Release v6.0.0-Beta.8 · bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD

🌟 Key Highlights

Non-Interactive Installation — Full CI/CD support with 10 new CLI flags for automated deployments
Complete @clack/prompts Migration — Unified CLI experience with consolidated installer output
CSV File Reference Validation — Extended Layer 1 validator to catch broken workflow references in CSV files
Kiro IDE Support — Standardized config-driven installation, replacing custom installer

Non-Interactive Installation — Added --directory, --modules, --tools, --custom-content, --user-name, --communication-language, --document-output-language, --output-folder, and -y/--yes flags for CI/CD automation (#1520)
CSV File Reference Validation — Extended validator to scan .csv files for broken workflow references, checking 501 references across 212 files (#1573)
Kiro IDE Support — Replaced broken custom installer with config-driven templates using #[[file:...]] syntax and inclusion: manual frontmatter (#1589)
OpenCode Template Consolidation — Combined split templates with mode: primary frontmatter for Tab-switching support, fixing agent discovery (#1556)
Modules Reference Page — Added official external modules reference documentation (#1540)

Installer Streamlining — Removed "None - Skip module installation" option, eliminated ~100 lines of dead code, and added ESM/.cjs support for module installers (#1590)
CodeRabbit Workflow — Changed pull_request to pull_request_target to fix 403 errors and enable reviews on fork PRs (#1583)
Party Mode Return Protocol — Added RETURN PROTOCOL to prevent lost-in-the-middle failures after Party Mode completes (#1569)
Spacebar Toggle — Fixed SPACE key not working in autocomplete multiselect prompts for tool/IDE selection (#1557)
OpenCode Agent Routing — Fixed agents installing to wrong directory by adding targets array for routing .opencode/agent/ vs .opencode/command/ (#1549)
Technical Research Workflow — Fixed step-05 routing to step-06 and corrected stepsCompleted values (#1547)
Forbidden Variable Removal — Removed workflow_path variable from 16 workflow step files (#1546)
Kilo Installer — Fixed YAML formatting issues by trimming activation header and converting to yaml.parse/stringify (#1537)
bmad-help — Now reads project-specific docs and respects communication_language setting (#1535)
Cache Errors — Removed --prefer-offline npm flag to prevent stale cache errors during installation (#1531)

Complete @clack/prompts Migration — Migrated 24 files from legacy libraries (ora, chalk, boxen, figlet, etc.), replaced ~100 console.log+chalk calls, consolidated installer output to single spinner, and removed 5 dependencies (#1586)
Downloads Page Removal — Removed downloads page, bundle generation, and archiver dependency in favor of GitHub's native archives (#1577)
Workflow Verb Standardization — Replaced "invoke/run" with "load and follow/load" in review workflow prompts (#1570)
Documentation Language — Renamed "brownfield" to "established projects" and flattened directory structure for accessibility (#1539)

Comprehensive Site Review — Fixed broken directory tree diagram, corrected grammar/capitalization, added SEO descriptions, and reordered how-to guides (#1578)
SEO Metadata — Added description front matter to 9 documentation pages for search engine optimization (#1566)
PR Template — Added pull request template for consistent PR descriptions (#1554)
Manual Release Cleanup — Removed broken manual-release workflow and related scripts (#1576)

Dual-Mode AI Code Review — Configured Augment Code (audit mode) and CodeRabbit (adversarial mode) for improved code quality (#1511)
Package-Lock Sync — Cleaned up 471 lines of orphaned dependencies after archiver removal (#1580)