemeral_files}/stories"
+retrospectives_folder: "{ephemeral_files}/retrospectives"
 
 output_artifacts:
   - retrospective_summary: "Comprehensive review of what went well and what could improve"

src/modules/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/sprint-planning/workflow.yaml

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ output_folder: "{config_source}:output_folder"
 user_name: "{config_source}:user_name"
 communication_language: "{config_source}:communication_language"
 date: system-generated
+ephemeral_files: "{config_source}:dev_ephemeral_location"
 
 # Workflow components
 installed_path: "{project-root}/{bmad_folder}/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/sprint-planning"

src/modules/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/story-context/workflow.yaml

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ communication_language: "{config_source}:communication_language"
 document_output_language: "{config_source}:document_output_language"
 story_path: "{config_source}:dev_ephemeral_location"
 date: system-generated
+ephemeral_files: "{config_source}:dev_ephemeral_location"
 
 # Workflow components
 installed_path: "{project-root}/{bmad_folder}/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/story-context"