bmad-method 6.0.0-alpha.3 → 6.0.0-alpha.5

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package/CHANGELOG.md

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 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [6.0.0-alpha.5]
+
+**Release: November 4, 2025**
+
+This alpha release represents a major refinement of BMM workflows, documentation accuracy, and the introduction of the revolutionary 3-track scale system. The focus is on workflow consistency, eliminating bloat, and providing accurate, reality-based guidance for modern AI-driven development.
+
+### 🎯 3-Track Scale System - Revolutionary Simplification
+
+**From 5 Levels to 3 Clear Tracks:**
+
+The BMM scale system has been dramatically simplified from a confusing 5-level hierarchy (Levels 0-4) to 3 intuitive, preference-driven tracks:
+
+- **Quick Flow** - Fast, lightweight development for small changes and quick iterations
+- **BMad Method** - Balanced approach for most development projects
+- **Enterprise Method** - Comprehensive methodology for large-scale, mission-critical systems
+
+**Key Changes:**
+
+- Replaced `project_level` variable with `project_track` throughout all workflows
+- Updated 8 workflow path YAML files to reflect new track naming (removed level-based paths)
+- Simplified workflow-init to guide users based on preference, not artificial "levels"
+- Updated all documentation to reference tracks instead of levels
+- Eliminated confusing "target_scale" variable (no longer needed)
+
+**Impact:**
+
+Users now choose development approach based on **project needs and team preference**, not arbitrary complexity levels. This aligns with how real teams actually work and removes decision paralysis.
+
+**Documentation Updated:**
+
+- `scale-adaptive-system.md` - Complete rewrite around 3-track methodology (756 line overhaul)
+- `quick-start.md` - Updated to reference tracks
+- `brownfield-guide.md` - Track-based guidance instead of level-based
+- `glossary.md` - New track definitions, removed level references
+- `workflow-status/init/instructions.md` - Major rewrite for track-based initialization (865 lines)
+
+### ✨ Workflow Modernization & Standardization
+
+**1. Elicitation System Modernization:**
+
+- Removed legacy `<elicit-required />` XML tag from core workflow.xml
+- Replaced with explicit `<invoke-task halt="true">adv-elicit.xml</invoke-task>` pattern
+- More self-documenting and eliminates confusing indirection layer
+- Added strategic elicitation points across all planning workflows:
+  - **PRD:** After success criteria, scope, functional requirements, and final review
+  - **Create-Epics-And-Stories:** After epic proposals and each epic's stories
+  - **Architecture:** After decisions, structure, patterns, implementation patterns, and final doc
+- Updated audit-workflow to remove obsolete elicit-required tag scanning
+
+**2. Input Document Discovery Streamlined:**
+
+- Replaced verbose 19-line "Input Document Discovery" sections with single critical tag
+- New concise format: `<critical>Input documents specified in workflow.yaml input_file_patterns...</critical>`
+- Eliminates duplication (workflow.yaml already defines patterns - why repeat them?)
+- Updated across 6 workflows: PRD, create-epics-and-stories, architecture, tech-spec, UX, gate-check
+- **Saved ~114 lines of repeated bloat**
+
+**3. Epic/Story Template Standardization:**
+
+- Replaced hardcoded 8-epic templates with clean repeating patterns using N/M variables
+- Added BDD-style acceptance criteria (Given/When/Then/And) for better clarity
+- Removed instructional bloat from templates (moved to instructions.md where it belongs)
+- **Principle:** Templates show OUTPUT structure, instructions show PROCESS
+- Applied to both create-epics-and-stories and tech-spec workflows
+- Templates now use HTML comments to clearly indicate repeating sections
+
+**4. Workflow.yaml Pattern Consistency:**
+
+- Standardized `input_file_patterns` across all workflows
+- Separated `recommended_inputs` (semantic WHAT) from `input_file_patterns` (file discovery WHERE)
+- Removed duplication between recommended_inputs file paths and input_file_patterns
+- Create-epics-and-stories now uses proper whole/sharded pattern like architecture workflow
+- Solutioning-gate-check cleaned up to use semantic descriptions not file paths
+
+**Files Changed:** 18 files across core, planning, and solutioning workflows
+
+### 📚 Documentation Accuracy Overhaul
+
+**Agent YAML as Source of Truth:**
+
+Fixed critical documentation inaccuracies by treating agent YAML files as the authoritative source:
+
+**agents-guide.md Corrections:**
+
+- Fixed Game Developer workflow names (dev-story → develop-story, added story-done)
+- Added agent name "Paige" to Technical Writer (matches naming pattern)
+- Corrected epic-tech-context ownership (Architect → SM agent across all docs)
+- Updated agent reference tables to reflect actual capabilities from YAML configs
+
+**workflows-implementation.md Corrections:**
+
+- Fixed epic-tech-context agent attribution in 3 locations (Architect → SM)
+- Updated multi-agent workflow ownership table
+- Aligned all workflow descriptions with actual agent YAML definitions
+
+**Impact:** Zero hallucination risk - documentation now accurately reflects what agents can actually do.
+
+### 🏗️ Brownfield Development Reality Check
+
+**Rewrote brownfield-guide.md Phase 0 Section:**
+
+Replaced oversimplified 3-scenario model with **real-world guidance** for messy brownfield projects:
+
+**New Scenarios (4 instead of 3):**
+
+- **Scenario A:** No documentation → `document-project` workflow (existing)
+- **Scenario B:** Docs exist but massive/outdated/incomplete → **document-project** (NEW - very common case)
+- **Scenario C:** Good docs but massive files → **shard-doc → index-docs** (NEW - handles >500 line files)
+- **Scenario D:** Confirmed AI-optimized docs → Skip Phase 0 (correctly marked as 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 guidance (>500 lines, 10+ sections triggers shard-doc)
+- Explicit explanation of why regenerating is better than indexing bad docs
+- Impact explanation: how outdated 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 for Enterprise Agentic Development
+
+**New Section: The Evolving Role of Product Managers & UX Designers**
+
+Added comprehensive forward-looking guidance based on **November 2025 industry research**:
+
+**Industry Trends:**
+
+- 56% of product professionals cite AI/ML as top strategic focus
+- PRD-to-Code automation: build and deploy apps in 10-15 minutes (current state)
+- By 2026: Roles converging into "Full-Stack Product Lead" (PM + Design + Engineering)
+- Very high salaries for AI Agent PMs who orchestrate autonomous development systems
+
+**Role Transformation:**
+
+- PMs evolving from spec writers → code orchestrators
+- Writing AI-optimized PRDs that **feed agentic pipelines directly**
+- UX designers generating production code with Figma-to-code tools
+- Technical fluency becoming **table stakes**, not optional
+- Reviewing PRs from AI agents alongside human developers
+
+**How BMad Method Enables This Future (10 Ways):**
+
+1. AI-Executable PRD Generation - PRDs become work packages for cloud agents
+2. Automated Epic/Story Breakdown - No more manual story refinement sessions
+3. Human-in-the-Loop Architecture - PMs learn while validating technical decisions
+4. Cloud Agentic Pipeline Vision - Current (2025) + Future (2026) roadmap 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× productivity 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 emerging 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 Overhaul:**
+
+- 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."
+
+### 🛠️ Infrastructure & Quality
+
+**Agent Naming Consistency:**
+
+- Renamed `paige.agent.yaml` → `tech-writer.agent.yaml` (matches agent naming pattern)
+- Updated all references across documentation and workflow files
+
+**README Updates:**
+
+- Updated local installation instructions
+- Better hierarchy and clearer CTAs in root README
+
+### 🔄 Breaking Changes
+
+**Variable Renames:**
+
+- `project_level` → `project_track` in PRD and all planning workflows
+- Removed `target_scale` variable (no longer needed with 3-track system)
+
+**Workflow Path Files:**
+
+- Removed 9 level-based workflow paths (brownfield-level-0, greenfield-level-3, etc.)
+- Added 6 new track-based workflow paths (quick-flow-greenfield, method-brownfield, enterprise-greenfield, etc.)
+
+**Workflow Triggers:**
+
+- Tech-spec workflow descriptions updated to reference tracks not levels
+
+### 📊 Impact Summary
+
+These changes bring BMM from alpha.4's solid foundation to alpha.5's **production-ready professionalism**:
+
+- **Accuracy:** Documentation matches YAML source of truth (zero hallucination risk)
+- **Simplicity:** 3-track system eliminates decision paralysis and artificial complexity
+- **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
+- **Consistency:** Standardized elicitation, input discovery, and template patterns across all workflows
+- **Maintainability:** 47% documentation reduction + ~114 lines of bloat removed from workflows
+- **Actionable:** Concrete workflows, commands, examples throughout all guidance
+
+Users now have **trustworthy, reality-based, future-oriented guidance** for using BMad Method in both current workflows and emerging agentic development patterns.
+
+### 📦 Files Changed
+
+**Core & Infrastructure (3 files):**
+
+- `bmad/core/tasks/workflow.xml` - Removed elicit-required tag
+- `src/core/tasks/workflow.xml` - Removed elicit-required tag
+- `package.json` - Version bump
+
+**Documentation (8 files):**
+
+- `src/modules/bmm/docs/README.md` - Track references
+- `src/modules/bmm/docs/agents-guide.md` - Accuracy fixes, agent ownership corrections
+- `src/modules/bmm/docs/brownfield-guide.md` - Phase 0 reality check, track migration
+- `src/modules/bmm/docs/enterprise-agentic-development.md` - PM/UX evolution, 47% reduction
+- `src/modules/bmm/docs/faq.md` - Track references
+- `src/modules/bmm/docs/glossary.md` - Track definitions, removed levels
+- `src/modules/bmm/docs/quick-spec-flow.md` - Track references
+- `src/modules/bmm/docs/scale-adaptive-system.md` - Complete 3-track rewrite
+
+**Workflow Paths (14 files):**
+
+- Removed: 9 level-based paths (brownfield-level-0 through greenfield-level-4)
+- Added: 6 track-based paths (quick-flow/method/enterprise × greenfield/brownfield)
+
+**Planning Workflows (11 files):**
+
+- PRD workflow: Elicitation, track migration, input discovery, checklist updates
+- Create-epics-and-stories: Template rebuild, BDD format, elicitation, input patterns
+- Tech-spec: Template rebuild, BDD format, input discovery
+- Architecture: Elicitation points, input discovery
+
+**Solutioning Workflows (2 files):**
+
+- UX Design: Input discovery streamlined
+- Gate-check: Input pattern cleanup, semantic descriptions
+
+**Build & Utilities (2 files):**
+
+- Audit workflow: Updated tag scanner (removed elicit-required)
+- Workflow status init: Track-based initialization logic
+
+**Total: 40+ files changed**
+
+---
+
+### Installation
+
+```bash
+npx bmad-method@6.0.0-alpha.5 install
+```
+
+For upgrading from alpha.4:
+
+```bash
+# Backup your customizations first
+npx bmad-method@6.0.0-alpha.5 install
+```
+
+### Migration Notes
+
+If upgrading from v6.0.0-alpha.4:
+
+1. **Scale System Change:** The 5-level system (Levels 0-4) is now 3 tracks (Quick Flow, BMad Method, Enterprise Method)
+   - Existing projects continue to work - workflows auto-detect track from context
+   - New projects will use track-based initialization
+   - Review `docs/scale-adaptive-system.md` for the new mental model
+
+2. **Workflow Improvements:**
+   - Better elicitation at strategic decision points (you'll be asked for input more frequently)
+   - Cleaner templates with BDD acceptance criteria
+   - More consistent input document discovery
+
+3. **Documentation Accuracy:**
+   - Agent capabilities now match YAML definitions exactly
+   - Brownfield guidance handles real-world messy scenarios
+   - PM/UX evolution section shows future of AI-driven development
+
+4. **Agent Naming:** Technical Writer agent file renamed (paige.agent.yaml → tech-writer.agent.yaml)
+   - No functional impact - just internal naming consistency
+
+5. **No Breaking Changes:** Existing project structures, workflow outputs, and customizations remain compatible
+
+---
+
+## [6.0.0-alpha.4]
+
+**Release: November 2, 2025**
+
+This alpha release represents a major leap forward in documentation, workflow intelligence, and usability. The BMM module now features professional documentation, context-aware planning workflows, and universal document management capabilities.
+
+### 📚 Complete Documentation Overhaul
+
+**New Documentation Hub** (`src/modules/bmm/docs/`)
+
+- Created centralized documentation system with 18 comprehensive guides (7000+ lines)
+- Clear learning paths for greenfield, brownfield, and quick spec flows
+- Professional technical writing standards throughout all documentation
+- Reading time estimates and cross-referenced navigation
+
+**New Documentation Files:**
+
+- `README.md` - Complete documentation hub with topic 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 deep-dive (12 min read)
+- `workflows-planning.md` - Phase 2 workflows deep-dive (19 min read)
+- `workflows-solutioning.md` - Phase 3 workflows deep-dive (13 min read)
+- `workflows-implementation.md` - Phase 4 workflows deep-dive (33 min read)
+- `workflows-testing.md` - Testing & QA workflows (29 min read)
+- `workflow-architecture-reference.md` - Architecture workflow technical reference
+- `workflow-document-project-reference.md` - Document-project workflow technical reference
+- `enterprise-agentic-development.md` - Team collaboration patterns
+- `faq.md` - Comprehensive Q&A covering all common questions
+- `glossary.md` - Complete BMM terminology reference
+- `troubleshooting.md` - Common issues and solutions guide
+
+**Documentation Improvements:**
+
+- Removed version/date footers (git handles versioning automatically)
+- Agent customization docs now include full rebuild process
+- Consistent professional formatting and structure across all docs
+- Better separation of user documentation vs developer reference
+
+### 🤖 New Agent: Paige (Documentation Guide)
+
+Introduced Paige, a specialized technical documentation agent:
+
+- **Expertise:** Professional technical writing, information architecture, documentation structure
+- **Integration:** Available across all BMM phases for continuous documentation support
+- **Customizable:** Like all BMM agents, can be customized via sidecar files
+- **Status:** Work in progress - will evolve as documentation needs grow
+
+### 🚀 Quick Spec Flow - Intelligent Level 0-1 Planning
+
+**Major Tech-Spec Workflow Transformation:**
+
+- Transformed from template-filling into context-aware intelligent planning system
+- Ideal for bug fixes, single endpoint additions, and small isolated changes
+- Auto-detects project stack (package.json, requirements.txt, etc.)
+- Analyzes brownfield codebases for conventions and patterns
+- Integrates WebSearch for current framework versions and best practices
+
+**Context-Aware Intelligence:**
+
+- Interactive level detection (Level 0 vs Level 1)
+- Brownfield convention detection with user confirmation
+- Comprehensive context discovery (stack, patterns, dependencies, test frameworks)
+- Auto-validation with quality scoring (no manual checklist needed)
+- UX/UI considerations capture for user-facing changes
+
+**Enhanced Tech-Spec Template:**
+
+- Expanded from 8 to 23 sections for complete planning context
+- New sections: Development Context, UX/UI Considerations, Integration Points
+- Developer Resources section with file paths and testing guidance
+- All sections populated via template-output tags during workflow
+
+**Story Generation Improvements:**
+
+- Level 0: Extract single story from comprehensive tech-spec
+- Level 1: Story sequence validation with acceptance criteria quality checks
+- User Story Template includes Dev Agent Record sections for implementation tracking
+- Complete epic template rewrite with proper variable structure
+
+**Phase 4 Integration:**
+
+- Story Context and Create Story workflows now recognize tech-spec as authoritative source
+- Seamless integration between Quick Spec Flow and traditional BMM workflows
+- Tech-spec provides brownfield analysis, framework details, and existing patterns
+
+### 📦 Universal Document Sharding
+
+**New Capability: Shard-Doc Workflow**
+
+- Split large markdown documents into organized, smaller files based on sections
+- Dual-strategy loading: include individual shards OR single large document
+- Configurable section level (default: level 2 headings)
+- Automatic index.md generation with navigation links
+- Ideal for large guides, API documentation, and knowledge bases
+
+**Use Cases:**
+
+- Breaking down massive planning documents for better context management
+- Creating navigable documentation hierarchies
+- Managing agent knowledge bases efficiently
+- Optimizing context window usage during development
+
+**Integration:**
+
+- Available as BMad Core workflow: `/bmad:core:tools:shard-doc`
+- Works with any markdown document in your project
+- Preserves original file with automatic backups
+- Generated shards maintain formatting and structure
+
+### 🔧 Planning Workflow Enhancements
+
+**Intent-Driven Discovery (Product Brief & PRD):**
+
+- Transformed from rigid template-filling 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
+
+**Product Brief Workflow (96% BMAD v6 compliance):**
+
+- Intent-driven facilitation with context-appropriate probing
+- Living document approach with continuous template updates
+- Enhanced discovery areas: problem exploration, solution vision, user understanding
+- Ruthless MVP scope management with feature prioritization
+- Template improvements with context-aware conditional sections
+
+**PRD Workflow (improved from 65% to 85%+ compliance):**
+
+- Fixed critical config issues (missing date variable, status file extension mismatch)
+- Scale-adaptive intelligence with project type detection (API/Web App/Mobile/SaaS)
+- Domain complexity mapping (14 domain types with specialized considerations)
+- Enhanced requirements coverage: project-type specific sections, domain considerations
+- Separated epic planning into dedicated create-epics-and-stories child workflow
+
+**Architecture Workflow:**
+
+- Better integration with PRD outputs
+- Domain complexity context support
+- Enhanced technical decision capture framework
+
+### 🛠️ Research Workflow Improvements
+
+**Enhanced Research Capabilities:**
+
+- Updated to use web search more frequently for current information
+- Better understanding of current date context for finding latest documentation
+- Improved deep research prompt generation options
+- More accurate and up-to-date research results
+
+### 🎨 User Experience Improvements
+
+**Installer Updates:**
+
+- Improved installation notes and guidance
+- Better command examples (shard-doc uses npx command pattern)
+
+**Workflow Cleanup:**
+
+- Removed unused voice hooks functionality
+- Cleaned up backup and temporary files
+- Better workflow naming consistency
+
+### 📋 Infrastructure & Quality
+
+**Agent & Workflow Manifests:**
+
+- Added Paige to agent manifest
+- Updated workflow manifest with new and restructured workflows
+- Better workflow-to-agent mappings across all documentation
+- Updated files manifest with all new documentation
+
+**Module Organization:**
+
+- Streamlined BMM README to lean signpost format
+- Polished root README with better hierarchy and clear CTAs
+- Moved documentation from root `docs/` to module-specific locations
+- Better separation of user docs vs developer reference
+
+**Data Infrastructure:**
+
+- New CSV data files for project types and domain complexity
+- Enhanced workflow configuration with runtime variables
+- Better template variable mapping and tracking
+
+### 🔄 Breaking Changes
+
+**File Removals:**
+
+- Removed `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`
+- New workflow triggers: `create-epics-and-stories`, `validate-prd`
+- Game Designer agent triggers renamed for consistency
+
+### 📖 What's Next (Beta Roadmap)
+
+- Knowledge base integration for enhanced context management
+- Web bundle functionality completion
+- Additional specialized agents based on community feedback
+- Enhanced multi-agent collaboration patterns
+- Performance optimizations for large projects
+
+---
+
+### Installation
+
+```bash
+npx bmad-method@6.0.0-alpha.4 install
+```
+
+For upgrading from alpha.3:
+
+```bash
+# Backup your customizations first
+npx bmad-method@6.0.0-alpha.4 install
+```
+
+### Migration Notes
+
+If upgrading from v6.0.0-alpha.3:
+
+1. New documentation is available in `bmad/bmm/docs/` - review the README.md for navigation
+2. Tech-spec workflow now has enhanced capabilities - review `docs/quick-spec-flow.md`
+3. Product Brief and PRD workflows have new conversational approaches
+4. Paige agent is now available for documentation tasks
+5. No breaking changes to existing project structures
+
+---
+
+## [6.0.0-alpha.3]
+
 ### Codex Installer
 
 - Codex installer uses custom prompts in `.codex/prompts/`, instead of `AGENTS.md`