bmad-method 6.0.0-alpha.8 → 6.0.0-alpha.9

package/.bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/create-story/checklist.md

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-# Create Story Quality Validation Checklist
-
-```xml
-<critical>This validation runs in a FRESH CONTEXT by an independent validator agent</critical>
-<critical>The validator audits story quality and offers to improve if issues are found</critical>
-<critical>Load only the story file and necessary source documents - do NOT load workflow instructions</critical>
-
-<validation-checklist>
-
-<expectations>
-**What create-story workflow should have accomplished:**
-
-1. **Previous Story Continuity:** If a previous story exists (status: done/review/in-progress), current story should have "Learnings from Previous Story" subsection in Dev Notes that references: new files created, completion notes, architectural decisions, unresolved review items
-2. **Source Document Coverage:** Story should cite tech spec (if exists), epics, PRD, and relevant architecture docs (architecture.md, testing-strategy.md, coding-standards.md, unified-project-structure.md)
-3. **Requirements Traceability:** ACs sourced from tech spec (preferred) or epics, not invented
-4. **Dev Notes Quality:** Specific guidance with citations, not generic advice
-5. **Task-AC Mapping:** Every AC has tasks, every task references AC, testing subtasks present
-6. **Structure:** Status="drafted", proper story statement, Dev Agent Record sections initialized
-</expectations>
-
-## Validation Steps
-
-### 1. Load Story and Extract Metadata
-- [ ] Load story file: {{story_file_path}}
-- [ ] Parse sections: Status, Story, ACs, Tasks, Dev Notes, Dev Agent Record, Change Log
-- [ ] Extract: epic_num, story_num, story_key, story_title
-- [ ] Initialize issue tracker (Critical/Major/Minor)
-
-### 2. Previous Story Continuity Check
-
-**Find previous story:**
-- [ ] Load {output_folder}/sprint-status.yaml
-- [ ] Find current {{story_key}} in development_status
-- [ ] Identify story entry immediately above (previous story)
-- [ ] Check previous story status
-
-**If previous story status is done/review/in-progress:**
-- [ ] Load previous story file: {story_dir}/{{previous_story_key}}.md
-- [ ] Extract: Dev Agent Record (Completion Notes, File List with NEW/MODIFIED)
-- [ ] Extract: Senior Developer Review section if present
-- [ ] Count unchecked [ ] items in Review Action Items
-- [ ] Count unchecked [ ] items in Review Follow-ups (AI)
-
-**Validate current story captured continuity:**
-- [ ] Check: "Learnings from Previous Story" subsection exists in Dev Notes
-  - If MISSING and previous story has content → **CRITICAL ISSUE**
-- [ ] If subsection exists, verify it includes:
-  - [ ] References to NEW files from previous story → If missing → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-  - [ ] Mentions completion notes/warnings → If missing → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-  - [ ] Calls out unresolved review items (if any exist) → If missing → **CRITICAL ISSUE**
-  - [ ] Cites previous story: [Source: stories/{{previous_story_key}}.md]
-
-**If previous story status is backlog/drafted:**
-- [ ] No continuity expected (note this)
-
-**If no previous story exists:**
-- [ ] First story in epic, no continuity expected
-
-### 3. Source Document Coverage Check
-
-**Build available docs list:**
-- [ ] Check exists: tech-spec-epic-{{epic_num}}*.md in {tech_spec_search_dir}
-- [ ] Check exists: {output_folder}/epics.md
-- [ ] Check exists: {output_folder}/PRD.md
-- [ ] Check exists in {output_folder}/ or {project-root}/docs/:
-  - architecture.md, testing-strategy.md, coding-standards.md
-  - unified-project-structure.md, tech-stack.md
-  - backend-architecture.md, frontend-architecture.md, data-models.md
-
-**Validate story references available docs:**
-- [ ] Extract all [Source: ...] citations from story Dev Notes
-- [ ] Tech spec exists but not cited → **CRITICAL ISSUE**
-- [ ] Epics exists but not cited → **CRITICAL ISSUE**
-- [ ] Architecture.md exists → Read for relevance → If relevant but not cited → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-- [ ] Testing-strategy.md exists → Check Dev Notes mentions testing standards → If not → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-- [ ] Testing-strategy.md exists → Check Tasks have testing subtasks → If not → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-- [ ] Coding-standards.md exists → Check Dev Notes references standards → If not → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-- [ ] Unified-project-structure.md exists → Check Dev Notes has "Project Structure Notes" subsection → If not → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-
-**Validate citation quality:**
-- [ ] Verify cited file paths are correct and files exist → Bad citations → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-- [ ] Check citations include section names, not just file paths → Vague citations → **MINOR ISSUE**
-
-### 4. Acceptance Criteria Quality Check
-
-- [ ] Extract Acceptance Criteria from story
-- [ ] Count ACs: {{ac_count}} (if 0 → **CRITICAL ISSUE** and halt)
-- [ ] Check story indicates AC source (tech spec, epics, PRD)
-
-**If tech spec exists:**
-- [ ] Load tech spec
-- [ ] Search for this story number
-- [ ] Extract tech spec ACs for this story
-- [ ] Compare story ACs vs tech spec ACs → If mismatch → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-
-**If no tech spec but epics.md exists:**
-- [ ] Load epics.md
-- [ ] Search for Epic {{epic_num}}, Story {{story_num}}
-- [ ] Story not found in epics → **CRITICAL ISSUE** (should have halted)
-- [ ] Extract epics ACs
-- [ ] Compare story ACs vs epics ACs → If mismatch without justification → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-
-**Validate AC quality:**
-- [ ] Each AC is testable (measurable outcome)
-- [ ] Each AC is specific (not vague)
-- [ ] Each AC is atomic (single concern)
-- [ ] Vague ACs found → **MINOR ISSUE**
-
-### 5. Task-AC Mapping Check
-
-- [ ] Extract Tasks/Subtasks from story
-- [ ] For each AC: Search tasks for "(AC: #{{ac_num}})" reference
-  - [ ] AC has no tasks → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-- [ ] For each task: Check if references an AC number
-  - [ ] Tasks without AC refs (and not testing/setup) → **MINOR ISSUE**
-- [ ] Count tasks with testing subtasks
-  - [ ] Testing subtasks < ac_count → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-
-### 6. Dev Notes Quality Check
-
-**Check required subsections exist:**
-- [ ] Architecture patterns and constraints
-- [ ] References (with citations)
-- [ ] Project Structure Notes (if unified-project-structure.md exists)
-- [ ] Learnings from Previous Story (if previous story has content)
-- [ ] Missing required subsections → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-
-**Validate content quality:**
-- [ ] Architecture guidance is specific (not generic "follow architecture docs") → If generic → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-- [ ] Count citations in References subsection
-  - [ ] No citations → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-  - [ ] < 3 citations and multiple arch docs exist → **MINOR ISSUE**
-- [ ] Scan for suspicious specifics without citations:
-  - API endpoints, schema details, business rules, tech choices
-  - [ ] Likely invented details found → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-
-### 7. Story Structure Check
-
-- [ ] Status = "drafted" → If not → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-- [ ] Story section has "As a / I want / so that" format → If malformed → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-- [ ] Dev Agent Record has required sections:
-  - Context Reference, Agent Model Used, Debug Log References, Completion Notes List, File List
-  - [ ] Missing sections → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-- [ ] Change Log initialized → If missing → **MINOR ISSUE**
-- [ ] File in correct location: {story_dir}/{{story_key}}.md → If not → **MAJOR ISSUE**
-
-### 8. Unresolved Review Items Alert
-
-**CRITICAL CHECK for incomplete review items from previous story:**
-
-- [ ] If previous story has "Senior Developer Review (AI)" section:
-  - [ ] Count unchecked [ ] items in "Action Items"
-  - [ ] Count unchecked [ ] items in "Review Follow-ups (AI)"
-  - [ ] If unchecked items > 0:
-    - [ ] Check current story "Learnings from Previous Story" mentions these
-    - [ ] If NOT mentioned → **CRITICAL ISSUE** with details:
-      - List all unchecked items with severity
-      - Note: "These may represent epic-wide concerns"
-      - Required: Add to Learnings section with note about pending items
-
-## Validation Report Generation
-
-**Calculate severity counts:**
-- Critical: {{critical_count}}
-- Major: {{major_count}}
-- Minor: {{minor_count}}
-
-**Determine outcome:**
-- Critical > 0 OR Major > 3 → **FAIL**
-- Major ≤ 3 and Critical = 0 → **PASS with issues**
-- All = 0 → **PASS**
-
-**Generate report:**
-```
-
-# Story Quality Validation Report
-
-Story: {{story_key}} - {{story_title}}
-Outcome: {{outcome}} (Critical: {{critical_count}}, Major: {{major_count}}, Minor: {{minor_count}})
-
-## Critical Issues (Blockers)
-
-{{list_each_with_description_and_evidence}}
-
-## Major Issues (Should Fix)
-
-{{list_each_with_description_and_evidence}}
-
-## Minor Issues (Nice to Have)
-
-{{list_each_with_description}}
-
-## Successes
-
-{{list_what_was_done_well}}
-
-```
-
-## User Alert and Remediation
-
-**If FAIL:**
-- Show issues summary and top 3 issues
-- Offer options: (1) Auto-improve story, (2) Show detailed findings, (3) Fix manually, (4) Accept as-is
-- If option 1: Re-load source docs, regenerate affected sections, re-run validation
-
-**If PASS with issues:**
-- Show issues list
-- Ask: "Improve story? (y/n)"
-- If yes: Enhance story with missing items
-
-**If PASS:**
-- Confirm: All quality standards met
-- List successes
-- Ready for story-context generation
-
-</validation-checklist>
-```
-
-## Quick Reference
-
-**Validation runs in fresh context and checks:**
-
-1. ✅ Previous story continuity captured (files, notes, **unresolved review items**)
-2. ✅ All relevant source docs discovered and cited
-3. ✅ ACs match tech spec/epics exactly
-4. ✅ Tasks cover all ACs with testing
-5. ✅ Dev Notes have specific guidance with citations (not generic)
-6. ✅ Structure and metadata complete
-
-**Severity Levels:**
-
-- **CRITICAL** = Missing previous story reference, missing tech spec cite, unresolved review items not called out, story not in epics
-- **MAJOR** = Missing arch docs, missing files from previous story, vague Dev Notes, ACs don't match source, no testing subtasks
-- **MINOR** = Vague citations, orphan tasks, missing Change Log
-
-**Outcome Triggers:**
-
-- **FAIL** = Any critical OR >3 major issues
-- **PASS with issues** = ≤3 major issues, no critical
-- **PASS** = All checks passed

package/.bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/create-story/instructions.md

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-# Create Story - Workflow Instructions (Spec-compliant, non-interactive by default)
-
-````xml
-<critical>The workflow execution engine is governed by: {project_root}/.bmad/core/tasks/workflow.xml</critical>
-<critical>You MUST have already loaded and processed: {installed_path}/workflow.yaml</critical>
-<critical>Generate all documents in {document_output_language}</critical>
-<critical>This workflow creates or updates the next user story from epics/PRD and architecture context, saving to the configured stories directory and optionally invoking Story Context.</critical>
-<critical>DOCUMENT OUTPUT: Concise, technical, actionable story specifications. Use tables/lists for acceptance criteria and tasks.</critical>
-
-## 📚 Document Discovery - Selective Epic Loading
-
-**Strategy**: This workflow needs only ONE specific epic and its stories, not all epics. This provides huge efficiency gains when epics are sharded.
-
-**Epic Discovery Process (SELECTIVE OPTIMIZATION):**
-
-1. **Determine which epic** you need (epic_num from story context - e.g., story "3-2-feature-name" needs Epic 3)
-2. **Check for sharded version**: Look for `epics/index.md`
-3. **If sharded version found**:
-   - Read `index.md` to understand structure
-   - **Load ONLY `epic-{epic_num}.md`** (e.g., `epics/epic-3.md` for Epic 3)
-   - DO NOT load all epic files - only the one needed!
-   - This is the key efficiency optimization for large multi-epic projects
-4. **If whole document found**: Load the complete `epics.md` file and extract the relevant epic
-
-**Other Documents (prd, architecture, ux-design) - Full Load:**
-
-1. **Search for whole document first** - Use fuzzy file matching
-2. **Check for sharded version** - If whole document not found, look for `{doc-name}/index.md`
-3. **If sharded version found**:
-   - Read `index.md` to understand structure
-   - Read ALL section files listed in the index
-   - Treat combined content as single document
-4. **Brownfield projects**: The `document-project` workflow creates `{output_folder}/docs/index.md`
-
-**Priority**: If both whole and sharded versions exist, use the whole document.
-
-**UX-Heavy Projects**: Always check for ux-design documentation as it provides critical context for UI-focused stories.
-
-<workflow>
-
-  <step n="1" goal="Load config and initialize">
-    <action>Resolve variables from config_source: story_dir (dev_ephemeral_location), output_folder, user_name, communication_language. If story_dir missing and {{non_interactive}} == false → ASK user to provide a stories directory and update variable. If {{non_interactive}} == true and missing, HALT with a clear message.</action>
-    <action>Create {{story_dir}} if it does not exist</action>
-    <action>Resolve installed component paths from workflow.yaml: template, instructions, validation</action>
-    <action>Resolve recommended inputs if present: epics_file, prd_file, architecture_file</action>
-  </step>
-
-  <step n="2" goal="Discover and load source documents">
-    <critical>PREVIOUS STORY CONTINUITY: Essential for maintaining context and learning from prior development</critical>
-
-    <action>Find the previous completed story to extract dev agent learnings and review findings:
-      1. Load {{output_folder}}/sprint-status.yaml COMPLETELY
-      2. Find current {{story_key}} in development_status section
-      3. Identify the story entry IMMEDIATELY ABOVE current story (previous row in file order)
-      4. If previous story exists:
-         - Extract {{previous_story_key}}
-         - Check previous story status (done, in-progress, review, etc.)
-         - If status is "done", "review", or "in-progress" (has some completion):
-           * Construct path: {{story_dir}}/{{previous_story_key}}.md
-           * Load the COMPLETE previous story file
-           * Parse ALL sections comprehensively:
-
-             A) Dev Agent Record → Completion Notes List:
-                - New patterns/services created (to reuse, not recreate)
-                - Architectural deviations or decisions made
-                - Technical debt deferred to future stories
-                - Warnings or recommendations for next story
-                - Interfaces/methods created for reuse
-
-             B) Dev Agent Record → Debug Log References:
-                - Issues encountered and solutions
-                - Gotchas or unexpected challenges
-                - Workarounds applied
-
-             C) Dev Agent Record → File List:
-                - Files created (NEW) - understand new capabilities
-                - Files modified (MODIFIED) - track evolving components
-                - Files deleted (DELETED) - removed functionality
-
-             D) Dev Notes:
-                - Any "future story" notes or TODOs
-                - Patterns established
-                - Constraints discovered
-
-             E) Senior Developer Review (AI) section (if present):
-                - Review outcome (Approve/Changes Requested/Blocked)
-                - Unresolved action items (unchecked [ ] items)
-                - Key findings that might affect this story
-                - Architectural concerns raised
-
-             F) Senior Developer Review → Action Items (if present):
-                - Check for unchecked [ ] items still pending
-                - Note any systemic issues that apply to multiple stories
-
-             G) Review Follow-ups (AI) tasks (if present):
-                - Check for unchecked [ ] review tasks still pending
-                - Determine if they're epic-wide concerns
-
-             H) Story Status:
-                - If "review" or "in-progress" - incomplete, note what's pending
-                - If "done" - confirmed complete
-           * Store ALL findings as {{previous_story_learnings}} with structure:
-             - new_files: [list]
-             - modified_files: [list]
-             - new_services: [list with descriptions]
-             - architectural_decisions: [list]
-             - technical_debt: [list]
-             - warnings_for_next: [list]
-             - review_findings: [list if review exists]
-             - pending_items: [list of unchecked action items]
-         - If status is "backlog" or "drafted":
-           * Set {{previous_story_learnings}} = "Previous story not yet implemented"
-      5. If no previous story exists (first story in epic):
-         - Set {{previous_story_learnings}} = "First story in epic - no predecessor context"
-    </action>
-
-    <action>If {{tech_spec_file}} empty: derive from {{tech_spec_glob_template}} with {{epic_num}} and search {{tech_spec_search_dir}} recursively. If multiple, pick most recent by modified time.</action>
-    <action>Build a prioritized document set for this epic:
-      1) tech_spec_file (epic-scoped)
-      2) epics_file (acceptance criteria and breakdown)
-      3) prd_file (business requirements and constraints)
-      4) architecture_file (architecture constraints)
-      5) Architecture docs under docs/ and output_folder/: tech-stack.md, unified-project-structure.md, coding-standards.md, testing-strategy.md, backend-architecture.md, frontend-architecture.md, data-models.md, database-schema.md, rest-api-spec.md, external-apis.md (include if present)
-    </action>
-    <action>READ COMPLETE FILES for all items found in the prioritized set. Store content and paths for citation.</action>
-  </step>
-
-  <step n="3" goal="Find next backlog story to draft" tag="sprint-status">
-    <critical>MUST read COMPLETE sprint-status.yaml file from start to end to preserve order</critical>
-    <action>Load the FULL file: {{output_folder}}/sprint-status.yaml</action>
-    <action>Read ALL lines from beginning to end - do not skip any content</action>
-    <action>Parse the development_status section completely to understand story order</action>
-
-    <action>Find the FIRST story (by reading in order from top to bottom) where:
-      - Key matches pattern: number-number-name (e.g., "1-2-user-auth")
-      - NOT an epic key (epic-X) or retrospective (epic-X-retrospective)
-      - Status value equals "backlog"
-    </action>
-
-    <check if="no backlog story found">
-      <output>📋 No backlog stories found in sprint-status.yaml
-
-All stories are either already drafted or completed.
-
-**Options:**
-1. Run sprint-planning to refresh story tracking
-2. Load PM agent and run correct-course to add more stories
-3. Check if current sprint is complete
-      </output>
-      <action>HALT</action>
-    </check>
-
-    <action>Extract from found story key (e.g., "1-2-user-authentication"):
-      - epic_num: first number before dash (e.g., "1")
-      - story_num: second number after first dash (e.g., "2")
-      - story_title: remainder after second dash (e.g., "user-authentication")
-    </action>
-    <action>Set {{story_id}} = "{{epic_num}}.{{story_num}}"</action>
-    <action>Store story_key for later use (e.g., "1-2-user-authentication")</action>
-
-    <action>Verify story is enumerated in {{epics_file}}. If not found, HALT with message:</action>
-    <action>"Story {{story_key}} not found in epics.md. Please load PM agent and run correct-course to sync epics, then rerun create-story."</action>
-
-    <action>Check if story file already exists at expected path in {{story_dir}}</action>
-    <check if="story file exists">
-      <output>ℹ️ Story file already exists: {{story_file_path}}
-
-Will update existing story file rather than creating new one.
-      </output>
-      <action>Set update_mode = true</action>
-    </check>
-  </step>
-
-  <step n="4" goal="Extract requirements and derive story statement">
-    <action>From tech_spec_file (preferred) or epics_file: extract epic {{epic_num}} title/summary, acceptance criteria for the next story, and any component references. If not present, fall back to PRD sections mapping to this epic/story.</action>
-    <action>From architecture and architecture docs: extract constraints, patterns, component boundaries, and testing guidance relevant to the extracted ACs. ONLY capture information that directly informs implementation of this story.</action>
-    <action>Derive a clear user story statement (role, action, benefit) grounded strictly in the above sources. If ambiguous and {{non_interactive}} == false → ASK user to clarify. If {{non_interactive}} == true → generate the best grounded statement WITHOUT inventing domain facts.</action>
-    <template-output file="{default_output_file}">requirements_context_summary</template-output>
-  </step>
-
-  <step n="5" goal="Project structure alignment and lessons learned">
-    <action>Review {{previous_story_learnings}} and extract actionable intelligence:
-      - New patterns/services created → Note for reuse (DO NOT recreate)
-      - Architectural deviations → Understand and maintain consistency
-      - Technical debt items → Assess if this story should address them
-      - Files modified → Understand current state of evolving components
-      - Warnings/recommendations → Apply to this story's approach
-      - Review findings → Learn from issues found in previous story
-      - Pending action items → Determine if epic-wide concerns affect this story
-    </action>
-
-    <action>If unified-project-structure.md present: align expected file paths, module names, and component locations; note any potential conflicts.</action>
-
-    <action>Cross-reference {{previous_story_learnings}}.new_files with project structure to understand where new capabilities are located.</action>
-
-    <template-output file="{default_output_file}">structure_alignment_summary</template-output>
-  </step>
-
-  <step n="6" goal="Assemble acceptance criteria and tasks">
-    <action>Assemble acceptance criteria list from tech_spec or epics. If gaps exist, derive minimal, testable criteria from PRD verbatim phrasing (NO invention).</action>
-    <action>Create tasks/subtasks directly mapped to ACs. Include explicit testing subtasks per testing-strategy and existing tests framework. Cite architecture/source documents for any technical mandates.</action>
-    <template-output file="{default_output_file}">acceptance_criteria</template-output>
-    <template-output file="{default_output_file}">tasks_subtasks</template-output>
-  </step>
-
-  <step n="7" goal="Create or update story document">
-    <action>Resolve output path: {default_output_file} using current {{epic_num}} and {{story_num}}. If targeting an existing story for update, use its path.</action>
-    <action>Initialize from template.md if creating a new file; otherwise load existing file for edit.</action>
-    <action>Compute a concise story_title from epic/story context; if missing, synthesize from PRD feature name and epic number.</action>
-    <template-output file="{default_output_file}">story_header</template-output>
-    <template-output file="{default_output_file}">story_body</template-output>
-    <template-output file="{default_output_file}">dev_notes_with_citations</template-output>
-
-    <action>If {{previous_story_learnings}} contains actionable items (not "First story" or "not yet implemented"):
-      - Add "Learnings from Previous Story" subsection to Dev Notes
-      - Include relevant completion notes, new files/patterns, deviations
-      - Cite previous story file as reference [Source: stories/{{previous_story_key}}.md]
-      - Highlight interfaces/services to REUSE (not recreate)
-      - Note any technical debt to address in this story
-      - List pending review items that affect this story (if any)
-      - Reference specific files created: "Use {{file_path}} for {{purpose}}"
-      - Format example:
-        ```
-        ### Learnings from Previous Story
-
-        **From Story {{previous_story_key}} (Status: {{previous_status}})**
-
-        - **New Service Created**: `AuthService` base class available at `src/services/AuthService.js` - use `AuthService.register()` method
-        - **Architectural Change**: Switched from session-based to JWT authentication
-        - **Schema Changes**: User model now includes `passwordHash` field, migration applied
-        - **Technical Debt**: Email verification skipped, should be included in this or subsequent story
-        - **Testing Setup**: Auth test suite initialized at `tests/integration/auth.test.js` - follow patterns established there
-        - **Pending Review Items**: Rate limiting mentioned in review - consider for this story
-
-        [Source: stories/{{previous_story_key}}.md#Dev-Agent-Record]
-        ```
-    </action>
-
-    <template-output file="{default_output_file}">change_log</template-output>
-  </step>
-
-  <step n="8" goal="Validate, save, and mark story drafted" tag="sprint-status">
-    <invoke-task>Validate against checklist at {installed_path}/checklist.md using .bmad/core/tasks/validate-workflow.xml</invoke-task>
-    <action>Save document unconditionally (non-interactive default). In interactive mode, allow user confirmation.</action>
-
-    <!-- Mark story as drafted in sprint status -->
-    <action>Update {{output_folder}}/sprint-status.yaml</action>
-    <action>Load the FULL file and read all development_status entries</action>
-    <action>Find development_status key matching {{story_key}}</action>
-    <action>Verify current status is "backlog" (expected previous state)</action>
-    <action>Update development_status[{{story_key}}] = "drafted"</action>
-    <action>Save file, preserving ALL comments and structure including STATUS DEFINITIONS</action>
-
-    <check if="story key not found in file">
-      <output>⚠️ Could not update story status: {{story_key}} not found in sprint-status.yaml
-
-Story file was created successfully, but sprint-status.yaml was not updated.
-You may need to run sprint-planning to refresh tracking, or manually set the story row status to `drafted`.
-      </output>
-    </check>
-
-    <action>Report created/updated story path</action>
-    <output>**✅ Story Created Successfully, {user_name}!**
-
-**Story Details:**
-
-- Story ID: {{story_id}}
-- Story Key: {{story_key}}
-- File: {{story_file}}
-- Status: drafted (was backlog)
-
-**⚠️ Important:** The following workflows are context-intensive. It's recommended to clear context and restart the SM agent before running the next command.
-
-**Next Steps:**
-
-1. Review the drafted story in {{story_file}}
-2. **[RECOMMENDED]** Run `story-context` to generate technical context XML and mark story ready for development (combines context + ready in one step)
-3. Or run `story-ready` to manually mark the story ready without generating technical context
-    </output>
-  </step>
-
-</workflow>
-````

package/.bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/create-story/template.md

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-# Story {{epic_num}}.{{story_num}}: {{story_title}}
-
-Status: drafted
-
-## Story
-
-As a {{role}},
-I want {{action}},
-so that {{benefit}}.
-
-## Acceptance Criteria
-
-1. [Add acceptance criteria from epics/PRD]
-
-## Tasks / Subtasks
-
-- [ ] Task 1 (AC: #)
-  - [ ] Subtask 1.1
-- [ ] Task 2 (AC: #)
-  - [ ] Subtask 2.1
-
-## Dev Notes
-
-- Relevant architecture patterns and constraints
-- Source tree components to touch
-- Testing standards summary
-
-### Project Structure Notes
-
-- Alignment with unified project structure (paths, modules, naming)
-- Detected conflicts or variances (with rationale)
-
-### References
-
-- Cite all technical details with source paths and sections, e.g. [Source: docs/<file>.md#Section]
-
-## Dev Agent Record
-
-### Context Reference
-
-<!-- Path(s) to story context XML will be added here by context workflow -->
-
-### Agent Model Used
-
-{{agent_model_name_version}}
-
-### Debug Log References
-
-### Completion Notes List
-
-### File List

package/.bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/create-story/workflow.yaml

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-name: create-story
-description: "Create the next user story markdown from epics/PRD and architecture, using a standard template and saving to the stories folder"
-author: "BMad"
-
-# Critical variables from config
-config_source: "{project-root}/.bmad/bmm/config.yaml"
-output_folder: "{config_source}:output_folder"
-user_name: "{config_source}:user_name"
-communication_language: "{config_source}:communication_language"
-date: system-generated
-
-# Workflow components
-installed_path: "{project-root}/.bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/create-story"
-template: "{installed_path}/template.md"
-instructions: "{installed_path}/instructions.md"
-validation: "{installed_path}/checklist.md"
-
-# Variables and inputs
-variables:
-  story_dir: "{config_source}:dev_ephemeral_location" # Directory where stories are stored
-  epics_file: "{output_folder}/epics.md" # Preferred source for epic/story breakdown
-  prd_file: "{output_folder}/PRD.md" # Fallback for requirements
-  architecture_file: "{output_folder}/architecture.md" # Optional architecture context
-  tech_spec_file: "" # Will be auto-discovered from docs as tech-spec-epic-{{epic_num}}-*.md
-  tech_spec_search_dir: "{project-root}/docs"
-  tech_spec_glob_template: "tech-spec-epic-{{epic_num}}*.md"
-  arch_docs_search_dirs: |
-    - "{project-root}/docs"
-    - "{output_folder}"
-  arch_docs_file_names: |
-    - architecture.md
-    - infrastructure-architecture.md
-  story_title: "" # Will be elicited if not derivable
-  epic_num: 1
-  story_num: 1
-  non_interactive: true # Generate without elicitation; avoid interactive prompts
-
-# Output configuration
-# Uses story_key from sprint-status.yaml (e.g., "1-2-user-authentication")
-default_output_file: "{story_dir}/{{story_key}}.md"
-
-recommended_inputs:
-  - epics: "Epic breakdown (epics.md)"
-  - prd: "PRD document"
-  - architecture: "Architecture (optional)"
-
-# Smart input file references - handles both whole docs and sharded docs
-# Priority: Whole document first, then sharded version
-# Strategy: SELECTIVE LOAD - only load the specific epic needed for this story
-input_file_patterns:
-  prd:
-    whole: "{output_folder}/*prd*.md"
-    sharded: "{output_folder}/*prd*/index.md"
-
-  tech_spec:
-    whole: "{output_folder}/tech-spec.md"
-
-  architecture:
-    whole: "{output_folder}/*architecture*.md"
-    sharded: "{output_folder}/*architecture*/index.md"
-
-  ux_design:
-    whole: "{output_folder}/*ux*.md"
-    sharded: "{output_folder}/*ux*/index.md"
-
-  epics:
-    whole: "{output_folder}/*epic*.md"
-    sharded_index: "{output_folder}/*epic*/index.md"
-    sharded_single: "{output_folder}/*epic*/epic-{{epic_num}}.md"
-
-  document_project:
-    sharded: "{output_folder}/docs/index.md"
-
-standalone: true