# [4.20.0](https://github.com/bmadcode/BMAD-METHOD/compare/v4.19.2...v4.20.0) (2025-06-29)
### Features
* Massive documentation refactor, added explanation of the new expanded role of the QA agent that will make your code quality MUCH better. 2 new diagram clearly explain the role of the pre dev ideation cycle (prd and architecture) and the details of how the dev cycle works. ([c881dcc](c881dcc48f))
# [4.18.0](https://github.com/bmadcode/BMAD-METHOD/compare/v4.17.0...v4.18.0) (2025-06-28)
### Features
* expansion teams can now include core agents and include their assets automatically ([c70f1a0](c70f1a056b))
* remove hardcoding from installer for agents, improve expansion pack installation to its own locations, common files moved to common folder ([95e833b](95e833beeb))
# [4.8.0](https://github.com/bmadcode/BMAD-METHOD/compare/v4.7.0...v4.8.0) (2025-06-19)
### Bug Fixes
* installer has fast v4 update option now to keep the bmad method up to date with changes easily without breaking any customizations from the user. The SM and DEV are much more configurable to find epics stories and architectureal information when the prd and architecture are deviant from v4 templates and/or have not been sharded. so a config will give the user the option to configure the SM to use the full large documents or the sharded versions! ([aea7f3c](aea7f3cc86))
* prevent double installation when updating v4 ([af0e767](af0e767ecf))
* resolve undefined config properties in performUpdate ([0185e01](0185e012bb))
* update file-manager to properly handle YAML manifest files ([724cdd0](724cdd07a1))
### Features
* add early v4 detection for improved update flow ([29e7bbf](29e7bbf4c5))
* add file resolution context for IDE agents ([74d9bb4](74d9bb4b2b))
* update web builder to remove IDE-specific properties from agent bundles ([2f2a1e7](2f2a1e72d6))
# [4.5.0](https://github.com/bmadcode/BMAD-METHOD/compare/v4.4.2...v4.5.0) (2025-06-17)
### Bug Fixes
* installer relative path issue for npx resolved ([8b9bda5](8b9bda5639))
* readme updated to indicate move of web-bundles ([7e9574f](7e9574f571))
* temp disable yml linting ([296c2fb](296c2fbcbd))
* update documentation and installer to reflect .roomodes file location in project root ([#236](https://github.com/bmadcode/BMAD-METHOD/issues/236)) ([bd7f030](bd7f03016b))
### Features
* bmad the creator expansion with some basic tools for modifying bmad method ([2d61df4](2d61df419a))
* can now select different web bundles from what ide agents are installed ([0c41633](0c41633b07))
* installer offers option to install web bundles ([e934769](e934769a5e))
* robust installer ([1fbeed7](1fbeed75ea))
* feat: add expansion pack installation system with game dev and infrastructure expansion packs
- Added expansion pack discovery and installation to BMAD installer
- Supports interactive and CLI installation of expansion packs
- Expansion pack files install to destination root (.bmad-core)
- Added game development expansion pack (.bmad-2d-phaser-game-dev)
- Game designer, developer, and scrum master agents
- Game-specific templates, tasks, workflows, and guidelines
- Specialized for Phaser 3 + TypeScript development
- Added infrastructure devops expansion pack (.bmad-infrastructure-devops)
- Platform engineering agent and infrastructure templates
- Expansion pack agents automatically integrate with IDE rules
- Added list:expansions command and --expansion-packs CLI option
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* alpha expansion packs and installer update to support installing expansion packs optionally
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- Reset both package.json files to version 4.3.0
- The v5.0.0 bump was accidental due to BREAKING CHANGE in commit message
- Enhanced lint-staged to check all YAML files in project including .bmad-core/
- This ensures husky catches YAML formatting issues before push
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# [5.0.0](https://github.com/bmadcode/BMAD-METHOD/compare/v4.1.0...v5.0.0) (2025-06-15)
### Bug Fixes
* add docs ([48ef875](48ef875f5e))
* auto semantic versioning fix ([166ed04](166ed04767))
* auto semantic versioning fix again ([11260e4](11260e4395))
* BMAD install creates `.bmad-core/.bmad-core/` directory structure + updates ([#223](https://github.com/bmadcode/BMAD-METHOD/issues/223)) ([28b313c](28b313c01d))
* resolve NPM token configuration ([620b09a](620b09a556))
* resolve NPM token configuration ([b447a8b](b447a8bd57))
* update dependency resolver to support both yml and yaml code blocks ([ba1e5ce](ba1e5ceb36))
* update glob usage to modern async API ([927515c](927515c089))
* update yaml-format.js to use dynamic chalk imports ([b53d954](b53d954b7a))
### Features
* enhance installer with multi-IDE support and sync version bumping ([ebfd4c7](ebfd4c7dd5))
* improve semantic-release automation and disable manual version bumping ([38a5024](38a5024026))
* sync IDE configurations across all platforms ([b6a2f5b](b6a2f5b25e))
* update badges to use dynamic NPM version ([5a6fe36](5a6fe361d0))
* web bundles include a simplified prd with architecture now for simpler project folderes not needing a full plown architecture doc! ([8773545](877354525e))
### BREAKING CHANGES
* Manual version bumping via npm scripts is now disabled. Use conventional commits for automated releases.
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Reset manual version bump to let semantic-release handle versioning going forward.
This aligns with the last semantic-release version (4.2.0) and allows proper
automated releases based on conventional commits.
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* chore: fix installation directory handling to use .bmad-core as default path
- Remove redundant ./ prefix from default directory
- Update all default paths from ./.bmad-core to .bmad-core
- Add logic to handle direct .bmad-core path selection
- Treat parent as project root when .bmad-core specified
- Simplify directory state detection for existing files
- Remove unknown_existing state type from installer logic
* chore: refactor installer to use modern JS patterns and improve code clarity
## CHANGES
- Replace require with node:path import
- Add block scoping to switch cases
- Remove unused options parameter from update
- Use optional chaining for ideConfig check
- Replace forEach with for...of loops
- Use template literals for string concatenation
- Add early return to avoid else block
- Update spell check dictionary entries
* chore: update dependencies to latest major versions
## CHANGES
- Update @kayvan/markdown-tree-parser to v1.5.0
- Update chalk to v5.4.1 for ESM support
- Update commander to v14.0.0 with Node 20 requirement
- Update fs-extra to v11.3.0
- Update glob to v11.0.3 with new API
- Update inquirer to v12.6.3 with modular design
- Update ora to v8.2.0 with improved features
