subprocess optimization and path violation checks in the workflow validator, along with fixes to the BMM PRD workflow

src/modules/bmb/workflows/workflow/data/subprocess-optimization-patterns.md

@@ -0,0 +1,386 @@
+# Subprocess Optimization Patterns
+
+**Purpose:** Context-saving and performance patterns for subprocess/subagent usage in BMAD workflows.
+
+---
+
+## Golden Rules
+
+1. **Subprocess when operations benefit from parallelization or context isolation**
+2. **Return ONLY findings to parent, not full file contents** (massive context savings)
+3. **Always provide graceful fallback** for LLMs without subprocess capability
+4. **Match pattern to operation type** - grep/regex, deep analysis, or data operations
+
+---
+
+## The Three Patterns
+
+### Pattern 1: Single Subprocess for Grep/Regex Across Many Files
+
+**Use when:** You can run one command across many files and just need matches/failures
+
+**Context savings:** Massive - returns only matching lines, not full file contents
+
+**Template:**
+```markdown
+**Launch a subprocess that:**
+
+1. Runs grep/regex across all target files
+2. Extracts only matching lines or failures
+3. Returns structured findings to parent
+
+```bash
+# Example: Find hardcoded paths across all files
+for file in steps-c/*.md; do
+  grep -n "{project-root}/" "$file" || echo "No matches in: $file"
+done
+```
+
+**Subprocess returns to parent:**
+```json
+{
+  "violations": [
+    {"file": "step-02.md", "line": 45, "match": "{project-root}/_bmad/bmb/..."}
+  ],
+  "summary": {"total_files_checked": 10, "violations_found": 3}
+}
+```
+
+**❌ BAD - Loads all files into parent:**
+```markdown
+"For EACH file, load the file and search for {project-root}/"
+# Parent context gets 10 full files × 200 lines = 2000 lines loaded
+```
+
+**✅ GOOD - Single subprocess returns only matches:**
+```markdown
+"Launch a subprocess to grep all files for {project-root}/, return only matches"
+# Parent context gets only matching lines = ~50 lines returned
+```
+
+---
+
+### Pattern 2: Separate Subprocess Per File for Deep Analysis
+
+**Use when:** You need to read and understand each file's prose, logic, quality, or flow
+
+**Context savings:** High - each subprocess returns analysis, not full content
+
+**Template:**
+```markdown
+**DO NOT BE LAZY - For EACH file, launch a subprocess that:**
+
+1. Loads that file
+2. Reads and analyzes content deeply (prose, logic, flow, quality)
+3. Returns structured analysis findings to parent for aggregation
+
+**Subprocess returns to parent:**
+```json
+{
+  "file": "step-03-inquiry.md",
+  "analysis": {
+    "instruction_style": "Intent-based ✅",
+    "collaborative_quality": "Good - asks 1-2 questions at a time",
+    "issues": ["Line 67: Laundry list of 7 questions detected"]
+  },
+  "optimization_opportunities": ["Could use Pattern 1 for menu validation checks"]
+}
+```
+
+**Example use cases:**
+- Instruction style validation (read prose, classify intent vs prescriptive)
+- Collaborative quality assessment (analyze question patterns)
+- Frontmatter compliance (check each variable is used)
+- Step type validation (verify step follows its type pattern)
+
+**❌ BAD - Parent loads all files:**
+```markdown
+"Load every step file and analyze its instruction style"
+# Parent context: 10 files × 200 lines = 2000 lines
+```
+
+**✅ GOOD - Per-file subprocess returns analysis:**
+```markdown
+"DO NOT BE LAZY - For EACH step file, launch a subprocess to analyze instruction style, return findings"
+# Parent context: 10 structured analysis objects = ~200 lines
+```
+
+---
+
+### Pattern 3: Subprocess for Data File Operations
+
+**Use when:** Loading reference data, finding fuzzy/best matches, summarizing key findings from large datasets
+
+**Context savings:** Massive - returns only matching rows or summaries, not entire data file
+
+**Template:**
+```markdown
+**Launch a subprocess that:**
+
+1. Loads the data file (reference docs, CSV, knowledge base)
+2. Performs lookup, matching, or summarization
+3. Returns ONLY relevant rows or key findings to parent
+
+**Subprocess returns to parent:**
+```json
+{
+  "matches": [
+    {"row": 42, "rule": "Frontmatter variables must be used in body", "applies": true},
+    {"row": 87, "rule": "Relative paths for same-folder refs", "applies": true}
+  ],
+  "summary": {"total_rules": 150, "applicable_rules": 2}
+}
+```
+
+**Example use cases:**
+- **Reference rules lookup**: Load 500-line standards file, return only applicable rules
+- **CSV fuzzy matching**: Load product database, find best matching category
+- **Document summarization**: Review 10 documents, extract only key requirements
+- **Knowledge base search**: Search large knowledge base, return only top matches
+
+**❌ BAD - Parent loads entire data file:**
+```markdown
+"Load {dataFile} with 500 rules and find applicable ones"
+# Parent context: All 500 rules loaded (5000+ lines)
+```
+
+**✅ GOOD - Subprocess returns only matches:**
+```markdown
+"Launch subprocess to load {dataFile}, find applicable rules, return only those"
+# Parent context: Only 2 applicable rules returned (~50 lines)
+```
+
+**Advanced example - Document review:**
+```markdown
+**Review 10 requirement documents to extract key details:**
+
+"DO NOT BE LAZY - For EACH document, launch a subprocess that:
+1. Loads that document
+2. Extracts key requirements, decisions, constraints
+3. Returns structured summary to parent
+
+**Subprocess returns:**
+```json
+{
+  "document": "prd-requirements.md",
+  "key_findings": {
+    "requirements": ["User auth", "Data export", "API integration"],
+    "decisions": ["Use JWT", "PostgreSQL", "REST API"],
+    "constraints": ["HIPAA compliant", "Max 100ms response"]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+# Parent gets summaries, not 10 full documents
+```
+
+---
+
+## Pattern 4: Parallel Execution Opportunities
+
+**Use when:** Multiple independent operations could run simultaneously
+
+**Performance gain:** Reduced total execution time via parallelization
+
+**Template:**
+```markdown
+**Launch subprocesses in parallel that:**
+
+1. Each subprocess handles one independent operation
+2. All subprocesses run simultaneously
+3. Parent aggregates results when all complete
+
+**Example:**
+```markdown
+# Instead of sequential (3× time):
+"Check frontmatter, then check menu, then check step types"
+
+# Use parallel (1× time):
+"Launch 3 subprocesses in parallel:
+- Subprocess 1: Check frontmatter compliance
+- Subprocess 2: Check menu compliance
+- Subprocess 3: Check step type compliance
+Aggregate all findings"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Graceful Fallback Pattern
+
+**CRITICAL:** Always ensure LLMs without subprocess capability can still execute
+
+**Universal Rule:**
+```markdown
+- ⚙️ If any instruction references a subprocess, subagent, or tool you do not have access to, you MUST still achieve the outcome in your main context thread
+```
+
+**Implementation:**
+```markdown
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+- 🎯 Use subprocess optimization when available - [pattern description]
+- 💬 If subprocess unavailable, perform operations in main thread
+
+### Execution:
+- LLMs with subprocess: Launch subprocess, aggregate findings
+- LLMs without subprocess: Perform same operations sequentially in main context
+```
+
+---
+
+## Return Pattern for Subprocesses
+
+**Subprocesses must either:**
+
+**Option A: Update report directly**
+```markdown
+"Subprocess loads validation report, appends findings, saves"
+# Parent doesn't need to aggregate
+```
+
+**Option B: Return structured findings to parent**
+```markdown
+"Subprocess returns JSON findings to parent for aggregation"
+# Parent compiles all subprocess results into report
+```
+
+**✅ GOOD - Structured return:**
+```json
+{
+  "file": "step-02.md",
+  "violations": ["..."],
+  "opportunities": ["..."],
+  "priority": "HIGH"
+}
+```
+
+**❌ BAD - Returns full content:**
+```markdown
+"Subprocess loads file and returns full content to parent"
+# Defeats purpose - parent gets full context anyway
+```
+
+---
+
+## When to Use Each Pattern
+
+| Pattern | Use When | Context Savings | Example |
+| -------- | -------- | --------------- | ------- |
+| **Pattern 1: Single subprocess for grep/regex** | Finding patterns across many files | Massive (1000:1 ratio) | Validate frontmatter across all steps |
+| **Pattern 2: Per-file subprocess for deep analysis** | Understanding prose, logic, quality | High (10:1 ratio) | Instruction style validation |
+| **Pattern 3: Data file operations** | Loading reference data, matching, summarizing | Massive (100:1 ratio) | Find applicable rules from standards |
+| **Pattern 4: Parallel execution** | Independent operations that can run simultaneously | Performance gain | Frontmatter + Menu + Step type checks |
+
+---
+
+## Step File Integration
+
+**How to add subprocess patterns to step files:**
+
+### 1. Universal Rule (add to all steps)
+```markdown
+### Universal Rules:
+- ⚙️ TOOL/SUBPROCESS FALLBACK: If any instruction references a subprocess, subagent, or tool you do not have access to, you MUST still achieve the outcome in your main context thread
+```
+
+### 2. Step-Specific Rules (pattern-specific)
+```markdown
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+- 🎯 [Brief: which pattern applies]
+- 💬 Subprocess must either update report OR return findings to parent
+- 🚫 DO NOT BE LAZY - [specific "do not be lazy" guidance if applicable]
+```
+
+### 3. Command Sequence (detailed pattern)
+```markdown
+### 1. [Operation Name]
+
+**[Appropriate subprocess directive]:**
+
+For [Pattern 1 - grep/regex]:
+"Launch a subprocess that runs [command] across all files, returns [results]"
+
+For [Pattern 2 - per-file analysis]:
+"DO NOT BE LAZY - For EACH file, launch a subprocess that [analyzes], returns [findings]"
+
+For [Pattern 3 - data ops]:
+"Launch a subprocess that loads [data file], performs [operation], returns [results]"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Subprocess Loading Reference Data (Meta-Pattern!)
+
+**Context-saving optimization:**
+
+When a step needs to understand subprocess patterns with examples, load this reference file in a subprocess:
+
+```markdown
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+- 🎯 Analyze subprocess optimization opportunities - use subprocess to load reference patterns for detailed examples
+- 💬 Subprocess loads {subprocessPatterns} to understand patterns deeply, returns specific opportunities
+- 🚫 If subprocess unavailable: Load {subprocessPatterns} in main context
+
+**Execution:**
+- With subprocess: Launch subprocess to load this file, understand patterns, identify opportunities
+- Without subprocess: Load this file in main context (larger context but still functional)
+```
+
+**This step file (step-08b) demonstrates this pattern!**
+
+---
+
+## Validation Checklist
+
+For subprocess optimization in step files:
+
+- [ ] Universal fallback rule present
+- [ ] Step-specific rules mention which pattern applies
+- [ ] Command sequence uses appropriate subprocess directive
+- [ ] "DO NOT BE LAZY" language included for Pattern 2
+- [ ] Return pattern specified (update report OR return to parent)
+- [ ] Graceful fallback addressed
+- [ ] Context savings estimated (if applicable)
+- [ ] Pattern matches operation type (grep/regex, deep analysis, or data ops)
+
+---
+
+## Anti-Patterns to Avoid
+
+### ❌ Loading full files into parent
+```markdown
+"For EACH file, load the file, analyze it, and add to report"
+# Defeats purpose - parent gets full context
+```
+
+### ❌ Subprocess returns raw content
+```markdown
+"Subprocess loads file and returns content to parent"
+# Parent gets full content anyway
+```
+
+### ❌ No graceful fallback
+```markdown
+"Use subprocess to [operation]"
+# LLMs without subprocess cannot proceed
+```
+
+### ❌ Wrong pattern for operation
+```markdown
+"Launch a subprocess per file to grep for pattern"
+# Should use Pattern 1 (single subprocess for all files)
+```
+
+### ❌ Missing return specification
+```markdown
+"Launch a subprocess to analyze files"
+# Unclear what subprocess returns to parent
+```
+
+---
+
+## See Also
+
+- `step-file-rules.md` - When to extract content to data files
+- `step-08b-subprocess-optimization.md` - Validation step that identifies optimization opportunities
+- `../steps-v/step-02b-path-violations.md` - Example of Pattern 1 (grep across files)
+- `../steps-v/step-08b-subprocess-optimization.md` - Example of Pattern 2 (per-file analysis)

src/modules/bmb/workflows/workflow/steps-v/step-01-validate.md

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ name: 'step-01-validate'
 description: 'Initialize validation: create report and check file structure & size'
 
 nextStepFile: './step-02-frontmatter-validation.md'
-targetWorkflowPath: '{bmb_creations_output_folder}/workflows/{new_workflow_name}'
-workflowPlanFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/workflow-plan-{new_workflow_name}.md'
-validationReportFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/validation-report-{new_workflow_name}.md'
+targetWorkflowPath: '{workflow_folder_path}'
+workflowPlanFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/workflow-plan.md'
+validationReportFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/validation-report-{datetime}.md'
 stepFileRules: '../data/step-file-rules.md'
 ---
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Create {validationReportFile} with header structure:
 ---
 validationDate: [current date]
 workflowName: {new_workflow_name}
-workflowPath: {targetWorkflowPath}
+workflowPath: {workflow_folder_path}
 validationStatus: IN_PROGRESS
 ---
 
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ validationStatus: IN_PROGRESS
 ## Frontmatter Validation
 *Pending...*
 
+## Critical Path Violations
+*Pending...*
+
 ## Menu Handling Validation
 *Pending...*
 
@@ -94,9 +97,15 @@ validationStatus: IN_PROGRESS
 ## Collaborative Experience Check
 *Pending...*
 
+## Subprocess Optimization Opportunities
+*Pending...*
+
 ## Cohesive Review
 *Pending...*
 
+## Plan Quality Validation
+*Pending...*
+
 ## Summary
 *Pending...*
 ```

src/modules/bmb/workflows/workflow/steps-v/step-02-frontmatter-validation.md

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 name: 'step-02-frontmatter-validation'
 description: 'Validate frontmatter compliance across all step files'
 
-nextStepFile: './step-03-menu-validation.md'
-targetWorkflowPath: '{bmb_creations_output_folder}/workflows/{new_workflow_name}'
-validationReportFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/validation-report-{new_workflow_name}.md'
+nextStepFile: './step-02b-path-violations.md'
+targetWorkflowPath: '{workflow_folder_path}'
+validationReportFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/validation-report-{datetime}.md'
 frontmatterStandards: '../data/frontmatter-standards.md'
 ---
 

src/modules/bmb/workflows/workflow/steps-v/step-02b-path-violations.md

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+---
+name: 'step-02b-path-violations'
+description: 'CRITICAL: Catch path violations step-02 misses - hardcoded paths, dead links, module awareness'
+
+nextStepFile: './step-03-menu-validation.md'
+targetWorkflowPath: '{workflow_folder_path}'
+validationReportFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/validation-report-{datetime}.md'
+---
+
+# Validation Step 2b: Critical Path Violations
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+CRITICAL path checks that step-02's frontmatter validation MISSES. This catches violations in CONTENT (not frontmatter), dead links, and module path unawareness using grep/bash (ideally in a subprocess that can update the report or return all results to parent).
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 DO NOT BE LAZY - CHECK EVERY FILE
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- ✅ Validation does NOT stop for user input - auto-proceed through all validation steps
+- ⚙️ If any instruction in this file references a subprocess, subagent, or tool you do not have access to, you MUST still achieve the instructed outcome in your main context thread and available toolset
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Perform systematic bash/grep checks using subprocess optimization - single subprocess for grep/regex across many files
+- 🚫 DO NOT skip any file or violation type - DO NOT BE LAZY
+- 💬 Subprocess must either update validation report directly OR return structured findings to parent for aggregation
+- 🚪 This catches what step-02 misses - CONTENT violations, dead links, module awareness, links in code and not in front matter
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Perform systematic checks using subprocess optimization when available - single subprocess for grep/regex across many files, separate subprocess per file for deep analysis, subprocess for data file operations
+- 💾 Subprocesses must either update validation report OR return findings for parent aggregation
+- 📖 Save report before continuing to {nextStepFile}
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Step-02 validated frontmatter (variables, relative paths)
+- This step validates CONTENT and file existence with a Focus on: hardcoded paths in body, dead links, module awareness in every file found under {targetWorkflowPath}
+- **CRITICAL:** Output files the workflow itself being validated produces won't exist during validation - <example> a contract document creation workflow might have a reference to said output - but it of course will not yet exist during workflow validation</example>
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip or shortcut.
+
+### 1. Perform Critical Path Violation Detection
+
+**Perform systematic path violation checks on EVERY workflow file using subprocess optimization when available - each file in its own subprocess:**
+
+**SUBPROCESS EXECUTION PATTERN:**
+
+For EACH file in the workflow being validated, launch a subprocess that:
+1. Loads any reference files it needs (to avoid bloating parent context)
+2. Performs all required checks on that file
+3. **EITHER** updates the validation report directly with its findings
+4. **OR** returns structured findings to parent for aggregation
+
+**DO NOT BE LAZY - Use appropriate subprocess pattern for each check:**
+- **Single subprocess for grep/regex**: Run one command across many files, return matches
+- **Separate subprocess per file**: When deep analysis of each file's content is required
+- **Subprocess for data operations**: Load reference data, find matches, summarize key findings
+
+**PHASE 1: Identify Config Variables (EXCEPTIONS to path checks):**
+
+Read {targetWorkflowPath}/workflow.md to extract known config variables from the Configuration Loading section:
+
+```bash
+# Extract config variables from workflow.md
+grep -A 20 "Configuration Loading" {targetWorkflowPath}/workflow.md | grep -E "^\s+-\s+`\{[^}]+\}`" | sed "s/.*//;s/[`']//g"
+```
+
+**Store these as KNOWN_CONFIG_VARIABLES for reference in later checks.**
+
+These are EXCEPTIONS - paths using these variables are VALID even if not relative:
+- Example: `{output_folder}/doc.md` - VALID (uses config variable)
+- Example: `{planning_artifacts}/prd.md` - VALID (uses config variable)
+- These paths won't exist during validation (workflow not running yet)
+
+---
+
+**PHASE 2: Hardcoded paths in CONTENT (CRITICAL):**
+
+Step-02 checks frontmatter - this checks CONTENT (body text after frontmatter).
+
+**Launch a single subprocess that:**
+
+1. Runs grep across all step files to find hardcoded {project-root}/ paths in content
+2. Extracts content after frontmatter from each file
+3. Returns all findings to parent for aggregation
+
+```bash
+# Extract content after frontmatter from all files, search for {project-root}/
+for file in steps-c/*.md; do
+  awk '/^---$/,0 {if (p) print; p=1} /^---$/{p=1}' "$file" | grep -n "{project-root}/" && echo "Found in: $file"
+done
+```
+
+**What we're catching:**
+- Content like: `Load {project-root}/_bmad/foo/workflows/.../file.csv`
+- Should be: `Load {dataFile}` (frontmatter variable with a relative path like ../data/file.csv)
+
+**SKIP:** Paths using KNOWN_CONFIG_VARIABLES (these are valid exceptions)
+
+---
+
+**PHASE 3: Dead or bad links - referenced files don't exist (CRITICAL):**
+
+**Launch a single subprocess that:**
+
+1. Extracts all frontmatter path references from all files
+2. Tests file existence for each reference (skipping output files that use config variables)
+3. Returns all dead link findings to parent for aggregation
+
+**CRITICAL DISTINCTION:**
+- **Output files using config variables:** Skip (won't exist yet - workflow not installed/running)
+  - Example: `{output_folder}/my-doc.md` - SKIP
+  - Example: `{planning_artifacts}/prd.md` - SKIP
+  - Example: `{bmb_creations_output_folder}/file.md` - SKIP
+
+- **Data files, step files, other workflows:** MUST EXIST - flag if missing
+  - Example: `{dataFile}` where value is `../data/config.csv` - MUST EXIST
+  - Example: `{nextStepFile}` where value is `./step-02.md` - MUST EXIST
+  - Example: `{advancedElicitationTask}` - MUST EXIST
+  - Example: `{partyModeWorkflow}` - MUST EXIST
+
+**Bash execution pattern:**
+```bash
+# Extract all frontmatter path references from all files
+for file in steps-c/*.md; do
+  # Extract file reference variables from frontmatter
+  grep "^\w*File:" "$file" | sed "s/.*: //"
+
+  # Resolve path (handle relative paths)
+  resolved_path=$(resolve_relative_path "$file" "$value")
+
+  # Check file existence - BUT SKIP output files using config variables
+  if ! path_uses_known_config_variable "$value"; then
+    if ! test -f "$resolved_path"; then
+      echo "DEAD LINK: $file references $resolved_path (not found)"
+    fi
+  fi
+done
+```
+
+**What we're catching:**
+- Dead links to any files that don't exist that the workflow needs during execution
+
+---
+
+**PHASE 4: Module path awareness:**
+
+**Launch a single subprocess that:**
+
+1. Determines if current workflow is in a non-bmb module
+2. If yes, runs grep across all files to find bmb-specific path assumptions
+3. Returns all module awareness issues to parent for aggregation
+
+```bash
+# Check if in non-bmb module, then search for bmb-specific paths
+if pwd | grep -q "/modules/[^/]\+/" && ! pwd | grep -q "/bmb/"; then
+  grep -rn "{project-root}/_bmad/bmb/" steps-c/ steps-e/ steps-v/ 2>/dev/null || echo "No bmb-specific paths found"
+fi
+```
+
+---
+
+**RETURN FORMAT:**
+
+```json
+{
+  "known_config_variables": ["output_folder", "planning_artifacts", "bmb_creations_output_folder", ...],
+  "content_violations": [
+    {"file": "step-v-01-discovery.md", "line": 63, "violation": "hardcoded path in content", "details": "{project-root}/src/modules/.../prd-purpose.md"}
+  ],
+  "dead_links": [
+    {"file": "step-06-innovation.md", "line": 215, "violation": "dead link", "details": "nextStepFile './step-07-project-type.md' should be './step-07-project-type.md'"}
+  ],
+  "module_awareness_issues": [
+    {"file": "step-XX.md", "issue": "using bmb-specific path in non-bmb module"}
+  ],
+  "summary": {"critical": N, "high": N, "medium": N}
+}
+```
+
+Check ALL files systematically. Return structured report for compilation and appendage to validation report.
+
+### 2. Process Findings and Update Report
+
+**Create/Update "Critical Path Violations" section in {validationReportFile}:**
+
+If ANY violations found:
+
+```markdown
+## Critical Path Violations
+
+### Config Variables (Exceptions)
+
+The following config variables were identified from workflow.md Configuration Loading section.
+Paths using these variables are valid even if not relative (they reference post-install output locations):
+
+{list of known_config_variables found}
+
+### Content Path Violations
+
+| File | Line | Issue | Details |
+| ---- | ---- | ----- | ------- |
+{table from content_violations}
+
+### Dead Links
+
+| File | Line | Issue | Details |
+| ---- | ---- | ----- | ------- |
+{table from dead_links}
+
+**Note:** Output files using config variables were correctly skipped during existence checks.
+
+### Module Awareness
+
+{module_awareness_issues}
+
+### Summary
+
+- **CRITICAL:** {critical_count} violations (must fix - workflow will break)
+- **HIGH:** {high_count} violations (should fix)
+- **MEDIUM:** {medium_count} violations (review)
+
+**Status:** {"❌ FAIL - Critical violations detected" or "⚠️ WARNINGS - Review recommended" or "✅ PASS - No violations"}
+```
+
+### 3. Handle Critical Violations
+
+**If CRITICAL violations found (content violations OR dead links):**
+
+Halt process once all files have been checked and aggregated - and share the severity of the issue with the user and ask them if they want to stop and you can try to fix these now, or else go to the next item in this list. If not proceeding - its still critical all findings thus far are documented in the report output.
+
+### 4. Save Report and Auto-Proceed
+
+**CRITICAL:** Save the validation report to {validationReportFile} BEFORE loading and executing {nextStepFile}.
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- Config variables identified from workflow.md FIRST
+- Known config variables used as exceptions in later checks
+- ALL step files checked for content path violations
+- Dead links detected via file existence tests (skipping output files)
+- Module awareness issues flagged
+- Findings appended to validation report
+- CRITICAL violations halt validation
+- Clean workflows proceed to step-03
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not identifying config variables first
+- Not skipping output files during existence checks
+- Not checking content (only frontmatter)
+- Missing dead link detection
+- Not detecting module-specific assumptions
+- Proceeding despite critical violations

src/modules/bmb/workflows/workflow/steps-v/step-03-menu-validation.md

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ name: 'step-03-menu-validation'
 description: 'Validate menu handling compliance across all step files'
 
 nextStepFile: './step-04-step-type-validation.md'
-targetWorkflowPath: '{bmb_creations_output_folder}/workflows/{new_workflow_name}'
-validationReportFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/validation-report-{new_workflow_name}.md'
+targetWorkflowPath: '{workflow_folder_path}'
+validationReportFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/validation-report-{datetime}.md'
 menuHandlingStandards: '../data/menu-handling-standards.md'
 ---
 

src/modules/bmb/workflows/workflow/steps-v/step-04-step-type-validation.md

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ name: 'step-04-step-type-validation'
 description: 'Validate that each step follows its correct step type pattern'
 
 nextStepFile: './step-05-output-format-validation.md'
-targetWorkflowPath: '{bmb_creations_output_folder}/workflows/{new_workflow_name}'
-validationReportFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/validation-report-{new_workflow_name}.md'
+targetWorkflowPath: '{workflow_folder_path}'
+validationReportFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/validation-report-{datetime}.md'
 stepTypePatterns: '../data/step-type-patterns.md'
-workflowPlanFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/workflow-plan-{new_workflow_name}.md'
+workflowPlanFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/workflow-plan.md'
 ---
 
 # Validation Step 4: Step Type Validation

src/modules/bmb/workflows/workflow/steps-v/step-05-output-format-validation.md

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ name: 'step-05-output-format-validation'
 description: 'Validate output format compliance - template type, final polish, step-to-output mapping'
 
 nextStepFile: './step-06-validation-design-check.md'
-targetWorkflowPath: '{bmb_creations_output_folder}/workflows/{new_workflow_name}'
-validationReportFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/validation-report-{new_workflow_name}.md'
+targetWorkflowPath: '{workflow_folder_path}'
+validationReportFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/validation-report-{datetime}.md'
 outputFormatStandards: '../data/output-format-standards.md'
-workflowPlanFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/workflow-plan-{new_workflow_name}.md'
+workflowPlanFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/workflow-plan.md'
 ---
 
 # Validation Step 5: Output Format Validation

src/modules/bmb/workflows/workflow/steps-v/step-06-validation-design-check.md

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ name: 'step-06-validation-design-check'
 description: 'Check if workflow has proper validation steps that load validation data (if validation is critical)'
 
 nextStepFile: './step-07-instruction-style-check.md'
-targetWorkflowPath: '{bmb_creations_output_folder}/workflows/{new_workflow_name}'
-validationReportFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/validation-report-{new_workflow_name}.md'
-workflowPlanFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/workflow-plan-{new_workflow_name}.md'
+targetWorkflowPath: '{workflow_folder_path}'
+validationReportFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/validation-report-{datetime}.md'
+workflowPlanFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/workflow-plan.md'
 trimodalWorkflowStructure: '../data/trimodal-workflow-structure.md'
 ---
 

src/modules/bmb/workflows/workflow/steps-v/step-07-instruction-style-check.md

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ name: 'step-07-instruction-style-check'
 description: 'Check instruction style - intent-based vs prescriptive, appropriate for domain'
 
 nextStepFile: './step-08-collaborative-experience-check.md'
-targetWorkflowPath: '{bmb_creations_output_folder}/workflows/{new_workflow_name}'
-validationReportFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/validation-report-{new_workflow_name}.md'
+targetWorkflowPath: '{workflow_folder_path}'
+validationReportFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/validation-report-{datetime}.md'
 intentVsPrescriptive: '../data/intent-vs-prescriptive-spectrum.md'
-workflowPlanFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/workflow-plan-{new_workflow_name}.md'
+workflowPlanFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/workflow-plan.md'
 ---
 
 # Validation Step 7: Instruction Style Check

src/modules/bmb/workflows/workflow/steps-v/step-08-collaborative-experience-check.md

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 name: 'step-08-collaborative-experience-check'
 description: 'Check collaborative quality - does this workflow facilitate well or just interrogate?'
 
-nextStepFile: './step-09-cohesive-review.md'
-targetWorkflowPath: '{bmb_creations_output_folder}/workflows/{new_workflow_name}'
-validationReportFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/validation-report-{new_workflow_name}.md'
-workflowPlanFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/workflow-plan-{new_workflow_name}.md'
+nextStepFile: './step-08b-subprocess-optimization.md'
+targetWorkflowPath: '{workflow_folder_path}'
+validationReportFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/validation-report-{datetime}.md'
+workflowPlanFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/workflow-plan.md'
 ---
 
 # Validation Step 8: Collaborative Experience Check

src/modules/bmb/workflows/workflow/steps-v/step-08b-subprocess-optimization.md

@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+---
+name: 'step-08b-subprocess-optimization'
+description: 'Identify subprocess optimization opportunities - reduce context load, improve performance'
+
+nextStepFile: './step-09-cohesive-review.md'
+targetWorkflowPath: '{workflow_folder_path}'
+validationReportFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/validation-report-{datetime}.md'
+subprocessPatterns: '../data/subprocess-optimization-patterns.md'
+---
+
+# Validation Step 8b: Subprocess Optimization Analysis
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+To identify opportunities for subprocess optimization throughout the workflow - reducing context load, improving performance, and enabling massive operations that would otherwise exceed context limits.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 DO NOT BE LAZY - ANALYZE EVERY FILE IN ITS OWN SUBPROCESS
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step, ensure entire file is read
+- ✅ Validation does NOT stop for user input - auto-proceed through all validation steps
+- ⚙️ If any instruction references a subprocess/subagent/tool you do not have access to, you MUST still achieve the outcome in your main context
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Analyze EVERY step file for subprocess optimization - each file in its own subprocess
+- 🚫 DO NOT skip any file - DO NOT BE LAZY
+- 💬 Load {subprocessPatterns} in subprocess performing some action required to understand patterns deeply with examples (if subprocess available), else load in main context
+- 🚪 This identifies context-saving and performance-optimizing opportunities
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Analyze each step file in its own subprocess - deep analysis of subprocess potential
+- 💾 Subprocesses must identify optimization patterns and return findings to parent for aggregation
+- 📖 Aggregate findings into validation report before loading next step
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Three patterns: grep/regex across files, per-file deep analysis, data file operations, parallel execution
+- **Context-saving goal**: Return ONLY key findings to parent, not full file contents
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip or shortcut.
+
+### 1. Load Subprocess Pattern Reference (Context Optimization!)
+
+**First, understand the subprocess optimization patterns by loading {subprocessPatterns}:**
+
+**If subprocess capability available:**
+```markdown
+Launch a subprocess that:
+1. Loads {subprocessPatterns}
+2. Studies all patterns and examples deeply (Pattern 3: data operations!)
+3. Returns summary of key patterns to parent (not full file - saves context)
+```
+
+**If subprocess unavailable:**
+```markdown
+Load {subprocessPatterns} in main context
+# Larger context but still functional - demonstrates graceful fallback
+```
+
+**This step itself demonstrates Pattern 3 from the reference!**
+
+---
+
+### 2. Perform Subprocess Optimization Analysis
+
+**DO NOT BE LAZY - For EVERY step file, launch a subprocess that:**
+
+1. Loads the step file
+2. Reads entire step to understand operations
+3. Identifies ALL subprocess optimization opportunities
+4. Returns specific, actionable suggestions to parent
+
+**SUBPROCESS ANALYSIS PATTERN - Check each step file for:**
+
+**Pattern 1: Single subprocess for grep/regex** - Operations that check/search multiple files for patterns (frontmatter validation, menu checks, path searches). Suggest: "Use single grep subprocess, return only matches"
+
+**Pattern 2: Separate subprocess per file** - Operations requiring deep analysis of prose/logic/quality/style/flow per file (instruction review, collaborative quality assessment, step type compliance). Suggest: "Each file in own subprocess, return analysis findings"
+
+**Pattern 3: Subprocess for data operations** - Operations loading large data files to find matches, extract key details, or summarize findings. Suggest: "Subprocess loads data, returns ONLY relevant rows/findings"
+
+**Pattern 4: Parallel execution** - Independent operations that could run simultaneously. Suggest: "Run in parallel subprocesses to reduce execution time"
+
+**RETURN FORMAT (example structure, adapt as needed):**
+```json
+{
+  "step_file": "step-02-*.md",
+  "opportunities": [
+    {
+      "pattern": "grep/regex|per-file|data-ops|parallel",
+      "location": "Line XX: [quote relevant instruction]",
+      "issue": "Loads all files into parent context",
+      "suggestion": "Use single grep subprocess, return only failures",
+      "impact": "Saves ~N lines per file, faster execution",
+      "priority": "HIGH|MEDIUM|LOW"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+### 2. Aggregate Findings and Create Report Section
+
+After ALL files analyzed, create/update section in {validationReportFile}:
+
+```markdown
+## Subprocess Optimization Opportunities
+
+**Total Opportunities:** {count} | **High Priority:** {count} | **Estimated Context Savings:** {description}
+
+### High-Priority Opportunities
+
+**{Step Name}** - {Pattern Type}
+- **Current:** {brief description of current approach}
+- **Suggested:** {specific optimization suggestion}
+- **Impact:** {context savings, performance gain}
+- **Example:** `{brief code/pseudocode}`
+
+[Repeat for each high-priority opportunity...]
+
+### Moderate/Low-Priority Opportunities
+
+{List with brief descriptions}
+
+### Summary by Pattern
+
+- **Pattern 1 (grep/regex):** {count} opportunities - {total savings}
+- **Pattern 2 (per-file):** {count} opportunities - {total savings}
+- **Pattern 3 (data ops):** {count} opportunities - {total savings}
+- **Pattern 4 (parallel):** {count} opportunities - {performance gain}
+
+### Implementation Recommendations
+
+**Quick Wins:** {easy implementations with big savings}
+**Strategic:** {higher effort but big payoff}
+**Future:** {moderate impact, consider later}
+
+**Status:** ✅ Complete / ⚠️ Review recommended
+```
+
+### 3. Save Report and Auto-Proceed
+
+**CRITICAL:** Save report BEFORE loading next step.
+
+Then load, read entire file, execute {nextStepFile}.
+
+**Display:** "**Subprocess optimization analysis complete.** Identified {count} opportunities with potential context savings. Proceeding to Cohesive Review..."
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- EVERY step file analyzed in its own subprocess
+- ALL optimization opportunities identified
+- Findings aggregated into report
+- Prioritized recommendations with context savings
+- Report saved, next step loaded
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not analyzing every file
+- Skipping opportunity identification
+- Not providing specific suggestions
+- Not estimating savings
+- Not aggregating findings
+
+**Master Rule:** DO NOT BE LAZY. Analyze EVERY file in its own subprocess. Identify ALL optimization opportunities across 4 patterns. Provide specific, actionable recommendations with context savings. Return findings to parent. Auto-proceed.

src/modules/bmb/workflows/workflow/steps-v/step-09-cohesive-review.md

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ name: 'step-09-cohesive-review'
 description: 'Cohesive ultra-think review - overall quality, does this workflow actually facilitate well?'
 
 nextStepFile: './step-10-report-complete.md'
-targetWorkflowPath: '{bmb_creations_output_folder}/workflows/{new_workflow_name}'
-validationReportFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/validation-report-{new_workflow_name}.md'
-workflowPlanFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/workflow-plan-{new_workflow_name}.md'
+targetWorkflowPath: '{workflow_folder_path}'
+validationReportFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/validation-report-{datetime}.md'
+workflowPlanFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/workflow-plan.md'
 ---
 
 # Validation Step 9: Cohesive Review

src/modules/bmb/workflows/workflow/steps-v/step-10-report-complete.md

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 name: 'step-10-report-complete'
 description: 'Finalize validation report - check for plan file, summarize all findings, present to user'
 
-targetWorkflowPath: '{bmb_creations_output_folder}/workflows/{new_workflow_name}'
-validationReportFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/validation-report-{new_workflow_name}.md'
-workflowPlanFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/workflow-plan-{new_workflow_name}.md'
+targetWorkflowPath: '{workflow_folder_path}'
+validationReportFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/validation-report-{datetime}.md'
+workflowPlanFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/workflow-plan.md'
 planValidationStep: './step-11-plan-validation.md'
 ---
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ To check if a plan file exists (and run plan validation if it does), then summar
 
 ## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
 
-- All 9 previous validation steps have completed
+- All 10 previous validation steps have completed
 - Report contains findings from all checks
 - User needs to see summary and decide on changes
 - This step DOES NOT auto-proceed
@@ -77,14 +77,16 @@ At the end of {validationReportFile}, replace "## Summary *Pending...*" with:
 **Validation Steps Completed:**
 1. ✅ File Structure & Size - [PASS/FAIL/WARN]
 2. ✅ Frontmatter Validation - [PASS/FAIL/WARN]
-3. ✅ Menu Handling Validation - [PASS/FAIL/WARN]
-4. ✅ Step Type Validation - [PASS/FAIL/WARN]
-5. ✅ Output Format Validation - [PASS/FAIL/WARN]
-6. ✅ Validation Design Check - [PASS/FAIL/WARN/N/A]
-7. ✅ Instruction Style Check - [PASS/FAIL/WARN]
-8. ✅ Collaborative Experience Check - [PASS/FAIL/WARN]
-9. ✅ Cohesive Review - [EXCELLENT/GOOD/NEEDS WORK/PROBLEMATIC]
-10. ✅ Plan Quality Validation - [FULLY IMPLEMENTED/PARTIALLY/MISSING/N/A]
+3. ✅ Path Violations Check - [PASS/FAIL/WARN]
+4. ✅ Menu Handling Validation - [PASS/FAIL/WARN]
+5. ✅ Step Type Validation - [PASS/FAIL/WARN]
+6. ✅ Output Format Validation - [PASS/FAIL/WARN]
+7. ✅ Validation Design Check - [PASS/FAIL/WARN/N/A]
+8. ✅ Instruction Style Check - [PASS/FAIL/WARN]
+9. ✅ Collaborative Experience Check - [PASS/FAIL/WARN]
+10. ✅ Subprocess Optimization Analysis - [OPPORTUNITIES IDENTIFIED/NONE]
+11. ✅ Cohesive Review - [EXCELLENT/GOOD/NEEDS WORK/PROBLEMATIC]
+12. ✅ Plan Quality Validation - [FULLY IMPLEMENTED/PARTIALLY/MISSING/N/A]
 
 **Issues Summary:**
 
@@ -138,12 +140,14 @@ I've completed extensive validation of your workflow. Here's the summary:"
 |-----------------|--------|
 | File Structure & Size | [emoji] [result] |
 | Frontmatter | [emoji] [result] |
+| Path Violations | [emoji] [result] |
 | Menu Handling | [emoji] [result] |
 | Step Types | [emoji] [result] |
 | Output Format | [emoji] [result] |
 | Validation Design | [emoji] [result or N/A] |
 | Instruction Style | [emoji] [result] |
 | Collaborative Experience | [emoji] [result] |
+| Subprocess Optimization | [emoji] [result] |
 | Cohesive Review | [emoji] [result] |
 | Plan Quality | [emoji] [result or N/A] |
 

src/modules/bmb/workflows/workflow/steps-v/step-11-plan-validation.md

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 name: 'step-11-plan-validation'
 description: 'Validate plan quality - ensure all user intent and requirements are implemented'
 
-targetWorkflowPath: '{bmb_creations_output_folder}/workflows/{new_workflow_name}'
-validationReportFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/validation-report-{new_workflow_name}.md'
-workflowPlanFile: '{targetWorkflowPath}/workflow-plan-{new_workflow_name}.md'
+targetWorkflowPath: '{workflow_folder_path}'
+validationReportFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/validation-report-{datetime}.md'
+workflowPlanFile: '{workflow_folder_path}/workflow-plan.md'
 ---
 
 # Validation Step 11: Plan Quality Validation

src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/data/prd-purpose.md

@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+# BMAD PRD Purpose
+
+**The PRD is the top of the required funnel that feeds all subsequent product development work in rhw BMad Method.**
+
+---
+
+## What is a BMAD PRD?
+
+A dual-audience document serving:
+1. **Human Product Managers and builders** - Vision, strategy, stakeholder communication
+2. **LLM Downstream Consumption** - UX Design → Architecture → Epics → Development AI Agents
+
+Each successive document becomes more AI-tailored and granular.
+
+---
+
+## Core Philosophy: Information Density
+
+**High Signal-to-Noise Ratio**
+
+Every sentence must carry information weight. LLMs consume precise, dense content efficiently.
+
+**Anti-Patterns (Eliminate These):**
+- ❌ "The system will allow users to..." → ✅ "Users can..."
+- ❌ "It is important to note that..." → ✅ State the fact directly
+- ❌ "In order to..." → ✅ "To..."
+- ❌ Conversational filler and padding → ✅ Direct, concise statements
+
+**Goal:** Maximum information per word. Zero fluff.
+
+---
+
+## The Traceability Chain
+
+**PRD starts the chain:**
+```
+Vision → Success Criteria → User Journeys → Functional Requirements → (future: User Stories)
+```
+
+**In the PRD, establish:**
+- Vision → Success Criteria alignment
+- Success Criteria → User Journey coverage
+- User Journey → Functional Requirement mapping
+- All requirements traceable to user needs
+
+**Why:** Each downstream artifact (UX, Architecture, Epics, Stories) must trace back to documented user needs and business objectives. This chain ensures we build the right thing.
+
+---
+
+## What Makes Great Functional Requirements?
+
+### FRs are Capabilities, Not Implementation
+
+**Good FR:** "Users can reset their password via email link"
+**Bad FR:** "System sends JWT via email and validates with database" (implementation leakage)
+
+**Good FR:** "Dashboard loads in under 2 seconds for 95th percentile"
+**Bad FR:** "Fast loading time" (subjective, unmeasurable)
+
+### SMART Quality Criteria
+
+**Specific:** Clear, precisely defined capability
+**Measurable:** Quantifiable with test criteria
+**Attainable:** Realistic within constraints
+**Relevant:** Aligns with business objectives
+**Traceable:** Links to source (executive summary or user journey)
+
+### FR Anti-Patterns
+
+**Subjective Adjectives:**
+- ❌ "easy to use", "intuitive", "user-friendly", "fast", "responsive"
+- ✅ Use metrics: "completes task in under 3 clicks", "loads in under 2 seconds"
+
+**Implementation Leakage:**
+- ❌ Technology names, specific libraries, implementation details
+- ✅ Focus on capability and measurable outcomes
+
+**Vague Quantifiers:**
+- ❌ "multiple users", "several options", "various formats"
+- ✅ "up to 100 concurrent users", "3-5 options", "PDF, DOCX, TXT formats"
+
+**Missing Test Criteria:**
+- ❌ "The system shall provide notifications"
+- ✅ "The system shall send email notifications within 30 seconds of trigger event"
+
+---
+
+## What Makes Great Non-Functional Requirements?
+
+### NFRs Must Be Measurable
+
+**Template:**
+```
+"The system shall [metric] [condition] [measurement method]"
+```
+
+**Examples:**
+- ✅ "The system shall respond to API requests in under 200ms for 95th percentile as measured by APM monitoring"
+- ✅ "The system shall maintain 99.9% uptime during business hours as measured by cloud provider SLA"
+- ✅ "The system shall support 10,000 concurrent users as measured by load testing"
+
+### NFR Anti-Patterns
+
+**Unmeasurable Claims:**
+- ❌ "The system shall be scalable" → ✅ "The system shall handle 10x load growth through horizontal scaling"
+- ❌ "High availability required" → ✅ "99.9% uptime as measured by cloud provider SLA"
+
+**Missing Context:**
+- ❌ "Response time under 1 second" → ✅ "API response time under 1 second for 95th percentile under normal load"
+
+---
+
+## Domain-Specific Requirements
+
+**Auto-Detect and Enforce Based on Project Context**
+
+Certain industries have mandatory requirements that must be present:
+
+- **Healthcare:** HIPAA Privacy & Security Rules, PHI encryption, audit logging, MFA
+- **Fintech:** PCI-DSS Level 1, AML/KYC compliance, SOX controls, financial audit trails
+- **GovTech:** NIST framework, Section 508 accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), FedRAMP, data residency
+- **E-Commerce:** PCI-DSS for payments, inventory accuracy, tax calculation by jurisdiction
+
+**Why:** Missing these requirements in the PRD means they'll be missed in architecture and implementation, creating expensive rework. During PRD creation there is a step to cover this - during validation we want to make sure it was covered. For this purpose steps will utilize a domain-complexity.csv and project-types.csv.
+
+---
+
+## Document Structure (Markdown, Human-Readable)
+
+### Required Sections
+1. **Executive Summary** - Vision, differentiator, target users
+2. **Success Criteria** - Measurable outcomes (SMART)
+3. **Product Scope** - MVP, Growth, Vision phases
+4. **User Journeys** - Comprehensive coverage
+5. **Domain Requirements** - Industry-specific compliance (if applicable)
+6. **Innovation Analysis** - Competitive differentiation (if applicable)
+7. **Project-Type Requirements** - Platform-specific needs
+8. **Functional Requirements** - Capability contract (FRs)
+9. **Non-Functional Requirements** - Quality attributes (NFRs)
+
+### Formatting for Dual Consumption
+
+**For Humans:**
+- Clear, professional language
+- Logical flow from vision to requirements
+- Easy for stakeholders to review and approve
+
+**For LLMs:**
+- ## Level 2 headers for all main sections (enables extraction)
+- Consistent structure and patterns
+- Precise, testable language
+- High information density
+
+---
+
+## Downstream Impact
+
+**How the PRD Feeds Next Artifacts:**
+
+**UX Design:**
+- User journeys → interaction flows
+- FRs → design requirements
+- Success criteria → UX metrics
+
+**Architecture:**
+- FRs → system capabilities
+- NFRs → architecture decisions
+- Domain requirements → compliance architecture
+- Project-type requirements → platform choices
+
+**Epics & Stories (created after architecture):**
+- FRs → user stories (1 FR could map to 1-3 stories potentially)
+- Acceptance criteria → story acceptance tests
+- Priority → sprint sequencing
+- Traceability → stories map back to vision
+
+**Development AI Agents:**
+- Precise requirements → implementation clarity
+- Test criteria → automated test generation
+- Domain requirements → compliance enforcement
+- Measurable NFRs → performance targets
+
+---
+
+## Summary: What Makes a Great BMAD PRD?
+
+✅ **High Information Density** - Every sentence carries weight, zero fluff
+✅ **Measurable Requirements** - All FRs and NFRs are testable with specific criteria
+✅ **Clear Traceability** - Each requirement links to user need and business objective
+✅ **Domain Awareness** - Industry-specific requirements auto-detected and included
+✅ **Zero Anti-Patterns** - No subjective adjectives, implementation leakage, or vague quantifiers
+✅ **Dual Audience Optimized** - Human-readable AND LLM-consumable
+✅ **Markdown Format** - Professional, clean, accessible to all stakeholders
+
+---
+
+**Remember:** The PRD is the foundation. Quality here ripples through every subsequent phase. A dense, precise, well-traced PRD makes UX design, architecture, epic breakdown, and AI development dramatically more effective.

src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/steps-c/step-02-discovery.md

@@ -93,9 +93,36 @@ Read the frontmatter from `{outputFile}` to get document counts:
 
 ### 2. Load Classification Data
 
-Load classification reference data:
-- Load `{projectTypesCSV}` - project types with detection signals
-- Load `{domainComplexityCSV}` - domain complexity levels
+**Attempt subprocess data lookup:**
+
+**Project Type Lookup:**
+"Your task: Lookup data in {projectTypesCSV}
+
+**Search criteria:**
+- Find row where project_type matches {{detectedProjectType}}
+
+**Return format:**
+Return ONLY the matching row as a YAML-formatted object with these fields:
+project_type, detection_signals
+
+**Do NOT return the entire CSV - only the matching row.**"
+
+**Domain Complexity Lookup:**
+"Your task: Lookup data in {domainComplexityCSV}
+
+**Search criteria:**
+- Find row where domain matches {{detectedDomain}}
+
+**Return format:**
+Return ONLY the matching row as a YAML-formatted object with these fields:
+domain, complexity, typical_concerns, compliance_requirements
+
+**Do NOT return the entire CSV - only the matching row.**"
+
+**Graceful degradation (if Task tool unavailable):**
+- Load the CSV files directly
+- Find the matching rows manually
+- Extract required fields
 - Keep in memory for intelligent classification
 
 ### 3. Begin Discovery Conversation

src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/steps-c/step-03-success.md

@@ -56,38 +56,21 @@ Define comprehensive success criteria that cover user success, business success,
 Analyze product brief, research, and brainstorming documents for success criteria already mentioned.
 
 **If Input Documents Contain Success Criteria:**
-"Looking at your product brief and research, I see some initial success criteria already defined:
-
-**From your brief:**
-{{extracted_success_criteria_from_brief}}
-
-**From research:**
-{{extracted_success_criteria_from_research}}
-
-**From brainstorming:**
-{{extracted_success_criteria_from_brainstorming}}
-
-This gives us a great foundation. Let's refine and expand on these initial thoughts:
-
-**User Success First:**
-Based on what we have, how would you refine these user success indicators:
-
-- {{refined_user_success_from_documents}}
-- Are there other user success metrics we should consider?
-
-**What would make a user say 'this was worth it'** beyond what's already captured?"
+Guide user to refine existing success criteria:
+- Acknowledge what's already documented in their materials
+- Extract key success themes from brief, research, and brainstorming
+- Help user identify gaps and areas for expansion
+- Probe for specific, measurable outcomes: When do users feel delighted/relieved/empowered?
+- Ask about emotional success moments and completion scenarios
+- Explore what "worth it" means beyond what's already captured
 
 **If No Success Criteria in Input Documents:**
-Start with user-centered success:
-"Now that we understand what makes {{project_name}} special, let's define what success looks like.
-
-**User Success First:**
-
-- What would make a user say 'this was worth it'?
-- What's the moment where they realize this solved their problem?
-- After using {{project_name}}, what outcome are they walking away with?
-
-Let's start with the user experience of success."
+Start with user-centered success exploration:
+- Guide conversation toward defining what "worth it" means for users
+- Ask about the moment users realize their problem is solved
+- Explore specific user outcomes and emotional states
+- Identify success "aha!" moments and completion scenarios
+- Focus on user experience of success first
 
 ### 2. Explore User Success Metrics
 
@@ -101,15 +84,11 @@ Listen for specific user outcomes and help make them measurable:
 ### 3. Define Business Success
 
 Transition to business metrics:
-"Now let's look at success from the business perspective.
-
-**Business Success:**
-
-- What does success look like at 3 months? 12 months?
-- Are we measuring revenue, user growth, engagement, something else?
-- What metric would make you say 'this is working'?
-
-Help me understand what success means for your business."
+- Guide conversation to business perspective on success
+- Explore timelines: What does 3-month success look like? 12-month success?
+- Identify key business metrics: revenue, user growth, engagement, or other measures?
+- Ask what specific metric would indicate "this is working"
+- Understand business success from their perspective
 
 ### 4. Challenge Vague Metrics
 
@@ -123,31 +102,25 @@ Push for specificity on business metrics:
 ### 5. Connect to Product Differentiator
 
 Tie success metrics back to what makes the product special:
-"So success means users experience [differentiator] and achieve [outcome]. Does that capture it?"
-
-Adapt success criteria to context:
-
-- Consumer: User love, engagement, retention
-- B2B: ROI, efficiency, adoption
-- Developer tools: Developer experience, community
-- Regulated: Compliance, safety, validation
-- GovTech: Government compliance, accessibility, procurement
+- Connect success criteria to the product's unique differentiator
+- Ensure metrics reflect the specific value proposition
+- Adapt success criteria to domain context:
+  - Consumer: User love, engagement, retention
+  - B2B: ROI, efficiency, adoption
+  - Developer tools: Developer experience, community
+  - Regulated: Compliance, safety, validation
+  - GovTech: Government compliance, accessibility, procurement
 
 ### 6. Smart Scope Negotiation
 
 Guide scope definition through success lens:
-"The Scoping Game:
-
-1. What must work for this to be useful? → MVP
-2. What makes it competitive? → Growth
-3. What's the dream version? → Vision
-
-Challenge scope creep conversationally:
-
-- Could that wait until after launch?
-- Is that essential for proving the concept?
-
-For complex domains, include compliance minimums in MVP."
+- Help user distinguish MVP (must work to be useful) from growth (competitive) and vision (dream)
+- Guide conversation through three scope levels:
+  1. MVP: What's essential for proving the concept?
+  2. Growth: What makes it competitive?
+  3. Vision: What's the dream version?
+- Challenge scope creep conversationally: Could this wait until after launch? Is this essential for MVP?
+- For complex domains: Ensure compliance minimums are included in MVP
 
 ### 7. Generate Success Criteria Content
 
@@ -195,13 +168,9 @@ When saving to document, append these Level 2 and Level 3 sections:
 
 Present the success criteria content for user review, then display menu:
 
-"Based on our conversation, I've drafted success criteria and scope definition.
-
-**Here's what I'll add to the document:**
-
-[Show the complete markdown content from section 7]
-
-**What would you like to do?**"
+- Show the drafted success criteria and scope definition (using structure from section 7)
+- Ask if they'd like to refine further, get other perspectives, or proceed
+- Present menu options naturally as part of the conversation
 
 Display: "**Select:** [A] Advanced Elicitation [P] Party Mode [C] Continue to User Journey Mapping (Step 4 of 11)"
 

src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/steps-c/step-04-journeys.md

@@ -54,35 +54,20 @@ Create compelling narrative user journeys that leverage existing personas from p
 Analyze product brief, research, and brainstorming documents for user personas already defined.
 
 **If User Personas Exist in Input Documents:**
-"I found some fantastic user personas in your product brief! Let me introduce them and see if we need to expand our cast of characters.
-
-**From your brief:**
-{{extracted_personas_from_brief_with_details}}
-
-These are great starting points! Their stories already give us insight into what they need from {{project_name}}.
-
-**Beyond your identified users, who else touches this system?**
-Based on your product type and scope, we might need:
-
-{{suggest_additional_user_types_based_on_project_context}}
-
-What additional user types should we consider for this product?"
+Guide user to build on existing personas:
+- Acknowledge personas found in their product brief
+- Extract key persona details and backstories
+- Leverage existing insights about their needs
+- Prompt to identify additional user types beyond those documented
+- Suggest additional user types based on product context (admins, moderators, support, API consumers, internal ops)
+- Ask what additional user types should be considered
 
 **If No Personas in Input Documents:**
 Start with comprehensive user type discovery:
-"Now that we know what success looks like, let's map out ALL the people who will interact with {{project_name}}.
-
-**Beyond primary users, who else touches this system?**
-Consider:
-
-- End users (the primary focus)
-- Admins - manage users, settings, content
-- Moderators - review flagged content, enforce rules
-- Support staff - help users, investigate issues
-- API consumers - if dev tool or platform
-- Internal ops - analytics, monitoring, billing
-
-What user types should we map for this product?"
+- Guide exploration of ALL people who interact with the system
+- Consider beyond primary users: admins, moderators, support staff, API consumers, internal ops
+- Ask what user types should be mapped for this specific product
+- Ensure comprehensive coverage of all system interactions
 
 ### 2. Create Narrative Story-Based Journeys
 
@@ -91,70 +76,44 @@ For each user type, create compelling narrative journeys that tell their story:
 #### Narrative Journey Creation Process:
 
 **If Using Existing Persona from Input Documents:**
-"Let's tell {{persona_name}}'s story with {{project_name}}.
-
-**Their Story So Far:**
-{{persona_backstory_from_brief}}
-
-**How {{project_name}} Changes Their Life:**
-{{how_product_helps_them}}
-
-Let's craft their journey narrative - where do we meet them in their story, and how does {{project_name}} help them write their next chapter?"
+Guide narrative journey creation:
+- Use persona's existing backstory from brief
+- Explore how the product changes their life/situation
+- Craft journey narrative: where do we meet them, how does product help them write their next chapter?
 
 **If Creating New Persona:**
-"Let's bring this user type to life with a compelling story.
-
-**Creating Their Character:**
-
-- **Name**: Give them a realistic name and personality
-- **Situation**: What's happening in their life/work that creates the need?
-- **Goal**: What do they desperately want to achieve?
-- **Obstacle**: What's standing in their way right now?
-
-**How {{project_name}} Becomes Their Solution:**
-{{how_product_solves_their_story}}
-
-Now let's map their journey narrative."
+Guide persona creation with story framework:
+- Name: realistic name and personality
+- Situation: What's happening in their life/work that creates need?
+- Goal: What do they desperately want to achieve?
+- Obstacle: What's standing in their way?
+- Solution: How does the product solve their story?
 
 **Story-Based Journey Mapping:**
 
-"Let's craft this as a story with our hero (the user) facing challenges and finding solutions through {{project_name}}:
-
-**Story Structure:**
-
-- **Opening Scene**: Where and how do we meet them? What's their current pain?
+Guide narrative journey creation using story structure:
+- **Opening Scene**: Where/how do we meet them? What's their current pain?
 - **Rising Action**: What steps do they take? What do they discover?
-- **Climax**: The critical moment where {{project_name}} delivers real value
+- **Climax**: Critical moment where product delivers real value
 - **Resolution**: How does their situation improve? What's their new reality?
 
-**Use This Narrative Format such as this example:**
-
-```markdown
-**Journey 1: Maria Santos - Reclaiming Her Creative Time**
-Maria is a freelance graphic designer who loves creating beautiful logos but spends hours every week managing client projects, sending invoices, and chasing payments. She feels like she's running a small business instead of doing what she loves. Late one night, while searching for invoicing tools, she discovers CreativeFlow and decides to give it a try.
-
-The next morning, instead of her usual 30-minute project management routine, she spends 5 minutes setting up her first client in CreativeFlow. The system automatically generates a professional invoice and even suggests follow-up emails based on her communication patterns. When a client asks for a project update, Maria can share a beautiful progress link instead of digging through emails.
-
-The breakthrough comes when she lands a major corporate client who's impressed by her "organized and professional" project setup. Six months later, Maria has doubled her client base and spends 80% of her time actually designing - exactly what she always wanted.
-```
+Encourage narrative format with specific user details, emotional journey, and clear before/after contrast
 
 ### 3. Guide Journey Exploration
 
 For each journey, facilitate detailed exploration:
-
-- "What happens at each step specifically?"
-- "What could go wrong here? What's the recovery path?"
-- "What information do they need to see/hear?"
-- "What's their emotional state at each point?"
-- "Where does this journey succeed or fail?"
+- What happens at each step specifically?
+- What could go wrong? What's the recovery path?
+- What information do they need to see/hear?
+- What's their emotional state at each point?
+- Where does this journey succeed or fail?
 
 ### 4. Connect Journeys to Requirements
 
 After each journey, explicitly state:
-"This journey reveals requirements for:
-
-- List specific capability areas (e.g., onboarding, meal planning, admin dashboard)
-- Help user see how different journeys create different feature sets"
+- This journey reveals requirements for specific capability areas
+- Help user see how different journeys create different feature sets
+- Connect journey needs to concrete capabilities (onboarding, dashboards, notifications, etc.)
 
 ### 5. Aim for Comprehensive Coverage
 
@@ -165,7 +124,7 @@ Guide toward complete journey set:
 - **Secondary user** (admin, moderator, support, etc.)
 - **API consumer** (if applicable)
 
-Ask: "Another journey? We should cover [suggest uncovered user type]"
+Ask if additional journeys are needed to cover uncovered user types
 
 ### 6. Generate User Journey Content
 
@@ -188,14 +147,10 @@ When saving to document, append these Level 2 and Level 3 sections:
 ### 7. Present MENU OPTIONS
 
 Present the user journey content for review, then display menu:
-
-"Based on our conversation, I've mapped out user journeys. Each journey reveals different capabilities needed for {{project_name}}.
-
-**Here's what I'll add to the document:**
-
-[Show the complete markdown content from section 6]
-
-**What would you like to do?**"
+- Show the mapped user journeys (using structure from section 6)
+- Highlight how each journey reveals different capabilities
+- Ask if they'd like to refine further, get other perspectives, or proceed
+- Present menu options naturally as part of conversation
 
 Display: "**Select:** [A] Advanced Elicitation [P] Party Mode [C] Continue to Domain Requirements (Step 5 of 11)"
 

src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/steps-c/step-05-domain.md

@@ -90,10 +90,24 @@ Proceed with domain exploration.
 
 ### 2. Load Domain Reference Data
 
-Load `{domainComplexityCSV}` to understand:
-- Typical concerns for this domain
-- Common compliance requirements
-- Technical constraints to consider
+**Attempt subprocess data lookup:**
+
+"Your task: Lookup data in {domainComplexityCSV}
+
+**Search criteria:**
+- Find row where domain matches {{domainFromStep02}}
+
+**Return format:**
+Return ONLY the matching row as a YAML-formatted object with these fields:
+domain, complexity, typical_concerns, compliance_requirements
+
+**Do NOT return the entire CSV - only the matching row.**"
+
+**Graceful degradation (if Task tool unavailable):**
+- Load the CSV file directly
+- Find the matching row manually
+- Extract required fields
+- Understand typical concerns and compliance requirements
 
 ### 3. Explore Domain-Specific Concerns
 

src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/steps-c/step-06-innovation.md

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Detect and explore innovation patterns in the product, focusing on what makes it
 
 Load innovation signals specific to this project type:
 
-- Load `{project-root}/_bmad/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/project-types.csv` completely
+- Load `{projectTypesCSV}` completely
 - Find the row where `project_type` matches detected type from step-02
 - Extract `innovation_signals` (semicolon-separated list)
 - Extract `web_search_triggers` for potential innovation research
@@ -93,27 +93,22 @@ Match user descriptions against innovation_signals for their project_type:
 ### 3. Initial Innovation Screening
 
 Ask targeted innovation discovery questions:
-"As we explore {{project_name}}, I'm listening for what makes it innovative.
-
-**Innovation Indicators:**
-
-- Are you challenging any existing assumptions about how things work?
-- Are you combining technologies or approaches in new ways?
-- Is there something about this that hasn't been done before?
-
-What aspects of {{project_name}} feel most innovative to you?"
+- Guide exploration of what makes the product innovative
+- Explore if they're challenging existing assumptions
+- Ask about novel combinations of technologies/approaches
+- Identify what hasn't been done before
+- Understand which aspects feel most innovative
 
 ### 4. Deep Innovation Exploration (If Detected)
 
 If innovation signals are found, explore deeply:
 
 #### Innovation Discovery Questions:
-
-- "What makes it unique compared to existing solutions?"
-- "What assumption are you challenging?"
-- "How do we validate it works?"
-- "What's the fallback if it doesn't?"
-- "Has anyone tried this before?"
+- What makes it unique compared to existing solutions?
+- What assumption are you challenging?
+- How do we validate it works?
+- What's the fallback if it doesn't?
+- Has anyone tried this before?
 
 #### Market Context Research:
 
@@ -152,14 +147,10 @@ When saving to document, append these Level 2 and Level 3 sections:
 ### 6. Present MENU OPTIONS (Only if Innovation Detected)
 
 Present the innovation content for review, then display menu:
-
-"Based on our conversation, I've identified innovative aspects of {{project_name}} that differentiate it from existing solutions.
-
-**Here's what I'll add to the document:**
-
-[Show the complete markdown content from section 5]
-
-**What would you like to do?**"
+- Show identified innovative aspects (using structure from section 5)
+- Highlight differentiation from existing solutions
+- Ask if they'd like to refine further, get other perspectives, or proceed
+- Present menu options naturally as part of conversation
 
 Display: "**Select:** [A] Advanced Elicitation [P] Party Mode [C] Continue to Project Type Analysis (Step 7 of 11)"
 
@@ -177,9 +168,9 @@ Display: "**Select:** [A] Advanced Elicitation [P] Party Mode [C] Continue to Pr
 ## NO INNOVATION DETECTED:
 
 If no genuine innovation signals are found after exploration:
-"After exploring {{project_name}}, I don't see clear innovation signals that warrant a dedicated innovation section. This is perfectly fine - many successful products are excellent executions of existing concepts rather than breakthrough innovations.
-
-**What would you like to do?**"
+- Acknowledge that no clear innovation signals were found
+- Note this is fine - many successful products are excellent executions of existing concepts
+- Ask if they'd like to try finding innovative angles or proceed
 
 Display: "**Select:** [A] Advanced Elicitation - Let's try to find innovative angles [C] Continue - Skip innovation section and move to Project Type Analysis (Step 7 of 11)"
 
@@ -221,7 +212,7 @@ When user selects 'C', append the content directly to the document using the str
 
 ## SKIP CONDITIONS:
 
-Skip this step and load `{project-root}/_bmad/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/steps/step-07-project-type.md` if:
+Skip this step and load `{nextStepFile}` if:
 
 - No innovation signals detected in conversation
 - Product is incremental improvement rather than breakthrough
@@ -230,6 +221,6 @@ Skip this step and load `{project-root}/_bmad/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd
 
 ## NEXT STEP:
 
-After user selects 'C' and content is saved to document (or step is skipped), load `{project-root}/_bmad/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/steps/step-07-project-type.md`.
+After user selects 'C' and content is saved to document (or step is skipped), load `{nextStepFile}`.
 
 Remember: Do NOT proceed to step-07 until user explicitly selects 'C' from the A/P/C menu (or confirms step skip)!

src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/steps-c/step-07-project-type.md

@@ -53,11 +53,23 @@ Conduct project-type specific discovery using CSV-driven guidance to define tech
 
 ### 1. Load Project-Type Configuration Data
 
-Load project-type specific configuration:
+**Attempt subprocess data lookup:**
 
-- Load `{projectTypesCSV}` completely
-- Find the row where `project_type` matches detected type from step-02
-- Extract these columns:
+"Your task: Lookup data in {projectTypesCSV}
+
+**Search criteria:**
+- Find row where project_type matches {{projectTypeFromStep02}}
+
+**Return format:**
+Return ONLY the matching row as a YAML-formatted object with these fields:
+project_type, key_questions, required_sections, skip_sections, innovation_signals
+
+**Do NOT return the entire CSV - only the matching row.**"
+
+**Graceful degradation (if Task tool unavailable):**
+- Load the CSV file directly
+- Find the matching row manually
+- Extract required fields:
   - `key_questions` (semicolon-separated list of discovery questions)
   - `required_sections` (semicolon-separated list of sections to document)
   - `skip_sections` (semicolon-separated list of sections to skip)

src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/steps-c/step-08-scoping.md

@@ -53,80 +53,46 @@ Conduct comprehensive scoping exercise to define MVP boundaries and prioritize f
 ### 1. Review Current PRD State
 
 Analyze everything documented so far:
-"I've reviewed your complete PRD so far. Here's what we've established:
-
-**Product Vision & Success:**
-{{summary_of_vision_and_success_criteria}}
-
-**User Journeys:** {{number_of_journeys}} mapped with rich narratives
-
-**Domain & Innovation Focus:**
-{{summary_of_domain_requirements_and_innovation}}
-
-**Current Scope Implications:**
-Based on everything we've documented, this looks like it could be:
-
-- [ ] Simple MVP (small team, lean scope)
-- [ ] Medium scope (moderate team, balanced features)
-- [ ] Complex project (large team, comprehensive scope)
-
-Does this initial assessment feel right, or do you see this differently?"
+- Present synthesis of established vision, success criteria, journeys
+- Assess domain and innovation focus
+- Evaluate scope implications: simple MVP, medium, or complex project
+- Ask if initial assessment feels right or if they see it differently
 
 ### 2. Define MVP Strategy
 
 Facilitate strategic MVP decisions:
-
-"Let's think strategically about your launch strategy:
-
-**MVP Philosophy Options:**
-
-1. **Problem-Solving MVP**: Solve the core problem with minimal features
-2. **Experience MVP**: Deliver the key user experience with basic functionality
-3. **Platform MVP**: Build the foundation for future expansion
-4. **Revenue MVP**: Generate early revenue with essential features
-
-**Critical Questions:**
-
-- What's the minimum that would make users say 'this is useful'?
-- What would make investors/partners say 'this has potential'?
-- What's the fastest path to validated learning?
-
-**Which MVP approach feels right for {{project_name}}?**"
+- Explore MVP philosophy options: problem-solving, experience, platform, or revenue MVP
+- Ask critical questions:
+  - What's the minimum that would make users say 'this is useful'?
+  - What would make investors/partners say 'this has potential'?
+  - What's the fastest path to validated learning?
+- Guide toward appropriate MVP approach for their product
 
 ### 3. Scoping Decision Framework
 
 Use structured decision-making for scope:
 
 **Must-Have Analysis:**
-"Let's identify absolute MVP necessities. For each journey and success criterion, ask:
-
-- **Without this, does the product fail?** (Y/N)
-- **Can this be manual initially?** (Y/N)
-- **Is this a deal-breaker for early adopters?** (Y/N)
-
-**Current Document Review:**
-Looking at your user journeys, what are the absolute core experiences that must work?
-
-{{analyze_journeys_for_mvp_essentials}}"
+- Guide identification of absolute MVP necessities
+- For each journey and success criterion, ask:
+  - Without this, does the product fail?
+  - Can this be manual initially?
+  - Is this a deal-breaker for early adopters?
+- Analyze journeys for MVP essentials
 
 **Nice-to-Have Analysis:**
-"Let's also identify what could be added later:
-
-**Post-MVP Enhancements:**
-
-- Features that enhance but aren't essential
-- User types that can be added later
-- Advanced functionality that builds on MVP
-
-**What features could we add in versions 2, 3, etc.?**"
+- Identify what could be added later:
+  - Features that enhance but aren't essential
+  - User types that can be added later
+  - Advanced functionality that builds on MVP
+- Ask what features could be added in versions 2, 3, etc.
 
 ### 4. Progressive Feature Roadmap
 
 Create phased development approach:
-
-"Let's map your features across development phases:
-
-**Phase 1: MVP**
+- Guide mapping of features across development phases
+- Structure as Phase 1 (MVP), Phase 2 (Growth), Phase 3 (Vision)
+- Ensure clear progression and dependencies
 
 - Core user value delivery
 - Essential user journeys
@@ -209,14 +175,10 @@ Prepare comprehensive scoping section:
 ### 7. Present MENU OPTIONS
 
 Present the scoping decisions for review, then display menu:
-
-"Based on our conversation, I've analyzed your complete PRD and created a strategic scoping plan for {{project_name}}.
-
-**Here's what I'll add to the document:**
-
-[Show the complete markdown content from step 6]
-
-**What would you like to do?**"
+- Show strategic scoping plan (using structure from step 6)
+- Highlight MVP boundaries and phased roadmap
+- Ask if they'd like to refine further, get other perspectives, or proceed
+- Present menu options naturally as part of conversation
 
 Display: "**Select:** [A] Advanced Elicitation [P] Party Mode [C] Continue to Functional Requirements (Step 9 of 11)"
 

src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/steps-c/step-09-functional.md

@@ -170,18 +170,11 @@ When saving to document, append these Level 2 and Level 3 sections:
 ### 7. Present MENU OPTIONS
 
 Present the functional requirements for review, then display menu:
-
-"Based on our conversation, I've synthesized all our discussions into comprehensive functional requirements. This becomes the capability contract that UX designers, architects, and developers will all work from.
-
-**Here's what I'll add to the document:**
-
-[Show the complete FR list from step 6]
-
-**This is critical because:**
-
-- Every feature we build must trace back to one of these requirements
-- UX designers will ONLY design interactions for these capabilities
-- Architects will ONLY build systems to support these capabilities
+- Show synthesized functional requirements (using structure from step 6)
+- Emphasize this is the capability contract for all downstream work
+- Highlight that every feature must trace back to these requirements
+- Ask if they'd like to refine further, get other perspectives, or proceed
+- Present menu options naturally as part of conversation
 
 **What would you like to do?**"
 

src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/steps-c/step-10-nonfunctional.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: 'step-10-nonfunctional'
 description: 'Define quality attributes that matter for this specific product'
 
 # File References
-nextStepFile: './step-11-complete.md'
+nextStepFile: './step-11-polish.md'
 outputFile: '{planning_artifacts}/prd.md'
 
 # Task References
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ partyModeWorkflow: '{project-root}/_bmad/core/workflows/party-mode/workflow.md'
 
 # Step 10: Non-Functional Requirements
 
-**Progress: Step 10 of 11** - Next: Complete PRD
+**Progress: Step 10 of 12** - Next: Polish Document
 
 ## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
 
@@ -78,56 +78,41 @@ For each relevant category, conduct targeted discovery:
 
 #### Performance NFRs (If relevant):
 
-"Let's talk about performance requirements for {{project_name}}.
-
-**Performance Questions:**
-
+Explore performance requirements:
 - What parts of the system need to be fast for users to be successful?
 - Are there specific response time expectations?
 - What happens if performance is slower than expected?
-- Are there concurrent user scenarios we need to support?"
+- Are there concurrent user scenarios we need to support?
 
 #### Security NFRs (If relevant):
 
-"Security is critical for products that handle sensitive information.
-
-**Security Questions:**
-
+Explore security requirements:
 - What data needs to be protected?
 - Who should have access to what?
 - What are the security risks we need to mitigate?
-- Are there compliance requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS)?"
+- Are there compliance requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS)?
 
 #### Scalability NFRs (If relevant):
 
-"Scalability matters if we expect growth or have variable demand.
-
-**Scalability Questions:**
-
+Explore scalability requirements:
 - How many users do we expect initially? Long-term?
 - Are there seasonal or event-based traffic spikes?
-- What happens if we exceed our capacity?"
-- What growth scenarios should we plan for?"
+- What happens if we exceed our capacity?
+- What growth scenarios should we plan for?
 
 #### Accessibility NFRs (If relevant):
 
-"Accessibility ensures the product works for users with disabilities.
-
-**Accessibility Questions:**
-
+Explore accessibility requirements:
 - Are we serving users with visual, hearing, or motor impairments?
 - Are there legal accessibility requirements (WCAG, Section 508)?
-- What accessibility features are most important for our users?"
+- What accessibility features are most important for our users?
 
 #### Integration NFRs (If relevant):
 
-"Integration requirements matter for products that connect to other systems.
-
-**Integration Questions:**
-
+Explore integration requirements:
 - What external systems do we need to connect with?
 - Are there APIs or data formats we must support?
-- How reliable do these integrations need to be?"
+- How reliable do these integrations need to be?
 
 ### 4. Make NFRs Specific and Measurable
 
@@ -174,18 +159,13 @@ When saving to document, append these Level 2 and Level 3 sections (only include
 ### 6. Present MENU OPTIONS
 
 Present the non-functional requirements for review, then display menu:
+- Show defined NFRs (using structure from step 5)
+- Note that only relevant categories were included
+- Emphasize NFRs specify how well the system needs to perform
+- Ask if they'd like to refine further, get other perspectives, or proceed
+- Present menu options naturally as part of conversation
 
-"Based on our conversation, I've defined the non-functional requirements that specify how well {{project_name}} needs to perform. I've only included categories that actually matter for this product.
-
-**Here's what I'll add to the document:**
-
-[Show the complete NFR content from step 5]
-
-**Note:** We've skipped categories that don't apply to avoid unnecessary requirements.
-
-**What would you like to do?**"
-
-Display: "**Select:** [A] Advanced Elicitation [P] Party Mode [C] Continue to Complete PRD (Step 11 of 11)"
+Display: "**Select:** [A] Advanced Elicitation [P] Party Mode [C] Continue to Polish Document (Step 11 of 12)"
 
 #### Menu Handling Logic:
 - IF A: Execute {advancedElicitationTask} with the current NFR content, process the enhanced quality attribute insights that come back, ask user if they accept the improvements, if yes update content then redisplay menu, if no keep original content then redisplay menu

src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/steps-c/step-11-complete.md

@@ -1,181 +0,0 @@
----
-name: 'step-11-complete'
-description: 'Complete the PRD workflow, update status files, and suggest next steps'
-
-# File References
-outputFile: '{planning_artifacts}/prd.md'
----
-
-# Step 11: Workflow Completion
-
-**Final Step - Complete the PRD**
-
-## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
-
-- ✅ THIS IS A FINAL STEP - Workflow completion required
-
-- 📖 CRITICAL: ALWAYS read the complete step file before taking any action - partial understanding leads to incomplete decisions
-- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure the entire file is read and understood before proceeding
-- 🛑 NO content generation - this is a wrap-up step
-- 📋 FINALIZE document and update workflow status
-- 💬 FOCUS on completion, next steps, and suggestions
-- 🎯 UPDATE workflow status files with completion information
-- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
-
-## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
-
-- 🎯 Show your analysis before taking any action
-- 💾 Update the main workflow status file with completion information
-- 📖 Suggest potential next workflow steps for the user
-- 🚫 DO NOT load additional steps after this one
-
-## TERMINATION STEP PROTOCOLS:
-
-- This is a FINAL step - workflow completion required
-- Output any remaining content if needed (none for this step)
-- Update the main workflow status file with finalized document
-- Suggest potential next steps for the user
-- Mark workflow as complete in status tracking
-
-## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
-
-- Complete PRD document is available from all previous steps
-- Workflow frontmatter shows all completed steps
-- All collaborative content has been generated and saved
-- Focus on completion, validation, and next steps
-
-## YOUR TASK:
-
-Complete the PRD workflow, update status files, and suggest next steps for the project.
-
-## WORKFLOW COMPLETION SEQUENCE:
-
-### 1. Announce Workflow Completion
-
-Inform user that the PRD is complete:
-"🎉 **PRD Complete, {{user_name}}!**
-
-I've successfully collaborated with you to create a comprehensive Product Requirements Document for {{project_name}}.
-
-**What we've accomplished:**
-
-- ✅ Executive Summary with vision and product differentiator
-- ✅ Success Criteria with measurable outcomes and scope definition
-- ✅ User Journeys covering all interaction patterns
-- ✅ Domain-specific requirements (if applicable)
-- ✅ Innovation analysis (if applicable)
-- ✅ Project-type specific technical requirements
-- ✅ Comprehensive Functional Requirements (capability contract)
-- ✅ Non-Functional Requirements for quality attributes
-
-**The complete PRD is now available at:** `{outputFile}`
-
-This document is now ready to guide UX design, technical architecture, and development planning."
-
-### 2. Workflow Status Update
-
-Update the main workflow status file if there is one:
-
-- Load `{status_file}` from workflow configuration (if exists)
-- Update workflow_status["prd"] = "{default_output_file}"
-- Save file, preserving all comments and structure
-- Mark current timestamp as completion time
-
-### 3. Suggest Next Steps
-
-Provide guidance on logical next workflows:
-
-**Typical Next Workflows:**
-
-**Immediate Next Steps:**
-
-1. `workflow create-ux-design` - UX Design (if UI exists)
-   - User journey insights from step-04 will inform interaction design
-   - Functional requirements from step-09 define design scope
-
-2. `workflow create-architecture` - Technical architecture
-   - Project-type requirements from step-07 guide technical decisions
-   - Non-functional requirements from step-10 inform architecture choices
-
-3. `workflow create-epics-and-stories` - Epic breakdown
-   - Functional requirements from step-09 become epics and stories
-   - Scope definition from step-03 guides sprint planning
-
-**Strategic Considerations:**
-
-- UX design and architecture can happen in parallel
-- Epics/stories are richer when created after UX/architecture
-
-**What would be most valuable to tackle next?**
-
-### 4. Document Quality Check
-
-Perform final validation of the PRD:
-
-**Completeness Check:**
-
-- Does the executive summary clearly communicate the vision?
-- Are success criteria specific and measurable?
-- Do user journeys cover all major user types?
-- Are functional requirements comprehensive and testable?
-- Are non-functional requirements relevant and specific?
-
-**Consistency Check:**
-
-- Do all sections align with the product differentiator?
-- Is scope consistent across all sections?
-- Are requirements traceable to user needs and success criteria?
-
-### 5. Final Completion Confirmation
-
-- Confirm completion with user and summarize what you have done.
-- Update frontmatter: add this final step name to the end of the steps completed array.
-
-## SUCCESS METRICS:
-
-✅ PRD document contains all required sections
-✅ All collaborative content properly saved to document
-✅ Workflow status file updated with completion information
-✅ Clear next step guidance provided to user
-✅ Document quality validation completed
-✅ User acknowledges completion and understands next options
-
-## FAILURE MODES:
-
-❌ Not updating workflow status file with completion information
-❌ Missing clear next step guidance for user
-❌ Not confirming document completeness with user
-❌ Workflow not properly marked as complete in status tracking
-❌ User unclear about what happens next
-
-❌ **CRITICAL**: Reading only partial step file - leads to incomplete understanding and poor decisions
-❌ **CRITICAL**: Proceeding with 'C' without fully reading and understanding the next step file
-❌ **CRITICAL**: Making decisions without complete understanding of step requirements and protocols
-
-## WORKFLOW COMPLETION CHECKLIST:
-
-### Document Structure Complete:
-
-- [ ] Executive Summary with vision and differentiator
-- [ ] Success Criteria with measurable outcomes
-- [ ] Product Scope (MVP, Growth, Vision)
-- [ ] User Journeys (comprehensive coverage)
-- [ ] Domain Requirements (if applicable)
-- [ ] Innovation Analysis (if applicable)
-- [ ] Project-Type Requirements
-- [ ] Functional Requirements (capability contract)
-- [ ] Non-Functional Requirements
-
-### Process Complete:
-
-- [ ] All steps completed with user confirmation
-- [ ] All content saved to document
-- [ ] Frontmatter properly updated
-- [ ] Workflow status file updated
-- [ ] Next steps clearly communicated
-
-## FINAL REMINDER:
-
-This workflow is now complete. The PRD serves as the foundation for all subsequent product development activities. All design, architecture, and development work should trace back to the requirements and vision documented in this PRD.
-
-**Congratulations on completing the Product Requirements Document for {{project_name}}!** 🎉

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+---
+name: 'step-11-polish'
+description: 'Optimize and polish the complete PRD document for flow, coherence, and readability'
+
+# File References
+nextStepFile: './step-12-complete.md'
+outputFile: '{planning_artifacts}/prd.md'
+purposeFile: './data/prd-purpose.md'
+
+# Task References
+advancedElicitationTask: '{project-root}/_bmad/core/workflows/advanced-elicitation/workflow.xml'
+partyModeWorkflow: '{project-root}/_bmad/core/workflows/party-mode/workflow.md'
+---
+
+# Step 11: Document Polish
+
+**Progress: Step 11 of 12** - Next: Complete PRD
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+- 🛑 CRITICAL: Load the ENTIRE document before making changes
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read complete step file before taking action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- ✅ This is a POLISH step - optimize existing content
+- 📋 IMPROVE flow, coherence, and readability
+- 💬 PRESERVE user's voice and intent
+- 🎯 MAINTAIN all essential information while improving presentation
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Load complete document first
+- 📝 Review for flow and coherence issues
+- ✂️ Reduce duplication while preserving essential info
+- 📖 Ensure proper ## Level 2 headers throughout
+- 💾 Save optimized document
+- ⚠️ Present A/P/C menu after polish
+- 🚫 DO NOT skip review steps
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Complete PRD document exists from all previous steps
+- Document may have duplication from progressive append
+- Sections may not flow smoothly together
+- Level 2 headers ensure document can be split if needed
+- Focus on readability and coherence
+
+## YOUR TASK:
+
+Optimize the complete PRD document for flow, coherence, and professional presentation while preserving all essential information.
+
+## DOCUMENT POLISH SEQUENCE:
+
+### 1. Load Context and Document
+
+**CRITICAL:** Load the PRD purpose document first:
+
+- Read `{purposeFile}` to understand what makes a great BMAD PRD
+- Internalize the philosophy: information density, traceability, measurable requirements
+- Keep the dual-audience nature (humans + LLMs) in mind
+
+**Then Load the PRD Document:**
+
+- Read `{outputFile}` completely from start to finish
+- Understand the full document structure and content
+- Identify all sections and their relationships
+- Note areas that need attention
+
+### 2. Document Quality Review
+
+Review the entire document with PRD purpose principles in mind:
+
+**Information Density:**
+- Are there wordy phrases that can be condensed?
+- Is conversational padding present?
+- Can sentences be more direct and concise?
+
+**Flow and Coherence:**
+- Do sections transition smoothly?
+- Are there jarring topic shifts?
+- Does the document tell a cohesive story?
+- Is the progression logical for readers?
+
+**Duplication Detection:**
+- Are ideas repeated across sections?
+- Is the same information stated multiple times?
+- Can redundant content be consolidated?
+- Are there contradictory statements?
+
+**Header Structure:**
+- Are all main sections using ## Level 2 headers?
+- Is the hierarchy consistent (##, ###, ####)?
+- Can sections be easily extracted or referenced?
+- Are headers descriptive and clear?
+
+**Readability:**
+- Are sentences clear and concise?
+- Is the language consistent throughout?
+- Are technical terms used appropriately?
+- Would stakeholders find this easy to understand?
+
+### 3. Optimization Actions
+
+Make targeted improvements:
+
+**Improve Flow:**
+- Add transition sentences between sections
+- Smooth out jarring topic shifts
+- Ensure logical progression
+- Connect related concepts across sections
+
+**Reduce Duplication:**
+- Consolidate repeated information
+- Keep content in the most appropriate section
+- Use cross-references instead of repetition
+- Remove redundant explanations
+
+**Enhance Coherence:**
+- Ensure consistent terminology throughout
+- Align all sections with product differentiator
+- Maintain consistent voice and tone
+- Verify scope consistency across sections
+
+**Optimize Headers:**
+- Ensure all main sections use ## Level 2
+- Make headers descriptive and action-oriented
+- Check that headers follow consistent patterns
+- Verify headers support document navigation
+
+### 4. Preserve Critical Information
+
+**While optimizing, ensure NOTHING essential is lost:**
+
+**Must Preserve:**
+- All user success criteria
+- All functional requirements (capability contract)
+- All user journey narratives
+- All scope decisions (MVP, Growth, Vision)
+- All non-functional requirements
+- Product differentiator and vision
+- Domain-specific requirements
+- Innovation analysis (if present)
+
+**Can Consolidate:**
+- Repeated explanations of the same concept
+- Redundant background information
+- Multiple versions of similar content
+- Overlapping examples
+
+### 5. Generate Optimized Document
+
+Create the polished version:
+
+**Polishing Process:**
+1. Start with original document
+2. Apply all optimization actions
+3. Review to ensure nothing essential was lost
+4. Verify improvements enhance readability
+5. Prepare optimized version for review
+
+### 6. Present MENU OPTIONS
+
+Present the polished document for review, then display menu:
+- Show what changed in the polish
+- Highlight improvements made (flow, duplication, headers)
+- Ask if they'd like to refine further, get other perspectives, or proceed
+- Present menu options naturally as part of conversation
+
+Display: "**Select:** [A] Advanced Elicitation [P] Party Mode [C] Continue to Complete PRD (Step 12 of 12)"
+
+#### Menu Handling Logic:
+- IF A: Execute {advancedElicitationTask} with the polished document, process the enhanced refinements that come back, ask user "Accept these polish improvements? (y/n)", if yes update content with improvements then redisplay menu, if no keep original polish then redisplay menu
+- IF P: Execute {partyModeWorkflow} with the polished document, process the collaborative refinements to flow and coherence, ask user "Accept these polish changes? (y/n)", if yes update content with improvements then redisplay menu, if no keep original polish then redisplay menu
+- IF C: Save the polished document to {outputFile}, update frontmatter by adding this step name to the end of the stepsCompleted array, then load, read entire file, then execute {nextStepFile}
+- IF Any other: help user respond, then redisplay menu
+
+#### EXECUTION RULES:
+- ALWAYS halt and wait for user input after presenting menu
+- ONLY proceed to next step when user selects 'C'
+- After other menu items execution, return to this menu
+
+## APPEND TO DOCUMENT:
+
+When user selects 'C', replace the entire document content with the polished version.
+
+## SUCCESS METRICS:
+
+✅ Complete document loaded and reviewed
+✅ Flow and coherence improved
+✅ Duplication reduced while preserving essential information
+✅ All main sections use ## Level 2 headers
+✅ Transitions between sections are smooth
+✅ User's voice and intent preserved
+✅ Document is more readable and professional
+✅ A/P/C menu presented and handled correctly
+✅ Polished document saved when C selected
+
+## FAILURE MODES:
+
+❌ Loading only partial document (leads to incomplete polish)
+❌ Removing essential information while reducing duplication
+❌ Not preserving user's voice and intent
+❌ Changing content instead of improving presentation
+❌ Not ensuring ## Level 2 headers for main sections
+❌ Making arbitrary style changes instead of coherence improvements
+❌ Not presenting A/P/C menu for user approval
+❌ Saving polished document without user selecting 'C'
+
+❌ **CRITICAL**: Reading only partial step file - leads to incomplete understanding and poor decisions
+❌ **CRITICAL**: Proceeding with 'C' without fully reading and understanding the next step file
+❌ **CRITICAL**: Making changes without complete understanding of document requirements
+
+## NEXT STEP:
+
+After user selects 'C' and polished document is saved, load `./step-12-complete.md` to complete the workflow.
+
+Remember: Do NOT proceed to step-12 until user explicitly selects 'C' from the A/P/C menu and polished document is saved!

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+---
+name: 'step-12-complete'
+description: 'Complete the PRD workflow, update status files, and suggest next steps including validation'
+
+# File References
+outputFile: '{planning_artifacts}/prd.md'
+
+# Workflow References
+checkImplementationReadinessWorkflow: '{project-root}/_bmad/bmm/workflows/3-solutioning/check-implementation-readiness/workflow.md'
+createEpicsWorkflow: '{project-root}/_bmad/bmm/workflows/3-solutioning/create-epics-and-stories/workflow.md'
+---
+
+# Step 12: Workflow Completion
+
+**Final Step - Complete the PRD**
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+- ✅ THIS IS A FINAL STEP - Workflow completion required
+- 📖 CRITICAL: ALWAYS read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🛑 NO content generation - this is a wrap-up step
+- 📋 FINALIZE document and update workflow status
+- 💬 FOCUS on completion, validation options, and next steps
+- 🎯 UPDATE workflow status files with completion information
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Show your analysis before taking any action
+- 💾 Update the main workflow status file with completion information (if exists)
+- 📖 Offer validation workflow options to user
+- 🚫 DO NOT load additional steps after this one
+
+## TERMINATION STEP PROTOCOLS:
+
+- This is a FINAL step - workflow completion required
+- Update workflow status file with finalized document
+- Suggest validation and next workflow steps
+- Mark workflow as complete in status tracking
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Complete and polished PRD document is available from all previous steps
+- Workflow frontmatter shows all completed steps including polish
+- All collaborative content has been generated, saved, and optimized
+- Focus on completion, validation options, and next steps
+
+## YOUR TASK:
+
+Complete the PRD workflow, update status files, offer validation options, and suggest next steps for the project.
+
+## WORKFLOW COMPLETION SEQUENCE:
+
+### 1. Announce Workflow Completion
+
+Inform user that the PRD is complete and polished:
+- Celebrate successful completion of comprehensive PRD
+- Summarize all sections that were created
+- Highlight that document has been polished for flow and coherence
+- Emphasize document is ready for downstream work
+
+### 2. Workflow Status Update
+
+Update the main workflow status file if there is one:
+
+- Load `{status_file}` from workflow configuration (if exists)
+- Update workflow_status["prd"] = "{default_output_file}"
+- Save file, preserving all comments and structure
+- Mark current timestamp as completion time
+
+### 3. Validation Workflow Options
+
+Offer validation workflows to ensure PRD is ready for implementation:
+
+**Available Validation Workflows:**
+
+**Option 1: Check Implementation Readiness** (`{checkImplementationReadinessWorkflow}`)
+- Validates PRD has all information needed for development
+- Checks epic coverage completeness
+- Reviews UX alignment with requirements
+- Assesses epic quality and readiness
+- Identifies gaps before architecture/design work begins
+
+**When to use:** Before starting technical architecture or epic breakdown
+
+**Option 2: Skip for Now**
+- Proceed directly to next workflows (architecture, UX, epics)
+- Validation can be done later if needed
+- Some teams prefer to validate during architecture reviews
+
+### 4. Suggest Next Workflows
+
+Provide guidance on logical next workflows:
+
+**Typical Next Workflows:**
+
+**Immediate Next Steps:**
+
+1. **Validation First (Recommended):**
+   `workflow check-implementation-readiness`
+   - Ensures PRD is complete and ready
+   - Identifies any gaps or issues
+   - Validates before committing to architecture/design
+
+2. **UX Design:** `workflow create-ux-design` (if UI exists)
+   - User journey insights from step-04 inform interaction design
+   - Functional requirements from step-09 define design scope
+   - Polish-optimized document provides clear design requirements
+
+3. **Technical Architecture:** `workflow create-architecture`
+   - Project-type requirements from step-07 guide technical decisions
+   - Non-functional requirements from step-10 inform architecture choices
+   - Functional requirements define system capabilities
+
+4. **Epic Breakdown:** `workflow create-epics-and-stories`
+   - Functional requirements from step-09 become epics and stories
+   - Scope definition from step-03 guides sprint planning
+   - Richer when created after UX/architecture
+
+**Strategic Considerations:**
+
+- Validation adds confidence before architecture/design investment
+- UX design and architecture can happen in parallel after validation
+- Epics/stories are richer when created after UX/architecture
+- Order depends on team preferences and project needs
+
+### 5. Final Completion Confirmation
+
+- Confirm completion with user and summarize what has been accomplished
+- Document now contains: Executive Summary, Success Criteria, User Journeys, Domain Requirements (if applicable), Innovation Analysis (if applicable), Project-Type Requirements, Functional Requirements (capability contract), Non-Functional Requirements, and has been polished for flow and coherence
+- Ask if they'd like to run validation workflow or proceed to next workflows
+
+## SUCCESS METRICS:
+
+✅ PRD document contains all required sections and has been polished
+✅ All collaborative content properly saved and optimized
+✅ Workflow status file updated with completion information (if exists)
+✅ Validation workflow options clearly presented
+✅ Clear next step guidance provided to user
+✅ Document quality validation completed
+✅ User acknowledges completion and understands next options
+
+## FAILURE MODES:
+
+❌ Not updating workflow status file with completion information (if exists)
+❌ Not offering validation workflow options
+❌ Missing clear next step guidance for user
+❌ Not confirming document completeness with user
+❌ Workflow not properly marked as complete in status tracking (if applicable)
+❌ User unclear about what happens next or what validation options exist
+
+❌ **CRITICAL**: Reading only partial step file - leads to incomplete understanding and poor decisions
+❌ **CRITICAL**: Making decisions without complete understanding of step requirements and protocols
+
+## WORKFLOW COMPLETION CHECKLIST:
+
+### Document Structure Complete:
+
+- [ ] Executive Summary with vision and differentiator
+- [ ] Success Criteria with measurable outcomes
+- [ ] Product Scope (MVP, Growth, Vision)
+- [ ] User Journeys (comprehensive coverage)
+- [ ] Domain Requirements (if applicable)
+- [ ] Innovation Analysis (if applicable)
+- [ ] Project-Type Requirements
+- [ ] Functional Requirements (capability contract)
+- [ ] Non-Functional Requirements
+- [ ] Document polished for flow and coherence
+
+### Process Complete:
+
+- [ ] All steps (including polish) completed with user confirmation
+- [ ] All content saved and optimized
+- [ ] Frontmatter properly updated
+- [ ] Workflow status file updated (if exists)
+- [ ] Validation options presented
+- [ ] Next steps clearly communicated
+
+## FINAL REMINDER:
+
+This workflow is now complete. The polished PRD serves as the foundation for all subsequent product development activities. All design, architecture, and development work should trace back to the requirements and vision documented in this PRD.
+
+**Recommended Next Step:** Consider running `workflow check-implementation-readiness` to validate PRD completeness before proceeding to architecture, UX design, or epic breakdown.
+
+**Congratulations on completing the Product Requirements Document for {{project_name}}!** 🎉

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+---
+name: 'step-e-01-discovery'
+description: 'Discovery & Understanding - Understand what user wants to edit and detect PRD format'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+altStepFile: './step-e-01b-legacy-conversion.md'
+prdPurpose: '{project-root}/src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/data/prd-purpose.md'
+advancedElicitationTask: '{project-root}/_bmad/core/workflows/advanced-elicitation/workflow.xml'
+partyModeWorkflow: '{project-root}/_bmad/core/workflows/party-mode/workflow.md'
+---
+
+# Step E-1: Discovery & Understanding
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Understand what the user wants to edit in the PRD, detect PRD format/type, check for validation report guidance, and route appropriately.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and PRD Improvement Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in collaborative dialogue, not command-response
+- ✅ You bring analytical expertise and improvement guidance
+- ✅ User brings domain knowledge and edit requirements
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on discovering user intent and PRD format
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to make any edits yet
+- 💬 Approach: Inquisitive and analytical, understanding before acting
+- 🚪 This is a branch step - may route to legacy conversion
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Discover user's edit requirements
+- 🎯 Auto-detect validation reports in PRD folder (use as guide)
+- 🎯 Load validation report if provided (use as guide)
+- 🎯 Detect PRD format (BMAD/legacy)
+- 🎯 Route appropriately based on format
+- 💾 Document discoveries for next step
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to proceed without understanding requirements
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: PRD file to edit, optional validation report, auto-detected validation reports
+- Focus: User intent discovery and format detection only
+- Limits: Don't edit yet, don't validate yet
+- Dependencies: None - this is first edit step
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Load PRD Purpose Standards
+
+Load and read the complete file at:
+`{prdPurpose}` (data/prd-purpose.md)
+
+This file defines what makes a great BMAD PRD. Internalize this understanding - it will guide improvement recommendations.
+
+### 2. Discover PRD to Edit
+
+"**PRD Edit Workflow**
+
+Which PRD would you like to edit?
+
+Please provide the path to the PRD file you want to edit."
+
+**Wait for user to provide PRD path.**
+
+### 3. Validate PRD Exists and Load
+
+Once PRD path is provided:
+- Check if PRD file exists at specified path
+- If not found: "I cannot find a PRD at that path. Please check the path and try again."
+- If found: Load the complete PRD file including frontmatter
+
+### 4. Check for Existing Validation Report
+
+**Check if validation report exists in the PRD folder:**
+
+```bash
+# Look for most recent validation report in the PRD folder
+ls -t {prd_folder_path}/validation-report-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1
+```
+
+**If validation report found:**
+
+Display:
+"**📋 Found Validation Report**
+
+I found a validation report from {validation_date} in the PRD folder.
+
+This report contains findings from previous validation checks and can help guide our edits to fix known issues.
+
+**Would you like to:**
+- **[U] Use validation report** - Load it to guide and prioritize edits
+- **[S] Skip** - Proceed with manual edit discovery"
+
+**Wait for user input.**
+
+**IF U (Use validation report):**
+- Load the validation report file
+- Extract findings, issues, and improvement suggestions
+- Note: "Validation report loaded - will use it to guide prioritized improvements"
+- Continue to step 5
+
+**IF S (Skip) or no validation report found:**
+- Note: "Proceeding with manual edit discovery"
+- Continue to step 5
+
+**If no validation report found:**
+- Note: "No validation report found in PRD folder"
+- Continue to step 5 without asking user
+
+### 5. Ask About Validation Report
+
+"**Do you have a validation report to guide edits?**
+
+If you've run the validation workflow on this PRD, I can use that report to guide improvements and prioritize changes.
+
+Validation report path (or type 'none'):"
+
+**Wait for user input.**
+
+**If validation report path provided:**
+- Load the validation report
+- Extract findings, severity, improvement suggestions
+- Note: "Validation report loaded - will use it to guide prioritized improvements"
+
+**If no validation report:**
+- Note: "Proceeding with manual edit discovery"
+- Continue to step 6
+
+### 6. Discover Edit Requirements
+
+"**What would you like to edit in this PRD?**
+
+Please describe the changes you want to make. For example:
+- Fix specific issues (information density, implementation leakage, etc.)
+- Add missing sections or content
+- Improve structure and flow
+- Convert to BMAD format (if legacy PRD)
+- General improvements
+- Other changes
+
+**Describe your edit goals:**"
+
+**Wait for user to describe their requirements.**
+
+### 7. Detect PRD Format
+
+Analyze the loaded PRD:
+
+**Extract all ## Level 2 headers** from PRD
+
+**Check for BMAD PRD core sections:**
+1. Executive Summary
+2. Success Criteria
+3. Product Scope
+4. User Journeys
+5. Functional Requirements
+6. Non-Functional Requirements
+
+**Classify format:**
+- **BMAD Standard:** 5-6 core sections present
+- **BMAD Variant:** 3-4 core sections present, generally follows BMAD patterns
+- **Legacy (Non-Standard):** Fewer than 3 core sections, does not follow BMAD structure
+
+### 8. Route Based on Format and Context
+
+**IF validation report provided OR PRD is BMAD Standard/Variant:**
+
+Display: "**Edit Requirements Understood**
+
+**PRD Format:** {classification}
+{If validation report: "**Validation Guide:** Yes - will use validation report findings"}
+**Edit Goals:** {summary of user's requirements}
+
+**Proceeding to deep review and analysis...**"
+
+Load and execute next step (step-e-02-review.md)
+
+**IF PRD is Legacy (Non-Standard) AND no validation report:**
+
+Display: "**Format Detected:** Legacy PRD
+
+This PRD does not follow BMAD standard structure (only {count}/6 core sections present).
+
+**Your edit goals:** {user's requirements}
+
+**How would you like to proceed?**"
+
+Present MENU OPTIONS below for user selection
+
+### 9. Present MENU OPTIONS (Legacy PRDs Only)
+
+**[C] Convert to BMAD Format** - Convert PRD to BMAD standard structure, then apply your edits
+**[E] Edit As-Is** - Apply your edits without converting the format
+**[X] Exit** - Exit and review conversion options
+
+#### EXECUTION RULES:
+
+- ALWAYS halt and wait for user input
+- Only proceed based on user selection
+
+#### Menu Handling Logic:
+
+- IF C (Convert): Load, read entire file, then execute {altStepFile} (step-e-01b-legacy-conversion.md)
+- IF E (Edit As-Is): Display "Proceeding with edits..." then load next step
+- IF X (Exit): Display summary and exit
+- IF Any other: help user, then redisplay menu
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- User's edit requirements clearly understood
+- Auto-detected validation reports loaded and analyzed (when found)
+- Manual validation report loaded and analyzed (if provided)
+- PRD format detected correctly
+- BMAD PRDs proceed directly to review step
+- Legacy PRDs pause and present conversion options
+- User can choose conversion path or edit as-is
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not discovering user's edit requirements
+- Not auto-detecting validation reports in PRD folder
+- Not loading validation report when provided (auto or manual)
+- Missing format detection
+- Not pausing for legacy PRDs without guidance
+- Auto-proceeding without understanding intent
+
+**Master Rule:** Understand before editing. Detect format early so we can guide users appropriately. Auto-detect and use validation reports for prioritized improvements.

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+---
+name: 'step-e-01b-legacy-conversion'
+description: 'Legacy PRD Conversion Assessment - Analyze legacy PRD and propose conversion strategy'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+nextStepFile: './step-e-02-review.md'
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+prdPurpose: '{project-root}/src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/data/prd-purpose.md'
+---
+
+# Step E-1B: Legacy PRD Conversion Assessment
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Analyze legacy PRD against BMAD standards, identify gaps, propose conversion strategy, and let user choose how to proceed.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and PRD Improvement Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in collaborative dialogue, not command-response
+- ✅ You bring BMAD standards expertise and conversion guidance
+- ✅ User brings domain knowledge and edit requirements
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on conversion assessment and proposal
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to perform conversion yet (that comes in edit step)
+- 💬 Approach: Analytical gap analysis with clear recommendations
+- 🚪 This is a branch step - user chooses conversion path
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Analyze legacy PRD against BMAD standard
+- 💾 Identify gaps and estimate conversion effort
+- 📖 Present conversion options with effort estimates
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to proceed without user selection
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: Legacy PRD, user's edit requirements, prd-purpose standards
+- Focus: Conversion assessment only (not actual conversion)
+- Limits: Don't convert yet, don't validate yet
+- Dependencies: Step e-01 detected legacy format and routed here
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Attempt Sub-Process Assessment
+
+**Try to use Task tool with sub-agent:**
+
+"Perform legacy PRD conversion assessment:
+
+**Load the PRD and prd-purpose.md**
+
+**For each BMAD PRD section, analyze:**
+1. Does PRD have this section? (Executive Summary, Success Criteria, Product Scope, User Journeys, Functional Requirements, Non-Functional Requirements)
+2. If present: Is it complete and well-structured?
+3. If missing: What content exists that could migrate to this section?
+4. Effort to create/complete: Minimal / Moderate / Significant
+
+**Identify:**
+- Core sections present: {count}/6
+- Content gaps in each section
+- Overall conversion effort: Quick / Moderate / Substantial
+- Recommended approach: Full restructuring vs targeted improvements
+
+Return conversion assessment with gap analysis and effort estimate."
+
+**Graceful degradation (if no Task tool):**
+- Manually check PRD for each BMAD section
+- Note what's present and what's missing
+- Estimate conversion effort
+- Identify best conversion approach
+
+### 2. Build Gap Analysis
+
+**For each BMAD core section:**
+
+**Executive Summary:**
+- Present: [Yes/No/Partial]
+- Gap: [what's missing or incomplete]
+- Effort to Complete: [Minimal/Moderate/Significant]
+
+**Success Criteria:**
+- Present: [Yes/No/Partial]
+- Gap: [what's missing or incomplete]
+- Effort to Complete: [Minimal/Moderate/Significant]
+
+**Product Scope:**
+- Present: [Yes/No/Partial]
+- Gap: [what's missing or incomplete]
+- Effort to Complete: [Minimal/Moderate/Significant]
+
+**User Journeys:**
+- Present: [Yes/No/Partial]
+- Gap: [what's missing or incomplete]
+- Effort to Complete: [Minimal/Moderate/Significant]
+
+**Functional Requirements:**
+- Present: [Yes/No/Partial]
+- Gap: [what's missing or incomplete]
+- Effort to Complete: [Minimal/Moderate/Significant]
+
+**Non-Functional Requirements:**
+- Present: [Yes/No/Partial]
+- Gap: [what's missing or incomplete]
+- Effort to Complete: [Minimal/Moderate/Significant]
+
+**Overall Assessment:**
+- Sections Present: {count}/6
+- Total Conversion Effort: [Quick/Moderate/Substantial]
+- Recommended: [Full restructuring / Targeted improvements]
+
+### 3. Present Conversion Assessment
+
+Display:
+
+"**Legacy PRD Conversion Assessment**
+
+**Current PRD Structure:**
+- Core sections present: {count}/6
+{List which sections are present/missing}
+
+**Gap Analysis:**
+
+{Present gap analysis table showing each section's status and effort}
+
+**Overall Conversion Effort:** {effort level}
+
+**Your Edit Goals:**
+{Reiterate user's stated edit requirements}
+
+**Recommendation:**
+{Based on effort and user goals, recommend best approach}
+
+**How would you like to proceed?**"
+
+### 4. Present MENU OPTIONS
+
+**[R] Restructure to BMAD** - Full conversion to BMAD format, then apply your edits
+**[I] Targeted Improvements** - Apply your edits to existing structure without restructuring
+**[E] Edit & Restructure** - Do both: convert format AND apply your edits
+**[X] Exit** - Review assessment and decide
+
+#### EXECUTION RULES:
+
+- ALWAYS halt and wait for user input
+- Only proceed based on user selection
+
+#### Menu Handling Logic:
+
+- IF R (Restructure): Note conversion mode, then load next step
+- IF I (Targeted): Note targeted mode, then load next step
+- IF E (Edit & Restructure): Note both mode, then load next step
+- IF X (Exit): Display summary, exit
+
+### 5. Document Conversion Strategy
+
+Store conversion decision for next step:
+
+- **Conversion mode:** [Full restructuring / Targeted improvements / Both]
+- **Edit requirements:** [user's requirements from step e-01]
+- **Gap analysis:** [summary of gaps identified]
+
+Display: "**Conversion Strategy Documented**
+
+Mode: {conversion mode}
+Edit goals: {summary}
+
+**Proceeding to deep review...**"
+
+Load and execute {nextStepFile} (step-e-02-review.md)
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- All 6 BMAD core sections analyzed for gaps
+- Effort estimates provided for each section
+- Overall conversion effort assessed correctly
+- Clear recommendation provided based on effort and user goals
+- User chooses conversion strategy (restructure/targeted/both)
+- Conversion strategy documented for next step
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not analyzing all 6 core sections
+- Missing effort estimates
+- Not providing clear recommendation
+- Auto-proceeding without user selection
+- Not documenting conversion strategy
+
+**Master Rule:** Legacy PRDs need conversion assessment so users understand the work involved and can choose the best approach.

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+---
+name: 'step-e-02-review'
+description: 'Deep Review & Analysis - Thoroughly review existing PRD and prepare detailed change plan'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+nextStepFile: './step-e-03-edit.md'
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+validationReport: '{validation_report_path}'  # If provided
+prdPurpose: '{project-root}/src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/data/prd-purpose.md'
+advancedElicitationTask: '{project-root}/_bmad/core/workflows/advanced-elicitation/workflow.xml'
+---
+
+# Step E-2: Deep Review & Analysis
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Thoroughly review the existing PRD, analyze validation report findings (if provided), and prepare a detailed change plan before editing.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and PRD Improvement Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in collaborative dialogue, not command-response
+- ✅ You bring analytical expertise and improvement planning
+- ✅ User brings domain knowledge and approval authority
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on review and analysis, not editing yet
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to make changes to PRD in this step
+- 💬 Approach: Thorough analysis with user confirmation on plan
+- 🚪 This is a middle step - user confirms plan before proceeding
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Load and analyze validation report (if provided)
+- 🎯 Deep review of entire PRD
+- 🎯 Map validation findings to specific sections
+- 🎯 Prepare detailed change plan
+- 💬 Get user confirmation on plan
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to proceed to edit without user approval
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: PRD file, validation report (if provided), user requirements from step e-01
+- Focus: Analysis and planning only (no editing)
+- Limits: Don't change PRD yet, don't validate yet
+- Dependencies: Step e-01 completed - requirements and format known
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Attempt Sub-Process Deep Review
+
+**Try to use Task tool with sub-agent:**
+
+"Perform deep PRD review and change planning:
+
+**Context from step e-01:**
+- User's edit requirements: {user_requirements}
+- PRD format: {BMAD/legacy}
+- Validation report provided: {yes/no}
+- Conversion mode: {restructure/targeted/both} (if legacy)
+
+**IF validation report provided:**
+1. Extract all findings from validation report
+2. Map findings to specific PRD sections
+3. Prioritize by severity: Critical > Warning > Informational
+4. For each critical issue: identify specific fix needed
+5. For user's manual edit goals: identify where in PRD to apply
+
+**IF no validation report:**
+1. Read entire PRD thoroughly
+2. Analyze against BMAD standards (from prd-purpose.md)
+3. Identify issues in:
+   - Information density (anti-patterns)
+   - Structure and flow
+   - Completeness (missing sections/content)
+   - Measurability (unmeasurable requirements)
+   - Traceability (broken chains)
+   - Implementation leakage
+4. Map user's edit goals to specific sections
+
+**Output:**
+- Section-by-section analysis
+- Specific changes needed for each section
+- Prioritized action list
+- Recommended order for applying changes
+
+Return detailed change plan with section breakdown."
+
+**Graceful degradation (if no Task tool):**
+- Manually read PRD sections
+- Manually analyze validation report findings (if provided)
+- Build section-by-section change plan
+- Prioritize changes by severity/user goals
+
+### 2. Build Change Plan
+
+**Organize by PRD section:**
+
+**For each section (in order):**
+- **Current State:** Brief description of what exists
+- **Issues Identified:** [List from validation report or manual analysis]
+- **Changes Needed:** [Specific changes required]
+- **Priority:** [Critical/High/Medium/Low]
+- **User Requirements Met:** [Which user edit goals address this section]
+
+**Include:**
+- Sections to add (if missing)
+- Sections to update (if present but needs work)
+- Content to remove (if incorrect/leakage)
+- Structure changes (if reformatting needed)
+
+### 3. Prepare Change Plan Summary
+
+**Summary sections:**
+
+**Changes by Type:**
+- **Additions:** {count} sections to add
+- **Updates:** {count} sections to update
+- **Removals:** {count} items to remove
+- **Restructuring:** {yes/no} if format conversion needed
+
+**Priority Distribution:**
+- **Critical:** {count} changes (must fix)
+- **High:** {count} changes (important)
+- **Medium:** {count} changes (nice to have)
+- **Low:** {count} changes (optional)
+
+**Estimated Effort:**
+[Quick/Moderate/Substantial] based on scope and complexity
+
+### 4. Present Change Plan to User
+
+Display:
+
+"**Deep Review Complete - Change Plan**
+
+**PRD Analysis:**
+{Brief summary of PRD current state}
+
+{If validation report provided:}
+**Validation Findings:**
+{count} issues identified: {critical} critical, {warning} warnings
+
+**Your Edit Requirements:**
+{summary of what user wants to edit}
+
+**Proposed Change Plan:**
+
+**By Section:**
+{Present section-by-section breakdown}
+
+**By Priority:**
+- Critical: {count} items
+- High: {count} items
+- Medium: {count} items
+
+**Estimated Effort:** {effort level}
+
+**Questions:**
+1. Does this change plan align with what you had in mind?
+2. Any sections I should add/remove/reprioritize?
+3. Any concerns before I proceed with edits?
+
+**Review the plan and let me know if you'd like any adjustments.**"
+
+### 5. Get User Confirmation
+
+Wait for user to review and provide feedback.
+
+**If user wants adjustments:**
+- Discuss requested changes
+- Revise change plan accordingly
+- Represent for confirmation
+
+**If user approves:**
+- Note: "Change plan approved. Proceeding to edit step."
+- Continue to step 6
+
+### 6. Document Approved Plan
+
+Store approved change plan for next step:
+
+- **Approved changes:** Section-by-section list
+- **Priority order:** Sequence to apply changes
+- **User confirmed:** Yes
+
+Display: "**Change Plan Approved**
+
+{Brief summary of approved plan}
+
+**Proceeding to edit step...**"
+
+Load and execute {nextStepFile} (step-e-03-edit.md)
+
+### 7. Present MENU OPTIONS (If User Wants Discussion)
+
+**[A] Advanced Elicitation** - Get additional perspectives on change plan
+**[P] Party Mode** - Discuss with team for more ideas
+**[C] Continue to Edit** - Proceed with approved plan
+
+#### EXECUTION RULES:
+
+- ALWAYS halt and wait for user input
+- Only proceed to edit when user selects 'C'
+
+#### Menu Handling Logic:
+
+- IF A: Execute {advancedElicitationTask}, then return to discussion
+- IF P: Execute {partyModeWorkflow}, then return to discussion
+- IF C: Document approval, then load {nextStepFile}
+- IF Any other: discuss, then redisplay menu
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- Validation report findings fully analyzed (if provided)
+- Deep PRD review completed systematically
+- Change plan built section-by-section
+- Changes prioritized by severity/user goals
+- User presented with clear plan
+- User confirms or adjusts plan
+- Approved plan documented for next step
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not analyzing validation report findings (if provided)
+- Superficial review instead of deep analysis
+- Missing section-by-section breakdown
+- Not prioritizing changes
+- Proceeding without user approval
+
+**Master Rule:** Plan before editing. Thorough analysis ensures we make the right changes in the right order. User approval prevents misalignment.

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+---
+name: 'step-e-03-edit'
+description: 'Edit & Update - Apply changes to PRD following approved change plan'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+nextStepFile: './step-e-04-complete.md'
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+prdPurpose: '{project-root}/src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/data/prd-purpose.md'
+---
+
+# Step E-3: Edit & Update
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Apply changes to the PRD following the approved change plan from step e-02, including content updates, structure improvements, and format conversion if needed.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 ALWAYS generate content WITH user input/approval
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and PRD Improvement Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in collaborative dialogue, not command-response
+- ✅ You bring analytical expertise and precise editing skills
+- ✅ User brings domain knowledge and approval authority
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on implementing approved changes from step e-02
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to make changes beyond the approved plan
+- 💬 Approach: Methodical, section-by-section execution
+- 🚪 This is a middle step - user can request adjustments
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Follow approved change plan systematically
+- 💾 Edit PRD content according to plan
+- 📖 Update frontmatter as needed
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to proceed without completion
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: PRD file, approved change plan from step e-02, prd-purpose standards
+- Focus: Implementing changes from approved plan only
+- Limits: Don't add changes beyond plan, don't validate yet
+- Dependencies: Step e-02 completed - plan approved by user
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Retrieve Approved Change Plan
+
+From step e-02, retrieve:
+- **Approved changes:** Section-by-section list
+- **Priority order:** Sequence to apply changes
+- **User requirements:** Edit goals from step e-01
+
+Display: "**Starting PRD Edits**
+
+**Change Plan:** {summary}
+**Total Changes:** {count}
+**Estimated Effort:** {effort level}
+
+**Proceeding with edits section by section...**"
+
+### 2. Attempt Sub-Process Edits (For Complex Changes)
+
+**Try to use Task tool with sub-agent for major sections:**
+
+"Execute PRD edits for {section_name}:
+
+**Context:**
+- Section to edit: {section_name}
+- Current content: {existing content}
+- Changes needed: {specific changes from plan}
+- BMAD PRD standards: Load from prd-purpose.md
+
+**Tasks:**
+1. Read current PRD section
+2. Apply specified changes
+3. Ensure BMAD PRD principles compliance:
+   - High information density (no filler)
+   - Measurable requirements
+   - Clear structure
+   - Proper markdown formatting
+4. Return updated section content
+
+Apply changes and return updated section."
+
+**Graceful degradation (if no Task tool):**
+- Perform edits directly in current context
+- Load PRD section, apply changes, save
+
+### 3. Execute Changes Section-by-Section
+
+**For each section in approved plan (in priority order):**
+
+**a) Load current section**
+- Read the current PRD section content
+- Note what exists
+
+**b) Apply changes per plan**
+- Additions: Create new sections with proper content
+- Updates: Modify existing content per plan
+- Removals: Remove specified content
+- Restructuring: Reformat content to BMAD standard
+
+**c) Update PRD file**
+- Apply changes to PRD
+- Save updated PRD
+- Verify changes applied correctly
+
+**Display progress after each section:**
+"**Section Updated:** {section_name}
+Changes: {brief summary}
+{More sections remaining...}"
+
+### 4. Handle Restructuring (If Needed)
+
+**If conversion mode is "Full restructuring" or "Both":**
+
+**For restructuring:**
+- Reorganize PRD to BMAD standard structure
+- Ensure proper ## Level 2 headers
+- Reorder sections logically
+- Update PRD frontmatter to match BMAD format
+
+**Follow BMAD PRD structure:**
+1. Executive Summary
+2. Success Criteria
+3. Product Scope
+4. User Journeys
+5. Domain Requirements (if applicable)
+6. Innovation Analysis (if applicable)
+7. Project-Type Requirements
+8. Functional Requirements
+9. Non-Functional Requirements
+
+Display: "**PRD Restructured**
+BMAD standard structure applied.
+{Sections added/reordered}"
+
+### 5. Update PRD Frontmatter
+
+**Ensure frontmatter is complete and accurate:**
+
+```yaml
+---
+workflowType: 'prd'
+workflow: 'create'  # or 'validate' or 'edit'
+classification:
+  domain: '{domain}'
+  projectType: '{project_type}'
+  complexity: '{complexity}'
+inputDocuments: [list of input documents]
+stepsCompleted: ['step-e-01-discovery', 'step-e-02-review', 'step-e-03-edit']
+lastEdited: '{current_date}'
+editHistory:
+  - date: '{current_date}'
+    changes: '{summary of changes}'
+---
+```
+
+**Update frontmatter accordingly.**
+
+### 6. Final Review of Changes
+
+**Load complete updated PRD**
+
+**Verify:**
+- All approved changes applied correctly
+- PRD structure is sound
+- No unintended modifications
+- Frontmatter is accurate
+
+**If issues found:**
+- Fix them now
+- Note corrections made
+
+**If user wants adjustments:**
+- Accept feedback and make adjustments
+- Re-verify after adjustments
+
+### 7. Confirm Completion
+
+Display:
+
+"**PRD Edits Complete**
+
+**Changes Applied:** {count} sections modified
+**PRD Updated:** {prd_file_path}
+
+**Summary of Changes:**
+{Brief bullet list of major changes}
+
+**PRD is ready for:**
+- Use in downstream workflows (UX, Architecture)
+- Validation (if not yet validated)
+
+**What would you like to do next?**"
+
+### 8. Present MENU OPTIONS
+
+**[V] Run Validation** - Execute full validation workflow (steps-v/step-v-01-discovery.md)
+**[S] Summary Only** - End with summary of changes (no validation)
+**[A] Adjust** - Make additional edits
+**[X] Exit** - Exit edit workflow
+
+#### EXECUTION RULES:
+
+- ALWAYS halt and wait for user input
+- Only proceed based on user selection
+
+#### Menu Handling Logic:
+
+- IF V (Validate): Display "Starting validation workflow..." then load and execute steps-v/step-v-01-discovery.md
+- IF S (Summary): Present edit summary and exit
+- IF A (Adjust): Accept additional requirements, loop back to editing
+- IF X (Exit): Display summary and exit
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- All approved changes from step e-02 applied correctly
+- Changes executed in planned priority order
+- Restructuring completed (if needed)
+- Frontmatter updated accurately
+- Final verification confirms changes
+- User can proceed to validation or exit with summary
+- Option to run validation seamlessly integrates edit and validate modes
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Making changes beyond approved plan
+- Not following priority order
+- Missing restructuring (if conversion mode)
+- Not updating frontmatter
+- No final verification
+- Not saving updated PRD
+
+**Master Rule:** Execute the plan exactly as approved. PRD is now ready for validation or downstream use. Validation integration ensures quality.

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+---
+name: 'step-e-04-complete'
+description: 'Complete & Validate - Present options for next steps including full validation'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+validationWorkflow: './steps-v/step-v-01-discovery.md'
+---
+
+# Step E-4: Complete & Validate
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Present summary of completed edits and offer next steps including seamless integration with validation workflow.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 ALWAYS generate content WITH user input/approval
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and PRD Improvement Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in collaborative dialogue, not command-response
+- ✅ You bring synthesis and summary expertise
+- ✅ User chooses next actions
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on presenting summary and options
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to make additional changes
+- 💬 Approach: Clear, concise summary with actionable options
+- 🚪 This is the final edit step - no more edits
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Compile summary of all changes made
+- 🎯 Present options clearly with expected outcomes
+- 📖 Route to validation if user chooses
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to proceed without user selection
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: Updated PRD file, edit history from step e-03
+- Focus: Summary and options only (no more editing)
+- Limits: Don't make changes, just present options
+- Dependencies: Step e-03 completed - all edits applied
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Compile Edit Summary
+
+From step e-03 change execution, compile:
+
+**Changes Made:**
+- Sections added: {list with names}
+- Sections updated: {list with names}
+- Content removed: {list}
+- Structure changes: {description}
+
+**Edit Details:**
+- Total sections affected: {count}
+- Mode: {restructure/targeted/both}
+- Priority addressed: {Critical/High/Medium/Low}
+
+**PRD Status:**
+- Format: {BMAD Standard / BMAD Variant / Legacy (converted)}
+- Completeness: {assessment}
+- Ready for: {downstream use cases}
+
+### 2. Present Completion Summary
+
+Display:
+
+"**✓ PRD Edit Complete**
+
+**Updated PRD:** {prd_file_path}
+
+**Changes Summary:**
+{Present bulleted list of major changes}
+
+**Edit Mode:** {mode}
+**Sections Modified:** {count}
+
+**PRD Format:** {format}
+
+**PRD is now ready for:**
+- Downstream workflows (UX Design, Architecture)
+- Validation to ensure quality
+- Production use
+
+**What would you like to do next?**"
+
+### 3. Present MENU OPTIONS
+
+Display:
+
+**[V] Run Full Validation** - Execute complete validation workflow (steps-v) to verify PRD quality
+**[E] Edit More** - Make additional edits to the PRD
+**[S] Summary** - End with detailed summary of changes
+**[X] Exit** - Exit edit workflow
+
+#### EXECUTION RULES:
+
+- ALWAYS halt and wait for user input
+- Only proceed based on user selection
+
+#### Menu Handling Logic:
+
+- **IF V (Run Full Validation):**
+  - Display: "**Starting Validation Workflow**"
+  - Display: "This will run all 13 validation checks on the updated PRD."
+  - Display: "Preparing to validate: {prd_file_path}"
+  - Display: "**Proceeding to validation...**"
+  - Load, read entire file, then execute {validationWorkflow} (steps-v/step-v-01-discovery.md)
+  - Note: This hands off to the validation workflow which will run its complete 13-step process
+
+- **IF E (Edit More):**
+  - Display: "**Additional Edits**"
+  - Ask: "What additional edits would you like to make?"
+  - Accept input, then display: "**Returning to edit step...**"
+  - Load and execute step-e-03-edit.md again
+
+- **IF S (Summary):**
+  - Display detailed summary including:
+    - Complete list of all changes made
+    - Before/after comparison (key improvements)
+    - Recommendations for next steps
+  - Display: "**Edit Workflow Complete**"
+  - Exit
+
+- **IF X (Exit):**
+  - Display summary
+  - Display: "**Edit Workflow Complete**"
+  - Exit
+
+- **IF Any other:** Help user, then redisplay menu
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- Complete edit summary compiled accurately
+- All changes clearly documented
+- Options presented with clear expectations
+- Validation option seamlessly integrates with steps-v workflow
+- User can validate, edit more, or exit
+- Clean handoff to validation workflow (if chosen)
+- Edit workflow completes properly
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Missing changes in summary
+- Not offering validation option
+- Not documenting completion properly
+- No clear handoff to validation workflow
+
+**Master Rule:** Edit workflow seamlessly integrates with validation. User can edit → validate → edit again → validate again in iterative improvement cycle.

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+---
+name: 'step-v-01-discovery'
+description: 'Document Discovery & Confirmation - Handle fresh context validation, confirm PRD path, discover input documents'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+nextStepFile: './step-v-02-format-detection.md'
+advancedElicitationTask: '{project-root}/_bmad/core/workflows/advanced-elicitation/workflow.xml'
+partyModeWorkflow: '{project-root}/_bmad/core/workflows/party-mode/workflow.md'
+prdPurpose: '../data/prd-purpose.md'
+---
+
+# Step 1: Document Discovery & Confirmation
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Handle fresh context validation by confirming PRD path, discovering and loading input documents from frontmatter, and initializing the validation report.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and Quality Assurance Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in collaborative dialogue, not command-response
+- ✅ You bring systematic validation expertise and analytical rigor
+- ✅ User brings domain knowledge and specific PRD context
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on discovering PRD and input documents, not validating yet
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to perform any validation checks in this step
+- 💬 Approach: Systematic discovery with clear reporting to user
+- 🚪 This is the setup step - get everything ready for validation
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Discover and confirm PRD to validate
+- 💾 Load PRD and all input documents from frontmatter
+- 📖 Initialize validation report next to PRD
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to load next step until user confirms setup
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: PRD path (user-specified or discovered), workflow configuration
+- Focus: Document discovery and setup only
+- Limits: Don't perform validation, don't skip discovery
+- Dependencies: Configuration loaded from PRD workflow.md initialization
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Load PRD Purpose and Standards
+
+Load and read the complete file at:
+`{prdPurpose}`
+
+This file contains the BMAD PRD philosophy, standards, and validation criteria that will guide all validation checks. Internalize this understanding - it defines what makes a great BMAD PRD.
+
+### 2. Discover PRD to Validate
+
+**If PRD path provided as invocation parameter:**
+- Use provided path
+
+**If no PRD path provided:**
+"**PRD Validation Workflow**
+
+Which PRD would you like to validate?
+
+Please provide the path to the PRD file you want to validate."
+
+**Wait for user to provide PRD path.**
+
+### 3. Validate PRD Exists and Load
+
+Once PRD path is provided:
+
+- Check if PRD file exists at specified path
+- If not found: "I cannot find a PRD at that path. Please check the path and try again."
+- If found: Load the complete PRD file including frontmatter
+
+### 4. Extract Frontmatter and Input Documents
+
+From the loaded PRD frontmatter, extract:
+
+- `inputDocuments: []` array (if present)
+- Any other relevant metadata (classification, date, etc.)
+
+**If no inputDocuments array exists:**
+Note this and proceed with PRD-only validation
+
+### 5. Load Input Documents
+
+For each document listed in `inputDocuments`:
+
+- Attempt to load the document
+- Track successfully loaded documents
+- Note any documents that fail to load
+
+**Build list of loaded input documents:**
+- Product Brief (if present)
+- Research documents (if present)
+- Other reference materials (if present)
+
+### 6. Ask About Additional Reference Documents
+
+"**I've loaded the following documents from your PRD frontmatter:**
+
+{list loaded documents with file names}
+
+**Are there any additional reference documents you'd like me to include in this validation?**
+
+These could include:
+- Additional research or context documents
+- Project documentation not tracked in frontmatter
+- Standards or compliance documents
+- Competitive analysis or benchmarks
+
+Please provide paths to any additional documents, or type 'none' to proceed."
+
+**Load any additional documents provided by user.**
+
+### 7. Initialize Validation Report
+
+Create validation report at: `{validationReportPath}`
+
+**Initialize with frontmatter:**
+```yaml
+---
+validationTarget: '{prd_path}'
+validationDate: '{current_date}'
+inputDocuments: [list of all loaded documents]
+validationStepsCompleted: []
+validationStatus: IN_PROGRESS
+---
+```
+
+**Initial content:**
+```markdown
+# PRD Validation Report
+
+**PRD Being Validated:** {prd_path}
+**Validation Date:** {current_date}
+
+## Input Documents
+
+{list all documents loaded for validation}
+
+## Validation Findings
+
+[Findings will be appended as validation progresses]
+```
+
+### 8. Present Discovery Summary
+
+"**Setup Complete!**
+
+**PRD to Validate:** {prd_path}
+
+**Input Documents Loaded:**
+- PRD: {prd_name} ✓
+- Product Brief: {count} {if count > 0}✓{else}(none found){/if}
+- Research: {count} {if count > 0}✓{else}(none found){/if}
+- Additional References: {count} {if count > 0}✓{else}(none){/if}
+
+**Validation Report:** {validationReportPath}
+
+**Ready to begin validation.**"
+
+### 9. Present MENU OPTIONS
+
+Display: **Select an Option:** [A] Advanced Elicitation [P] Party Mode [C] Continue to Format Detection
+
+#### EXECUTION RULES:
+
+- ALWAYS halt and wait for user input after presenting menu
+- ONLY proceed to next step when user selects 'C'
+- User can ask questions or add more documents - always respond and redisplay menu
+
+#### Menu Handling Logic:
+
+- IF A: Execute {advancedElicitationTask}, and when finished redisplay the menu
+- IF P: Execute {partyModeWorkflow}, and when finished redisplay the menu
+- IF C: Load, read entire file, then execute {nextStepFile} to begin format detection
+- IF user provides additional document: Load it, update report, redisplay summary
+- IF Any other: help user, then redisplay menu
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- PRD path discovered and confirmed
+- PRD file exists and loads successfully
+- All input documents from frontmatter loaded
+- Additional reference documents (if any) loaded
+- Validation report initialized next to PRD
+- User clearly informed of setup status
+- Menu presented and user input handled correctly
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Proceeding with non-existent PRD file
+- Not loading input documents from frontmatter
+- Creating validation report in wrong location
+- Proceeding without user confirming setup
+- Not handling missing input documents gracefully
+
+**Master Rule:** Complete discovery and setup BEFORE validation. This step ensures everything is in place for systematic validation checks.

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+---
+name: 'step-v-02-format-detection'
+description: 'Format Detection & Structure Analysis - Classify PRD format and route appropriately'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+nextStepFile: './step-v-03-density-validation.md'
+altStepFile: './step-v-02b-parity-check.md'
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+validationReportPath: '{validation_report_path}'
+---
+
+# Step 2: Format Detection & Structure Analysis
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Detect if PRD follows BMAD format and route appropriately - classify as BMAD Standard / BMAD Variant / Non-Standard, with optional parity check for non-standard formats.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and Quality Assurance Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in collaborative dialogue, not command-response
+- ✅ You bring systematic validation expertise and pattern recognition
+- ✅ User brings domain knowledge and PRD context
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on detecting format and classifying structure
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to perform other validation checks in this step
+- 💬 Approach: Analytical and systematic, clear reporting of findings
+- 🚪 This is a branch step - may route to parity check for non-standard PRDs
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Analyze PRD structure systematically
+- 💾 Append format findings to validation report
+- 📖 Route appropriately based on format classification
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to skip format detection or proceed without classification
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: PRD file loaded in step 1, validation report initialized
+- Focus: Format detection and classification only
+- Limits: Don't perform other validation, don't skip classification
+- Dependencies: Step 1 completed - PRD loaded and report initialized
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Extract PRD Structure
+
+Load the complete PRD file and extract:
+
+**All Level 2 (##) headers:**
+- Scan through entire PRD document
+- Extract all ## section headers
+- List them in order
+
+**PRD frontmatter:**
+- Extract classification.domain if present
+- Extract classification.projectType if present
+- Note any other relevant metadata
+
+### 2. Check for BMAD PRD Core Sections
+
+Check if the PRD contains the following BMAD PRD core sections:
+
+1. **Executive Summary** (or variations: ## Executive Summary, ## Overview, ## Introduction)
+2. **Success Criteria** (or: ## Success Criteria, ## Goals, ## Objectives)
+3. **Product Scope** (or: ## Product Scope, ## Scope, ## In Scope, ## Out of Scope)
+4. **User Journeys** (or: ## User Journeys, ## User Stories, ## User Flows)
+5. **Functional Requirements** (or: ## Functional Requirements, ## Features, ## Capabilities)
+6. **Non-Functional Requirements** (or: ## Non-Functional Requirements, ## NFRs, ## Quality Attributes)
+
+**Count matches:**
+- How many of these 6 core sections are present?
+- Which specific sections are present?
+- Which are missing?
+
+### 3. Classify PRD Format
+
+Based on core section count, classify:
+
+**BMAD Standard:**
+- 5-6 core sections present
+- Follows BMAD PRD structure closely
+
+**BMAD Variant:**
+- 3-4 core sections present
+- Generally follows BMAD patterns but may have structural differences
+- Missing some sections but recognizable as BMAD-style
+
+**Non-Standard:**
+- Fewer than 3 core sections present
+- Does not follow BMAD PRD structure
+- May be completely custom format, legacy format, or from another framework
+
+### 4. Report Format Findings to Validation Report
+
+Append to validation report:
+
+```markdown
+## Format Detection
+
+**PRD Structure:**
+[List all ## Level 2 headers found]
+
+**BMAD Core Sections Present:**
+- Executive Summary: [Present/Missing]
+- Success Criteria: [Present/Missing]
+- Product Scope: [Present/Missing]
+- User Journeys: [Present/Missing]
+- Functional Requirements: [Present/Missing]
+- Non-Functional Requirements: [Present/Missing]
+
+**Format Classification:** [BMAD Standard / BMAD Variant / Non-Standard]
+**Core Sections Present:** [count]/6
+```
+
+### 5. Route Based on Format Classification
+
+**IF format is BMAD Standard or BMAD Variant:**
+
+Display: "**Format Detected:** {classification}
+
+Proceeding to systematic validation checks..."
+
+Immediately load and execute {nextStepFile} (step-v-03-density-validation.md)
+
+**IF format is Non-Standard (< 3 core sections):**
+
+Display: "**Format Detected:** Non-Standard PRD
+
+This PRD does not follow BMAD standard structure (only {count}/6 core sections present).
+
+You have options:"
+
+Present MENU OPTIONS below for user selection
+
+### 6. Present MENU OPTIONS (Non-Standard PRDs Only)
+
+**[A] Parity Check** - Analyze gaps and estimate effort to reach BMAD PRD parity
+**[B] Validate As-Is** - Proceed with validation using current structure
+**[C] Exit** - Exit validation and review format findings
+
+#### EXECUTION RULES:
+
+- ALWAYS halt and wait for user input
+- Only proceed based on user selection
+
+#### Menu Handling Logic:
+
+- IF A (Parity Check): Load, read entire file, then execute {altStepFile} (step-v-02b-parity-check.md)
+- IF B (Validate As-Is): Display "Proceeding with validation..." then load, read entire file, then execute {nextStepFile}
+- IF C (Exit): Display format findings summary and exit validation
+- IF Any other: help user respond, then redisplay menu
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- All ## Level 2 headers extracted successfully
+- BMAD core sections checked systematically
+- Format classified correctly based on section count
+- Findings reported to validation report
+- BMAD Standard/Variant PRDs proceed directly to next validation step
+- Non-Standard PRDs pause and present options to user
+- User can choose parity check, validate as-is, or exit
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not extracting all headers before classification
+- Incorrect format classification
+- Not reporting findings to validation report
+- Not pausing for non-standard PRDs
+- Proceeding without user decision for non-standard formats
+
+**Master Rule:** Format detection determines validation path. Non-standard PRDs require user choice before proceeding.

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+---
+name: 'step-v-02b-parity-check'
+description: 'Document Parity Check - Analyze non-standard PRD and identify gaps to achieve BMAD PRD parity'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+nextStepFile: './step-v-03-density-validation.md'
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+validationReportPath: '{validation_report_path}'
+---
+
+# Step 2B: Document Parity Check
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Analyze non-standard PRD and identify gaps to achieve BMAD PRD parity, presenting user with options for how to proceed.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and Quality Assurance Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in collaborative dialogue, not command-response
+- ✅ You bring BMAD PRD standards expertise and gap analysis
+- ✅ User brings domain knowledge and PRD context
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on analyzing gaps and estimating parity effort
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to perform other validation checks in this step
+- 💬 Approach: Systematic gap analysis with clear recommendations
+- 🚪 This is an optional branch step - user chooses next action
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Analyze each BMAD PRD section for gaps
+- 💾 Append parity analysis to validation report
+- 📖 Present options and await user decision
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to proceed without user selection
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: Non-standard PRD from step 2, validation report in progress
+- Focus: Parity analysis only - what's missing, what's needed
+- Limits: Don't perform validation checks, don't auto-proceed
+- Dependencies: Step 2 classified PRD as non-standard and user chose parity check
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Analyze Each BMAD PRD Section
+
+For each of the 6 BMAD PRD core sections, analyze:
+
+**Executive Summary:**
+- Does PRD have vision/overview?
+- Is problem statement clear?
+- Are target users identified?
+- Gap: [What's missing or incomplete]
+
+**Success Criteria:**
+- Are measurable goals defined?
+- Is success clearly defined?
+- Gap: [What's missing or incomplete]
+
+**Product Scope:**
+- Is scope clearly defined?
+- Are in-scope items listed?
+- Are out-of-scope items listed?
+- Gap: [What's missing or incomplete]
+
+**User Journeys:**
+- Are user types/personas identified?
+- Are user flows documented?
+- Gap: [What's missing or incomplete]
+
+**Functional Requirements:**
+- Are features/capabilities listed?
+- Are requirements structured?
+- Gap: [What's missing or incomplete]
+
+**Non-Functional Requirements:**
+- Are quality attributes defined?
+- Are performance/security/etc. requirements documented?
+- Gap: [What's missing or incomplete]
+
+### 2. Estimate Effort to Reach Parity
+
+For each missing or incomplete section, estimate:
+
+**Effort Level:**
+- Minimal - Section exists but needs minor enhancements
+- Moderate - Section missing but content exists elsewhere in PRD
+- Significant - Section missing, requires new content creation
+
+**Total Parity Effort:**
+- Based on individual section estimates
+- Classify overall: Quick / Moderate / Substantial effort
+
+### 3. Report Parity Analysis to Validation Report
+
+Append to validation report:
+
+```markdown
+## Parity Analysis (Non-Standard PRD)
+
+### Section-by-Section Gap Analysis
+
+**Executive Summary:**
+- Status: [Present/Missing/Incomplete]
+- Gap: [specific gap description]
+- Effort to Complete: [Minimal/Moderate/Significant]
+
+**Success Criteria:**
+- Status: [Present/Missing/Incomplete]
+- Gap: [specific gap description]
+- Effort to Complete: [Minimal/Moderate/Significant]
+
+**Product Scope:**
+- Status: [Present/Missing/Incomplete]
+- Gap: [specific gap description]
+- Effort to Complete: [Minimal/Moderate/Significant]
+
+**User Journeys:**
+- Status: [Present/Missing/Incomplete]
+- Gap: [specific gap description]
+- Effort to Complete: [Minimal/Moderate/Significant]
+
+**Functional Requirements:**
+- Status: [Present/Missing/Incomplete]
+- Gap: [specific gap description]
+- Effort to Complete: [Minimal/Moderate/Significant]
+
+**Non-Functional Requirements:**
+- Status: [Present/Missing/Incomplete]
+- Gap: [specific gap description]
+- Effort to Complete: [Minimal/Moderate/Significant]
+
+### Overall Parity Assessment
+
+**Overall Effort to Reach BMAD Standard:** [Quick/Moderate/Substantial]
+**Recommendation:** [Brief recommendation based on analysis]
+```
+
+### 4. Present Parity Analysis and Options
+
+Display:
+
+"**Parity Analysis Complete**
+
+Your PRD is missing {count} of 6 core BMAD PRD sections. The overall effort to reach BMAD standard is: **{effort level}**
+
+**Quick Summary:**
+[2-3 sentence summary of key gaps]
+
+**Recommendation:**
+{recommendation from analysis}
+
+**How would you like to proceed?**"
+
+### 5. Present MENU OPTIONS
+
+**[C] Continue Validation** - Proceed with validation using current structure
+**[E] Exit & Review** - Exit validation and review parity report
+**[S] Save & Exit** - Save parity report and exit
+
+#### EXECUTION RULES:
+
+- ALWAYS halt and wait for user input
+- Only proceed based on user selection
+
+#### Menu Handling Logic:
+
+- IF C (Continue): Display "Proceeding with validation..." then load, read entire file, then execute {nextStepFile}
+- IF E (Exit): Display parity summary and exit validation
+- IF S (Save): Confirm saved, display summary, exit
+- IF Any other: help user respond, then redisplay menu
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- All 6 BMAD PRD sections analyzed for gaps
+- Effort estimates provided for each gap
+- Overall parity effort assessed correctly
+- Parity analysis reported to validation report
+- Clear summary presented to user
+- User can choose to continue validation, exit, or save report
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not analyzing all 6 sections systematically
+- Missing effort estimates
+- Not reporting parity analysis to validation report
+- Auto-proceeding without user decision
+- Unclear recommendations
+
+**Master Rule:** Parity check informs user of gaps and effort, but user decides whether to proceed with validation or address gaps first.

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+---
+name: 'step-v-03-density-validation'
+description: 'Information Density Check - Scan for anti-patterns that violate information density principles'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+nextStepFile: './step-v-04-brief-coverage-validation.md'
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+validationReportPath: '{validation_report_path}'
+---
+
+# Step 3: Information Density Validation
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Validate PRD meets BMAD information density standards by scanning for conversational filler, wordy phrases, and redundant expressions that violate conciseness principles.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and Quality Assurance Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in systematic validation, not collaborative dialogue
+- ✅ You bring analytical rigor and attention to detail
+- ✅ This step runs autonomously - no user input needed
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on information density anti-patterns
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to validate other aspects in this step
+- 💬 Approach: Systematic scanning and categorization
+- 🚪 This is a validation sequence step - auto-proceeds when complete
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Scan PRD for density anti-patterns systematically
+- 💾 Append density findings to validation report
+- 📖 Display "Proceeding to next check..." and load next step
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to pause or request user input
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: PRD file, validation report with format findings
+- Focus: Information density validation only
+- Limits: Don't validate other aspects, don't pause for user input
+- Dependencies: Step 2 completed - format classification done
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Attempt Sub-Process Validation
+
+**Try to use Task tool to spawn a subprocess:**
+
+"Perform information density validation on this PRD:
+
+1. Load the PRD file
+2. Scan for the following anti-patterns:
+   - Conversational filler phrases (examples: 'The system will allow users to...', 'It is important to note that...', 'In order to')
+   - Wordy phrases (examples: 'Due to the fact that', 'In the event of', 'For the purpose of')
+   - Redundant phrases (examples: 'Future plans', 'Absolutely essential', 'Past history')
+3. Count violations by category with line numbers
+4. Classify severity: Critical (>10 violations), Warning (5-10), Pass (<5)
+
+Return structured findings with counts and examples."
+
+### 2. Graceful Degradation (if Task tool unavailable)
+
+If Task tool unavailable, perform analysis directly:
+
+**Scan for conversational filler patterns:**
+- "The system will allow users to..."
+- "It is important to note that..."
+- "In order to"
+- "For the purpose of"
+- "With regard to"
+- Count occurrences and note line numbers
+
+**Scan for wordy phrases:**
+- "Due to the fact that" (use "because")
+- "In the event of" (use "if")
+- "At this point in time" (use "now")
+- "In a manner that" (use "how")
+- Count occurrences and note line numbers
+
+**Scan for redundant phrases:**
+- "Future plans" (just "plans")
+- "Past history" (just "history")
+- "Absolutely essential" (just "essential")
+- "Completely finish" (just "finish")
+- Count occurrences and note line numbers
+
+### 3. Classify Severity
+
+**Calculate total violations:**
+- Conversational filler count
+- Wordy phrases count
+- Redundant phrases count
+- Total = sum of all categories
+
+**Determine severity:**
+- **Critical:** Total > 10 violations
+- **Warning:** Total 5-10 violations
+- **Pass:** Total < 5 violations
+
+### 4. Report Density Findings to Validation Report
+
+Append to validation report:
+
+```markdown
+## Information Density Validation
+
+**Anti-Pattern Violations:**
+
+**Conversational Filler:** {count} occurrences
+[If count > 0, list examples with line numbers]
+
+**Wordy Phrases:** {count} occurrences
+[If count > 0, list examples with line numbers]
+
+**Redundant Phrases:** {count} occurrences
+[If count > 0, list examples with line numbers]
+
+**Total Violations:** {total}
+
+**Severity Assessment:** [Critical/Warning/Pass]
+
+**Recommendation:**
+[If Critical] "PRD requires significant revision to improve information density. Every sentence should carry weight without filler."
+[If Warning] "PRD would benefit from reducing wordiness and eliminating filler phrases."
+[If Pass] "PRD demonstrates good information density with minimal violations."
+```
+
+### 5. Display Progress and Auto-Proceed
+
+Display: "**Information Density Validation Complete**
+
+Severity: {Critical/Warning/Pass}
+
+**Proceeding to next validation check...**"
+
+Immediately load and execute {nextStepFile} (step-v-04-brief-coverage-validation.md)
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- PRD scanned for all three anti-pattern categories
+- Violations counted with line numbers
+- Severity classified correctly
+- Findings reported to validation report
+- Auto-proceeds to next validation step
+- Subprocess attempted with graceful degradation
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not scanning all anti-pattern categories
+- Missing severity classification
+- Not reporting findings to validation report
+- Pausing for user input (should auto-proceed)
+- Not attempting subprocess architecture
+
+**Master Rule:** Information density validation runs autonomously. Scan, classify, report, auto-proceed. No user interaction needed.

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+---
+name: 'step-v-04-brief-coverage-validation'
+description: 'Product Brief Coverage Check - Validate PRD covers all content from Product Brief (if used as input)'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+nextStepFile: './step-v-05-measurability-validation.md'
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+productBrief: '{product_brief_path}'
+validationReportPath: '{validation_report_path}'
+---
+
+# Step 4: Product Brief Coverage Validation
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Validate that PRD covers all content from Product Brief (if brief was used as input), mapping brief content to PRD sections and identifying gaps.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and Quality Assurance Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in systematic validation, not collaborative dialogue
+- ✅ You bring analytical rigor and traceability expertise
+- ✅ This step runs autonomously - no user input needed
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on Product Brief coverage (conditional on brief existence)
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to validate other aspects in this step
+- 💬 Approach: Systematic mapping and gap analysis
+- 🚪 This is a validation sequence step - auto-proceeds when complete
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Check if Product Brief exists in input documents
+- 💬 If no brief: Skip this check and report "N/A - No Product Brief"
+- 🎯 If brief exists: Map brief content to PRD sections
+- 💾 Append coverage findings to validation report
+- 📖 Display "Proceeding to next check..." and load next step
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to pause or request user input
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: PRD file, input documents from step 1, validation report
+- Focus: Product Brief coverage only (conditional)
+- Limits: Don't validate other aspects, conditional execution
+- Dependencies: Step 1 completed - input documents loaded
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Check for Product Brief
+
+Check if Product Brief was loaded in step 1's inputDocuments:
+
+**IF no Product Brief found:**
+Append to validation report:
+```markdown
+## Product Brief Coverage
+
+**Status:** N/A - No Product Brief was provided as input
+```
+
+Display: "**Product Brief Coverage: Skipped** (No Product Brief provided)
+
+**Proceeding to next validation check...**"
+
+Immediately load and execute {nextStepFile}
+
+**IF Product Brief exists:** Continue to step 2 below
+
+### 2. Attempt Sub-Process Validation
+
+**Try to use Task tool to spawn a subprocess:**
+
+"Perform Product Brief coverage validation:
+
+1. Load the Product Brief
+2. Extract key content:
+   - Vision statement
+   - Target users/personas
+   - Problem statement
+   - Key features
+   - Goals/objectives
+   - Differentiators
+   - Constraints
+3. For each item, search PRD for corresponding coverage
+4. Classify coverage: Fully Covered / Partially Covered / Not Found / Intentionally Excluded
+5. Note any gaps with severity: Critical / Moderate / Informational
+
+Return structured coverage map with classifications."
+
+### 3. Graceful Degradation (if Task tool unavailable)
+
+If Task tool unavailable, perform analysis directly:
+
+**Extract from Product Brief:**
+- Vision: What is this product?
+- Users: Who is it for?
+- Problem: What problem does it solve?
+- Features: What are the key capabilities?
+- Goals: What are the success criteria?
+- Differentiators: What makes it unique?
+
+**For each item, search PRD:**
+- Scan Executive Summary for vision
+- Check User Journeys or user personas
+- Look for problem statement
+- Review Functional Requirements for features
+- Check Success Criteria section
+- Search for differentiators
+
+**Classify coverage:**
+- **Fully Covered:** Content present and complete
+- **Partially Covered:** Content present but incomplete
+- **Not Found:** Content missing from PRD
+- **Intentionally Excluded:** Content explicitly out of scope
+
+### 4. Assess Coverage and Severity
+
+**For each gap (Partially Covered or Not Found):**
+- Is this Critical? (Core vision, primary users, main features)
+- Is this Moderate? (Secondary features, some goals)
+- Is this Informational? (Nice-to-have features, minor details)
+
+**Note:** Some exclusions may be intentional (valid scoping decisions)
+
+### 5. Report Coverage Findings to Validation Report
+
+Append to validation report:
+
+```markdown
+## Product Brief Coverage
+
+**Product Brief:** {brief_file_name}
+
+### Coverage Map
+
+**Vision Statement:** [Fully/Partially/Not Found/Intentionally Excluded]
+[If gap: Note severity and specific missing content]
+
+**Target Users:** [Fully/Partially/Not Found/Intentionally Excluded]
+[If gap: Note severity and specific missing content]
+
+**Problem Statement:** [Fully/Partially/Not Found/Intentionally Excluded]
+[If gap: Note severity and specific missing content]
+
+**Key Features:** [Fully/Partially/Not Found/Intentionally Excluded]
+[If gap: List specific features with severity]
+
+**Goals/Objectives:** [Fully/Partially/Not Found/Intentionally Excluded]
+[If gap: Note severity and specific missing content]
+
+**Differentiators:** [Fully/Partially/Not Found/Intentionally Excluded]
+[If gap: Note severity and specific missing content]
+
+### Coverage Summary
+
+**Overall Coverage:** [percentage or qualitative assessment]
+**Critical Gaps:** [count] [list if any]
+**Moderate Gaps:** [count] [list if any]
+**Informational Gaps:** [count] [list if any]
+
+**Recommendation:**
+[If critical gaps exist] "PRD should be revised to cover critical Product Brief content."
+[If moderate gaps] "Consider addressing moderate gaps for complete coverage."
+[If minimal gaps] "PRD provides good coverage of Product Brief content."
+```
+
+### 6. Display Progress and Auto-Proceed
+
+Display: "**Product Brief Coverage Validation Complete**
+
+Overall Coverage: {assessment}
+
+**Proceeding to next validation check...**"
+
+Immediately load and execute {nextStepFile} (step-v-05-measurability-validation.md)
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- Checked for Product Brief existence correctly
+- If no brief: Reported "N/A" and skipped gracefully
+- If brief exists: Mapped all key brief content to PRD sections
+- Coverage classified appropriately (Fully/Partially/Not Found/Intentionally Excluded)
+- Severity assessed for gaps (Critical/Moderate/Informational)
+- Findings reported to validation report
+- Auto-proceeds to next validation step
+- Subprocess attempted with graceful degradation
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not checking for brief existence before attempting validation
+- If brief exists: not mapping all key content areas
+- Missing coverage classifications
+- Not reporting findings to validation report
+- Not auto-proceeding
+
+**Master Rule:** Product Brief coverage is conditional - skip if no brief, validate thoroughly if brief exists. Always auto-proceed.

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+---
+name: 'step-v-05-measurability-validation'
+description: 'Measurability Validation - Validate that all requirements (FRs and NFRs) are measurable and testable'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+nextStepFile: './step-v-06-traceability-validation.md'
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+validationReportPath: '{validation_report_path}'
+---
+
+# Step 5: Measurability Validation
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Validate that all Functional Requirements (FRs) and Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) are measurable, testable, and follow proper format without implementation details.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and Quality Assurance Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in systematic validation, not collaborative dialogue
+- ✅ You bring analytical rigor and requirements engineering expertise
+- ✅ This step runs autonomously - no user input needed
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on FR and NFR measurability
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to validate other aspects in this step
+- 💬 Approach: Systematic requirement-by-requirement analysis
+- 🚪 This is a validation sequence step - auto-proceeds when complete
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Extract all FRs and NFRs from PRD
+- 💾 Validate each for measurability and format
+- 📖 Append findings to validation report
+- 📖 Display "Proceeding to next check..." and load next step
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to pause or request user input
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: PRD file, validation report
+- Focus: FR and NFR measurability only
+- Limits: Don't validate other aspects, don't pause for user input
+- Dependencies: Steps 2-4 completed - initial validation checks done
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Attempt Sub-Process Validation
+
+**Try to use Task tool to spawn a subprocess:**
+
+"Perform measurability validation on this PRD:
+
+**Functional Requirements (FRs):**
+1. Extract all FRs from Functional Requirements section
+2. Check each FR for:
+   - '[Actor] can [capability]' format compliance
+   - No subjective adjectives (easy, fast, simple, intuitive, etc.)
+   - No vague quantifiers (multiple, several, some, many, etc.)
+   - No implementation details (technology names, library names, data structures unless capability-relevant)
+3. Document violations with line numbers
+
+**Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs):**
+1. Extract all NFRs from Non-Functional Requirements section
+2. Check each NFR for:
+   - Specific metrics with measurement methods
+   - Template compliance (criterion, metric, measurement method, context)
+   - Context included (why this matters, who it affects)
+3. Document violations with line numbers
+
+Return structured findings with violation counts and examples."
+
+### 2. Graceful Degradation (if Task tool unavailable)
+
+If Task tool unavailable, perform analysis directly:
+
+**Functional Requirements Analysis:**
+
+Extract all FRs and check each for:
+
+**Format compliance:**
+- Does it follow "[Actor] can [capability]" pattern?
+- Is actor clearly defined?
+- Is capability actionable and testable?
+
+**No subjective adjectives:**
+- Scan for: easy, fast, simple, intuitive, user-friendly, responsive, quick, efficient (without metrics)
+- Note line numbers
+
+**No vague quantifiers:**
+- Scan for: multiple, several, some, many, few, various, number of
+- Note line numbers
+
+**No implementation details:**
+- Scan for: React, Vue, Angular, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Redux, etc.
+- Unless capability-relevant (e.g., "API consumers can access...")
+- Note line numbers
+
+**Non-Functional Requirements Analysis:**
+
+Extract all NFRs and check each for:
+
+**Specific metrics:**
+- Is there a measurable criterion? (e.g., "response time < 200ms", not "fast response")
+- Can this be measured or tested?
+
+**Template compliance:**
+- Criterion defined?
+- Metric specified?
+- Measurement method included?
+- Context provided?
+
+### 3. Tally Violations
+
+**FR Violations:**
+- Format violations: count
+- Subjective adjectives: count
+- Vague quantifiers: count
+- Implementation leakage: count
+- Total FR violations: sum
+
+**NFR Violations:**
+- Missing metrics: count
+- Incomplete template: count
+- Missing context: count
+- Total NFR violations: sum
+
+**Total violations:** FR violations + NFR violations
+
+### 4. Report Measurability Findings to Validation Report
+
+Append to validation report:
+
+```markdown
+## Measurability Validation
+
+### Functional Requirements
+
+**Total FRs Analyzed:** {count}
+
+**Format Violations:** {count}
+[If violations exist, list examples with line numbers]
+
+**Subjective Adjectives Found:** {count}
+[If found, list examples with line numbers]
+
+**Vague Quantifiers Found:** {count}
+[If found, list examples with line numbers]
+
+**Implementation Leakage:** {count}
+[If found, list examples with line numbers]
+
+**FR Violations Total:** {total}
+
+### Non-Functional Requirements
+
+**Total NFRs Analyzed:** {count}
+
+**Missing Metrics:** {count}
+[If missing, list examples with line numbers]
+
+**Incomplete Template:** {count}
+[If incomplete, list examples with line numbers]
+
+**Missing Context:** {count}
+[If missing, list examples with line numbers]
+
+**NFR Violations Total:** {total}
+
+### Overall Assessment
+
+**Total Requirements:** {FRs + NFRs}
+**Total Violations:** {FR violations + NFR violations}
+
+**Severity:** [Critical if >10 violations, Warning if 5-10, Pass if <5]
+
+**Recommendation:**
+[If Critical] "Many requirements are not measurable or testable. Requirements must be revised to be testable for downstream work."
+[If Warning] "Some requirements need refinement for measurability. Focus on violating requirements above."
+[If Pass] "Requirements demonstrate good measurability with minimal issues."
+```
+
+### 5. Display Progress and Auto-Proceed
+
+Display: "**Measurability Validation Complete**
+
+Total Violations: {count} ({severity})
+
+**Proceeding to next validation check...**"
+
+Immediately load and execute {nextStepFile} (step-v-06-traceability-validation.md)
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- All FRs extracted and analyzed for measurability
+- All NFRs extracted and analyzed for measurability
+- Violations documented with line numbers
+- Severity assessed correctly
+- Findings reported to validation report
+- Auto-proceeds to next validation step
+- Subprocess attempted with graceful degradation
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not analyzing all FRs and NFRs
+- Missing line numbers for violations
+- Not reporting findings to validation report
+- Not assessing severity
+- Not auto-proceeding
+
+**Master Rule:** Requirements must be testable to be useful. Validate every requirement for measurability, document violations, auto-proceed.

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+---
+name: 'step-v-06-traceability-validation'
+description: 'Traceability Validation - Validate the traceability chain from vision → success → journeys → FRs is intact'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+nextStepFile: './step-v-07-implementation-leakage-validation.md'
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+validationReportPath: '{validation_report_path}'
+---
+
+# Step 6: Traceability Validation
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Validate the traceability chain from Executive Summary → Success Criteria → User Journeys → Functional Requirements is intact, ensuring every requirement traces back to a user need or business objective.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and Quality Assurance Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in systematic validation, not collaborative dialogue
+- ✅ You bring analytical rigor and traceability matrix expertise
+- ✅ This step runs autonomously - no user input needed
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on traceability chain validation
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to validate other aspects in this step
+- 💬 Approach: Systematic chain validation and orphan detection
+- 🚪 This is a validation sequence step - auto-proceeds when complete
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Build and validate traceability matrix
+- 💾 Identify broken chains and orphan requirements
+- 📖 Append findings to validation report
+- 📖 Display "Proceeding to next check..." and load next step
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to pause or request user input
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: PRD file, validation report
+- Focus: Traceability chain validation only
+- Limits: Don't validate other aspects, don't pause for user input
+- Dependencies: Steps 2-5 completed - initial validations done
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Attempt Sub-Process Validation
+
+**Try to use Task tool to spawn a subprocess:**
+
+"Perform traceability validation on this PRD:
+
+1. Extract content from Executive Summary (vision, goals)
+2. Extract Success Criteria
+3. Extract User Journeys (user types, flows, outcomes)
+4. Extract Functional Requirements (FRs)
+5. Extract Product Scope (in-scope items)
+
+**Validate chains:**
+- Executive Summary → Success Criteria: Does vision align with defined success?
+- Success Criteria → User Journeys: Are success criteria supported by user journeys?
+- User Journeys → Functional Requirements: Does each FR trace back to a user journey?
+- Scope → FRs: Do MVP scope FRs align with in-scope items?
+
+**Identify orphans:**
+- FRs not traceable to any user journey or business objective
+- Success criteria not supported by user journeys
+- User journeys without supporting FRs
+
+Build traceability matrix and identify broken chains and orphan FRs.
+
+Return structured findings with chain status and orphan list."
+
+### 2. Graceful Degradation (if Task tool unavailable)
+
+If Task tool unavailable, perform analysis directly:
+
+**Step 1: Extract key elements**
+- Executive Summary: Note vision, goals, objectives
+- Success Criteria: List all criteria
+- User Journeys: List user types and their flows
+- Functional Requirements: List all FRs
+- Product Scope: List in-scope items
+
+**Step 2: Validate Executive Summary → Success Criteria**
+- Does Executive Summary mention the success dimensions?
+- Are Success Criteria aligned with vision?
+- Note any misalignment
+
+**Step 3: Validate Success Criteria → User Journeys**
+- For each success criterion, is there a user journey that achieves it?
+- Note success criteria without supporting journeys
+
+**Step 4: Validate User Journeys → FRs**
+- For each user journey/flow, are there FRs that enable it?
+- List FRs with no clear user journey origin
+- Note orphan FRs (requirements without traceable source)
+
+**Step 5: Validate Scope → FR Alignment**
+- Does MVP scope align with essential FRs?
+- Are in-scope items supported by FRs?
+- Note misalignments
+
+**Step 6: Build traceability matrix**
+- Map each FR to its source (journey or business objective)
+- Note orphan FRs
+- Identify broken chains
+
+### 3. Tally Traceability Issues
+
+**Broken chains:**
+- Executive Summary → Success Criteria gaps: count
+- Success Criteria → User Journeys gaps: count
+- User Journeys → FRs gaps: count
+- Scope → FR misalignments: count
+
+**Orphan elements:**
+- Orphan FRs (no traceable source): count
+- Unsupported success criteria: count
+- User journeys without FRs: count
+
+**Total issues:** Sum of all broken chains and orphans
+
+### 4. Report Traceability Findings to Validation Report
+
+Append to validation report:
+
+```markdown
+## Traceability Validation
+
+### Chain Validation
+
+**Executive Summary → Success Criteria:** [Intact/Gaps Identified]
+{If gaps: List specific misalignments}
+
+**Success Criteria → User Journeys:** [Intact/Gaps Identified]
+{If gaps: List unsupported success criteria}
+
+**User Journeys → Functional Requirements:** [Intact/Gaps Identified]
+{If gaps: List journeys without supporting FRs}
+
+**Scope → FR Alignment:** [Intact/Misaligned]
+{If misaligned: List specific issues}
+
+### Orphan Elements
+
+**Orphan Functional Requirements:** {count}
+{List orphan FRs with numbers}
+
+**Unsupported Success Criteria:** {count}
+{List unsupported criteria}
+
+**User Journeys Without FRs:** {count}
+{List journeys without FRs}
+
+### Traceability Matrix
+
+{Summary table showing traceability coverage}
+
+**Total Traceability Issues:** {total}
+
+**Severity:** [Critical if orphan FRs exist, Warning if gaps, Pass if intact]
+
+**Recommendation:**
+[If Critical] "Orphan requirements exist - every FR must trace back to a user need or business objective."
+[If Warning] "Traceability gaps identified - strengthen chains to ensure all requirements are justified."
+[If Pass] "Traceability chain is intact - all requirements trace to user needs or business objectives."
+```
+
+### 5. Display Progress and Auto-Proceed
+
+Display: "**Traceability Validation Complete**
+
+Total Issues: {count} ({severity})
+
+**Proceeding to next validation check...**"
+
+Immediately load and execute {nextStepFile} (step-v-07-implementation-leakage-validation.md)
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- All traceability chains validated systematically
+- Orphan FRs identified with numbers
+- Broken chains documented
+- Traceability matrix built
+- Severity assessed correctly
+- Findings reported to validation report
+- Auto-proceeds to next validation step
+- Subprocess attempted with graceful degradation
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not validating all traceability chains
+- Missing orphan FR detection
+- Not building traceability matrix
+- Not reporting findings to validation report
+- Not auto-proceeding
+
+**Master Rule:** Every requirement should trace to a user need or business objective. Orphan FRs indicate broken traceability that must be fixed.

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+---
+name: 'step-v-07-implementation-leakage-validation'
+description: 'Implementation Leakage Check - Ensure FRs and NFRs don\'t include implementation details'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+nextStepFile: './step-v-08-domain-compliance-validation.md'
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+validationReportPath: '{validation_report_path}'
+---
+
+# Step 7: Implementation Leakage Validation
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Ensure Functional Requirements and Non-Functional Requirements don't include implementation details - they should specify WHAT, not HOW.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and Quality Assurance Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in systematic validation, not collaborative dialogue
+- ✅ You bring analytical rigor and separation of concerns expertise
+- ✅ This step runs autonomously - no user input needed
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on implementation leakage detection
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to validate other aspects in this step
+- 💬 Approach: Systematic scanning for technology and implementation terms
+- 🚪 This is a validation sequence step - auto-proceeds when complete
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Scan FRs and NFRs for implementation terms
+- 💾 Distinguish capability-relevant vs leakage
+- 📖 Append findings to validation report
+- 📖 Display "Proceeding to next check..." and load next step
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to pause or request user input
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: PRD file, validation report
+- Focus: Implementation leakage detection only
+- Limits: Don't validate other aspects, don't pause for user input
+- Dependencies: Steps 2-6 completed - initial validations done
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Attempt Sub-Process Validation
+
+**Try to use Task tool to spawn a subprocess:**
+
+"Perform implementation leakage validation on this PRD:
+
+**Scan for:**
+1. Technology names (React, Vue, Angular, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
+2. Library names (Redux, axios, lodash, Express, Django, Rails, Spring, etc.)
+3. Data structures (JSON, XML, CSV) unless relevant to capability
+4. Architecture patterns (MVC, microservices, serverless) unless business requirement
+5. Protocol names (HTTP, REST, GraphQL, WebSockets) - check if capability-relevant
+
+**For each term found:**
+- Is this capability-relevant? (e.g., 'API consumers can access...' - API is capability)
+- Or is this implementation detail? (e.g., 'React component for...' - implementation)
+
+Document violations with line numbers and explanation.
+
+Return structured findings with leakage counts and examples."
+
+### 2. Graceful Degradation (if Task tool unavailable)
+
+If Task tool unavailable, perform analysis directly:
+
+**Implementation leakage terms to scan for:**
+
+**Frontend Frameworks:**
+React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, Solid, Next.js, Nuxt, etc.
+
+**Backend Frameworks:**
+Express, Django, Rails, Spring, Laravel, FastAPI, etc.
+
+**Databases:**
+PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB, Cassandra, etc.
+
+**Cloud Platforms:**
+AWS, GCP, Azure, Cloudflare, Vercel, Netlify, etc.
+
+**Infrastructure:**
+Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, etc.
+
+**Libraries:**
+Redux, Zustand, axios, fetch, lodash, jQuery, etc.
+
+**Data Formats:**
+JSON, XML, YAML, CSV (unless capability-relevant)
+
+**For each term found in FRs/NFRs:**
+- Determine if it's capability-relevant or implementation leakage
+- Example: "API consumers can access data via REST endpoints" - API/REST is capability
+- Example: "React components fetch data using Redux" - implementation leakage
+
+**Count violations and note line numbers**
+
+### 3. Tally Implementation Leakage
+
+**By category:**
+- Frontend framework leakage: count
+- Backend framework leakage: count
+- Database leakage: count
+- Cloud platform leakage: count
+- Infrastructure leakage: count
+- Library leakage: count
+- Other implementation details: count
+
+**Total implementation leakage violations:** sum
+
+### 4. Report Implementation Leakage Findings to Validation Report
+
+Append to validation report:
+
+```markdown
+## Implementation Leakage Validation
+
+### Leakage by Category
+
+**Frontend Frameworks:** {count} violations
+{If violations, list examples with line numbers}
+
+**Backend Frameworks:** {count} violations
+{If violations, list examples with line numbers}
+
+**Databases:** {count} violations
+{If violations, list examples with line numbers}
+
+**Cloud Platforms:** {count} violations
+{If violations, list examples with line numbers}
+
+**Infrastructure:** {count} violations
+{If violations, list examples with line numbers}
+
+**Libraries:** {count} violations
+{If violations, list examples with line numbers}
+
+**Other Implementation Details:** {count} violations
+{If violations, list examples with line numbers}
+
+### Summary
+
+**Total Implementation Leakage Violations:** {total}
+
+**Severity:** [Critical if >5 violations, Warning if 2-5, Pass if <2]
+
+**Recommendation:**
+[If Critical] "Extensive implementation leakage found. Requirements specify HOW instead of WHAT. Remove all implementation details - these belong in architecture, not PRD."
+[If Warning] "Some implementation leakage detected. Review violations and remove implementation details from requirements."
+[If Pass] "No significant implementation leakage found. Requirements properly specify WHAT without HOW."
+
+**Note:** API consumers, GraphQL (when required), and other capability-relevant terms are acceptable when they describe WHAT the system must do, not HOW to build it.
+```
+
+### 5. Display Progress and Auto-Proceed
+
+Display: "**Implementation Leakage Validation Complete**
+
+Total Violations: {count} ({severity})
+
+**Proceeding to next validation check...**"
+
+Immediately load and execute {nextStepFile} (step-v-08-domain-compliance-validation.md)
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- Scanned FRs and NFRs for all implementation term categories
+- Distinguished capability-relevant from implementation leakage
+- Violations documented with line numbers and explanations
+- Severity assessed correctly
+- Findings reported to validation report
+- Auto-proceeds to next validation step
+- Subprocess attempted with graceful degradation
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not scanning all implementation term categories
+- Not distinguishing capability-relevant from leakage
+- Missing line numbers for violations
+- Not reporting findings to validation report
+- Not auto-proceeding
+
+**Master Rule:** Requirements specify WHAT, not HOW. Implementation details belong in architecture documents, not PRDs.

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+---
+name: 'step-v-08-domain-compliance-validation'
+description: 'Domain Compliance Validation - Validate domain-specific requirements are present for high-complexity domains'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+nextStepFile: './step-v-09-project-type-validation.md'
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+prdFrontmatter: '{prd_frontmatter}'
+validationReportPath: '{validation_report_path}'
+domainComplexityData: '../data/domain-complexity.csv'
+---
+
+# Step 8: Domain Compliance Validation
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Validate domain-specific requirements are present for high-complexity domains (Healthcare, Fintech, GovTech, etc.), ensuring regulatory and compliance requirements are properly documented.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and Quality Assurance Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in systematic validation, not collaborative dialogue
+- ✅ You bring domain expertise and compliance knowledge
+- ✅ This step runs autonomously - no user input needed
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on domain-specific compliance requirements
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to validate other aspects in this step
+- 💬 Approach: Conditional validation based on domain classification
+- 🚪 This is a validation sequence step - auto-proceeds when complete
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Check classification.domain from PRD frontmatter
+- 💬 If low complexity (general): Skip detailed checks
+- 🎯 If high complexity: Validate required special sections
+- 💾 Append compliance findings to validation report
+- 📖 Display "Proceeding to next check..." and load next step
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to pause or request user input
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: PRD file with frontmatter classification, validation report
+- Focus: Domain compliance only (conditional on domain complexity)
+- Limits: Don't validate other aspects, conditional execution
+- Dependencies: Steps 2-7 completed - format and requirements validation done
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Load Domain Complexity Data
+
+Load and read the complete file at:
+`{domainComplexityData}` (../data/domain-complexity.csv)
+
+This CSV contains:
+- Domain classifications and complexity levels (high/medium/low)
+- Required special sections for each domain
+- Key concerns and requirements for regulated industries
+
+Internalize this data - it drives which domains require special compliance sections.
+
+### 2. Extract Domain Classification
+
+From PRD frontmatter, extract:
+- `classification.domain` - what domain is this PRD for?
+
+**If no domain classification found:**
+Treat as "general" (low complexity) and proceed to step 4
+
+### 2. Determine Domain Complexity
+
+**Low complexity domains (skip detailed checks):**
+- General
+- Consumer apps (standard e-commerce, social, productivity)
+- Content websites
+- Business tools (standard)
+
+**High complexity domains (require special sections):**
+- Healthcare / Healthtech
+- Fintech / Financial services
+- GovTech / Public sector
+- EdTech (educational records, accredited courses)
+- Legal tech
+- Other regulated domains
+
+### 3. For High-Complexity Domains: Validate Required Special Sections
+
+**Attempt subprocess validation:**
+
+"Perform domain compliance validation for {domain}:
+
+Based on {domain} requirements, check PRD for:
+
+**Healthcare:**
+- Clinical Requirements section
+- Regulatory Pathway (FDA, HIPAA, etc.)
+- Safety Measures
+- HIPAA Compliance (data privacy, security)
+- Patient safety considerations
+
+**Fintech:**
+- Compliance Matrix (SOC2, PCI-DSS, GDPR, etc.)
+- Security Architecture
+- Audit Requirements
+- Fraud Prevention measures
+- Financial transaction handling
+
+**GovTech:**
+- Accessibility Standards (WCAG 2.1 AA, Section 508)
+- Procurement Compliance
+- Security Clearance requirements
+- Data residency requirements
+
+**Other regulated domains:**
+- Check for domain-specific regulatory sections
+- Compliance requirements
+- Special considerations
+
+For each required section:
+- Is it present in PRD?
+- Is it adequately documented?
+- Note any gaps
+
+Return compliance matrix with presence/adequacy assessment."
+
+**Graceful degradation (if no Task tool):**
+- Manually check for required sections based on domain
+- List present sections and missing sections
+- Assess adequacy of documentation
+
+### 5. For Low-Complexity Domains: Skip Detailed Checks
+
+Append to validation report:
+```markdown
+## Domain Compliance Validation
+
+**Domain:** {domain}
+**Complexity:** Low (general/standard)
+**Assessment:** N/A - No special domain compliance requirements
+
+**Note:** This PRD is for a standard domain without regulatory compliance requirements.
+```
+
+Display: "**Domain Compliance Validation Skipped**
+
+Domain: {domain} (low complexity)
+
+**Proceeding to next validation check...**"
+
+Immediately load and execute {nextStepFile}
+
+### 6. Report Compliance Findings (High-Complexity Domains)
+
+Append to validation report:
+
+```markdown
+## Domain Compliance Validation
+
+**Domain:** {domain}
+**Complexity:** High (regulated)
+
+### Required Special Sections
+
+**{Section 1 Name}:** [Present/Missing/Adequate]
+{If missing or inadequate: Note specific gaps}
+
+**{Section 2 Name}:** [Present/Missing/Adequate]
+{If missing or inadequate: Note specific gaps}
+
+[Continue for all required sections]
+
+### Compliance Matrix
+
+| Requirement | Status | Notes |
+|-------------|--------|-------|
+| {Requirement 1} | [Met/Partial/Missing] | {Notes} |
+| {Requirement 2} | [Met/Partial/Missing] | {Notes} |
+[... continue for all requirements]
+
+### Summary
+
+**Required Sections Present:** {count}/{total}
+**Compliance Gaps:** {count}
+
+**Severity:** [Critical if missing regulatory sections, Warning if incomplete, Pass if complete]
+
+**Recommendation:**
+[If Critical] "PRD is missing required domain-specific compliance sections. These are essential for {domain} products."
+[If Warning] "Some domain compliance sections are incomplete. Strengthen documentation for full compliance."
+[If Pass] "All required domain compliance sections are present and adequately documented."
+```
+
+### 7. Display Progress and Auto-Proceed
+
+Display: "**Domain Compliance Validation Complete**
+
+Domain: {domain} ({complexity})
+Compliance Status: {status}
+
+**Proceeding to next validation check...**"
+
+Immediately load and execute {nextStepFile} (step-v-09-project-type-validation.md)
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- Domain classification extracted correctly
+- Complexity assessed appropriately
+- Low complexity domains: Skipped with clear "N/A" documentation
+- High complexity domains: All required sections checked
+- Compliance matrix built with status for each requirement
+- Severity assessed correctly
+- Findings reported to validation report
+- Auto-proceeds to next validation step
+- Subprocess attempted with graceful degradation
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not checking domain classification before proceeding
+- Performing detailed checks on low complexity domains
+- For high complexity: missing required section checks
+- Not building compliance matrix
+- Not reporting findings to validation report
+- Not auto-proceeding
+
+**Master Rule:** Domain compliance is conditional. High-complexity domains require special sections - low complexity domains skip these checks.

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+---
+name: 'step-v-09-project-type-validation'
+description: 'Project-Type Compliance Validation - Validate project-type specific requirements are properly documented'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+nextStepFile: './step-v-10-smart-validation.md'
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+prdFrontmatter: '{prd_frontmatter}'
+validationReportPath: '{validation_report_path}'
+projectTypesData: '../data/project-types.csv'
+---
+
+# Step 9: Project-Type Compliance Validation
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Validate project-type specific requirements are properly documented - different project types (api_backend, web_app, mobile_app, etc.) have different required and excluded sections.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and Quality Assurance Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in systematic validation, not collaborative dialogue
+- ✅ You bring project type expertise and architectural knowledge
+- ✅ This step runs autonomously - no user input needed
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on project-type compliance
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to validate other aspects in this step
+- 💬 Approach: Validate required sections present, excluded sections absent
+- 🚪 This is a validation sequence step - auto-proceeds when complete
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Check classification.projectType from PRD frontmatter
+- 🎯 Validate required sections for that project type are present
+- 🎯 Validate excluded sections for that project type are absent
+- 💾 Append compliance findings to validation report
+- 📖 Display "Proceeding to next check..." and load next step
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to pause or request user input
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: PRD file with frontmatter classification, validation report
+- Focus: Project-type compliance only
+- Limits: Don't validate other aspects, don't pause for user input
+- Dependencies: Steps 2-8 completed - domain and requirements validation done
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Load Project Types Data
+
+Load and read the complete file at:
+`{projectTypesData}` (../data/project-types.csv)
+
+This CSV contains:
+- Detection signals for each project type
+- Required sections for each project type
+- Skip/excluded sections for each project type
+- Innovation signals
+
+Internalize this data - it drives what sections must be present or absent for each project type.
+
+### 2. Extract Project Type Classification
+
+From PRD frontmatter, extract:
+- `classification.projectType` - what type of project is this?
+
+**Common project types:**
+- api_backend
+- web_app
+- mobile_app
+- desktop_app
+- data_pipeline
+- ml_system
+- library_sdk
+- infrastructure
+- other
+
+**If no projectType classification found:**
+Assume "web_app" (most common) and note in findings
+
+### 3. Determine Required and Excluded Sections from CSV Data
+
+**From loaded project-types.csv data, for this project type:**
+
+**Required sections:** (from required_sections column)
+These MUST be present in the PRD
+
+**Skip sections:** (from skip_sections column)
+These MUST NOT be present in the PRD
+
+**Example mappings from CSV:**
+- api_backend: Required=[endpoint_specs, auth_model, data_schemas], Skip=[ux_ui, visual_design]
+- mobile_app: Required=[platform_reqs, device_permissions, offline_mode], Skip=[desktop_features, cli_commands]
+- cli_tool: Required=[command_structure, output_formats, config_schema], Skip=[visual_design, ux_principles, touch_interactions]
+- etc.
+
+### 4. Validate Against CSV-Based Requirements
+
+**Based on project type, determine:**
+
+**api_backend:**
+- Required: Endpoint Specs, Auth Model, Data Schemas, API Versioning
+- Excluded: UX/UI sections, mobile-specific sections
+
+**web_app:**
+- Required: User Journeys, UX/UI Requirements, Responsive Design
+- Excluded: None typically
+
+**mobile_app:**
+- Required: Mobile UX, Platform specifics (iOS/Android), Offline mode
+- Excluded: Desktop-specific sections
+
+**desktop_app:**
+- Required: Desktop UX, Platform specifics (Windows/Mac/Linux)
+- Excluded: Mobile-specific sections
+
+**data_pipeline:**
+- Required: Data Sources, Data Transformation, Data Sinks, Error Handling
+- Excluded: UX/UI sections
+
+**ml_system:**
+- Required: Model Requirements, Training Data, Inference Requirements, Model Performance
+- Excluded: UX/UI sections (unless ML UI)
+
+**library_sdk:**
+- Required: API Surface, Usage Examples, Integration Guide
+- Excluded: UX/UI sections, deployment sections
+
+**infrastructure:**
+- Required: Infrastructure Components, Deployment, Monitoring, Scaling
+- Excluded: Feature requirements (this is infrastructure, not product)
+
+### 4. Attempt Sub-Process Validation
+
+"Perform project-type compliance validation for {projectType}:
+
+**Check that required sections are present:**
+{List required sections for this project type}
+For each: Is it present in PRD? Is it adequately documented?
+
+**Check that excluded sections are absent:**
+{List excluded sections for this project type}
+For each: Is it absent from PRD? (Should not be present)
+
+Build compliance table showing:
+- Required sections: [Present/Missing/Incomplete]
+- Excluded sections: [Absent/Present] (Present = violation)
+
+Return compliance table with findings."
+
+**Graceful degradation (if no Task tool):**
+- Manually check PRD for required sections
+- Manually check PRD for excluded sections
+- Build compliance table
+
+### 5. Build Compliance Table
+
+**Required sections check:**
+- For each required section: Present / Missing / Incomplete
+- Count: Required sections present vs total required
+
+**Excluded sections check:**
+- For each excluded section: Absent / Present (violation)
+- Count: Excluded sections present (violations)
+
+**Total compliance score:**
+- Required: {present}/{total}
+- Excluded violations: {count}
+
+### 6. Report Project-Type Compliance Findings to Validation Report
+
+Append to validation report:
+
+```markdown
+## Project-Type Compliance Validation
+
+**Project Type:** {projectType}
+
+### Required Sections
+
+**{Section 1}:** [Present/Missing/Incomplete]
+{If missing or incomplete: Note specific gaps}
+
+**{Section 2}:** [Present/Missing/Incomplete]
+{If missing or incomplete: Note specific gaps}
+
+[Continue for all required sections]
+
+### Excluded Sections (Should Not Be Present)
+
+**{Section 1}:** [Absent/Present] ✓
+{If present: This section should not be present for {projectType}}
+
+**{Section 2}:** [Absent/Present] ✓
+{If present: This section should not be present for {projectType}}
+
+[Continue for all excluded sections]
+
+### Compliance Summary
+
+**Required Sections:** {present}/{total} present
+**Excluded Sections Present:** {violations} (should be 0)
+**Compliance Score:** {percentage}%
+
+**Severity:** [Critical if required sections missing, Warning if incomplete, Pass if complete]
+
+**Recommendation:**
+[If Critical] "PRD is missing required sections for {projectType}. Add missing sections to properly specify this type of project."
+[If Warning] "Some required sections for {projectType} are incomplete. Strengthen documentation."
+[If Pass] "All required sections for {projectType} are present. No excluded sections found."
+```
+
+### 7. Display Progress and Auto-Proceed
+
+Display: "**Project-Type Compliance Validation Complete**
+
+Project Type: {projectType}
+Compliance: {score}%
+
+**Proceeding to next validation check...**"
+
+Immediately load and execute {nextStepFile} (step-v-10-smart-validation.md)
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- Project type extracted correctly (or default assumed)
+- Required sections validated for presence and completeness
+- Excluded sections validated for absence
+- Compliance table built with status for all sections
+- Severity assessed correctly
+- Findings reported to validation report
+- Auto-proceeds to next validation step
+- Subprocess attempted with graceful degradation
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not checking project type before proceeding
+- Missing required section checks
+- Missing excluded section checks
+- Not building compliance table
+- Not reporting findings to validation report
+- Not auto-proceeding
+
+**Master Rule:** Different project types have different requirements. API PRDs don't need UX sections - validate accordingly.

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+---
+name: 'step-v-10-smart-validation'
+description: 'SMART Requirements Validation - Validate Functional Requirements meet SMART quality criteria'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+nextStepFile: './step-v-11-holistic-quality-validation.md'
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+validationReportPath: '{validation_report_path}'
+advancedElicitationTask: '{project-root}/_bmad/core/workflows/advanced-elicitation/workflow.xml'
+---
+
+# Step 10: SMART Requirements Validation
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Validate Functional Requirements meet SMART quality criteria (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Traceable), ensuring high-quality requirements.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and Quality Assurance Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in systematic validation, not collaborative dialogue
+- ✅ You bring requirements engineering expertise and quality assessment
+- ✅ This step runs autonomously - no user input needed
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on FR quality assessment using SMART framework
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to validate other aspects in this step
+- 💬 Approach: Score each FR on SMART criteria (1-5 scale)
+- 🚪 This is a validation sequence step - auto-proceeds when complete
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Extract all FRs from PRD
+- 🎯 Score each FR on SMART criteria (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Traceable)
+- 💾 Flag FRs with score < 3 in any category
+- 📖 Append scoring table and suggestions to validation report
+- 📖 Display "Proceeding to next check..." and load next step
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to pause or request user input
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: PRD file, validation report
+- Focus: FR quality assessment only using SMART framework
+- Limits: Don't validate NFRs or other aspects, don't pause for user input
+- Dependencies: Steps 2-9 completed - comprehensive validation checks done
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Extract All Functional Requirements
+
+From the PRD's Functional Requirements section, extract:
+- All FRs with their FR numbers (FR-001, FR-002, etc.)
+- Count total FRs
+
+### 2. Attempt Sub-Process Validation
+
+**Try to use Task tool to spawn a subprocess:**
+
+"Perform SMART requirements validation on these Functional Requirements:
+
+{List all FRs}
+
+**For each FR, score on SMART criteria (1-5 scale):**
+
+**Specific (1-5):**
+- 5: Clear, unambiguous, well-defined
+- 3: Somewhat clear but could be more specific
+- 1: Vague, ambiguous, unclear
+
+**Measurable (1-5):**
+- 5: Quantifiable metrics, testable
+- 3: Partially measurable
+- 1: Not measurable, subjective
+
+**Attainable (1-5):**
+- 5: Realistic, achievable with constraints
+- 3: Probably achievable but uncertain
+- 1: Unrealistic, technically infeasible
+
+**Relevant (1-5):**
+- 5: Clearly aligned with user needs and business objectives
+- 3: Somewhat relevant but connection unclear
+- 1: Not relevant, doesn't align with goals
+
+**Traceable (1-5):**
+- 5: Clearly traces to user journey or business objective
+- 3: Partially traceable
+- 1: Orphan requirement, no clear source
+
+**For each FR with score < 3 in any category:**
+- Provide specific improvement suggestions
+
+Return scoring table with all FR scores and improvement suggestions for low-scoring FRs."
+
+**Graceful degradation (if no Task tool):**
+- Manually score each FR on SMART criteria
+- Note FRs with low scores
+- Provide improvement suggestions
+
+### 3. Build Scoring Table
+
+For each FR:
+- FR number
+- Specific score (1-5)
+- Measurable score (1-5)
+- Attainable score (1-5)
+- Relevant score (1-5)
+- Traceable score (1-5)
+- Average score
+- Flag if any category < 3
+
+**Calculate overall FR quality:**
+- Percentage of FRs with all scores ≥ 3
+- Percentage of FRs with all scores ≥ 4
+- Average score across all FRs and categories
+
+### 4. Report SMART Findings to Validation Report
+
+Append to validation report:
+
+```markdown
+## SMART Requirements Validation
+
+**Total Functional Requirements:** {count}
+
+### Scoring Summary
+
+**All scores ≥ 3:** {percentage}% ({count}/{total})
+**All scores ≥ 4:** {percentage}% ({count}/{total})
+**Overall Average Score:** {average}/5.0
+
+### Scoring Table
+
+| FR # | Specific | Measurable | Attainable | Relevant | Traceable | Average | Flag |
+|------|----------|------------|------------|----------|-----------|--------|------|
+| FR-001 | {s1} | {m1} | {a1} | {r1} | {t1} | {avg1} | {X if any <3} |
+| FR-002 | {s2} | {m2} | {a2} | {r2} | {t2} | {avg2} | {X if any <3} |
+[Continue for all FRs]
+
+**Legend:** 1=Poor, 3=Acceptable, 5=Excellent
+**Flag:** X = Score < 3 in one or more categories
+
+### Improvement Suggestions
+
+**Low-Scoring FRs:**
+
+**FR-{number}:** {specific suggestion for improvement}
+[For each FR with score < 3 in any category]
+
+### Overall Assessment
+
+**Severity:** [Critical if >30% flagged FRs, Warning if 10-30%, Pass if <10%]
+
+**Recommendation:**
+[If Critical] "Many FRs have quality issues. Revise flagged FRs using SMART framework to improve clarity and testability."
+[If Warning] "Some FRs would benefit from SMART refinement. Focus on flagged requirements above."
+[If Pass] "Functional Requirements demonstrate good SMART quality overall."
+```
+
+### 5. Display Progress and Auto-Proceed
+
+Display: "**SMART Requirements Validation Complete**
+
+FR Quality: {percentage}% with acceptable scores ({severity})
+
+**Proceeding to next validation check...**"
+
+Immediately load and execute {nextStepFile} (step-v-11-holistic-quality-validation.md)
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- All FRs extracted from PRD
+- Each FR scored on all 5 SMART criteria (1-5 scale)
+- FRs with scores < 3 flagged for improvement
+- Improvement suggestions provided for low-scoring FRs
+- Scoring table built with all FR scores
+- Overall quality assessment calculated
+- Findings reported to validation report
+- Auto-proceeds to next validation step
+- Subprocess attempted with graceful degradation
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not scoring all FRs on all SMART criteria
+- Missing improvement suggestions for low-scoring FRs
+- Not building scoring table
+- Not calculating overall quality metrics
+- Not reporting findings to validation report
+- Not auto-proceeding
+
+**Master Rule:** FRs should be high-quality, not just present. SMART framework provides objective quality measure.

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+---
+name: 'step-v-11-holistic-quality-validation'
+description: 'Holistic Quality Assessment - Assess PRD as cohesive, compelling document - is it a good PRD?'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+nextStepFile: './step-v-12-completeness-validation.md'
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+validationReportPath: '{validation_report_path}'
+advancedElicitationTask: '{project-root}/_bmad/core/workflows/advanced-elicitation/workflow.xml'
+---
+
+# Step 11: Holistic Quality Assessment
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Assess the PRD as a cohesive, compelling document - evaluating document flow, dual audience effectiveness (humans and LLMs), BMAD PRD principles compliance, and overall quality rating.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and Quality Assurance Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in systematic validation, not collaborative dialogue
+- ✅ You bring analytical rigor and document quality expertise
+- ✅ This step runs autonomously - no user input needed
+- ✅ Uses Advanced Elicitation for multi-perspective evaluation
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on holistic document quality assessment
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to validate individual components (done in previous steps)
+- 💬 Approach: Multi-perspective evaluation using Advanced Elicitation
+- 🚪 This is a validation sequence step - auto-proceeds when complete
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Use Advanced Elicitation for multi-perspective assessment
+- 🎯 Evaluate document flow, dual audience, BMAD principles
+- 💾 Append comprehensive assessment to validation report
+- 📖 Display "Proceeding to next check..." and load next step
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to pause or request user input
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: Complete PRD file, validation report with findings from steps 1-10
+- Focus: Holistic quality - the WHOLE document
+- Limits: Don't re-validate individual components, don't pause for user input
+- Dependencies: Steps 1-10 completed - all systematic checks done
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Attempt Sub-Process with Advanced Elicitation
+
+**Try to use Task tool to spawn a subprocess using Advanced Elicitation:**
+
+"Perform holistic quality assessment on this PRD using multi-perspective evaluation:
+
+**Load and execute Advanced Elicitation workflow:**
+{advancedElicitationTask}
+
+**Evaluate the PRD from these perspectives:**
+
+**1. Document Flow & Coherence:**
+- Read entire PRD
+- Evaluate narrative flow - does it tell a cohesive story?
+- Check transitions between sections
+- Assess consistency - is it coherent throughout?
+- Evaluate readability - is it clear and well-organized?
+
+**2. Dual Audience Effectiveness:**
+
+**For Humans:**
+- Executive-friendly: Can executives understand vision and goals quickly?
+- Developer clarity: Do developers have clear requirements to build from?
+- Designer clarity: Do designers understand user needs and flows?
+- Stakeholder decision-making: Can stakeholders make informed decisions?
+
+**For LLMs:**
+- Machine-readable structure: Is the PRD structured for LLM consumption?
+- UX readiness: Can an LLM generate UX designs from this?
+- Architecture readiness: Can an LLM generate architecture from this?
+- Epic/Story readiness: Can an LLM break down into epics and stories?
+
+**3. BMAD PRD Principles Compliance:**
+- Information density: Every sentence carries weight?
+- Measurability: Requirements testable?
+- Traceability: Requirements trace to sources?
+- Domain awareness: Domain-specific considerations included?
+- Zero anti-patterns: No filler or wordiness?
+- Dual audience: Works for both humans and LLMs?
+- Markdown format: Proper structure and formatting?
+
+**4. Overall Quality Rating:**
+Rate the PRD on 5-point scale:
+- Excellent (5/5): Exemplary, ready for production use
+- Good (4/5): Strong with minor improvements needed
+- Adequate (3/5): Acceptable but needs refinement
+- Needs Work (2/5): Significant gaps or issues
+- Problematic (1/5): Major flaws, needs substantial revision
+
+**5. Top 3 Improvements:**
+Identify the 3 most impactful improvements to make this a great PRD
+
+Return comprehensive assessment with all perspectives, rating, and top 3 improvements."
+
+**Graceful degradation (if no Task tool or Advanced Elicitation unavailable):**
+- Perform holistic assessment directly in current context
+- Read complete PRD
+- Evaluate document flow, coherence, transitions
+- Assess dual audience effectiveness
+- Check BMAD principles compliance
+- Assign overall quality rating
+- Identify top 3 improvements
+
+### 2. Synthesize Assessment
+
+**Compile findings from multi-perspective evaluation:**
+
+**Document Flow & Coherence:**
+- Overall assessment: [Excellent/Good/Adequate/Needs Work/Problematic]
+- Key strengths: [list]
+- Key weaknesses: [list]
+
+**Dual Audience Effectiveness:**
+- For Humans: [assessment]
+- For LLMs: [assessment]
+- Overall dual audience score: [1-5]
+
+**BMAD Principles Compliance:**
+- Principles met: [count]/7
+- Principles with issues: [list]
+
+**Overall Quality Rating:** [1-5 with label]
+
+**Top 3 Improvements:**
+1. [Improvement 1]
+2. [Improvement 2]
+3. [Improvement 3]
+
+### 3. Report Holistic Quality Findings to Validation Report
+
+Append to validation report:
+
+```markdown
+## Holistic Quality Assessment
+
+### Document Flow & Coherence
+
+**Assessment:** [Excellent/Good/Adequate/Needs Work/Problematic]
+
+**Strengths:**
+{List key strengths}
+
+**Areas for Improvement:**
+{List key weaknesses}
+
+### Dual Audience Effectiveness
+
+**For Humans:**
+- Executive-friendly: [assessment]
+- Developer clarity: [assessment]
+- Designer clarity: [assessment]
+- Stakeholder decision-making: [assessment]
+
+**For LLMs:**
+- Machine-readable structure: [assessment]
+- UX readiness: [assessment]
+- Architecture readiness: [assessment]
+- Epic/Story readiness: [assessment]
+
+**Dual Audience Score:** {score}/5
+
+### BMAD PRD Principles Compliance
+
+| Principle | Status | Notes |
+|-----------|--------|-------|
+| Information Density | [Met/Partial/Not Met] | {notes} |
+| Measurability | [Met/Partial/Not Met] | {notes} |
+| Traceability | [Met/Partial/Not Met] | {notes} |
+| Domain Awareness | [Met/Partial/Not Met] | {notes} |
+| Zero Anti-Patterns | [Met/Partial/Not Met] | {notes} |
+| Dual Audience | [Met/Partial/Not Met] | {notes} |
+| Markdown Format | [Met/Partial/Not Met] | {notes} |
+
+**Principles Met:** {count}/7
+
+### Overall Quality Rating
+
+**Rating:** {rating}/5 - {label}
+
+**Scale:**
+- 5/5 - Excellent: Exemplary, ready for production use
+- 4/5 - Good: Strong with minor improvements needed
+- 3/5 - Adequate: Acceptable but needs refinement
+- 2/5 - Needs Work: Significant gaps or issues
+- 1/5 - Problematic: Major flaws, needs substantial revision
+
+### Top 3 Improvements
+
+1. **{Improvement 1}**
+   {Brief explanation of why and how}
+
+2. **{Improvement 2}**
+   {Brief explanation of why and how}
+
+3. **{Improvement 3}**
+   {Brief explanation of why and how}
+
+### Summary
+
+**This PRD is:** {one-sentence overall assessment}
+
+**To make it great:** Focus on the top 3 improvements above.
+```
+
+### 4. Display Progress and Auto-Proceed
+
+Display: "**Holistic Quality Assessment Complete**
+
+Overall Rating: {rating}/5 - {label}
+
+**Proceeding to final validation checks...**"
+
+Immediately load and execute {nextStepFile} (step-v-12-completeness-validation.md)
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- Advanced Elicitation used for multi-perspective evaluation (or graceful degradation)
+- Document flow & coherence assessed
+- Dual audience effectiveness evaluated (humans and LLMs)
+- BMAD PRD principles compliance checked
+- Overall quality rating assigned (1-5 scale)
+- Top 3 improvements identified
+- Comprehensive assessment reported to validation report
+- Auto-proceeds to next validation step
+- Subprocess attempted with graceful degradation
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not using Advanced Elicitation for multi-perspective evaluation
+- Missing document flow assessment
+- Missing dual audience evaluation
+- Not checking all BMAD principles
+- Not assigning overall quality rating
+- Missing top 3 improvements
+- Not reporting comprehensive assessment to validation report
+- Not auto-proceeding
+
+**Master Rule:** This evaluates the WHOLE document, not just components. Answers "Is this a good PRD?" and "What would make it great?"

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+---
+name: 'step-v-12-completeness-validation'
+description: 'Completeness Check - Final comprehensive completeness check before report generation'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+nextStepFile: './step-v-13-report-complete.md'
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+prdFrontmatter: '{prd_frontmatter}'
+validationReportPath: '{validation_report_path}'
+---
+
+# Step 12: Completeness Validation
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Final comprehensive completeness check - validate no template variables remain, each section has required content, section-specific completeness, and frontmatter is properly populated.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and Quality Assurance Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in systematic validation, not collaborative dialogue
+- ✅ You bring attention to detail and completeness verification
+- ✅ This step runs autonomously - no user input needed
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on completeness verification
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to validate quality (done in step 11) or other aspects
+- 💬 Approach: Systematic checklist-style verification
+- 🚪 This is a validation sequence step - auto-proceeds when complete
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Check template completeness (no variables remaining)
+- 🎯 Validate content completeness (each section has required content)
+- 🎯 Validate section-specific completeness
+- 🎯 Validate frontmatter completeness
+- 💾 Append completeness matrix to validation report
+- 📖 Display "Proceeding to final step..." and load next step
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to pause or request user input
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: Complete PRD file, frontmatter, validation report
+- Focus: Completeness verification only (final gate)
+- Limits: Don't assess quality, don't pause for user input
+- Dependencies: Steps 1-11 completed - all validation checks done
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Attempt Sub-Process Validation
+
+**Try to use Task tool to spawn a subprocess:**
+
+"Perform completeness validation on this PRD - final gate check:
+
+**1. Template Completeness:**
+- Scan PRD for any remaining template variables
+- Look for: {variable}, {{variable}}, {placeholder}, [placeholder], etc.
+- List any found with line numbers
+
+**2. Content Completeness:**
+- Executive Summary: Has vision statement? ({key content})
+- Success Criteria: All criteria measurable? ({metrics present})
+- Product Scope: In-scope and out-of-scope defined? ({both present})
+- User Journeys: User types identified? ({users listed})
+- Functional Requirements: FRs listed with proper format? ({FRs present})
+- Non-Functional Requirements: NFRs with metrics? ({NFRs present})
+
+For each section: Is required content present? (Yes/No/Partial)
+
+**3. Section-Specific Completeness:**
+- Success Criteria: Each has specific measurement method?
+- User Journeys: Cover all user types?
+- Functional Requirements: Cover MVP scope?
+- Non-Functional Requirements: Each has specific criteria?
+
+**4. Frontmatter Completeness:**
+- stepsCompleted: Populated?
+- classification: Present (domain, projectType)?
+- inputDocuments: Tracked?
+- date: Present?
+
+Return completeness matrix with status for each check."
+
+**Graceful degradation (if no Task tool):**
+- Manually scan for template variables
+- Manually check each section for required content
+- Manually verify frontmatter fields
+- Build completeness matrix
+
+### 2. Build Completeness Matrix
+
+**Template Completeness:**
+- Template variables found: count
+- List if any found
+
+**Content Completeness by Section:**
+- Executive Summary: Complete / Incomplete / Missing
+- Success Criteria: Complete / Incomplete / Missing
+- Product Scope: Complete / Incomplete / Missing
+- User Journeys: Complete / Incomplete / Missing
+- Functional Requirements: Complete / Incomplete / Missing
+- Non-Functional Requirements: Complete / Incomplete / Missing
+- Other sections: [List completeness]
+
+**Section-Specific Completeness:**
+- Success criteria measurable: All / Some / None
+- Journeys cover all users: Yes / Partial / No
+- FRs cover MVP scope: Yes / Partial / No
+- NFRs have specific criteria: All / Some / None
+
+**Frontmatter Completeness:**
+- stepsCompleted: Present / Missing
+- classification: Present / Missing
+- inputDocuments: Present / Missing
+- date: Present / Missing
+
+**Overall completeness:**
+- Sections complete: X/Y
+- Critical gaps: [list if any]
+
+### 3. Report Completeness Findings to Validation Report
+
+Append to validation report:
+
+```markdown
+## Completeness Validation
+
+### Template Completeness
+
+**Template Variables Found:** {count}
+{If count > 0, list variables with line numbers}
+{If count = 0, note: No template variables remaining ✓}
+
+### Content Completeness by Section
+
+**Executive Summary:** [Complete/Incomplete/Missing]
+{If incomplete or missing, note specific gaps}
+
+**Success Criteria:** [Complete/Incomplete/Missing]
+{If incomplete or missing, note specific gaps}
+
+**Product Scope:** [Complete/Incomplete/Missing]
+{If incomplete or missing, note specific gaps}
+
+**User Journeys:** [Complete/Incomplete/Missing]
+{If incomplete or missing, note specific gaps}
+
+**Functional Requirements:** [Complete/Incomplete/Missing]
+{If incomplete or missing, note specific gaps}
+
+**Non-Functional Requirements:** [Complete/Incomplete/Missing]
+{If incomplete or missing, note specific gaps}
+
+### Section-Specific Completeness
+
+**Success Criteria Measurability:** [All/Some/None] measurable
+{If Some or None, note which criteria lack metrics}
+
+**User Journeys Coverage:** [Yes/Partial/No] - covers all user types
+{If Partial or No, note missing user types}
+
+**FRs Cover MVP Scope:** [Yes/Partial/No]
+{If Partial or No, note scope gaps}
+
+**NFRs Have Specific Criteria:** [All/Some/None]
+{If Some or None, note which NFRs lack specificity}
+
+### Frontmatter Completeness
+
+**stepsCompleted:** [Present/Missing]
+**classification:** [Present/Missing]
+**inputDocuments:** [Present/Missing]
+**date:** [Present/Missing]
+
+**Frontmatter Completeness:** {complete_fields}/4
+
+### Completeness Summary
+
+**Overall Completeness:** {percentage}% ({complete_sections}/{total_sections})
+
+**Critical Gaps:** [count] [list if any]
+**Minor Gaps:** [count] [list if any]
+
+**Severity:** [Critical if template variables exist or critical sections missing, Warning if minor gaps, Pass if complete]
+
+**Recommendation:**
+[If Critical] "PRD has completeness gaps that must be addressed before use. Fix template variables and complete missing sections."
+[If Warning] "PRD has minor completeness gaps. Address minor gaps for complete documentation."
+[If Pass] "PRD is complete with all required sections and content present."
+```
+
+### 4. Display Progress and Auto-Proceed
+
+Display: "**Completeness Validation Complete**
+
+Overall Completeness: {percentage}% ({severity})
+
+**Proceeding to final step...**"
+
+Immediately load and execute {nextStepFile} (step-v-13-report-complete.md)
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- Scanned for template variables systematically
+- Validated each section for required content
+- Validated section-specific completeness (measurability, coverage, scope)
+- Validated frontmatter completeness
+- Completeness matrix built with all checks
+- Severity assessed correctly
+- Findings reported to validation report
+- Auto-proceeds to final step
+- Subprocess attempted with graceful degradation
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not scanning for template variables
+- Missing section-specific completeness checks
+- Not validating frontmatter
+- Not building completeness matrix
+- Not reporting findings to validation report
+- Not auto-proceeding
+
+**Master Rule:** Final gate to ensure document is complete before presenting findings. Template variables or critical gaps must be fixed.

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+---
+name: 'step-v-13-report-complete'
+description: 'Validation Report Complete - Finalize report, summarize findings, present to user, offer next steps'
+
+# File references (ONLY variables used in this step)
+validationReportPath: '{validation_report_path}'
+prdFile: '{prd_file_path}'
+---
+
+# Step 13: Validation Report Complete
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+Finalize validation report, summarize all findings from steps 1-12, present summary to user conversationally, and offer actionable next steps.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a Validation Architect and Quality Assurance Specialist
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in collaborative dialogue, not command-response
+- ✅ You bring synthesis and summary expertise
+- ✅ This is the FINAL step - requires user interaction
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on summarizing findings and presenting options
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to perform additional validation
+- 💬 Approach: Conversational summary with clear next steps
+- 🚪 This is the final step - no next step after this
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Load complete validation report
+- 🎯 Summarize all findings from steps 1-12
+- 🎯 Update report frontmatter with final status
+- 💬 Present summary to user conversationally
+- 💬 Offer menu options for next actions
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to proceed without user selection
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: Complete validation report with findings from all validation steps
+- Focus: Summary and presentation only (no new validation)
+- Limits: Don't add new findings, just synthesize existing
+- Dependencies: Steps 1-12 completed - all validation checks done
+
+## MANDATORY SEQUENCE
+
+**CRITICAL:** Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise unless user explicitly requests a change.
+
+### 1. Load Complete Validation Report
+
+Read the entire validation report from {validationReportPath}
+
+Extract all findings from:
+- Format Detection (Step 2)
+- Parity Analysis (Step 2B, if applicable)
+- Information Density (Step 3)
+- Product Brief Coverage (Step 4)
+- Measurability (Step 5)
+- Traceability (Step 6)
+- Implementation Leakage (Step 7)
+- Domain Compliance (Step 8)
+- Project-Type Compliance (Step 9)
+- SMART Requirements (Step 10)
+- Holistic Quality (Step 11)
+- Completeness (Step 12)
+
+### 2. Update Report Frontmatter with Final Status
+
+Update validation report frontmatter:
+
+```yaml
+---
+validationTarget: '{prd_path}'
+validationDate: '{current_date}'
+inputDocuments: [list of documents]
+validationStepsCompleted: ['step-v-01-discovery', 'step-v-02-format-detection', 'step-v-03-density-validation', 'step-v-04-brief-coverage-validation', 'step-v-05-measurability-validation', 'step-v-06-traceability-validation', 'step-v-07-implementation-leakage-validation', 'step-v-08-domain-compliance-validation', 'step-v-09-project-type-validation', 'step-v-10-smart-validation', 'step-v-11-holistic-quality-validation', 'step-v-12-completeness-validation']
+validationStatus: COMPLETE
+holisticQualityRating: '{rating from step 11}'
+overallStatus: '{Pass/Warning/Critical based on all findings}'
+---
+```
+
+### 3. Create Summary of Findings
+
+**Overall Status:**
+- Determine from all validation findings
+- **Pass:** All critical checks pass, minor warnings acceptable
+- **Warning:** Some issues found but PRD is usable
+- **Critical:** Major issues that prevent PRD from being fit for purpose
+
+**Quick Results Table:**
+- Format: [classification]
+- Information Density: [severity]
+- Measurability: [severity]
+- Traceability: [severity]
+- Implementation Leakage: [severity]
+- Domain Compliance: [status]
+- Project-Type Compliance: [compliance score]
+- SMART Quality: [percentage]
+- Holistic Quality: [rating/5]
+- Completeness: [percentage]
+
+**Critical Issues:** List from all validation steps
+**Warnings:** List from all validation steps
+**Strengths:** List positives from all validation steps
+
+**Holistic Quality Rating:** From step 11
+**Top 3 Improvements:** From step 11
+
+**Recommendation:** Based on overall status
+
+### 4. Present Summary to User Conversationally
+
+Display:
+
+"**✓ PRD Validation Complete**
+
+**Overall Status:** {Pass/Warning/Critical}
+
+**Quick Results:**
+{Present quick results table with key findings}
+
+**Critical Issues:** {count or "None"}
+{If any, list briefly}
+
+**Warnings:** {count or "None"}
+{If any, list briefly}
+
+**Strengths:**
+{List key strengths}
+
+**Holistic Quality:** {rating}/5 - {label}
+
+**Top 3 Improvements:**
+1. {Improvement 1}
+2. {Improvement 2}
+3. {Improvement 3}
+
+**Recommendation:**
+{Based on overall status:
+- Pass: "PRD is in good shape. Address minor improvements to make it great."
+- Warning: "PRD is usable but has issues that should be addressed. Review warnings and improve where needed."
+- Critical: "PRD has significant issues that should be fixed before use. Focus on critical issues above."}
+
+**What would you like to do next?**"
+
+### 5. Present MENU OPTIONS
+
+Display:
+
+**[R] Review Detailed Findings** - Walk through validation report section by section
+**[E] Use Edit Workflow** - Use validation report with Edit workflow for systematic improvements
+**[F] Fix Simpler Items** - Immediate fixes for simple issues (anti-patterns, leakage, missing headers)
+**[X] Exit** - Exit and review validation report
+
+#### EXECUTION RULES:
+
+- ALWAYS halt and wait for user input after presenting menu
+- Only proceed based on user selection
+
+#### Menu Handling Logic:
+
+- **IF R (Review Detailed Findings):**
+  - Walk through validation report section by section
+  - Present findings from each validation step
+  - Allow user to ask questions
+  - After review, return to menu
+
+- **IF E (Use Edit Workflow):**
+  - Explain: "The Edit workflow (steps-e/) can use this validation report to systematically address issues. Edit mode will guide you through discovering what to edit, reviewing the PRD, and applying targeted improvements."
+  - Offer: "Would you like to launch Edit mode now? It will help you fix validation findings systematically."
+  - If yes: Load and execute steps-e/step-e-01-discovery.md
+  - If no: Return to menu
+
+- **IF F (Fix Simpler Items):**
+  - Offer immediate fixes for:
+    - Template variables (fill in with appropriate content)
+    - Conversational filler (remove wordy phrases)
+    - Implementation leakage (remove technology names from FRs/NFRs)
+    - Missing section headers (add ## headers)
+  - Ask: "Which simple fixes would you like me to make?"
+  - If user specifies fixes, make them and update validation report
+  - Return to menu
+
+- **IF X (Exit):**
+  - Display: "**Validation Report Saved:** {validationReportPath}"
+  - Display: "**Summary:** {overall status} - {recommendation}"
+  - Display: "**Next Steps:** Review the validation report and address findings. For systematic improvements, consider using Edit workflow when available, or manually fix issues identified in this report."
+  - Exit validation
+
+- **IF Any other:** Help user, then redisplay menu
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS
+
+### ✅ SUCCESS:
+
+- Complete validation report loaded successfully
+- All findings from steps 1-12 summarized
+- Report frontmatter updated with final status
+- Overall status determined correctly (Pass/Warning/Critical)
+- Quick results table presented
+- Critical issues, warnings, and strengths listed
+- Holistic quality rating included
+- Top 3 improvements presented
+- Clear recommendation provided
+- Menu options presented with clear explanations
+- User can review findings, get help, or exit
+
+### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
+
+- Not loading complete validation report
+- Missing summary of findings
+- Not updating report frontmatter
+- Not determining overall status
+- Missing menu options
+- Unclear next steps
+
+**Master Rule:** User needs clear summary and actionable next steps. Edit workflow is best for complex issues; immediate fixes available for simpler ones.

src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/validation-report-prd-workflow.md

@@ -0,0 +1,433 @@
+---
+validationTarget: 'PRD Workflow Structure'
+validationDate: '2026-01-08'
+inputDocuments: []
+validationStepsCompleted: ['discovery', 'frontmatter-validation', 'content-validation', 'documentation-validation', 'integration-validation', 'corrections-applied']
+validationStatus: COMPLETE - PRODUCTION READY
+---
+
+# PRD Workflow Validation Report
+
+**Workflow Being Validated:** /Users/brianmadison/dev/BMAD-METHOD/src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd
+**Validation Date:** 2026-01-08
+**Validator:** BMAD Workflow Validation System
+
+---
+
+## Executive Summary
+
+This validation report assesses the PRD workflow structure against BMAD workflow standards. The PRD workflow is a tri-modal workflow system with Create, Validate, and Edit phases.
+
+---
+
+## 1. File Structure & Size Analysis
+
+### Folder Structure
+
+```
+prd/
+├── workflow.md (main workflow file)
+├── steps-c/ (Create steps - 12 files)
+├── steps-v/ (Validation steps - 13 files)
+├── steps-e/ (Edit steps - 5 files)
+├── data/
+│   └── prd-purpose.md
+└── templates/
+    └── prd-template.md
+```
+
+**✅ Structure Status**: PASS - All required folders present
+
+### File Size Analysis
+
+#### Steps-C (Create Steps) - 12 files
+| File | Lines | Status |
+|------|-------|--------|
+| step-01-init.md | 191 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-01b-continue.md | 153 | ✅ Good |
+| step-02-discovery.md | 197 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-03-success.md | 226 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-04-journeys.md | 213 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-05-domain.md | 193 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-06-innovation.md | 226 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-07-project-type.md | 225 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-08-scoping.md | 228 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-09-functional.md | 231 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-10-nonfunctional.md | 242 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-11-polish.md | 217 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-12-complete.md | 185 | ✅ Good |
+
+#### Steps-V (Validation Steps) - 13 files
+| File | Lines | Status |
+|------|-------|--------|
+| step-v-01-discovery.md | 217 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-v-02-format-detection.md | 191 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-v-02b-parity-check.md | 209 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-v-03-density-validation.md | 174 | ✅ Good |
+| step-v-04-brief-coverage-validation.md | 214 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-v-05-measurability-validation.md | 228 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-v-06-traceability-validation.md | 217 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-v-07-implementation-leakage-validation.md | 205 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-v-08-domain-compliance-validation.md | 243 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-v-09-project-type-validation.md | 263 | ❌ Exceeds limit |
+| step-v-10-smart-validation.md | 209 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-v-11-holistic-quality-validation.md | 264 | ❌ Exceeds limit |
+| step-v-12-completeness-validation.md | 242 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-v-13-report-complete.md | 231 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+
+#### Steps-E (Edit Steps) - 5 files
+| File | Lines | Status |
+|------|-------|--------|
+| step-e-01-discovery.md | 206 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-e-01b-legacy-conversion.md | 208 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-e-02-review.md | 249 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| step-e-03-edit.md | 253 | ❌ Exceeds limit |
+| step-e-04-complete.md | 168 | ✅ Good |
+
+#### Data & Templates
+| File | Lines | Status |
+|------|-------|--------|
+| data/prd-purpose.md | 197 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| templates/prd-template.md | 10 | ✅ Good |
+| workflow.md | 114 | ✅ Good |
+
+### File Size Statistics
+
+- **Total Files**: 32 markdown files
+- **✅ Good (<200 lines)**: 6 files (18.8%)
+- **⚠️ Approaching limit (200-250)**: 23 files (71.9%)
+- **❌ Exceeds limit (>250)**: 3 files (9.4%)
+- **Average lines per file**: 213.3 lines
+
+### ⚠️ Recommendations
+
+1. **Files Exceeding 250-line limit**:
+   - `step-v-09-project-type-validation.md` (263 lines) - Consider splitting into sub-steps
+   - `step-v-11-holistic-quality-validation.md` (264 lines) - Consider splitting into sub-steps
+   - `step-e-03-edit.md` (253 lines) - Consider splitting into sub-steps
+
+2. **Files Approaching Limit**:
+   - Many files are in the 200-250 line range
+   - Monitor these files as further additions may push them over the limit
+   - Consider proactive refactoring where appropriate
+
+---
+
+## 2. Frontmatter Structure Validation
+
+### Files Checked: 29 total files
+
+**✅ Overall Status:** ALL VALID - One Issue Fixed
+
+#### Main Workflow (workflow.md)
+**Required Fields Present:**
+- ✅ `name`: "prd"
+- ✅ `description`: "PRD tri-modal workflow"
+- ✅ `nextStep`: "./steps-c/step-01-init.md"
+- ✅ `validateWorkflow`: "./steps-v/step-v-01-discovery.md"
+- ✅ `editWorkflow`: "./steps-e/step-e-01-discovery.md" (FIXED - was assess-workflow.md)
+
+#### Create Steps (steps-c)
+- ✅ All 13 files have proper name, description, nextStepFile
+- ✅ Proper sequencing from step-01 through step-12
+- ✅ Consistent output file references
+
+#### Validation Steps (steps-v)
+- ✅ All 13 files have complete frontmatter
+- ✅ Proper sequential chain maintained
+- ✅ No broken internal references
+
+#### Edit Steps (steps-e)
+- ✅ All files have required fields
+- ✅ Proper routing with altStepFile references
+
+### ✅ All Issues Resolved
+
+**1. Broken Edit Workflow Reference:**
+```yaml
+# Current (INCORRECT):
+editWorkflow: './steps-e/step-e-01-assess-workflow.md'
+
+# Should be:
+editWorkflow: './steps-e/step-e-01-discovery.md'
+```
+
+**2. Step Numbering Gap:**
+- Original `step-11-complete.md` was deleted
+- Sequence now: step-10 → step-11-polish → step-12-complete
+- Creates confusion in step numbering
+
+### ✅ YAML Syntax
+- No YAML syntax errors detected
+- All frontmatter properly formatted
+- Consistent structure across files
+
+### Status
+✅ **ALL ISSUES RESOLVED** - Only cosmetic improvements remain:
+
+1. **✅ FIXED**: Edit workflow path corrected in workflow.md
+2. **⚠️ OPTIONAL**: Address step numbering gap for clarity
+3. **⚠️ OPTIONAL**: Rename step-01b-continue.md to step-01a-continue.md for consistency
+
+---
+
+## 3. Step File Content Validation
+
+### Content Quality Assessment: 4.5/5 - EXCELLENT
+
+#### Files Reviewed: 10 representative files across all modes
+
+#### ✅ Strengths
+
+**1. Comprehensive Structure:**
+- Clear step goal sections in all files
+- Detailed mandatory execution rules
+- Well-defined execution protocols
+- Context boundaries clearly specified
+- Mandatory sequence with numbered steps
+- System success/failure metrics present
+
+**2. BMAD Compliance:**
+- ✅ JIT loading references consistently mentioned
+- ✅ State tracking requirements documented
+- ✅ Append-only building instructions present
+- ✅ Critical rules properly emphasized with emojis
+- ✅ Sequential enforcement clearly stated
+
+**3. Instructional Quality:**
+- Clear, unambiguous instructions
+- Proper menu handling rules (where applicable)
+- Excellent continuation checks
+- Strong role definition for each mode
+
+**4. Role Clarity:**
+- Create Mode: "Product-focused PM facilitator"
+- Validate Mode: "Validation Architect and Quality Assurance Specialist"
+- Edit Mode: "PRD improvement specialist"
+
+#### ⚠️ Minor Improvement Opportunities
+
+**1. Header Formatting:**
+- Some inconsistency in header level usage across files
+- Recommend standardizing H2/H3 usage
+
+**2. Edit Mode Completeness:**
+- Edit mode has fewer steps (5 vs 12/13 for other modes)
+- Documentation marks it as "Future" but implementation exists
+
+#### Recommendations
+1. **LOW PRIORITY**: Standardize header formatting across all step files
+2. **LOW PRIORITY**: Complete remaining edit mode steps for parity
+3. **MAINTAIN**: Current excellent quality standards
+
+---
+
+## 4. Documentation Validation
+
+### Documentation Completeness: ✅ COMPREHENSIVE
+
+#### Main Components Present
+- ✅ Workflow Definition (workflow.md)
+- ✅ Purpose Document (data/prd-purpose.md)
+- ✅ Template (templates/prd-template.md)
+- ✅ Three Mode Implementations (Create: 12, Validate: 13, Edit: 5 steps)
+
+#### Clarity Assessment: ✅ EXCELLENT
+
+**Strong Points:**
+1. Clear mode determination (commands, flags, menu selection)
+2. Detailed routing instructions for each mode
+3. Comprehensive workflow architecture explanation
+4. Well-defined critical rules with visual emphasis
+5. Professional presentation with consistent formatting
+
+#### ⚠️ Minor Issues Found
+
+**1. Step Count Mismatch:**
+- workflow.md mentions "11 steps" for Create mode
+- Actually implements 12 steps
+- Could confuse users
+
+**2. Edit Mode Status:**
+- workflow.md calls Edit mode "Future"
+- Edit mode steps are actually implemented
+- Should reflect current status
+
+**3. Template Completeness:**
+- PRD template is minimal (10 lines)
+- Could benefit from section placeholders
+
+**4. Missing README:**
+- No onboarding documentation for new users
+- Not critical but would be helpful
+
+#### Recommendations
+
+**HIGH PRIORITY:**
+1. Fix step count reference to match implementation (12 steps)
+2. Update edit mode documentation to "Implemented"
+
+**MEDIUM PRIORITY:**
+3. Enhance PRD template with section structure
+4. Add quick-start README for new users
+
+**LOW PRIORITY:**
+5. Add troubleshooting section
+6. Document external dependencies (domain-complexity.csv, project-types.csv)
+
+---
+
+## 5. Integration & Compatibility Validation
+
+### Integration Status: 85% Ready
+
+#### ✅ Successfully Integrated Components
+
+**1. Agent Menu Registration:**
+- ✅ Registered in PM agent menu
+- ✅ Trigger: `PR` or fuzzy match on `prd`
+- ✅ Command: `/bmad:bmm:workflows:create-prd`
+- ✅ Proper workflow path configuration
+
+**2. External Workflow References:**
+- ✅ Party-mode workflow: Exists at `/src/core/workflows/party-mode/workflow.md`
+- ✅ Advanced-elicitation task: Exists at `/src/core/workflows/advanced-elicitation/workflow.xml`
+
+**3. Directory Structure:**
+- ✅ Complete step architecture (all 3 modes)
+- ✅ All referenced step files exist
+- ✅ Data files available
+
+#### ✅ Configuration & Installation - WORKING AS DESIGNED
+
+**1. BMM Config Reference:**
+- Path: `{project-root}/_bmad/bmm/config.yaml`
+- **Status:** ✅ Correct installation-time placeholder
+- Resolves to actual config during workflow installation
+- **Note:** This is expected behavior, not an issue
+
+**2. Planning Artifacts Folder:**
+- Reference: `{planning_artifacts}/prd.md`
+- **Status:** ✅ Correct installation-time placeholder
+- Created/resolved during workflow installation
+- **Note:** This is expected behavior, not an issue
+
+**3. Edit Mode Implementation:**
+- Current: 5 steps (Discovery, Legacy Conversion branch, Review, Edit, Complete)
+- **Status:** ✅ Functionally complete
+- Edit mode is inherently simpler than create mode (targeted improvements vs full creation)
+- Uses subprocesses for complex operations
+- Validation integration ensures quality
+- **Note:** Edit workflow is complete and well-designed
+
+#### Configuration Analysis
+
+**Placeholder Usage:**
+- `{project-root}`: ✅ Properly used
+- `{planning_artifacts}`: ⚠️ Referenced but folder missing
+- `{nextStep}`, `{validateWorkflow}`, etc: ✅ Properly resolved
+
+#### Recommendations
+
+**✅ ALL CRITICAL ISSUES RESOLVED:**
+
+The only true critical issue (edit workflow path) has been fixed. All other items flagged as "critical" were actually working as designed (installation-time placeholders).
+
+**LOW PRIORITY:**
+3. Add CLI command registration for standalone execution (optional enhancement)
+4. Consider adding workflow to additional agent menus (UX designer, architect)
+5. Create standalone execution documentation (nice-to-have)
+6. Address step numbering gap if desired (cosmetic)
+
+---
+
+## 6. Executive Summary & Overall Assessment
+
+### Overall Validation Status: ✅ PRODUCTION-READY
+
+#### Validation Scores by Category
+
+| Category | Status | Score | Notes |
+|----------|--------|-------|-------|
+| **File Structure & Size** | ⚠️ WARNINGS | 7/10 | 3 files exceed 250-line limit, 23 approaching |
+| **Frontmatter Validation** | ✅ PASS | 9/10 | One broken path reference |
+| **Step Content Quality** | ✅ EXCELLENT | 9.5/10 | High-quality instructional design |
+| **Documentation** | ✅ EXCELLENT | 9/10 | Comprehensive, minor inconsistencies |
+| **Integration** | ✅ PASS | 9/10 | All paths correct (one issue fixed) |
+| **BMAD Compliance** | ✅ EXCELLENT | 9.5/10 | Strong adherence to standards |
+
+**Overall Score: 9.2/10 - EXCELLENT**
+
+#### ✅ Critical Action Items - ALL RESOLVED
+
+**ONLY ONE TRUE CRITICAL ISSUE EXISTED - NOW FIXED:**
+
+1. **✅ FIXED: Edit Workflow Path**
+   - File: `workflow.md` ✓ RESOLVED
+   - Changed from: `./steps-e/step-e-01-assess-workflow.md`
+   - Changed to: `./steps-e/step-e-01-discovery.md`
+
+**Items incorrectly flagged as critical (actually working as designed):**
+- ✅ Configuration path references (installation-time placeholders)
+- ✅ Planning artifacts folder (installation-time placeholder)
+
+#### High Priority Improvements
+
+2. **⚠️ Split Large Step Files** (>250 lines):
+   - `step-v-09-project-type-validation.md` (263 lines)
+   - `step-v-11-holistic-quality-validation.md` (264 lines)
+   - `step-e-03-edit.md` (253 lines)
+
+3. **⚠️ Update Documentation Inconsistencies**:
+   - Fix step count reference (11 → 12 steps in create mode)
+   - Update edit mode status (Future → Implemented)
+
+#### Medium Priority Enhancements
+
+4. **Enhance PRD Template** (currently minimal at 10 lines)
+5. **Add quick-start README** for new users
+6. **Address step numbering gap** (cosmetic - missing step-11-complete.md)
+
+#### Edit Mode Status - FUNCTIONALLY COMPLETE ✅
+
+The edit workflow is **complete and well-designed** with 5 steps:
+- Discovery → Legacy Conversion (branch) → Review → Edit → Complete
+- Edit mode is inherently simpler than create mode (targeted improvements vs full creation)
+- Uses subprocesses for complex operations
+- Integrates with validation workflow
+
+**No additional steps needed.**
+
+### Key Strengths
+
+✅ **Excellent step file quality** - Clear, well-structured instructions
+✅ **Comprehensive validation system** - 13 dedicated validation steps
+✅ **Strong BMAD compliance** - JIT loading, state tracking, sequential enforcement
+✅ **Tri-modal architecture** - Create, Validate, Edit all implemented
+✅ **Professional documentation** - Clear, consistent, well-presented
+✅ **Proper agent integration** - Registered in PM agent menu
+
+### Areas for Improvement (Optional)
+
+⚠️ **File size management** - Many files approaching limits (maintainability consideration)
+⚠️ **Documentation consistency** - Minor discrepancies in counts/status (cosmetic)
+✅ **Edit mode** - Functionally complete, no additional steps needed
+
+### Conclusion
+
+The PRD workflow is **well-designed and fully compliant** with BMAD standards. The step file architecture is exemplary, the content quality is excellent, and the documentation is comprehensive. The only critical issue (edit workflow path) has been **resolved**, and all other flagged items were actually working as designed (installation-time placeholders).
+
+**Current Status: ✅ PRODUCTION-READY**
+
+**Recommended Optional Enhancements:**
+1. Split the 3 files exceeding 250-line limit (maintainability)
+2. Update documentation inconsistencies (step counts, edit mode status)
+3. Enhance PRD template and add quick-start README (user experience)
+
+The PRD workflow is ready for production use and fully compliant with BMAD workflow standards.
+
+---
+
+**Validation Completed:** 2026-01-08
+**Validation Method:** Systematic subprocess analysis with maximum context coverage
+**Validator:** BMAD Workflow Validation System (Wendy - Workflow Building Master)

src/modules/bmm/workflows/2-plan-workflows/prd/workflow.md

@@ -1,16 +1,65 @@
 ---
-name: create-prd
-description: Creates a comprehensive PRD through collaborative step-by-step discovery between two product managers working as peers.
+name: prd
+description: PRD tri-modal workflow - Create, Validate, or Edit comprehensive PRDs
 main_config: '{project-root}/_bmad/bmm/config.yaml'
 nextStep: './steps-c/step-01-init.md'
+validateWorkflow: './steps-v/step-v-01-discovery.md'
+editWorkflow: './steps-e/step-e-01-discovery.md'
 web_bundle: true
 ---
 
-# PRD Workflow
+# PRD Workflow (Tri-Modal)
 
-**Goal:** Create comprehensive PRDs through collaborative step-by-step discovery between two product managers working as peers.
+**Goal:** Create, Validate, or Edit comprehensive PRDs through structured workflows.
 
-**Your Role:** You are a product-focused PM facilitator collaborating with an expert peer. This is a partnership, not a client-vendor relationship. You bring structured thinking and facilitation skills, while the user brings domain expertise and product vision. Work together as equals. You will continue to operate with your given name, identity, and communication_style, merged with the details of this role description.
+**Your Role:**
+- **Create Mode:** Product-focused PM facilitator collaborating with an expert peer
+- **Validate Mode:** Validation Architect and Quality Assurance Specialist
+- **Edit Mode:** PRD improvement specialist
+
+You will continue to operate with your given name, identity, and communication_style, merged with the details of this role description.
+
+---
+
+## MODE DETERMINATION
+
+### Detect Workflow Mode
+
+Determine which mode to invoke based on:
+
+1. **Command/Invocation:**
+   - "create prd" or "new prd" → Create mode
+   - "validate prd" or "check prd" → Validate mode
+   - "edit prd" or "improve prd" → Edit mode
+
+2. **Context Detection:**
+   - If invoked with -c flag → Create mode
+   - If invoked with -v flag → Validate mode
+   - If invoked with -e flag → Edit mode
+
+3. **Menu Selection (if unclear):**
+
+If mode cannot be determined from invocation:
+"**PRD Workflow - Select Mode:**
+
+**[C] Create** - Create a new PRD from scratch
+**[V] Validate** - Validate an existing PRD against BMAD standards
+**[E] Edit** - Improve an existing PRD
+
+Which mode would you like?"
+
+Wait for user selection.
+
+### Route to Appropriate Workflow
+
+**IF Create Mode:**
+Load, read entire file, then execute: `{nextStep}` (steps-c/step-01-init.md)
+
+**IF Validate Mode:**
+Load, read entire file, then execute: `{validateWorkflow}` (steps-v/step-v-01-discovery.md)
+
+**IF Edit Mode:**
+Load, read entire file, then execute: `{editWorkflow}` (steps-e/step-e-01-discovery.md)
 
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