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Alex Verkhovsky 2e16650067 feat(docs): Diataxis restructure + Astro/Starlight migration (#1263)
* feat(docs): add Diataxis folder structure and update sidebar styling

- Create tutorials, how-to, explanation, reference directories with subdirectories
- Add index.md files for each main Diataxis section
- Update homepage with Diataxis card navigation layout
- Implement clean React Native-inspired sidebar styling
- Convert sidebar to autogenerated for both Diataxis and legacy sections
- Update docusaurus config with dark mode default and navbar changes

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* feat(docs): migrate Phase 1 files to Diataxis structure

Move 21 files to new locations:
- Tutorials: quick-start guides, agent creation guide
- How-To: installation, customization, workflows
- Explanation: core concepts, features, game-dev, builder
- Reference: merged glossary from BMM and BMGD

Also:
- Copy images to new locations
- Update internal links via migration script (73 links updated)
- Build verified successfully

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* fix(docs): add category labels for sidebar folders

Add _category_.json files to control display labels and position
for autogenerated sidebar categories.

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* style(docs): improve welcome page and visual styling

- Rewrite index.md with React Native-inspired welcoming layout
- Add Diataxis section cards with descriptions
- Remove sidebar separator, add spacing instead
- Increase navbar padding with responsive breakpoints
- Add rounded admonitions without left border bar
- Use system font stack for better readability
- Add lighter chevron styling in sidebar
- Constrain max-width to 1600px for wide viewports

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* fix: use baseUrl in meta tag paths for correct deployment URLs

* feat(docs): complete Phase 2 - split files and fix broken links

Phase 2 of Diataxis migration:
- Split 16 large legacy files into 42+ focused documents
- Created FAQ section with 7 topic-specific files
- Created brownfield how-to guides (3 files)
- Created workflow how-to guides (15+ files)
- Created architecture explanation files (3 files)
- Created TEA/testing explanation files
- Moved remaining legacy module files to proper Diataxis locations

Link fixes:
- Fixed ~50 broken internal links across documentation
- Updated relative paths for new file locations
- Created missing index files for installation, advanced tutorials
- Simplified TOC anchors to fix Docusaurus warnings

Cleanup:
- Removed legacy sidebar entries for deleted folders
- Deleted duplicate and empty placeholder files
- Moved workflow diagram assets to tutorials/images

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* fix(build): use file glob instead of sidebar parsing for llms-full.txt

Replace brittle sidebar.js regex parsing with recursive file glob.
The old approach captured non-file strings like 'autogenerated' and
category labels, resulting in only 5 files being processed.

Now correctly processes all 86+ markdown files (~95k tokens).

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* fix(seo): use absolute URLs in AI meta tags for agent discoverability

AI web-browsing agents couldn't follow relative paths in meta tags due to
URL security restrictions. Changed llms-full.txt and llms.txt meta tag
URLs from relative (baseUrl) to absolute (urlParts.origin + baseUrl).

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* refactor(docs): recategorize misplaced files per Diataxis analysis

Phase 2.5 categorization fixes based on post-migration analysis:

Moved to correct Diataxis categories:
- tutorials/installation.md → deleted (duplicate of how-to/install-bmad.md)
- tutorials/brownfield-onboarding.md → how-to/brownfield/index.md
- reference/faq/* (8 files) → explanation/faq/
- reference/agents/barry-quick-flow.md → explanation/agents/
- reference/agents/bmgd-agents.md → explanation/game-dev/agents.md

Created:
- explanation/agents/index.md

Fixed all broken internal links (14 total)

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* feat(docs): add Getting Started tutorial and simplify build script

- Add comprehensive Getting Started tutorial with installation as Step 1
- Simplify build-docs.js to read directly from docs/ (no consolidation)
- Remove backup/restore dance that could corrupt docs folder on build failure
- Remove ~150 lines of unused consolidation code

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* fix(css): use fixed width layout to prevent content shifting

Apply React Native docs approach: set both width and max-width at
largest breakpoint (1400px) so content area maintains consistent
size regardless of content length. Switches to fluid 100% below
1416px breakpoint.

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* refactor(docs): restructure tutorials with renamed entry point

- Rename index.md to bmad-tutorial.md for clearer navigation
- Remove redundant tutorials/index.md
- Update sidebar and config references

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* feat(docs): add tutorial style guide and AI agent announcement bar

- Add docs/_contributing/ with tutorial style guide
- Reformat quick-start-bmm.md and bmad-tutorial.md per style guide
- Remove horizontal separators, add strategic admonitions
- Add persistent announcement bar for AI agents directing to llms-full.txt
- Fix footer broken link to tutorials

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* feat(docs): add markdown demo page and UI refinements

- Add comprehensive markdown-demo.md for style testing
- Remove doc category links from navbar (use sidebar instead)
- Remove card buttons from welcome page
- Add dark mode styling for announcement bar
- Clean up index.md card layout

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* feat(docs): apply unified tutorial style and update references

- Reformat create-custom-agent.md to follow tutorial style guide
- Update tutorial-style.md with complete unified structure
- Update all internal references to renamed tutorial files
- Remove obsolete advanced/index.md

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* refactor(docs): migrate from Docusaurus to Astro+Starlight

Replace Docusaurus with Astro and the Starlight documentation theme
for improved performance, better customization, and modern tooling.

Build pipeline changes:
- New build-docs.js orchestrates link checking, artifact generation,
  and Astro build in sequence
- Add check-doc-links.js for validating internal links and anchors
- Generate llms.txt and llms-full.txt for LLM-friendly documentation
- Create downloadable source bundles (bmad-sources.zip, bmad-prompts.zip)
- Suppress MODULE_TYPELESS_PACKAGE_JSON warning in Astro build
- Output directly to build/site for cleaner deployment

Website architecture:
- Add rehype-markdown-links.js plugin to transform .md links to routes
- Add site-url.js helper for GitHub Pages URL resolution with strict
  validation (throws on invalid GITHUB_REPOSITORY format)
- Custom Astro components: Banner, Header, MobileMenuFooter
- Symlink docs/ into website/src/content/docs for Starlight

Documentation cleanup:
- Remove Docusaurus _category_.json files (Starlight uses frontmatter)
- Convert all docs to use YAML frontmatter with title field
- Move downloads.md from website/src/pages to docs/
- Consolidate style guide and workflow diagram docs
- Add 404.md and tutorials/index.md

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How to Run Implementation Readiness How to validate planning and solutioning before implementation

Use the implementation-readiness workflow to validate that planning and solutioning are complete and aligned before Phase 4 implementation.


When to Use This

  • Always before Phase 4 for BMad Method and Enterprise projects
  • After create-epics-and-stories workflow completes
  • Before sprint-planning workflow
  • When stakeholders request readiness check

When to Skip This

  • Quick Flow (no solutioning phase)
  • BMad Method Simple (no gate check required)

Prerequisites

  • BMad Method installed
  • Architect agent available
  • PRD, Architecture, and Epics completed

Steps

1. Load the Architect Agent

Start a fresh chat and load the Architect agent.

2. Run the Workflow

*implementation-readiness

3. Let the Agent Validate

The workflow systematically checks:

  • PRD completeness
  • Architecture completeness
  • Epic/Story completeness
  • Alignment between all documents

4. Review the Gate Decision

The agent produces a gate decision with rationale.


Gate Decision Outcomes

PASS

  • All critical criteria met
  • Minor gaps acceptable with documented plan
  • Action: Proceed to Phase 4

⚠️ CONCERNS

  • Some criteria not met but not blockers
  • Gaps identified with clear resolution path
  • Action: Proceed with caution, address gaps in parallel

FAIL

  • Critical gaps or contradictions
  • Architecture missing key decisions
  • Epics conflict with PRD/architecture
  • Action: BLOCK Phase 4, resolve issues first

What Gets Checked

PRD/GDD Completeness

  • Problem statement clear and evidence-based
  • Success metrics defined
  • User personas identified
  • Functional requirements (FRs) complete
  • Non-functional requirements (NFRs) specified
  • Risks and assumptions documented

Architecture Completeness

  • System architecture defined
  • Data architecture specified
  • API architecture decided
  • Key ADRs documented
  • Security architecture addressed
  • FR/NFR-specific guidance provided
  • Standards and conventions defined

Epic/Story Completeness

  • All PRD features mapped to stories
  • Stories have acceptance criteria
  • Stories prioritized (P0/P1/P2/P3)
  • Dependencies identified
  • Story sequencing logical

Alignment Checks

  • Architecture addresses all PRD FRs/NFRs
  • Epics align with architecture decisions
  • No contradictions between epics
  • NFRs have technical approach
  • Integration points clear

What You Get

An implementation-readiness.md document containing:

  1. Executive Summary (PASS/CONCERNS/FAIL)
  2. Completeness Assessment (scores for PRD, Architecture, Epics)
  3. Alignment Assessment (PRD↔Architecture, Architecture↔Epics)
  4. Quality Assessment (story quality, dependencies, risks)
  5. Gaps and Recommendations (critical/minor gaps, remediation)
  6. Gate Decision with rationale
  7. Next Steps

Example

E-commerce platform → CONCERNS ⚠️

Gaps identified:

  • Missing security architecture section
  • Undefined payment gateway

Recommendation:

  • Complete security section
  • Add payment gateway ADR

Action: Proceed with caution, address before payment epic.


Tips

  • Run this before every Phase 4 start
  • Take FAIL decisions seriously - fix issues first
  • Use CONCERNS as a checklist for parallel work
  • Document why you proceed despite concerns