name: create-story
description: "Create the next user story markdown from epics/PRD and architecture, using a standard template and saving to the stories folder"
author: "BMad"

# Critical variables from config
config_source: "{project-root}/.bmad/bmm/config.yaml"
output_folder: "{config_source}:output_folder"
user_name: "{config_source}:user_name"
communication_language: "{config_source}:communication_language"
date: system-generated
sprint_artifacts: "{config_source}:sprint_artifacts"
story_dir: "{sprint_artifacts}"

# Workflow components
installed_path: "{project-root}/.bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/create-story"
template: "{installed_path}/template.md"
instructions: "{installed_path}/instructions.md"
validation: "{installed_path}/checklist.md"

# Variables and inputs
variables:
  sprint_status: "{sprint_artifacts}/sprint-status.yaml || {output_folder}/sprint-status.yaml" # Primary source for story tracking
  epics_file: "{output_folder}/epics.md" # Preferred source for epic/story breakdown
  prd_file: "{output_folder}/PRD.md" # Fallback for requirements
  architecture_file: "{output_folder}/architecture.md" # Optional architecture context
  tech_spec_file: "" # Will be auto-discovered from docs as tech-spec-epic-{{epic_num}}-*.md
  tech_spec_search_dir: "{project-root}/docs"
  tech_spec_glob_template: "tech-spec-epic-{{epic_num}}*.md"
  arch_docs_search_dirs: |
    - "{project-root}/docs"
    - "{output_folder}"
  arch_docs_file_names: |
    - *architecture*.md
  story_title: "" # Will be elicited if not derivable

default_output_file: "{story_dir}/{{story_key}}.md"

# Smart input file references - handles both whole docs and sharded docs
# Priority: Whole document first, then sharded version
# Strategy: SELECTIVE LOAD - only load the specific epic needed for this story
input_file_patterns:
  prd:
    description: "Product requirements (optional)"
    whole: "{output_folder}/*prd*.md"
    sharded: "{output_folder}/*prd*/*.md"
    load_strategy: "FULL_LOAD"
  tech_spec:
    description: "Technical specification (Quick Flow track)"
    whole: "{output_folder}/tech-spec.md"
    load_strategy: "FULL_LOAD"
  architecture:
    description: "System architecture and decisions"
    whole: "{output_folder}/*architecture*.md"
    sharded: "{output_folder}/*architecture*/*.md"
    load_strategy: "FULL_LOAD"
  ux_design:
    description: "UX design specification (if UI)"
    whole: "{output_folder}/*ux*.md"
    sharded: "{output_folder}/*ux*/*.md"
    load_strategy: "FULL_LOAD"
  epics:
    description: "Epic containing this story"
    whole: "{output_folder}/*epic*.md"
    sharded_index: "{output_folder}/*epic*/index.md"
    sharded_single: "{output_folder}/*epic*/epic-{{epic_num}}.md"
    load_strategy: "SELECTIVE_LOAD"
  document_project:
    sharded: "{output_folder}/index.md"
    load_strategy: "INDEX_GUIDED"

standalone: true