feat: simplify installation to single @stable tag

- Remove automatic versioning and dual publishing strategy
- Delete release.yaml and promote-to-stable.yaml workflows
- Add manual-release.yaml for controlled releases
- Remove semantic-release dependencies and config
- Update all documentation to use npx bmad-method install
- Configure NPM to publish to @stable tag by default
- Users can now use simple npx bmad-method install command

.github/workflows/manual-release.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+name: Manual Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version_bump:
+        description: Version bump type
+        required: true
+        default: patch
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - patch
+          - minor
+          - major
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  packages: write
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: "20"
+          cache: npm
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Run tests and validation
+        run: |
+          npm run validate
+          npm run format:check
+          npm run lint
+
+      - name: Configure Git
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+      - name: Bump version
+        run: npm run version:${{ github.event.inputs.version_bump }}
+
+      - name: Get new version
+        id: version
+        run: echo "new_version=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Update installer package.json
+        run: |
+          sed -i 's/"version": ".*"/"version": "${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"/' tools/installer/package.json
+
+      - name: Build project
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: Commit version bump
+        run: |
+          git add .
+          git commit -m "release: bump to v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
+
+      - name: Create and push tag
+        run: |
+          git tag -a "v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}" -m "Release v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
+          git push origin "v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
+
+      - name: Push changes to main
+        run: git push origin HEAD:main
+
+      - name: Publish to NPM with stable tag
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+        run: npm publish --tag stable
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}
+          release_name: Release v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+
+      - name: Summary
+        run: |
+          echo "🎉 Successfully released v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}!"
+          echo "📦 Published to NPM with @stable tag"
+          echo "🏷️ Git tag: v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
+          echo "✅ Users running 'npx bmad-method@stable install' will now get version ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"

.github/workflows/promote-to-stable.yaml

@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-name: Promote to Stable
-
-"on":
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      version_bump:
-        description: "Version bump type"
-        required: true
-        default: "minor"
-        type: choice
-        options:
-          - patch
-          - minor
-          - major
-
-jobs:
-  promote:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: "20"
-          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
-
-      - name: Configure Git
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-
-      - name: Get current version and calculate new version
-        id: version
-        run: |
-          # Get current version from package.json
-          CURRENT_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
-          echo "current_version=$CURRENT_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-          # Remove beta suffix if present
-          BASE_VERSION=$(echo $CURRENT_VERSION | sed 's/-beta\.[0-9]\+//')
-          echo "base_version=$BASE_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-          # Calculate new version based on bump type
-          IFS='.' read -ra VERSION_PARTS <<< "$BASE_VERSION"
-          MAJOR=${VERSION_PARTS[0]}
-          MINOR=${VERSION_PARTS[1]}
-          PATCH=${VERSION_PARTS[2]}
-
-          case "${{ github.event.inputs.version_bump }}" in
-            "major")
-              NEW_VERSION="$((MAJOR + 1)).0.0"
-              ;;
-            "minor")
-              NEW_VERSION="$MAJOR.$((MINOR + 1)).0"
-              ;;
-            "patch")
-              NEW_VERSION="$MAJOR.$MINOR.$((PATCH + 1))"
-              ;;
-            *)
-              NEW_VERSION="$BASE_VERSION"
-              ;;
-          esac
-
-          # Check if calculated version already exists (either as NPM package or git tag)
-          while npm view bmad-method@$NEW_VERSION version >/dev/null 2>&1 || git ls-remote --tags origin | grep -q "refs/tags/v$NEW_VERSION"; do
-            echo "Version $NEW_VERSION already exists, incrementing..."
-            IFS='.' read -ra NEW_VERSION_PARTS <<< "$NEW_VERSION"
-            NEW_MAJOR=${NEW_VERSION_PARTS[0]}
-            NEW_MINOR=${NEW_VERSION_PARTS[1]}
-            NEW_PATCH=${NEW_VERSION_PARTS[2]}
-            
-            case "${{ github.event.inputs.version_bump }}" in
-              "major")
-                NEW_VERSION="$((NEW_MAJOR + 1)).0.0"
-                ;;
-              "minor")
-                NEW_VERSION="$NEW_MAJOR.$((NEW_MINOR + 1)).0"
-                ;;
-              "patch")
-                NEW_VERSION="$NEW_MAJOR.$NEW_MINOR.$((NEW_PATCH + 1))"
-                ;;
-            esac
-          done
-
-          echo "new_version=$NEW_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "Promoting from $CURRENT_VERSION to $NEW_VERSION"
-
-      - name: Update package.json versions
-        run: |
-          # Update main package.json
-          npm version ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }} --no-git-tag-version
-
-          # Update installer package.json
-          sed -i 's/"version": ".*"/"version": "${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"/' tools/installer/package.json
-
-      - name: Update package-lock.json
-        run: npm install --package-lock-only
-
-      - name: Commit stable release
-        run: |
-          git add .
-          git commit -m "release: promote to stable ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
-
-      - name: Create and push stable tag
-        run: |
-          # Create new tag (version check already ensures it doesn't exist)
-          git tag -a "v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}" -m "Stable release v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
-
-          # Push the new tag
-          git push origin "v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
-
-      - name: Push changes to main
-        run: |
-          git push origin HEAD:main
-
-      - name: Publish to NPM with stable tag
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          # Publish with the stable (latest) tag
-          npm publish --tag latest
-
-          # Also tag the previous beta version as stable if it exists
-          if npm view bmad-method@${{ steps.version.outputs.current_version }} version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            npm dist-tag add bmad-method@${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }} stable || true
-          fi
-
-      - name: Summary
-        run: |
-          echo "🎉 Successfully promoted to stable!"
-          echo "📦 Version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
-          echo "🏷️ Git tag: v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
-          echo "✅ Published to NPM with 'latest' tag"
-          echo "✅ Users running 'npx bmad-method install' will now get version ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
-          echo "🚀 The stable release will be automatically published to NPM via semantic-release"
-          echo "✅ Users running 'npx bmad-method install' will now get version ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-name: Release
-"on":
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      version_type:
-        description: Version bump type
-        required: true
-        default: patch
-        type: choice
-        options:
-          - patch
-          - minor
-          - major
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  issues: write
-  pull-requests: write
-  packages: write
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.event_name != 'push' || !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]') }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: "20"
-          cache: "npm"
-          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-      - name: Run tests and validation
-        run: |
-          npm run validate
-          npm run format
-      - name: Debug permissions
-        run: |
-          echo "Testing git permissions..."
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          echo "Git config set successfully"
-      - name: Manual version bump
-        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
-        run: npm run version:${{ github.event.inputs.version_type }}
-      - name: Semantic Release
-        if: github.event_name == 'push'
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-        run: npm run release
-      - name: Clean changelog formatting
-        if: github.event_name == 'push'
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          # Remove any Claude Code attribution from changelog
-          sed -i '/🤖 Generated with \[Claude Code\]/,+2d' CHANGELOG.md || true
-          # Format and commit if changes exist
-          npm run format
-          if ! git diff --quiet CHANGELOG.md; then
-            git add CHANGELOG.md
-            git commit -m "chore: clean changelog formatting [skip ci]"
-            git push
-          fi

.releaserc.json

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "branches": [
-    {
-      "name": "main",
-      "prerelease": "beta",
-      "channel": "beta"
-    }
-  ],
-  "plugins": [
-    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
-    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
-    [
-      "@semantic-release/changelog",
-      {
-        "changelogFile": "CHANGELOG.md"
-      }
-    ],
-    "@semantic-release/npm",
-    "./tools/semantic-release-sync-installer.js",
-    "@semantic-release/github"
-  ]
-}

README.md

@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ This makes it easy to benefit from the latest improvements, bug fixes, and new a
 
 ```bash
 npx bmad-method install
+# OR explicitly use stable tag:
+npx bmad-method@stable install
 # OR if you already have BMad installed:
 git pull
 npm run install:bmad

package.json

@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .js,.cjs,.mjs,.yaml --fix",
     "list:agents": "node tools/cli.js list:agents",
     "prepare": "husky",
-    "release": "semantic-release",
-    "release:test": "semantic-release --dry-run --no-ci || echo 'Config test complete - authentication errors are expected locally'",
     "validate": "node tools/cli.js validate",
     "version:all": "node tools/bump-all-versions.js",
     "version:all:major": "node tools/bump-all-versions.js major",
@@ -80,8 +78,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@eslint/js": "^9.33.0",
-    "@semantic-release/changelog": "^6.0.3",
-    "@semantic-release/git": "^10.0.1",
     "eslint": "^9.33.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^10.1.8",
     "eslint-plugin-n": "^17.21.3",
@@ -92,11 +88,13 @@
     "lint-staged": "^16.1.1",
     "prettier": "^3.5.3",
     "prettier-plugin-packagejson": "^2.5.19",
-    "semantic-release": "^22.0.0",
     "yaml-eslint-parser": "^1.2.3",
     "yaml-lint": "^1.7.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=20.10.0"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "tag": "stable"
   }
 }

tools/semantic-release-sync-installer.js

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Semantic-release plugin to sync installer package.json version
- */
-
-const fs = require('node:fs');
-const path = require('node:path');
-
-// This function runs during the "prepare" step of semantic-release
-function prepare(_, { nextRelease, logger }) {
-  // Define the path to the installer package.json file
-  const file = path.join(process.cwd(), 'tools/installer/package.json');
-
-  // If the file does not exist, skip syncing and log a message
-  if (!fs.existsSync(file)) return logger.log('Installer package.json not found, skipping');
-
-  // Read and parse the package.json file
-  const package_ = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8'));
-
-  // Update the version field with the next release version
-  package_.version = nextRelease.version;
-
-  // Write the updated JSON back to the file
-  fs.writeFileSync(file, JSON.stringify(package_, null, 2) + '\n');
-
-  // Log success message
-  logger.log(`Synced installer package.json to version ${nextRelease.version}`);
-}
-
-// Export the prepare function so semantic-release can use it
-module.exports = { prepare };