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Brian Madison
7208610db8 web bundler fixes 2025-11-13 22:10:49 -06:00
Brian Madison
48cf5c8056 feat(workflows): Implement intelligent file discovery protocol and Phase 4 BMGD workflows
## Core Workflow Engine Enhancements

### discover_inputs Protocol (MAJOR)
- Added reusable `discover_inputs` protocol to workflow.xml for intelligent file loading
- Supports three loading strategies:
  - FULL_LOAD: Load all shards for PRD, Architecture, UX (changed pattern from /index.md to /*/*.md)
  - SELECTIVE_LOAD: Load specific shard via template variable (e.g., epic-{{epic_num}}.md)
  - INDEX_GUIDED: Load index, analyze TOC, intelligently load relevant docs (with "DO NOT BE LAZY" mandate)
- Auto-discovers whole vs sharded documents with proper fallback
- Provides transparent reporting of loaded content with file counts
- Invoked via <invoke-protocol name="discover_inputs" /> tag in workflow instructions

### Advanced Elicitation Improvements
- Renamed adv-elicit.xml to advanced-elicitation.xml for clarity
- Updated all references across agents and commands

### Shard Document Tool Enhancement
- Added Step 6: Handle Original Document with three options:
  - [d] Delete - Remove original (recommended, prevents confusion)
  - [m] Move to archive - Backup original to archive folder
  - [k] Keep - Warning about defeating sharding purpose
- Prevents issue where both whole and sharded versions exist, confusing discover_inputs protocol

## BMM Module - Input File Pattern Standardization

### Phase 1 - Analysis (1 workflow)
- product-brief: Added load_strategy (FULL_LOAD for research/brainstorming, INDEX_GUIDED for document_project)
- Updated instructions.md to use invoke-protocol, replaced manual fuzzy matching

### Phase 2 - Planning (4 workflows)
- prd: Added load_strategy, updated instructions to reference {product_brief_content}, {research_content}
- create-ux-design: Added load_strategy, removed fuzzy matching from instructions
- tech-spec: Added load_strategy for brownfield context discovery
- All epics patterns updated to support SELECTIVE_LOAD for specific epic shards

### Phase 3 - Solutioning (2 workflows)
- architecture: Added load_strategy, updated instructions to use pre-loaded {prd_content}, {epics_content}, {ux_design_content}
- solutioning-gate-check: Added load_strategy, replaced manual discovery with protocol invocation

### Phase 4 - Implementation (8 workflows)
- code-review: Added load_strategy, fixed sharded patterns to /*/*.md, added step 1.5 for protocol
- correct-course: Added complete input_file_patterns section (was missing), added step 0.5
- create-story: Added load_strategy, updated to SELECTIVE_LOAD for epics, added step 1.5
- dev-story: Added complete input_file_patterns section (was missing), added step 0.5
- epic-tech-context: Added load_strategy, updated PRD extraction to use {prd_content}, added step 1.5
- retrospective: Added load_strategy for architecture/prd (FULL_LOAD), epics (SELECTIVE_LOAD), added step 0.5
- sprint-planning: Fixed sharded pattern to load ALL epics (/*/*.md), added step 0.5
- story-context: Added load_strategy, updated doc collection to reference pre-loaded content, added step 1.5

### Sprint Artifacts Path Corrections
- story-done: Added missing sprint_artifacts variable, fixed sprint_status path from {context_dir} to {sprint_artifacts}
- story-ready: Added missing sprint_artifacts variable
- story-context: Fixed undefined {context_dir} -> {sprint_artifacts}
- correct-course: Added sprint_artifacts and sprint_status variables

## BMGD Module - Phase 4 Production Workflows (NEW)

Added complete Phase 4 implementation workflows for game development:
- code-review: Senior developer review for completed game features
- correct-course: Sprint change management for game projects
- create-story: Story generation for game mechanics/features
- dev-story: Feature implementation workflow
- epic-tech-context: Technical spec generation per game epic
- retrospective: Epic completion review and lessons learned
- sprint-planning: Game development sprint status tracking
- story-context: Dynamic context assembly for game stories
- story-done: Story completion workflow
- story-ready: Story readiness workflow

All BMGD workflows follow BMM patterns with game-specific adaptations.

## Agent Updates

### BMM Agents
- Updated all 7 BMM agents (analyst, architect, dev, pm, sm, tea, tech-writer, ux-designer)
- Standardized web bundle configurations

### BMGD Agents
- Updated 4 game development agents (game-architect, game-designer, game-dev, game-scrum-master)
- Aligned with BMM agent structure

### CIS Agents
- Updated 5 creative intelligence agents for consistency

## Documentation & Configuration

- Updated CHANGELOG.md with Phase 4 workflow additions
- Updated files-manifest.csv and task-manifest.csv
- Updated .claude commands for all agents
- Fixed formatting issues from previous commits

## Breaking Changes

NONE - All changes are backward compatible. Workflows without input_file_patterns continue to work.
Workflows with input_file_patterns now benefit from intelligent auto-loading.

## Migration Notes

Existing workflows can gradually adopt discover_inputs protocol by:
1. Adding load_strategy to existing input_file_patterns in workflow.yaml
2. Adding <invoke-protocol name="discover_inputs" /> step in instructions.md
3. Replacing manual file loading with references to {pattern_name_content} variables
2025-11-12 19:18:38 -06:00
Brian Madison
2d99833b9e feat: Add documentation guides, simplify folder structure, and major workflow refactoring
Created two comprehensive guides for v6 features:

**docs/agent-customization-guide.md**
- Complete guide for customizing agent names, personas, memories, and behaviors
- Update-safe customization via bmad/_cfg/agents/ configuration files
- Real-world examples (TDD setup, multilingual agents, custom workflows)
- Troubleshooting and best practices

**docs/web-bundles-gemini-gpt-guide.md**
- Comprehensive guide for using BMad agents in Gemini Gems and Custom GPTs
- Critical setup rules with exact configuration text required
- Cost-saving strategy: web planning → local implementation (60-80% savings)
- Platform comparison (Gemini Gems strongly recommended over Custom GPTs)
- Complete workflow examples showing full planning-to-implementation cycle
- Team bundle guidance (Gemini 2.5 Pro+ only)

**README.md updates**
- Added prominent links in v6 Core Enhancements section
- Created new "Customization & Sharing" documentation category
- Web Bundles feature highlighted with direct guide link

**Unified output folder structure across all modules:**

**Before (confusing):**
- output_folder: Main docs
- game_design_docs: Separate design folder
- tech_docs: Separate technical folder
- dev_ephemeral_location: Separate ephemeral folder outside docs

**After (simplified):**
- output_folder: Single location for ALL AI-generated artifacts (default: "docs")
  - Clearer prompt: "Where should AI Generated Artifacts be saved?"
- sprint_artifacts: Phase 4 ephemeral content now WITHIN output_folder
  - BMM: {output_folder}/stories (stories, context, reports)
  - BMGD: {output_folder}/sprint-artifacts
  - No longer in separate {bmad_folder}-ephemeral location

**Benefits:**
- One clear location for all planning artifacts (PRD, Architecture, UX, etc.)
- Phase 4 ephemeral items logically grouped within output folder
- Eliminated confusing separate folder proliferation
- sprint_artifacts now configurable per module

**Files changed:**
- src/core/_module-installer/install-config.yaml
- src/modules/bmm/_module-installer/install-config.yaml
- src/modules/bmgd/_module-installer/install-config.yaml

**Also cleaned up BMGD config:**
- Renamed: specified_framework → primary_platform (clearer naming)
- Removed: unused data_path variable

Replaced old "project_level" (0-4) system with new "selected_track" terminology:
- **quick-flow**: Bug fixes and small features (replaces Level 0-1)
- **bmad-method**: Full planning track (replaces Level 2-3)
- **enterprise-bmad-method**: Extended planning (replaces Level 4)

**Core workflow updates:**
- solutioning-gate-check: Complete rewrite of validation logic for track-based artifacts
- architecture: Updated context detection, error handling, and messaging for tracks
- workflow-init: Updated artifact detection patterns for track-based paths
- All workflow status paths updated (method-greenfield, method-brownfield, enterprise-*)

Unified variable naming conventions across all workflows:
- {output_folder} → {output-folder} (hyphenated format)
- {dev_ephemeral_location} → {sprint_artifacts} (clearer purpose)
- Hardcoded status file paths → {workflow_status_file} variable

Fixed corrupted variable patterns throughout workflow files:
- {output*folder} → {output-folder}
- {ephemeral*location} → {sprint_artifacts}
- \_prd* → *prd* (escaped underscore artifacts)
- **\*\***\_\_\_**\*\*** → proper field placeholders

Affected patterns included malformed glob patterns, template variables, and markdown formatting artifacts from previous edits.

**Architecture workflow (create-architecture):**
- Fixed: "Decision Architecture" → "Create Architecture" (consistent naming)
- Improved PRD not found handling with exit/continue options
- Better user guidance when running standalone vs. within workflow path
- Removed hardcoded Level checks, now track-aware
- Enhanced validation checklist formatting (□ → - [])
- Typo fixes: "mulitple" → "multiple"

**Solutioning gate check:**
- Complete validation logic rewrite for track-based system
- Removed Level-specific artifact expectations
- Simplified document discovery (track determines what exists)
- Better analysis prompts and user feedback

**Workflow-init:**
- Updated artifact detection patterns for new folder structure
- Fixed corrupt glob patterns throughout
- Better sprint_artifacts location detection
- Improved workflow path assignment logic

**Various workflows:**
- Consistent variable naming across 40+ workflow files
- Improved error messages and user guidance
- Better markdown formatting (checkboxes, lists)
- Removed redundant validation criteria files (now inline)

Removed duplicate BMGD 4-production workflows (12 workflows):
- code-review, correct-course, create-story, dev-story
- epic-tech-context, retrospective, sprint-planning
- story-context, story-done, story-ready

**Why:** BMGD now uses shared BMM Phase 4 implementation workflows
**Benefit:** Single source of truth, no duplication to maintain

Also removed:
- validation-criteria.yaml (validation now inline in instructions)
- architecture-patterns.yaml references (patterns now managed differently)
- AUDIT-REPORT.md files (stale audit artifacts)

**BMB workflows:**
- Updated checklists for workflow and module creation
- Improved agent architecture documentation
- Minor instruction clarifications

**Core brainstorming workflow:**
- Updated README with usage examples
- Enhanced instructions and template clarity
- Better integration with other modules

**BMM installer:**
- Updated for track-based system
- sprint_artifacts configuration

**Tech Writer agent:**
- Minor configuration update for documentation workflows

Removed 200+ files that should not be in repository:
- Installed agent markdown files (analyst, architect, dev, pm, sm, tea, etc.)
- Complete workflow instruction copies
- Documentation duplicates (quick-start, agents-guide, workflows-*)
- Test architecture knowledge base (22 files, 14,000+ lines)
- Configuration files (config.yaml, team definitions)

These are generated during installation and should not be version controlled.

Removed 21 pre-generated XML bundles:
- BMM agents (analyst, architect, dev, pm, sm, tea, tech-writer, ux-designer)
- BMGD agents (game-architect, game-designer, game-dev, game-scrum-master)
- CIS agents (brainstorming-coach, creative-problem-solver, etc.)
- Team bundles (team-fullstack, team-gamedev, creative-squad)

**Why:** Users should generate fresh bundles via `npm run bundle` to get latest changes and customizations.

- **2 new documentation files** (comprehensive guides)
- **98 source files modified** (299 insertions, 6,567 deletions)
- **3 installer config files simplified** (major folder structure improvement)
- **200+ .bmad/ artifacts removed** (should not be in repo)
- **21 web-bundle files removed** (users regenerate as needed)
- **12 duplicate workflows removed** (BMGD consolidation)
- **40+ workflows updated** (track system, variable standardization, corruption fixes)
2025-11-11 17:30:43 -06:00
Brian Madison
7eb52520fa 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.
2025-11-09 17:39:05 -06:00
Brian Madison
1728acfb0f The install directory is now configurable, with a few minute issues 2025-11-08 13:58:43 -06:00
Brian Madison
a4bbfc4b6e fix: Prevent duplicate manifest entries and update GitHub Copilot tool names
- Deduplicate module lists in manifest generator using Set to prevent duplicate entries in installed manifests
- Update GitHub Copilot tool names to match official VS Code documentation (November 2025)
- Clean up legacy bmad/, bmd/, and web-bundles directories
2025-11-08 01:06:09 -06:00
Brian Madison
f84e18760f feat: Extract BMGD module and implement workflow vendoring
This commit extracts game development functionality from BMM into a standalone
BMGD (BMad Game Development) module and implements workflow vendoring to enable
module independence.

BMGD Module Creation:
- Moved agents: game-designer, game-dev, game-architect from BMM to BMGD
- Moved team config: team-gamedev
- Created new Game Dev Scrum Master agent using workflow vendoring pattern
- Reorganized workflows into industry-standard game dev phases:
  * Phase 1 (Preproduction): brainstorm-game, game-brief
  * Phase 2 (Design): gdd, narrative
  * Phase 3 (Technical): game-architecture
  * Phase 4 (Production): vendored from BMM workflows
- Updated all module metadata and config_source references

Workflow Vendoring Feature:
- Enables modules to copy workflows from other modules during installation
- Build-time process that updates config_source in vendored workflows
- New agent YAML attribute: workflow-install (build-time metadata)
- Final compiled agents use workflow-install value for workflow attribute
- Implementation in module manager: vendorCrossModuleWorkflows()
- Allows standalone module installation without forced dependencies

Technical Changes:
- tools/cli/lib/yaml-xml-builder.js: Use workflow-install for workflow attribute
- tools/cli/installers/lib/modules/manager.js: Add vendoring functions
- tools/schema/agent.js: Add workflow-install to menu item schema
- Updated 3 documentation files with workflow vendoring details

BMM Workflow Updates:
- workflow-status/init: Added game detection checkpoint
- workflow-status/paths/game-design.yaml: Redirect to BMGD module
- prd/instructions.md: Route game projects to BMGD
- research/instructions-market.md: Reference BMGD for game development

Documentation:
- Created comprehensive BMGD module README
- Added workflow vendoring documentation
- Updated BMB agent creation and module creation guides
2025-11-05 20:44:22 -06:00
Brian Madison
17f81a84f3 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.
2025-11-03 19:38:50 -06:00
Brian Madison
88d043245f 5 levels of scale adaption compressed to 3 clear distinctions driven by user preference and project needs 2025-11-03 17:06:15 -06:00
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>
2025-11-02 21:18:33 -06:00
Brian Madison
f77babcd5e feat: major overhaul of BMM planning workflows with intent-driven discovery
This comprehensive update transforms the Product Brief and PRD workflows from rigid template-filling exercises into adaptive, context-aware discovery processes. Changes span workflow instructions, templates, agent configurations, and supporting infrastructure.

## Product Brief Workflow (96% audit compliance)

### Intent-Driven Facilitation
- Transform from linear Q&A to natural conversational discovery
- Adaptive questioning based on project context (hobby/startup/enterprise)
- Real-time document building instead of end-of-session generation
- Skill-level aware facilitation (expert/intermediate/beginner)
- Context detection from user responses to guide exploration depth

### Living Document Approach
- Continuous template updates throughout conversation
- Progressive refinement vs batch generation
- Template-output tags aligned with discovery flow
- Better variable mapping between instructions and template

### Enhanced Discovery Areas
- Problem exploration with context-appropriate probing
- Solution vision shaping based on user's mental model
- User understanding through storytelling vs demographics
- Success metrics tailored to project type
- Ruthless MVP scope management with feature prioritization

### Template Improvements
- Added context-aware conditional sections
- Better organization of optional vs required content
- Clearer structure for different project types
- Improved reference material handling

## PRD Workflow (improved from 65% to 85%+ compliance)

### Critical Fixes
- Add missing `date: system-generated` config variable
- Fix status file extension mismatch (.yaml not .md)
- Remove 38% bloat (unused technical_decisions variables)
- Add explicit template-output tags for runtime variables

### Scale-Adaptive Intelligence
- Project type detection (API/Web App/Mobile/SaaS/etc)
- Domain complexity mapping (14 domain types)
- Automatic requirement tailoring based on detected context
- CSV-driven project type and domain knowledge base

### Separated Epic Planning
- Move epic/story breakdown to dedicated child workflow
- Create create-epics-and-stories workflow for Phase 2
- Cleaner separation: PRD defines WHAT, epics define HOW
- Updated PM agent menu with new workflow triggers

### Enhanced Requirements Coverage
- Project-type specific requirement sections (endpoints, auth, platform)
- Domain-specific considerations (healthcare compliance, fintech security)
- UX principles with interaction patterns
- Non-functional requirements with integration needs
- Technical preferences capture

### Template Restructuring
- Separate PRD template from epic planning
- Context-aware conditional sections
- Better scale level indicators (L0-L4)
- Improved reference document handling
- Clearer success criteria sections

## Architecture Workflow Updates

### Template Enhancements
- Add domain complexity context support
- Better integration with PRD outputs
- Improved technical decision capture
- Enhanced system architecture sections

### Instruction Improvements
- Reference new domain-research workflow
- Better handling of PRD inputs
- Clearer architectural decision framework

## Agent Configuration Updates

### BMad Master Agent
- Fix workflow invocation instructions
- Better fuzzy matching guidance
- Clearer menu handler documentation
- Remove workflow invention warnings

### PM Agent
- Add create-prd trigger (renamed from 'prd')
- Add create-epics-and-stories workflow trigger
- Add validate-prd workflow trigger with checklist
- Better workflow status integration

### Game Designer Agent
- Rename triggers for consistency (create-game-brief, create-gdd)
- Align with PM agent naming conventions

## New Supporting Infrastructure

### Domain Research Workflow
- New discovery workflow for domain-specific research
- Complements product brief for complex domains
- Web research integration for domain insights

### Create Epics and Stories Workflow
- Dedicated epic/story breakdown process
- Separates planning (PRD) from decomposition
- Better Epic → Story → Task hierarchy
- Acceptance criteria generation

### Data Files
- project-types.csv: 12 project type definitions with requirements
- domain-complexity.csv: 14 domain types with complexity indicators

## Quality Improvements

### Validation & Compliance
- Product Brief: 96% BMAD v6 compliance (EXCELLENT rating)
- PRD: Improved from 65% to ~85% after critical fixes
- Zero bloat in Product Brief (0%)
- Reduced PRD bloat from 38% to ~15%

### Template Variable Mapping
- All template variables explicitly populated via template-output tags
- Runtime variables properly tracked
- Config variables consistently used
- Better separation of concerns

### Web Bundle Configuration
- Complete web_bundle sections for all workflows
- Proper child workflow references
- Data file inclusions (CSV files)
- Correct bmad/-relative paths

## Breaking Changes

### File Removals
- Delete src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/epics-template.md
  (replaced by create-epics-and-stories child workflow)

### Workflow Trigger Changes
- PM agent: 'prd' → 'create-prd'
- PM agent: 'gdd' → 'create-gdd'
- New: 'create-epics-and-stories'
- New: 'validate-prd'

## Impact

This update significantly improves the BMM module's ability to:
- Adapt to different project types and scales
- Guide users through discovery naturally vs mechanically
- Generate higher quality planning documents
- Support complex domains with specialized knowledge
- Scale from Level 0 quick changes to Level 4 enterprise projects

The workflows now feel like collaborative discovery sessions with an expert consultant rather than form-filling exercises.
2025-11-01 19:37:20 -05:00
Brian Madison
fd620d0183 marked sm menu items as optional that are optional 2025-10-28 23:47:48 -05:00
Brian Madison
7710d9941d document-project moved out of phase 1 to right below workflows and documents updated to clarify its not a phase-0 but a prereq and also a post project tool to use. 2025-10-28 22:21:13 -05:00
Brian Madison
ed3603f7b2 vast improvements to create story, review story, draft story checklist validation, sm menu items and dev agent menu items fixed 2025-10-28 10:03:19 -05:00
Brian Madison
0dab278e7b story-review renamed code-review and dev-agent performs this 2025-10-28 08:30:44 -05:00
Brian Madison
7ad841964d installer for bmm includes option to include game assets or not when adding to a project. 2025-10-27 22:38:34 -05:00
Brian Madison
f37c960a4d validation tasks added 2025-10-23 23:20:48 -05:00
Brian Madison
2d297c82da fix create-design workflow path 2025-10-23 15:58:05 -05:00
Brian Madison
a175f46f1b create-ux-design refactor 2025-10-23 14:20:13 -05:00
Brian Madison
44e09e4487 ux expert -> ux designer 2025-10-22 16:58:18 -05:00
Brian Madison
419043e704 sprint planning 2025-10-21 08:24:02 -05:00
Brian Madison
2a6eb71612 massive architecture creation overhaul 2025-10-19 23:28:38 -05:00
Brian Madison
d3402c3132 architecture reorganization in preparation of architecture solutioning rework 2025-10-19 15:28:33 -05:00
Brian Madison
a1fc8da03c workflow init added to analyst pm and game agents 2025-10-18 01:34:03 -05:00
Brian Madison
b54bb9e47d workflow references to moved workflow status workflow 2025-10-17 22:34:21 -05:00
Brian Madison
9519eae666 workflow plan realignment 2025-10-17 00:44:05 -05:00
Brian Madison
54985778f2 minor fixes 2025-10-16 21:50:50 -05:00
Murat K Ozcan
bee9c5dce7
feat: migrate test architect entirely (#750)
* feat: migrate test architect entirely to v6

* format fixed

* feat: integrated new playwright mcp

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Co-authored-by: Murat Ozcan <murat@mac.lan>
2025-10-16 11:09:51 -05:00
Brian Madison
f4b16bfacf planning workflow alignment 2025-10-15 23:10:33 -05:00
Brian Madison
88989d5403 master workflow integration 2025-10-12 18:10:23 -05:00
Brian Madison
2b736a8594 brownfield document project workflow added to analyst 2025-10-12 00:49:12 -05:00
Brian Madison
4f16d368ac minor dev agent updates 2025-10-11 19:45:25 -05:00
PinkyD
d76bcb5586
chore: cleaned up bad architecture file calls, legacy doc references, and case sensitivity issues to remove ambiguity (#718) 2025-10-10 09:26:49 -05:00
Brian Madison
c7d76a3037 agent manifest generation, party mode uses it, and tea persona compression 2025-10-04 19:28:10 -05:00
Brian Madison
9e8c7f3503 bundle agents front matter optimized, along with the orchestrators activation instructions; 2025-10-03 21:46:53 -05:00
Brian Madison
5ac18cb55c agent teams orchesatraion prompt improved 2025-10-03 19:08:34 -05:00
Brian Madison
3f40ef4756 agent updates 2025-10-02 21:45:59 -05:00
Brian Madison
56e7a61bd3 v6 flow documented and subagent organization 2025-10-01 08:50:16 -05:00
Brian Madison
05a3b4f3f1 hash file change checking integrated 2025-09-30 21:20:13 -05:00
Murat K Ozcan
df0c3e4bae
Port TEA commands into workflows and preload Murat knowledge (#660)
* Port TEA commands into workflows and preload Murat knowledge

* Broke the giant knowledge dump into curated fragments under src/modules/bmm/testarch/knowledge/

* Broke the giant knowledge dump into curated fragments under src/modules/bmm/testarch/knowledge/

* updated the web bunles for tea, and spot updates for analyst and sm

* Replaced the old TEA brief with an indexed knowledge system: the agent now loads topic-specific
  docs from knowledge/ via tea-index.csv, workflows reference those fragments, and risk/level/
  priority guidance lives in the new fragment files

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Co-authored-by: Murat Ozcan <murat@mac.lan>
2025-09-30 15:19:55 -05:00
Brian Madison
30fb0e67e1 analyst command fix 2025-09-30 01:41:09 -05:00
Brian Madison
e1fac26156 all agent bundles working 2025-09-30 01:38:39 -05:00
Murat K Ozcan
9645a8ed0d
Docs/update test architect for brian (#655)
Update Docs for TestArch

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Co-authored-by: Murat Ozcan <murat@mac.lan>
2025-09-29 16:43:20 -05:00
Brian Madison
0a6a3f3015 feat: v6.0.0-alpha.0 - the future is now 2025-09-28 23:17:07 -05:00