BMAD-METHOD/docs/codebase-flattener.md

Codebase Flattener Tool

BMad-Core includes a powerful codebase flattener for preparing existing projects to the web for AI Analysis

# Basic usage - creates flattened-codebase.xml
npx bmad-method flatten

# Custom input/output
npx bmad-method flatten --input /path/to/source --output project.xml

Features:

• AI-optimized XML output format
• Smart filtering with .gitignore respect
• Binary file detection and exclusion
• Real-time progress tracking
• Comprehensive completion statistics