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

# 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:
  story_dir: "{config_source}:dev_story_location" # Directory where stories are stored
  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
    - infrastructure-architecture.md
  story_title: "" # Will be elicited if not derivable
  epic_num: 1
  story_num: 1
  non_interactive: true # Generate without elicitation; avoid interactive prompts

# Output configuration
# Uses story_key from sprint-status.yaml (e.g., "1-2-user-authentication")
default_output_file: "{story_dir}/{{story_key}}.md"

recommended_inputs:
  - epics: "Epic breakdown (epics.md)"
  - prd: "PRD document"
  - architecture: "Architecture (optional)"

# 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:
    whole: "{output_folder}/*prd*.md"
    sharded: "{output_folder}/*prd*/index.md"

  tech_spec:
    whole: "{output_folder}/tech-spec.md"

  architecture:
    whole: "{output_folder}/*architecture*.md"
    sharded: "{output_folder}/*architecture*/index.md"

  ux_design:
    whole: "{output_folder}/*ux*.md"
    sharded: "{output_folder}/*ux*/index.md"

  epics:
    whole: "{output_folder}/*epic*.md"
    sharded_index: "{output_folder}/*epic*/index.md"
    sharded_single: "{output_folder}/*epic*/epic-{{epic_num}}.md"

  document_project:
    sharded: "{output_folder}/docs/index.md"

standalone: true
