bmad-studio 0.1.0 → 1.0.0

package/_bmad/core/skills/bmad-distillator/agents/round-trip-reconstructor.md

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-# Round-Trip Reconstructor Agent
-
-Act as a document reconstruction specialist. Your purpose is to prove a distillate's completeness by reconstructing the original source documents from the distillate alone.
-
-**Critical constraint:** You receive ONLY the distillate file path. You must NOT have access to the original source documents. If you can see the originals, the test is meaningless.
-
-## Process
-
-### Step 1: Analyze the Distillate
-
-Read the distillate file. Parse the YAML frontmatter to identify:
-- The `sources` list — what documents were distilled
-- The `downstream_consumer` — what filtering may have been applied
-- The `parts` count — whether this is a single or split distillate
-
-### Step 2: Detect Document Types
-
-From the source file names and the distillate's content, infer what type of document each source was:
-- Product brief, discovery notes, research report, architecture doc, PRD, etc.
-- Use the naming conventions and content themes to determine appropriate document structure
-
-### Step 3: Reconstruct Each Source
-
-For each source listed in the frontmatter, produce a full human-readable document:
-
-- Use appropriate prose, structure, and formatting for the document type
-- Include all sections the original document would have had based on the document type
-- Expand compressed bullets back into natural language prose
-- Restore section transitions and contextual framing
-- Do NOT invent information — only use what is in the distillate
-- Flag any places where the distillate felt insufficient with `[POSSIBLE GAP]` markers — these are critical quality signals
-
-**Quality signals to watch for:**
-- Bullets that feel like they're missing context → `[POSSIBLE GAP: missing context for X]`
-- Themes that seem underrepresented given the document type → `[POSSIBLE GAP: expected more on X for a document of this type]`
-- Relationships that are mentioned but not fully explained → `[POSSIBLE GAP: relationship between X and Y unclear]`
-
-### Step 4: Save Reconstructions
-
-Save each reconstructed document as a temporary file adjacent to the distillate:
-- First source: `{distillate-basename}-reconstruction-1.md`
-- Second source: `{distillate-basename}-reconstruction-2.md`
-- And so on for each source
-
-Each reconstruction should include a header noting it was reconstructed:
-
-```markdown
----
-type: distillate-reconstruction
-source_distillate: "{distillate path}"
-reconstructed_from: "{original source name}"
-reconstruction_number: {N}
----
-```
-
-### Step 5: Return
-
-Return a structured result to the calling skill:
-
-```json
-{
-  "reconstruction_files": ["{path1}", "{path2}"],
-  "possible_gaps": ["gap description 1", "gap description 2"],
-  "source_count": N
-}
-```
-
-Do not include conversational text, status updates, or preamble — return only the structured result.

package/_bmad/core/skills/bmad-distillator/bmad-skill-manifest.yaml

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-type: skill
-module: core
-capabilities:
-  - name: bmad-distillator
-    menu-code: DSTL
-    description: "Produces lossless LLM-optimized distillate from source documents. Use after producing large human presentable documents that will be consumed later by LLMs"
-    supports-headless: true
-    input: source documents
-    args: output, validate
-    output: single distillate or folder of distillates next to source input
-    config-vars-used: null
-    phase: anytime
-    before: []
-    after: []
-    is-required: false

package/_bmad/core/skills/bmad-distillator/resources/compression-rules.md

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-# Compression Rules
-
-These rules govern how source text is compressed into distillate format. Apply as a final pass over all output.
-
-## Strip — Remove entirely
-
-- Prose transitions: "As mentioned earlier", "It's worth noting", "In addition to this"
-- Rhetoric and persuasion: "This is a game-changer", "The exciting thing is"
-- Hedging: "We believe", "It's likely that", "Perhaps", "It seems"
-- Self-reference: "This document describes", "As outlined above"
-- Common knowledge explanations: "Vercel is a cloud platform company", "MIT is an open-source license", "JSON is a data interchange format"
-- Repeated introductions of the same concept
-- Section transition paragraphs
-- Formatting-only elements (decorative bold/italic for emphasis, horizontal rules for visual breaks)
-- Filler phrases: "In order to", "It should be noted that", "The fact that"
-
-## Preserve — Keep always
-
-- Specific numbers, dates, versions, percentages
-- Named entities (products, companies, people, technologies)
-- Decisions made and their rationale (compressed: "Decision: X. Reason: Y")
-- Rejected alternatives and why (compressed: "Rejected: X. Reason: Y")
-- Explicit constraints and non-negotiables
-- Dependencies and ordering relationships
-- Open questions and unresolved items
-- Scope boundaries (in/out/deferred)
-- Success criteria and how they're validated
-- User segments and what success means for each
-- Risks with their severity signals
-- Conflicts between source documents
-
-## Transform — Change form for efficiency
-
-- Long prose paragraphs → single dense bullet capturing the same information
-- "We decided to use X because Y and Z" → "X (rationale: Y, Z)"
-- Repeated category labels → group under a single heading, no per-item labels
-- "Risk: ... Severity: high" → "HIGH RISK: ..."
-- Conditional statements → "If X → Y" form
-- Multi-sentence explanations → semicolon-separated compressed form
-- Lists of related short items → single bullet with semicolons
-- "X is used for Y" → "X: Y" when context is clear
-- Verbose enumerations → parenthetical lists: "platforms (Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, Copilot)"
-
-## Deduplication Rules
-
-- Same fact in multiple documents → keep the version with most context
-- Same concept at different detail levels → keep the detailed version
-- Overlapping lists → merge into single list, no duplicates
-- When source documents disagree → note the conflict explicitly: "Brief says X; discovery notes say Y — unresolved"
-- Executive summary points that are expanded elsewhere → keep only the expanded version
-- Introductory framing repeated across sections → capture once under the most relevant theme

package/_bmad/core/skills/bmad-distillator/resources/distillate-format-reference.md

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-# Distillate Format Reference
-
-Examples showing the transformation from human-readable source content to distillate format.
-
-## Frontmatter
-
-Every distillate includes YAML frontmatter. Source paths are relative to the distillate's location so the distillate remains portable:
-
-```yaml
----
-type: bmad-distillate
-sources:
-  - "product-brief-example.md"
-  - "product-brief-example-discovery-notes.md"
-downstream_consumer: "PRD creation"
-created: "2026-03-13"
-token_estimate: 1200
-parts: 1
----
-```
-
-## Before/After Examples
-
-### Prose Paragraph to Dense Bullet
-
-**Before** (human-readable brief excerpt):
-```
-## What Makes This Different
-
-**The anti-fragmentation layer.** The AI tooling space is fracturing across 40+
-platforms with no shared methodology layer. BMAD is uniquely positioned to be the
-cross-platform constant — the structured approach that works the same in Cursor,
-Claude Code, Windsurf, Copilot, and whatever launches next month. Every other
-methodology or skill framework maintains its own platform support matrix. By
-building on the open-source skills CLI ecosystem, BMAD offloads the highest-churn
-maintenance burden and focuses on what actually differentiates it: the methodology
-itself.
-```
-
-**After** (distillate):
-```
-## Differentiation
-- Anti-fragmentation positioning: BMAD = cross-platform constant across 40+ fragmenting AI tools; no competitor provides shared methodology layer
-- Platform complexity delegated to Vercel skills CLI ecosystem (MIT); BMAD maintains methodology, not platform configs
-```
-
-### Technical Details to Compressed Facts
-
-**Before** (discovery notes excerpt):
-```
-## Competitive Landscape
-
-- **Vercel Skills.sh**: 83K+ skills, 18 agents, largest curated leaderboard —
-  but dev-only, skills trigger unreliably (20% without explicit prompting)
-- **SkillsMP**: 400K+ skills directory, pure aggregator with no curation or CLI
-- **ClawHub/OpenClaw**: ~3.2K curated skills with versioning/rollback, small ecosystem
-- **Lindy**: No-code AI agent builder for business automation — closed platform,
-  no skill sharing
-- **Microsoft Copilot Studio**: Enterprise no-code agent builder — vendor-locked
-  to Microsoft
-- **MindStudio**: No-code AI agent platform — siloed, no interoperability
-- **Make/Zapier AI**: Workflow automation adding AI agents — workflow-centric,
-  not methodology-centric
-- **Key gap**: NO competitor combines structured methodology with plugin
-  marketplace — this is BMAD's whitespace
-```
-
-**After** (distillate):
-```
-## Competitive Landscape
-- No competitor combines structured methodology + plugin marketplace (whitespace)
-- Skills.sh (Vercel): 83K skills, 18 agents, dev-only, 20% trigger reliability
-- SkillsMP: 400K skills, aggregator only, no curation/CLI
-- ClawHub: 3.2K curated, versioning, small ecosystem
-- No-code platforms (Lindy, Copilot Studio, MindStudio, Make/Zapier): closed/siloed, no skill portability, business-only
-```
-
-### Deduplication Across Documents
-
-When the same fact appears in both a brief and discovery notes:
-
-**Brief says:**
-```
-bmad-init must always be included as a base skill in every bundle
-```
-
-**Discovery notes say:**
-```
-bmad-init must always be included as a base skill in every bundle/install
-(solves bootstrapping problem)
-```
-
-**Distillate keeps the more contextual version:**
-```
-- bmad-init: always included as base skill in every bundle (solves bootstrapping)
-```
-
-### Decision/Rationale Compression
-
-**Before:**
-```
-We decided not to build our own platform support matrix going forward, instead
-delegating to the Vercel skills CLI ecosystem. The rationale is that maintaining
-20+ platform configs is the biggest maintenance burden and it's unsustainable
-at 40+ platforms.
-```
-
-**After:**
-```
-- Rejected: own platform support matrix. Reason: unsustainable at 40+ platforms; delegate to Vercel CLI ecosystem
-```
-
-## Full Example
-
-A complete distillate produced from a product brief and its discovery notes, targeted at PRD creation:
-
-```markdown
----
-type: bmad-distillate
-sources:
-  - "product-brief-bmad-next-gen-installer.md"
-  - "product-brief-bmad-next-gen-installer-discovery-notes.md"
-downstream_consumer: "PRD creation"
-created: "2026-03-13"
-token_estimate: 1450
-parts: 1
----
-
-## Core Concept
-- BMAD Next-Gen Installer: replaces monolithic Node.js CLI with skill-based plugin architecture for distributing BMAD methodology across 40+ AI platforms
-- Three layers: self-describing plugins (bmad-manifest.json), cross-platform install via Vercel skills CLI (MIT), runtime registration via bmad-init skill
-- Transforms BMAD from dev-only methodology into open platform for any domain (creative, therapeutic, educational, personal)
-
-## Problem
-- Current installer maintains ~20 platform configs manually; each platform convention change requires installer update, test, release — largest maintenance burden on team
-- Node.js/npm required — blocks non-technical users on UI-based platforms (Claude Co-Work, etc.)
-- CSV manifests are static, generated once at install; no runtime scanning/registration
-- Unsustainable at 40+ platforms; new tools launching weekly
-
-## Solution Architecture
-- Plugins: skill bundles with Anthropic plugin standard as base format + bmad-manifest.json extending for BMAD-specific metadata (installer options, capabilities, help integration, phase ordering, dependencies)
-- Existing manifest example: `{"module-code":"bmm","replaces-skill":"bmad-create-product-brief","capabilities":[{"name":"create-brief","menu-code":"CB","supports-headless":true,"phase-name":"1-analysis","after":["brainstorming"],"before":["create-prd"],"is-required":true}]}`
-- Vercel skills CLI handles platform translation; integration pattern (wrap/fork/call) is PRD decision
-- bmad-init: global skill scanning installed bmad-manifest.json files, registering capabilities, configuring project settings; always included as base skill in every bundle (solves bootstrapping)
-- bmad-update: plugin update path without full reinstall; technical approach (diff/replace/preserve customizations) is PRD decision
-- Distribution tiers: (1) NPX installer wrapping skills CLI for technical users, (2) zip bundle + platform-specific README for non-technical users, (3) future marketplace
-- Non-technical path has honest friction: "copy to right folder" requires knowing where; per-platform README instructions; improves over time as low-code space matures
-
-## Differentiation
-- Anti-fragmentation: BMAD = cross-platform constant; no competitor provides shared methodology layer across AI tools
-- Curated quality: all submissions gated, human-reviewed by BMad + core team; 13.4% of community skills have critical vulnerabilities (Snyk 2026); quality gate value increases as ecosystem gets noisier
-- Domain-agnostic: no competitor builds beyond software dev workflows; same plugin system powers any domain via BMAD Builder (separate initiative)
-
-## Users (ordered by v1 priority)
-- Module authors (primary v1): package/test/distribute plugins independently without installer changes
-- Developers: single-command install on any of 40+ platforms via NPX
-- Non-technical users: install without Node/Git/terminal; emerging segment including PMs, designers, educators
-- Future plugin creators: non-dev authors using BMAD Builder; need distribution without building own installer
-
-## Success Criteria
-- Zero (or near-zero) custom platform directory code; delegated to skills CLI ecosystem
-- Installation verified on top platforms by volume; skills CLI handles long tail
-- Non-technical install path validated with non-developer users
-- bmad-init discovers/registers all plugins from manifests; clear errors for malformed manifests
-- At least one external module author successfully publishes plugin using manifest system
-- bmad-update works without full reinstall
-- Existing CLI users have documented migration path
-
-## Scope
-- In: manifest spec, bmad-init, bmad-update, Vercel CLI integration, NPX installer, zip bundles, migration path
-- Out: BMAD Builder, marketplace web platform, skill conversion (prerequisite, separate), one-click install for all platforms, monetization, quality certification process (gated-submission principle is architectural requirement; process defined separately)
-- Deferred: CI/CD integration, telemetry for module authors, air-gapped enterprise install, zip bundle integrity verification (checksums/signing), deeper non-technical platform integrations
-
-## Current Installer (migration context)
-- Entry: `tools/cli/bmad-cli.js` (Commander.js) → `tools/cli/installers/lib/core/installer.js`
-- Platforms: `platform-codes.yaml` (~20 platforms with target dirs, legacy dirs, template types, special flags)
-- Manifests: CSV files (skill/workflow/agent-manifest.csv) are current source of truth, not JSON
-- External modules: `external-official-modules.yaml` (CIS, GDS, TEA, WDS) from npm with semver
-- Dependencies: 4-pass resolver (collect → parse → resolve → transitive); YAML-declared only
-- Config: prompts for name, communication language, document output language, output folder
-- Skills already use directory-per-skill layout; bmad-manifest.json sidecars exist but are not source of truth
-- Key shift: CSV-based static manifests → JSON-based runtime scanning
-
-## Vercel Skills CLI
-- `npx skills add <source>` — GitHub, GitLab, local paths, git URLs
-- 40+ agents; per-agent path mappings; symlinks (recommended) or copies
-- Scopes: project-level or global
-- Discovery: `skills/`, `.agents/skills/`, agent-specific paths, `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json`
-- Commands: add, list, find, remove, check, update, init
-- Non-interactive: `-y`, `--all` flags for CI/CD
-
-## Competitive Landscape
-- No competitor combines structured methodology + plugin marketplace (whitespace)
-- Skills.sh (Vercel): 83K skills, dev-only, 20% trigger reliability without explicit prompting
-- SkillsMP: 400K skills, aggregator only, no curation
-- ClawHub: 3.2K curated, versioning, small
-- No-code platforms (Lindy, Copilot Studio, MindStudio, Make/Zapier): closed/siloed, no skill portability, business-only
-- Market: $7.84B (2025) → $52.62B (2030); Agent Skills spec ~4 months old, 351K+ skills; standards converging under Linux Foundation AAIF (MCP, AGENTS.md, A2A)
-
-## Rejected Alternatives
-- Building own platform support matrix: unsustainable at 40+; delegate to Vercel ecosystem
-- One-click install for non-technical v1: emerging space; guidance-based, improve over time
-- Prior roadmap/brainstorming: clean start, unconstrained by previous planning
-
-## Open Questions
-- Vercel CLI integration pattern: wrap/fork/call/peer dependency?
-- bmad-update mechanics: diff/replace? Preserve user customizations?
-- Migration story: command/manual reinstall/compatibility shim?
-- Cross-platform testing: CI matrix for top N? Community testing for rest?
-- bmad-manifest.json as open standard submission to Agent Skills governance?
-- Platforms NOT supported by Vercel skills CLI?
-- Manifest versioning strategy for backward compatibility?
-- Plugin author getting-started experience and tooling?
-
-## Opportunities
-- Module authors as acquisition channel: each published plugin distributes BMAD to creator's audience
-- CI/CD integration: bmad-init as pipeline one-liner increases stickiness
-- Educational institutions: structured methodology + non-technical install → university AI curriculum
-- Skill composability: mixing BMAD modules with third-party skills for custom methodology stacks
-
-## Risks
-- Manifest format evolution creates versioning/compatibility burden once third-party authors publish
-- Quality gate needs defined process, not just claim — gated review model addresses
-- 40+ platform testing environments even with Vercel handling translation
-- Scope creep pressure from marketplace vision (explicitly excluded but primary long-term value)
-- Vercel dependency: minor supply-chain risk; MIT license allows fork if deprioritized
-```

package/_bmad/core/skills/bmad-distillator/resources/splitting-strategy.md

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-# Semantic Splitting Strategy
-
-When the source content is large (exceeds ~15,000 tokens) or a token_budget requires it, split the distillate into semantically coherent sections rather than arbitrary size breaks.
-
-## Why Semantic Over Size-Based
-
-Arbitrary splits (every N tokens) break coherence. A downstream workflow loading "part 2 of 4" gets context fragments. Semantic splits produce self-contained topic clusters that a workflow can load selectively — "give me just the technical decisions section" — which is more useful and more token-efficient for the consumer.
-
-## Splitting Process
-
-### 1. Identify Natural Boundaries
-
-After the initial extraction and deduplication (Steps 1-2 of the compression process), look for natural semantic boundaries:
-- Distinct problem domains or functional areas
-- Different stakeholder perspectives (users, technical, business)
-- Temporal boundaries (current state vs future vision)
-- Scope boundaries (in-scope vs out-of-scope vs deferred)
-- Phase boundaries (analysis, design, implementation)
-
-Choose boundaries that produce sections a downstream workflow might load independently.
-
-### 2. Assign Items to Sections
-
-For each extracted item, assign it to the most relevant section. Items that span multiple sections go in the root distillate.
-
-Cross-cutting items (items relevant to multiple sections):
-- Constraints that affect all areas → root distillate
-- Decisions with broad impact → root distillate
-- Section-specific decisions → section distillate
-
-### 3. Produce Root Distillate
-
-The root distillate contains:
-- **Orientation** (3-5 bullets): what was distilled, from what sources, for what consumer, how many sections
-- **Cross-references**: list of section distillates with 1-line descriptions
-- **Cross-cutting items**: facts, decisions, and constraints that span multiple sections
-- **Scope summary**: high-level in/out/deferred if applicable
-
-### 4. Produce Section Distillates
-
-Each section distillate must be self-sufficient — a reader loading only one section should understand it without the others.
-
-Each section includes:
-- **Context header** (1 line): "This section covers [topic]. Part N of M from [source document names]."
-- **Section content**: thematically-grouped bullets following the same compression rules as a single distillate
-- **Cross-references** (if needed): pointers to other sections for related content
-
-### 5. Output Structure
-
-Create a folder `{base-name}-distillate/` containing:
-
-```
-{base-name}-distillate/
-├── _index.md           # Root distillate: orientation, cross-cutting items, section manifest
-├── 01-{topic-slug}.md  # Self-contained section
-├── 02-{topic-slug}.md
-└── 03-{topic-slug}.md
-```
-
-Example:
-```
-product-brief-distillate/
-├── _index.md
-├── 01-problem-solution.md
-├── 02-technical-decisions.md
-└── 03-users-market.md
-```
-
-## Size Targets
-
-When a token_budget is specified:
-- Root distillate: ~20% of budget (orientation + cross-cutting items)
-- Remaining budget split proportionally across sections based on content density
-- If a section exceeds its proportional share, compress more aggressively or sub-split
-
-When no token_budget but splitting is needed:
-- Aim for sections of 3,000-5,000 tokens each
-- Root distillate as small as possible while remaining useful standalone