BMAD-METHOD/website

BMAD Method Documentation Site

This directory contains the Astro + Starlight configuration for the BMAD Method documentation site.

Architecture

The documentation uses a symlink architecture to keep content in docs/ at the repo root while serving it through Astro:

bmad2/
├── docs/                          # Content lives here (repo root)
│   ├── index.md
│   ├── tutorials/
│   ├── how-to/
│   ├── explanation/
│   └── reference/
└── website/
    ├── astro.config.mjs           # Astro + Starlight config
    ├── src/
    │   ├── content/
    │   │   └── docs -> ../../docs # Symlink to content
    │   └── styles/
    │       └── custom.css         # Custom styling
    └── public/                    # Static assets

Development

# From repo root
npm run docs:dev      # Start dev server
npm run docs:build    # Build for production
npm run docs:preview  # Preview production build

Platform Notes

Windows Symlink Support

The website/src/content/docs symlink may not work correctly on Windows without Developer Mode enabled or administrator privileges.

To enable symlinks on Windows:

1. Enable Developer Mode (recommended):

   • Settings → Update & Security → For developers → Developer Mode: On
   • This allows creating symlinks without admin rights

2. Or use Git's symlink support:

   git config core.symlinks true
   

   Then re-clone the repository.

3. Or create a junction (alternative):

   # Run as Administrator
   mklink /J website\src\content\docs ..\..\docs
   

If symlinks don't work, you can copy the docs folder instead:

# Remove the symlink
rm website/src/content/docs

# Copy the docs folder
cp -r docs website/src/content/docs

Note: If copying, remember to keep the copy in sync with changes to docs/.

Build Output

The build pipeline (npm run docs:build) produces:

• Static HTML site in build/site/
• LLM-friendly files: llms.txt, llms-full.txt
• Downloadable ZIP bundles in downloads/