# 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}:implementation_artifacts}" 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 planning_artifacts: "{config_source}:planning_artifacts" implementation_artifacts: "{config_source}:implementation_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: "{planning_artifacts}/*epic*.md" sharded_index: "{planning_artifacts}/*epic*/index.md" sharded_single: "{planning_artifacts}/*epic*/epic-{{epic_num}}.md" load_strategy: "SELECTIVE_LOAD" previous_retrospective: description: "Previous epic's retrospective (optional)" pattern: "{implementation_artifacts}/**/epic-{{prev_epic_num}}-retro-*.md" load_strategy: "SELECTIVE_LOAD" architecture: description: "System architecture for context" whole: "{planning_artifacts}/*architecture*.md" sharded: "{planning_artifacts}/*architecture*/*.md" load_strategy: "FULL_LOAD" prd: description: "Product requirements for context" whole: "{planning_artifacts}/*prd*.md" sharded: "{planning_artifacts}/*prd*/*.md" load_strategy: "FULL_LOAD" document_project: description: "Brownfield project documentation (optional)" sharded: "{planning_artifacts}/*.md" load_strategy: "INDEX_GUIDED" # Required files sprint_status_file: "{implementation_artifacts}/sprint-status.yaml" story_directory: "{implementation_artifacts}" retrospectives_folder: "{implementation_artifacts}" standalone: true