bmad-method 6.0.0-alpha.4 → 6.0.0-alpha.6

package/bmad/bmm/workflows/workflow-status/paths/enterprise-brownfield.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+# BMad Enterprise Method - Brownfield
+# Extended enterprise planning for complex brownfield with security/devops/test (30+ stories typically)
+
+method_name: "BMad Enterprise Method"
+track: "enterprise"
+field_type: "brownfield"
+description: "Enterprise-grade planning for complex brownfield additions with extended requirements"
+
+phases:
+  - prerequisite: true
+    name: "Documentation"
+    conditional: "if_undocumented"
+    note: "NOT a phase - prerequisite for brownfield without docs (nearly mandatory for enterprise)"
+    workflows:
+      - id: "document-project"
+        required: true
+        agent: "analyst"
+        command: "document-project"
+        output: "Comprehensive project documentation"
+        purpose: "Understand existing codebase - critical for enterprise brownfield"
+
+  - phase: 0
+    name: "Discovery (Required)"
+    required: true
+    note: "Analysis phase required for enterprise projects"
+    workflows:
+      - id: "brainstorm-project"
+        optional: true
+        agent: "analyst"
+        command: "brainstorm-project"
+        included_by: "user_choice"
+
+      - id: "research"
+        recommended: true
+        agent: "analyst"
+        command: "research"
+        included_by: "user_choice"
+        note: "Highly recommended - compliance, integration, risk research"
+
+      - id: "product-brief"
+        optional: true
+        agent: "analyst"
+        command: "product-brief"
+        included_by: "user_choice"
+        note: "Optional for brownfield enterprise"
+
+  - phase: 1
+    name: "Planning"
+    required: true
+    workflows:
+      - id: "prd"
+        required: true
+        agent: "pm"
+        command: "prd"
+        output: "Enterprise PRD with compliance requirements"
+        note: "Must address existing system constraints and migration strategy"
+
+      - id: "validate-prd"
+        recommended: true
+        agent: "pm"
+        command: "validate-prd"
+
+      - id: "create-design"
+        recommended: true
+        agent: "ux-designer"
+        command: "create-design"
+        note: "Recommended - must integrate with existing UX patterns"
+
+  - phase: 2
+    name: "Solutioning"
+    required: true
+    workflows:
+      - id: "create-architecture"
+        required: true
+        agent: "architect"
+        command: "create-architecture"
+        output: "Integration architecture with enterprise considerations"
+        note: "Distills brownfield context + adds security/scalability/compliance design"
+
+      - id: "create-security-architecture"
+        required: true
+        agent: "architect"
+        command: "create-security-architecture"
+        output: "Security architecture for brownfield integration"
+        note: "Future workflow - threat model, auth integration, audit requirements"
+
+      - id: "create-devops-strategy"
+        required: true
+        agent: "architect"
+        command: "create-devops-strategy"
+        output: "DevOps strategy for brownfield deployment"
+        note: "Future workflow - CI/CD integration, deployment strategy, monitoring"
+
+      - id: "create-test-strategy"
+        required: true
+        agent: "tea"
+        command: "create-test-strategy"
+        output: "Test strategy including regression testing"
+        note: "Future workflow - critical for brownfield to prevent breaking existing functionality"
+
+      - id: "validate-architecture"
+        optional: true
+        agent: "architect"
+        command: "validate-architecture"
+
+      - id: "solutioning-gate-check"
+        required: true
+        agent: "architect"
+        command: "solutioning-gate-check"
+        note: "Critical gate - validates all planning before touching production system"
+
+  - phase: 3
+    name: "Implementation"
+    required: true
+    workflows:
+      - id: "sprint-planning"
+        required: true
+        agent: "sm"
+        command: "sprint-planning"
+        note: "Enterprise brownfield requires careful phasing and feature flags"

package/bmad/bmm/workflows/workflow-status/paths/enterprise-greenfield.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+# BMad Enterprise Method - Greenfield
+# Extended enterprise planning with security/devops/test for greenfield (30+ stories typically)
+
+method_name: "BMad Enterprise Method"
+track: "enterprise"
+field_type: "greenfield"
+description: "Complete enterprise-grade planning with security, devops, and test strategy"
+
+phases:
+  - phase: 0
+    name: "Discovery (Required)"
+    required: true
+    note: "Analysis phase required for enterprise projects"
+    workflows:
+      - id: "brainstorm-project"
+        optional: true
+        agent: "analyst"
+        command: "brainstorm-project"
+        included_by: "user_choice"
+
+      - id: "research"
+        recommended: true
+        agent: "analyst"
+        command: "research"
+        included_by: "user_choice"
+        note: "Highly recommended for enterprise - domain and compliance research"
+
+      - id: "product-brief"
+        recommended: true
+        agent: "analyst"
+        command: "product-brief"
+        included_by: "user_choice"
+        note: "Recommended for strategic alignment"
+
+  - phase: 1
+    name: "Planning"
+    required: true
+    workflows:
+      - id: "prd"
+        required: true
+        agent: "pm"
+        command: "prd"
+        output: "Comprehensive Product Requirements Document"
+        note: "Enterprise-level requirements with compliance considerations"
+
+      - id: "validate-prd"
+        recommended: true
+        agent: "pm"
+        command: "validate-prd"
+
+      - id: "create-design"
+        recommended: true
+        agent: "ux-designer"
+        command: "create-design"
+        note: "Highly recommended for enterprise - design system and patterns"
+
+  - phase: 2
+    name: "Solutioning"
+    required: true
+    workflows:
+      - id: "create-architecture"
+        required: true
+        agent: "architect"
+        command: "create-architecture"
+        output: "Enterprise-grade system architecture"
+        note: "Includes scalability, multi-tenancy, integration architecture"
+
+      - id: "create-security-architecture"
+        required: true
+        agent: "architect"
+        command: "create-security-architecture"
+        output: "Security architecture and threat model"
+        note: "Future workflow - security design, auth, compliance"
+
+      - id: "create-devops-strategy"
+        required: true
+        agent: "architect"
+        command: "create-devops-strategy"
+        output: "DevOps pipeline and infrastructure plan"
+        note: "Future workflow - CI/CD, deployment, monitoring"
+
+      - id: "create-test-strategy"
+        required: true
+        agent: "tea"
+        command: "create-test-strategy"
+        output: "Comprehensive test strategy"
+        note: "Future workflow - test approach, automation, quality gates"
+
+      - id: "validate-architecture"
+        optional: true
+        agent: "architect"
+        command: "validate-architecture"
+
+      - id: "solutioning-gate-check"
+        required: true
+        agent: "architect"
+        command: "solutioning-gate-check"
+        note: "Validates all planning artifacts align before implementation"
+
+  - phase: 3
+    name: "Implementation"
+    required: true
+    workflows:
+      - id: "sprint-planning"
+        required: true
+        agent: "sm"
+        command: "sprint-planning"
+        note: "Creates sprint plan - enterprise projects may require phased rollout"

package/bmad/bmm/workflows/workflow-status/paths/{brownfield-level-3.yaml → method-brownfield.yaml}

@@ -1,43 +1,49 @@
-# Brownfield Level 3 - Complex Integration with Existing System
-# Major feature addition requiring architectural integration
+# BMad Method - Brownfield
+# Full product + architecture planning for complex brownfield additions (10-50+ stories typically)
 
-project_type: "software"
-level: 3
+method_name: "BMad Method"
+track: "method"
 field_type: "brownfield"
-description: "Complex integration with existing system architecture"
+description: "Complete product and system design for complex brownfield work"
 
 phases:
   - prerequisite: true
     name: "Documentation"
     conditional: "if_undocumented"
-    note: "NOT a phase - prerequisite for brownfield without docs OR post-completion cleanup"
+    note: "NOT a phase - prerequisite for brownfield without docs"
     workflows:
       - id: "document-project"
         required: true
         agent: "analyst"
         command: "document-project"
         output: "Comprehensive project documentation"
-        purpose: "Understand existing codebase before planning OR create superior final docs after Phase 4"
+        purpose: "Understand existing codebase before planning"
 
-  - phase: 1
-    name: "Analysis"
-    recommended: true
+  - phase: 0
+    name: "Discovery (Optional)"
+    optional: true
+    note: "User-selected during workflow-init"
     workflows:
       - id: "brainstorm-project"
         optional: true
         agent: "analyst"
         command: "brainstorm-project"
+        included_by: "user_choice"
+
       - id: "research"
-        recommended: true
+        optional: true
         agent: "analyst"
         command: "research"
-        note: "Research existing architecture patterns"
+        included_by: "user_choice"
+
       - id: "product-brief"
-        recommended: true
+        optional: true
         agent: "analyst"
         command: "product-brief"
+        included_by: "user_choice"
+        note: "Optional for brownfield, less common than greenfield"
 
-  - phase: 2
+  - phase: 1
     name: "Planning"
     required: true
     workflows:
@@ -45,46 +51,42 @@ phases:
         required: true
         agent: "pm"
         command: "prd"
-        output: "Requirements with integration points"
+        output: "PRD focused on new features/changes"
+        note: "Must consider existing system constraints"
+
       - id: "validate-prd"
         optional: true
         agent: "pm"
         command: "validate-prd"
+
       - id: "create-design"
         conditional: "if_has_ui"
         agent: "ux-designer"
         command: "create-design"
-        note: "Must align with existing UI patterns"
 
-  - phase: 3
+  - phase: 2
     name: "Solutioning"
     required: true
     workflows:
-      - id: "architecture-review"
-        required: true
-        agent: "architect"
-        command: "architecture-review"
-        note: "Review existing architecture first"
-      - id: "integration-planning"
-        required: true
-        agent: "architect"
-        command: "integration-planning"
-        output: "Integration strategy document"
       - id: "create-architecture"
-        required: true
+        recommended: true
         agent: "architect"
         command: "create-architecture"
-        note: "Extension of existing architecture"
+        output: "Integration architecture - solution design for THIS project"
+        note: "HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Distills massive brownfield context into focused solution design. Prevents agent confusion."
+
       - id: "validate-architecture"
         optional: true
         agent: "architect"
         command: "validate-architecture"
+
       - id: "solutioning-gate-check"
         required: true
         agent: "architect"
         command: "solutioning-gate-check"
+        note: "Validates PRD + UX + Architecture (if created) cohesion"
 
-  - phase: 4
+  - phase: 3
     name: "Implementation"
     required: true
     workflows:
@@ -92,4 +94,4 @@ phases:
         required: true
         agent: "sm"
         command: "sprint-planning"
-        note: "Creates sprint plan with all stories - subsequent work tracked in sprint plan output, not workflow-status"
+        note: "Creates sprint plan with stories"

package/{src/modules/bmm/workflows/workflow-status/paths/greenfield-level-2.yaml → bmad/bmm/workflows/workflow-status/paths/method-greenfield.yaml}

@@ -1,31 +1,38 @@
-# Greenfield Level 2 - Medium Project
-# Multiple epics with 10+ stories total
+# BMad Method - Greenfield
+# Full product + architecture planning for greenfield projects (10-50+ stories typically)
 
-project_type: "software"
-level: 2
+method_name: "BMad Method"
+track: "method"
 field_type: "greenfield"
-description: "Medium project - multiple epics, 10+ stories"
+description: "Complete product and system design methodology for greenfield projects"
 
 phases:
-  - phase: 1
-    name: "Analysis"
+  - phase: 0
+    name: "Discovery (Optional)"
     optional: true
+    note: "User-selected during workflow-init"
     workflows:
       - id: "brainstorm-project"
         optional: true
         agent: "analyst"
         command: "brainstorm-project"
+        included_by: "user_choice"
+
       - id: "research"
         optional: true
         agent: "analyst"
         command: "research"
-        note: "Can have multiple research docs"
+        included_by: "user_choice"
+        note: "Can have multiple research workflows"
+
       - id: "product-brief"
-        recommended: true
+        optional: true
         agent: "analyst"
         command: "product-brief"
+        included_by: "user_choice"
+        note: "Recommended for greenfield Method projects"
 
-  - phase: 2
+  - phase: 1
     name: "Planning"
     required: true
     workflows:
@@ -33,22 +40,21 @@ phases:
         required: true
         agent: "pm"
         command: "prd"
-        output: "Creates PRD with epics.md and story list"
+        output: "Product Requirements Document with epics and stories"
+
       - id: "validate-prd"
         optional: true
         agent: "pm"
         command: "validate-prd"
+        note: "Quality check for PRD completeness"
+
       - id: "create-design"
         conditional: "if_has_ui"
         agent: "ux-designer"
         command: "create-design"
-      - id: "tech-spec"
-        optional: true
-        agent: "pm"
-        command: "tech-spec"
-        note: "Lightweight Technical Specification planning"
+        note: "Determined after PRD - user/agent decides if needed"
 
-  - phase: 3
+  - phase: 2
     name: "Solutioning"
     required: true
     workflows:
@@ -56,18 +62,22 @@ phases:
         required: true
         agent: "architect"
         command: "create-architecture"
-        output: "System-wide architecture document"
+        output: "System architecture document"
+        note: "Complete system design for greenfield projects"
+
       - id: "validate-architecture"
         optional: true
         agent: "architect"
         command: "validate-architecture"
+        note: "Quality check for architecture completeness"
+
       - id: "solutioning-gate-check"
         required: true
         agent: "architect"
         command: "solutioning-gate-check"
-        note: "Validate PRD + UX + architecture cohesion before implementation"
+        note: "Validates PRD + UX + Architecture cohesion before implementation"
 
-  - phase: 4
+  - phase: 3
     name: "Implementation"
     required: true
     workflows:
@@ -75,4 +85,4 @@ phases:
         required: true
         agent: "sm"
         command: "sprint-planning"
-        note: "Creates sprint plan with all stories - subsequent work tracked in sprint plan output, not workflow-status"
+        note: "Creates sprint plan - subsequent work tracked there"

package/bmad/bmm/workflows/workflow-status/paths/{brownfield-level-1.yaml → quick-flow-brownfield.yaml}

@@ -1,38 +1,42 @@
-# Brownfield Level 1 - Small Feature in Existing Codebase
-# 1-10 stories adding to existing system
+# BMad Quick Flow - Brownfield
+# Fast implementation path for existing codebases (1-15 stories typically)
 
-project_type: "software"
-level: 1
+method_name: "BMad Quick Flow"
+track: "quick-flow"
 field_type: "brownfield"
-description: "Small feature addition to existing codebase"
+description: "Fast tech-spec based implementation for brownfield projects"
 
 phases:
   - prerequisite: true
     name: "Documentation"
     conditional: "if_undocumented"
-    note: "NOT a phase - prerequisite for brownfield without docs OR post-completion cleanup"
+    note: "NOT a phase - prerequisite for brownfield without docs"
     workflows:
       - id: "document-project"
         required: true
         agent: "analyst"
         command: "document-project"
         output: "Comprehensive project documentation"
-        purpose: "Understand existing codebase before planning OR create superior final docs after Phase 4"
+        purpose: "Understand existing codebase before planning"
 
-  - phase: 1
-    name: "Analysis"
+  - phase: 0
+    name: "Discovery (Optional)"
     optional: true
+    note: "User-selected during workflow-init"
     workflows:
       - id: "brainstorm-project"
         optional: true
         agent: "analyst"
         command: "brainstorm-project"
+        included_by: "user_choice"
+
       - id: "research"
         optional: true
         agent: "analyst"
         command: "research"
+        included_by: "user_choice"
 
-  - phase: 2
+  - phase: 1
     name: "Planning"
     required: true
     workflows:
@@ -40,14 +44,10 @@ phases:
         required: true
         agent: "pm"
         command: "tech-spec"
-        output: "Creates story files for feature"
-        note: "Must integrate with existing architecture"
-
-  - phase: 3
-    name: "Solutioning"
-    skip: true
+        output: "Technical Specification with stories (auto-detects epic if 2+ stories)"
+        note: "Integrates with existing codebase patterns from document-project"
 
-  - phase: 4
+  - phase: 2
     name: "Implementation"
     required: true
     workflows:
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ phases:
         required: true
         agent: "sm"
         command: "sprint-planning"
-        note: "Creates sprint plan with all stories - subsequent work tracked in sprint plan output, not workflow-status"
+        note: "Creates sprint plan with all stories"

package/bmad/bmm/workflows/workflow-status/paths/{greenfield-level-1.yaml → quick-flow-greenfield.yaml}

@@ -1,30 +1,31 @@
-# Greenfield Level 1 - Small Feature
-# Coherent feature with 2-3 stories in a single epic
+# BMad Quick Flow - Greenfield
+# Fast implementation path with tech-spec planning (1-15 stories typically)
 
-project_type: "software"
-level: 1
+method_name: "BMad Quick Flow"
+track: "quick-flow"
 field_type: "greenfield"
-description: "Small coherent feature - 2-3 stories, single epic"
+description: "Fast tech-spec based implementation for greenfield projects"
 
 phases:
-  - phase: 1
-    name: "Analysis"
+  - phase: 0
+    name: "Discovery (Optional)"
     optional: true
+    note: "User-selected during workflow-init"
     workflows:
       - id: "brainstorm-project"
         optional: true
         agent: "analyst"
         command: "brainstorm-project"
+        included_by: "user_choice"
+
       - id: "research"
         optional: true
         agent: "analyst"
         command: "research"
-      - id: "product-brief"
-        optional: true
-        agent: "analyst"
-        command: "product-brief"
+        included_by: "user_choice"
+        note: "Can have multiple research workflows"
 
-  - phase: 2
+  - phase: 1
     name: "Planning"
     required: true
     workflows:
@@ -32,13 +33,10 @@ phases:
         required: true
         agent: "pm"
         command: "tech-spec"
-        output: "Creates Technical Specification with an epic and 2-3 story files"
+        output: "Technical Specification with stories (auto-detects epic if 2+ stories)"
+        note: "Quick Spec Flow - implementation-focused planning"
 
-  - phase: 3
-    name: "Solutioning"
-    skip: true
-
-  - phase: 4
+  - phase: 2
     name: "Implementation"
     required: true
     workflows:

package/bmad/bmm/workflows/workflow-status/workflow-status-template.yaml

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Workflow Status Template
-# This tracks progress through phases 1-3 of the BMM methodology
-# Phase 4 (Implementation) is tracked separately in sprint-status.yaml
+# This tracks progress through BMM methodology phases
+# Phase 3/4 (Implementation) is tracked separately in sprint-status.yaml
 
 # generated: {{generated}}
 # project: {{project_name}}
 # project_type: {{project_type}}
-# project_level: {{project_level}}
+# selected_track: {{selected_track}}
 # field_type: {{field_type}}
 # workflow_path: {{workflow_path_file}}
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 generated: "{{generated}}"
 project: "{{project_name}}"
 project_type: "{{project_type}}"
-project_level: "{{project_level}}"
+selected_track: "{{selected_track}}"
 field_type: "{{field_type}}"
 workflow_path: "{{workflow_path_file}}"
 

package/bmad/core/config.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # CORE Module Configuration
 # Generated by BMAD installer
-# Version: 6.0.0-alpha.3
-# Date: 2025-11-02T21:29:37.673Z
+# Version: 6.0.0-alpha.5
+# Date: 2025-11-05T04:14:53.511Z
 
 user_name: BMad
 communication_language: English

package/bmad/core/tasks/workflow.xml

@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
     <rule n="1">Steps execute in exact numerical order (1, 2, 3...)</rule>
     <rule n="2">Optional steps: Ask user unless #yolo mode active</rule>
     <rule n="3">Template-output tags: Save content → Show user → Get approval before continuing</rule>
-    <rule n="4">Elicit tags: Execute immediately unless #yolo mode (which skips ALL elicitation)</rule>
-    <rule n="5">User must approve each major section before continuing UNLESS #yolo mode active</rule>
+    <rule n="4">User must approve each major section before continuing UNLESS #yolo mode active</rule>
   </WORKFLOW-RULES>
 
   <flow>
@@ -75,14 +74,6 @@
           <action>Display generated content</action>
           <ask>Continue [c] or Edit [e]? WAIT for response</ask>
         </if>
-
-        <if tag="elicit-required">
-          <mandate critical="true">YOU MUST READ the file at {project-root}/bmad/core/tasks/adv-elicit.xml using Read tool BEFORE presenting
-            any elicitation menu</mandate>
-          <action>Load and run task {project-root}/bmad/core/tasks/adv-elicit.xml with current context</action>
-          <action>Show elicitation menu 5 relevant options (list 1-5 options, Continue [c] or Reshuffle [r])</action>
-          <mandate>HALT and WAIT for user selection</mandate>
-        </if>
       </substep>
 
       <substep n="2d" title="Step Completion">
@@ -123,7 +114,6 @@
     </execution>
     <output>
       <tag>template-output - Save content checkpoint</tag>
-      <tag>elicit-required - Trigger enhancement</tag>
       <tag>critical - Cannot be skipped</tag>
       <tag>example - Show example output</tag>
     </output>