---
description: retrospective
auto_execution_mode: 1
---

# Retrospective - Epic Completion Review Workflow
name: "retrospective"
description: "Run after epic completion to review overall success, extract lessons learned, and explore if new information emerged that might impact the next epic"
author: "BMad"

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"
user_skill_level: "{config_source}:user_skill_level"
document_output_language: "{config_source}:document_output_language"
date: system-generated
sprint_artifacts: "{config_source}:sprint_artifacts"

installed_path: "{project-root}/_bmad/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/retrospective"
template: false
instructions: "{installed_path}/instructions.md"

required_inputs:
  - agent_manifest: "{project-root}/_bmad/_config/agent-manifest.csv"

# Smart input file references - handles both whole docs and sharded docs
# Priority: Whole document first, then sharded version
# Strategy: SELECTIVE LOAD - only load the completed epic and relevant retrospectives
input_file_patterns:
  epics:
    description: "The completed epic for retrospective"
    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"
  previous_retrospective:
    description: "Previous epic's retrospective (optional)"
    pattern: "{sprint_artifacts}/**/epic-{{prev_epic_num}}-retro-*.md"
    load_strategy: "SELECTIVE_LOAD"
  architecture:
    description: "System architecture for context"
    whole: "{output_folder}/*architecture*.md"
    sharded: "{output_folder}/*architecture*/*.md"
    load_strategy: "FULL_LOAD"
  prd:
    description: "Product requirements for context"
    whole: "{output_folder}/*prd*.md"
    sharded: "{output_folder}/*prd*/*.md"
    load_strategy: "FULL_LOAD"
  document_project:
    description: "Brownfield project documentation (optional)"
    sharded: "{output_folder}/*.md"
    load_strategy: "INDEX_GUIDED"

# Required files
sprint_status_file: "{sprint_artifacts}/sprint-status.yaml || {output_folder}/sprint-status.yaml"
story_directory: "{sprint_artifacts}"
retrospectives_folder: "{sprint_artifacts}"

standalone: true