💥 Breaking Changes

• Remove custom content installation feature; use marketplace-based plugin installation instead (#2227)
• Remove bmad-init skill; all agents and skills now load config directly from {project-root}/_bmad/bmm/config.yaml (#2159)
• Remove spec-wip.md singleton; quick-dev now writes directly to spec-{slug}.md with status field, enabling parallel sessions (#2214)
• Consolidate three agent personas into Developer agent (Amelia): remove Barry quick-flow-solo-dev (#2177), Quinn QA agent (#2179), and Bob Scrum Master agent (#2186)

🎁 Features

• Universal source support for custom module installs with 5-strategy PluginResolver cascade supporting any Git host (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, self-hosted) and local file paths (#2233)
• Community module browser with three-tier selection: official, community (category drill-down from marketplace index), and custom URL with unverified source warning (#2229)
• Switch module source of truth from bundled config to remote marketplace registry with network-failure fallback (#2228)
• Add bmad-prfaq skill implementing Amazon's Working Backwards methodology as alternative Phase 1 analysis path with 5-stage coached workflow and subagent architecture (#2157)
• Add bmad-checkpoint-preview skill for guided, concern-ordered human review of commits, branches, or PRs (#2145)
• Epic context compilation for quick-dev step-01: sub-agent compiles planning docs into cached epic-{N}-context.md for story implementation (#2218)
• Previous story continuity in quick-dev: load completed spec from same epic as implementation context (#2201)
• Planning artifact awareness in quick-dev: selectively load PRD, architecture, UX, and epics docs for context-informed specs (#2185)
• One-shot route now generates lightweight spec trace file for consistent artifact tracking (#2121)
• Improve checkpoint-preview UX with clickable spec paths, external edit detection, and missing-file halt (#2217)
• Add Junie (JetBrains AI) platform support (#2142)
• Restore KiloCoder support with native-skills installation (#2151)
• Add bmad-help support for llms.txt general questions (#2230)

♻️ Refactoring

• Consolidate party-mode into single SKILL.md with real subagent spawning via Agent tool, replacing multi-file workflow architecture (#2160)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix version display bug where marketplace.json walk-up reported wrong version (#2233)
• Fix checkpoint-preview step-05 advancing without user confirmation by adding explicit HALT (#2184)
• Address adversarial triage findings: clarify review_mode transitions, label walkthrough branches, fix terse commit handling (#2180)
• Preserve local custom module sources during quick update (#2172)
• Support skills/ folder as fallback module source location for bmb compatibility (#2149)

🔧 Maintenance

• Overhaul installer branding with responsive BMAD METHOD logo, blue color scheme, unified version sourcing from marketplace.json, and surgical manifest-based skill cleanup (#2223)
• Stop copying skill prompts to _bmad by default (#2182)
• Add Python 3.10+ and uv as documented prerequisites (#2221)

📚 Documentation

• Complete Czech (cs-CZ) documentation translation (#2134)
• Complete Vietnamese (vi-VN) documentation translation (#2110, #2192)
• Rewrite get-answers-about-bmad as 1-2-3 escalation flow, remove deprecated references (#2213)
• Add checkpoint-preview explainer page and workflow diagram (#2183)
• Update docs theme to match bmadcode.com with responsive logo and blue color scheme (#2176)