bmad-method 6.0.0-alpha.21 → 6.0.0-alpha.23

package/.coderabbit.yaml

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ reviews:
   walkthrough: false
   poem: false
   auto_review:
-    enabled: false
-    drafts: true # Can review drafts. Since it's manually triggered, it's fine.
+    enabled: true
+    drafts: false # Don't review drafts automatically
     auto_incremental_review: false # always review the whole PR, not just new commits
     base_branches:
       - main

package/.github/workflows/docs.yaml

@@ -39,20 +39,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
 
-      - name: Determine site URL
-        id: site-url
-        run: |
-          if [ "${{ github.repository }}" = "bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD" ]; then
-            echo "url=https://bmad-code-org.github.io/BMAD-METHOD" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            OWNER="${{ github.repository_owner }}"
-            REPO="${{ github.event.repository.name }}"
-            echo "url=https://${OWNER}.github.io/${REPO}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
       - name: Build documentation
         env:
-          SITE_URL: ${{ steps.site-url.outputs.url }}
+          # Override site URL from GitHub repo variable if set
+          # Otherwise, astro.config.mjs will compute from GITHUB_REPOSITORY
+          SITE_URL: ${{ vars.SITE_URL }}
         run: npm run docs:build
 
       - name: Upload artifact

package/.vscode/settings.json

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     "tileset",
     "tmpl",
     "Trae",
+    "Unsharded",
     "VNET",
     "webskip"
   ],

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,314 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [6.0.0-alpha.23]
+
+**Release: January 11, 2026**
+
+### 🌟 Key Highlights
+
+1. **Astro/Starlight Documentation Platform**: Complete migration from Docusaurus to modern Astro+Starlight for superior performance and customization
+2. **Diataxis Framework Implementation**: Professional documentation restructuring with tutorials, how-to guides, explanations, and references
+3. **Workflow Creator & Validator**: Powerful new tools for workflow creation with subprocess support and PRD validation
+4. **TEA Documentation Expansion**: Comprehensive testing documentation with cheat sheets, MCP enhancements, and API testing patterns
+5. **Brainstorming Revolution**: Research-backed procedural rigor with 100+ idea goal and anti-bias protocols
+6. **Cursor IDE Modernization**: Refactored from rules-based to command-based architecture for better IDE integration
+
+### 📚 Documentation Platform Revolution
+
+**Astro/Starlight Migration:**
+
+- **From Docusaurus to Astro**: Complete platform migration for improved performance, better customization, and modern tooling
+- **Starlight Theme**: Professional documentation theme with dark mode default and responsive design
+- **Build Pipeline Overhaul**: New build-docs.js orchestrates link checking, artifact generation, and Astro build
+- **LLM-Friendly Documentation**: Generated llms.txt and llms-full.txt for AI agent discoverability
+- **Downloadable Source Bundles**: bmad-sources.zip and bmad-prompts.zip for offline use
+
+**Diataxis Framework Implementation:**
+
+- **Four Content Types**: Professional separation into tutorials, how-to guides, explanations, and references
+- **21 Files Migrated**: Phase 1 migration of core documentation to Diataxis structure
+- **42+ Focused Documents**: Phase 2 split of large legacy files into manageable pieces
+- **FAQ Restructuring**: 7 topic-specific FAQ files with standardized format
+- **Tutorial Style Guide**: Comprehensive documentation standards for consistent content creation
+
+**Link Management & Quality:**
+
+- **Site-Relative Links**: Converted 217 links to repo-relative format (/docs/path/file.md)
+- **Link Validation Tools**: New validate-doc-links.js and fix-doc-links.js for maintaining link integrity
+- **Broken Link Fixes**: Resolved ~50 broken internal links across documentation
+- **BMad Acronym Standardization**: Consistent use of "BMad" (Breakthrough Method of Agile AI Driven Development)
+- **SEO Optimization**: Absolute URLs in AI meta tags for better web crawler discoverability
+
+### 🔧 Workflow Creator & Validator (Major Feature)
+
+**Workflow Creation Tool:**
+
+- **Subprocess Support**: Advanced workflows can now spawn subprocesses for complex operations
+- **PRD Validation Step**: New validation step ensures PRD quality before workflow execution
+- **Trimodal Workflow Creation**: Three-mode workflow generation system
+- **Quadrivariate Module Workflow**: Four-variable workflow architecture for enhanced flexibility
+- **Path Violation Checks**: Validator ensures workflows don't violate path constraints
+- **Max Parallel Mode POC**: Proof-of-concept for parallel workflow validation
+
+**Workflow Quality Improvements:**
+
+- **PRD Trimodal Compliance**: PRD workflow now follows trimodal standards
+- **Standardized Step Formatting**: Consistent markdown formatting across workflow and PRD steps
+- **Better Suggested Next Steps**: Improved workflow completion guidance
+- **Variable Naming Standardization**: {project_root} → {project-root} across all workflows
+
+### 🧪 TEA Documentation Expansion
+
+**Comprehensive Testing Guides:**
+
+- **Cheat Sheets**: Quick reference guides for common testing scenarios
+- **MCP Enhancements**: Model Context Protocol improvements for testing workflows
+- **API Testing Patterns**: Best practices for API testing documentation
+- **Design Philosophy Callout**: Clear explanation of TEA's design principles
+- **Context Engineering Glossary**: New glossary entry defining context engineering concepts
+- **Fragment Count Updates**: Accurate documentation of TEA workflow components
+- **Playwright Utils Examples**: Updated code examples for playwright-utils integration
+
+### 💡 Brainstorming Workflow Overhaul
+
+**Research-Backed Procedural Rigor:**
+
+- **100+ Idea Goal**: Emphasis on quantity-first approach to unlock better quality ideas
+- **Anti-Bias Protocol**: Domain pivot every 10 ideas to reduce cognitive biases
+- **Chain-of-Thought Requirements**: Reasoning before idea generation
+- **Simulated Temperature**: Prompts for higher divergence in ideation
+- **Standardized Idea Format**: Quality control template for consistent output
+- **Energy Checkpoints**: Multiple continuation options to maintain creative flow
+
+**Exploration Menu Improvements:**
+
+- **Letter-Based Navigation**: [K/T/A/B/C] options instead of numbers for clarity
+- **Keep/Try/Advanced/Break/Continue**: Clear action options for idea refinement
+- **Universal Facilitation Rules**: Consistent guidelines across all brainstorming steps
+- **Quality Growth Enforcement**: Balance between quantity and quality metrics
+
+### 🖥️ Cursor IDE Modernization
+
+**Command-Based Architecture:**
+
+- **From Rules to Commands**: Complete refactor from rules-based to command-based system
+- **Command Generation**: Automatic generation of task and tool commands
+- **Commands Directory**: New `.cursor/commands/bmad/` structure for generated commands
+- **Cleanup Integration**: Automatic cleanup of old BMAD commands alongside rules
+- **Enhanced Logging**: Better feedback on agents, tasks, tools, and workflow commands generated
+
+### 🤖 Agent System Improvements
+
+**Agent Builder & Validation:**
+
+- **hasSidecar Field**: All agents now indicate sidecar support (true/false)
+- **Validation Enforcement**: hasSidecar now required in agent validation
+- **Better Brownfield Documentation**: Improved brownfield project documentation
+- **Agent Builder Updates**: Agent builder now uses hasSidecar field
+- **Agent Editor Integration**: Editor workflow respects hasSidecar configuration
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes & Quality Improvements
+
+**Critical Fixes:**
+
+- **Windows Line Endings**: Resolved CRLF issues causing cross-platform problems
+- **Code-Review File Filtering**: Fixed code-review picking up non-application files
+- **ERR_REQUIRE_ESM Resolution**: Dynamic import for inquirer v9+ compatibility
+- **Project-Context Conflicts**: Allow full project-context usage with conflict precedence
+- **Workflow Paths**: Fixed paths for workflow and sprint status files
+- **Missing Scripts**: Fixed missing scripts from installation
+
+**Workflow & Variable Fixes:**
+
+- **Variable Naming**: Standardized from {project_root} to {project-root} across CIS, BMGD, and BMM modules
+- **Workflow References**: Fixed broken .yaml → .md workflow references
+- **Advanced Elicitation Variables**: Fixed undefined variables in brainstorming
+- **Dependency Format**: Corrected dependency format and added missing frontmatter
+
+**Code Quality:**
+
+- **Dependency Updates**: Bumped qs from 6.14.0 to 6.14.1
+- **CodeRabbit Integration**: Enabled auto-review on new PRs
+- **TEA Fragment Counts**: Updated fragment counts for accuracy
+- **Documentation Links**: Fixed Discord channel references (#general-dev → #bmad-development)
+
+### 🚀 Installation & CLI Improvements
+
+**Installation Enhancements:**
+
+- **Workflow Exclusion**: Ability to exclude workflows from being added as commands
+- **Example Workflow Protection**: Example workflow in workflow builder now excluded from tools
+- **CNAME Configuration**: Added CNAME file for custom domain support
+- **Script Fixes**: All scripts now properly included in installation
+
+### 📊 Statistics
+
+- **27 commits** since alpha.22
+- **217 documentation links** converted to site-relative format
+- **42+ focused documents** created from large legacy files
+- **7 topic-specific FAQ files** with standardized formatting
+- **Complete documentation platform** migrated from Docusaurus to Astro/Starlight
+- **Major workflow tools** added: Creator, Validator with subprocess support
+- **Brainstorming workflow** overhauled with research-backed rigor
+
+---
+
+## [6.0.0-alpha.22]
+
+**Release: December 31, 2025**
+
+### 🌟 Key Highlights
+
+1. **Unified Agent Workflow**: Create, Edit, and Validate workflows consolidated into single powerful agent workflow with separate step paths
+2. **Agent Knowledge System**: Comprehensive data file architecture with persona properties, validation patterns, and crafting principles
+3. **Deep Language Integration**: All sharded progressive workflows now support language choice at every step
+4. **Core Module Documentation**: Extensive docs for core workflows (brainstorming, party mode, advanced elicitation)
+5. **BMAD Core Concepts**: New documentation structure explaining agents, workflows, modules, and installation
+6. **Tech Spec Sharded**: create-tech-spec workflow converted to sharded format with orient-first pattern
+
+### 🤖 Unified Agent Workflow (Major Feature)
+
+**Consolidated Architecture:**
+
+- **Single Workflow, Three Paths**: Create, Edit, and Validate operations unified under `src/modules/bmb/workflows/agent/`
+- **steps-c/**: Create path with 9 comprehensive steps for building new agents
+- **steps-e/**: Edit path with 10 steps for modifying existing agents
+- **steps-v/**: Validate path for standalone agent validation review
+- **data/**: Centralized knowledge base for all agent-building intel
+
+### 📚 Agent Knowledge System
+
+**Data File Architecture:**
+
+Located in `src/modules/bmb/workflows/agent/data/`:
+
+- **agent-metadata.md** (208 lines) - Complete metadata field reference
+- **agent-menu-patterns.md** (233 lines) - Menu design patterns and best practices
+- **agent-compilation.md** (273 lines) - Compilation process documentation
+- **persona-properties.md** (266 lines) - Persona crafting properties and examples
+- **principles-crafting.md** (292 lines) - Core principles for agent design
+- **critical-actions.md** (120 lines) - Critical action patterns
+- **expert-agent-architecture.md** (236 lines) - Expert agent structure
+- **expert-agent-validation.md** (173 lines) - Expert-specific validation
+- **module-agent-validation.md** (124 lines) - Module-specific validation
+- **simple-agent-architecture.md** (204 lines) - Simple agent structure
+- **simple-agent-validation.md** (132 lines) - Simple agent validation
+- **understanding-agent-types.md** (222 lines) - Agent type comparison
+- **brainstorm-context.md** - Brainstorming guidance
+- **communication-presets.csv** - Communication style presets
+
+**Reference Examples:**
+
+- **reference/module-examples/architect.agent.yaml** - Module agent example
+- **reference/simple-examples/commit-poet.agent.yaml** - Simple agent example
+- **journal-keeper/** - Complete sidecar pattern example
+
+**Templates:**
+
+- **templates/simple-agent.template.md** - Simple agent template
+- **templates/expert-agent-template/expert-agent.template.md** - Expert agent template
+- **templates/expert-agent-sidecar/** - Sidecar templates (instructions, memories)
+
+### 🌍 Deep Language Integration
+
+**Progressive Workflow Language Support:**
+
+- **Every Step Biased**: All sharded progressive workflow steps now include language preference context
+- **260+ Files Updated**: Comprehensive language integration across:
+  - Core workflows (brainstorming, party mode, advanced elicitation)
+  - BMB workflows (create-agent, create-module, create-workflow, edit-workflow, etc.)
+  - BMGD workflows (game-brief, gdd, narrative, game-architecture, etc.)
+  - BMM workflows (research, create-ux-design, prd, create-architecture, etc.)
+- **Tested Languages**: Verified working with Spanish and Pirate Speak
+- **Natural Conversations**: AI agents respond in configured language throughout workflow
+
+### 📖 Core Module Documentation
+
+**New Core Documentation Structure:**
+
+`docs/modules/core/`:
+
+- **index.md** - Core module overview
+- **core-workflows.md** - Core workflow documentation
+- **core-tasks.md** - Core task reference
+- **brainstorming.md** (100 lines) - Brainstorming workflow guide
+- **party-mode.md** (50 lines) - Party mode guide
+- **advanced-elicitation.md** (105 lines) - Advanced elicitation techniques
+- **document-sharding-guide.md** (133 lines) - Sharded workflow format guide
+- **global-core-config.md** - Global core configuration reference
+
+**Advanced Elicitation Moved:**
+
+- **From**: `docs/` root
+- **To**: `src/core/workflows/advanced-elicitation/`
+- **Status**: Now a proper core workflow with methods.csv
+
+### 📚 BMAD Core Concepts Documentation
+
+**New Documentation Structure:**
+
+`docs/bmad-core-concepts/`:
+
+- **index.md** - Core concepts introduction
+- **agents.md** (93 lines) - Understanding agents in BMAD
+- **workflows.md** (89 lines) - Understanding workflows in BMAD
+- **modules.md** (76 lines) - Understanding modules (BMM, BMGD, CIS, BMB, Core)
+- **installing/index.md** (77 lines) - Installation guide
+- **installing/upgrading.md** (144 lines) - Upgrading guide
+- **bmad-customization/index.md** - Customization overview
+- **bmad-customization/agents.md** - Agent customization guide
+- **bmad-customization/workflows.md** (30 lines) - Workflow customization guide
+- **web-bundles/index.md** (34 lines) - Web bundle distribution guide
+
+**Documentation Cleanup:**
+
+- **Removed v4-to-v6-upgrade.md** - Outdated upgrade guide
+- **Removed document-sharding-guide.md** from docs root (moved to core)
+- **Removed web-bundles-gemini-gpt-guide.md** - Consolidated into web-bundles/index.md
+- **Removed getting-started/installation.md** - Migrated to bmad-core-concepts
+- **Removed all ide-info/*.md files** - Consolidated into web-bundles documentation
+
+### 🔧 Create-Tech-Spec Sharded Conversion
+
+**Monolithic to Sharded:**
+
+- **From**: Single `workflow.yaml` with `instructions.md`
+- **To**: Sharded `workflow.md` with individual step files
+- **Pattern**: Orient-first approach (understand before investigating)
+
+### 🔨 Additional Improvements
+
+**Workflow Status Path Fixes:**
+
+- **Corrected Discovery Paths**: workflow-status workflows now properly use planning_artifacts and implementation_artifacts
+- **Updated All Path Files**: enterprise-brownfield, enterprise-greenfield, method-brownfield, method-greenfield
+
+**Documentation Updates:**
+
+- **BMB Agent Creation Guide**: Comprehensive 166-line guide for agent creation
+- **Workflow Vendoring Doc**: New 42-line guide on workflow customization and inheritance
+- **Document Project Reference**: Moved from BMM docs to shared location
+- **Workflows Planning Guide**: New 89-line guide for planning workflows
+
+**BMB Documentation Streamlining:**
+
+- **Removed Redundant Docs**: Eliminated duplicate documentation in `src/modules/bmb/docs/`
+- **Step File Rules**: New 469-line comprehensive guide for step file creation
+- **Agent Docs Moved**: Agent architecture and validation docs moved to workflow data/
+
+**Windows Inquirer Fix:**
+
+- **Another Default Addition**: Additional inquirer default value setting for better Windows multiselection support
+
+**Code Quality:**
+
+- **Removed Old BMM README**: Consolidated module documentation
+- **Removed BMM Troubleshooting**: 661-line doc moved to shared location
+- **Removed Enterprise Agentic Development**: 686-line doc consolidated
+- **Removed Scale Adaptive System**: 618-line doc consolidated
+
+---
+
 ## [6.0.0-alpha.21]
 
 **Release: December 27, 2025**

package/CNAME

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+docs.bmad-method.org

package/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ Thank you for considering contributing to the BMad project! We believe in **Huma
 
 💬 **Discord Community**: Join our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/gk8jAdXWmj) for real-time discussions:
 
-- **#general-dev** - Technical discussions, feature ideas, and development questions
-- **#bugs-issues** - Bug reports and issue discussions
+- **#bmad-development** - Technical discussions and development questions
+- **#suggestions-feedback** - Feature ideas and suggestions
+- **#report-bugs-and-issues** - Bug reports and issue discussions
 
 ## Our Philosophy
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ Every contribution should strengthen human-AI collaboration. Ask yourself: **"Do
 ### Reporting Bugs
 
 1. **Check existing issues** first to avoid duplicates
-2. **Consider discussing in Discord** (#bugs-issues channel) for quick help
+2. **Consider discussing in Discord** (#report-bugs-and-issues channel) for quick help
 3. **Use the bug report template** when creating a new issue - it guides you through providing:
    - Clear bug description
    - Steps to reproduce
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ Every contribution should strengthen human-AI collaboration. Ask yourself: **"Do
 
 ### Suggesting Features or New Modules
 
-1. **Discuss first in Discord** (#general-dev channel) - the feature request template asks if you've done this
+1. **Discuss first in Discord** (#suggestions-feedback channel) - the feature request template asks if you've done this
 2. **Check existing issues and discussions** to avoid duplicates
 3. **Use the feature request template** when creating an issue
 4. **Be specific** about why this feature would benefit the BMad community and strengthen human-AI collaboration
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ Every contribution should strengthen human-AI collaboration. Ask yourself: **"Do
 ⚠️ **Required before submitting PRs:**
 
 1. **For bugs**: Check if an issue exists (create one using the bug template if not)
-2. **For features**: Discuss in Discord (#general-dev) AND create a feature request issue
+2. **For features**: Discuss in Discord (#suggestions-feedback) AND create a feature request issue
 3. **For large changes**: Always open an issue first to discuss alignment
 
 Please propose small, granular changes! For large or significant changes, discuss in Discord and open an issue first. This prevents wasted effort on PRs that may not align with planned changes.
@@ -251,8 +252,9 @@ By participating in this project, you agree to abide by our Code of Conduct. We
 ## Need Help?
 
 - 💬 Join our [Discord Community](https://discord.gg/gk8jAdXWmj):
-  - **#general-dev** - Technical questions and feature discussions
-  - **#bugs-issues** - Get help with bugs before filing issues
+  - **#bmad-development** - Technical questions and discussions
+  - **#suggestions-feedback** - Feature ideas and suggestions
+  - **#report-bugs-and-issues** - Get help with bugs before filing issues
 - 🐛 Report bugs using the [bug report template](https://github.com/bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD/issues/new?template=bug_report.md)
 - 💡 Suggest features using the [feature request template](https://github.com/bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD/issues/new?template=feature_request.md)
 - 📖 Browse the [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD/discussions)