bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD

bmad-build-auto

One iteration of an unattended development loop. Use when invoked by name

bmad-build

Turns a work item — feature, story, bug fix, change request — into working code, reviewed and verified. Use when the user hands over an outcome and leaves the edits to you; a bare story or issue link counts. Also use whenever the user asks BMAD by name — then…

bmad-code-review

Review code changes with several independent reviewers in parallel, then triage and present the findings. Use when the user says "run code review" or "review this code"

bmad-project-context

Set up, adopt, refresh, or audit a repository's agent instructions (the AGENTS.md block) so AI agents work well in that repo. Also records observed agent mistakes as pitfalls. Use when invoked by name

bmad-review

Runs one or more installed review lenses — adversarial critique, edge cases, verification gaps, structure, prose — and reports triaged findings. Use when, and only when, the user asks you to review a diff, a pull request, or an artifact — code or documents,…

bmad-agent-analyst

Business analyst for market research, competitive analysis, and requirements. Use when the user asks to talk to Mary or requests the business analyst

bmad-agent-architect

System architect and technical design leader. Use when the user asks to talk to Winston or requests the architect

bmad-agent-dev

Senior software engineer who implements stories and code changes. Use when the user asks to talk to Amelia or requests the developer agent

bmad-agent-pm

Product manager for PRD creation and requirements discovery. Use when the user asks to talk to John or requests the product manager

bmad-agent-ux-designer

UX designer and UI specialist. Use when the user asks to talk to Sally or requests the UX designer

bmad-architecture

Work out and record the architecture decisions that keep separately built parts of a system consistent, in a short architecture document. Creates, updates, or validates one; works from a spec, a raw idea, or an existing codebase. Use when the user says…

bmad-create-epics-and-stories

Break requirements into epics and user stories. Use when the user says "create the epics and stories list"

bmad-prd

Create, update, or validate a PRD. Use when the user wants help producing, editing, or validating a PRD

bmad-prfaq

Test a product concept with Amazon's Working Backwards method: write the press release for the finished product first, then answer hard customer and stakeholder questions, ending in a complete PRFAQ document. Use when the user requests to 'create a PRFAQ',…

bmad-product-brief

Create, update, or validate a product brief. Use when the user wants help producing, editing, or validating a brief

bmad-spec

Condense any input — an idea, brief, PRD, transcript, or mixed notes — into a short spec: SPEC.md plus supporting files that downstream skills build from. Also updates and validates existing specs, and can break a spec into stories. Use when the user says…

bmad-sprint-planning

Check that planning is complete enough to implement, then generate the sprint status file from the epics. Can also summarize sprint progress and validate or repair the tracking file. Use when the user says "run sprint planning", "generate sprint plan", "check…

bmad-ux

Capture the user's UX vision in two documents: DESIGN.md for how the product looks and EXPERIENCE.md for how it behaves. Use when the user says "lets create UX design" or "create UX specifications" or "help me plan the UX"

bmad-checkpoint-preview

Walk the user through reviewing a change: what it is for, what to look at closely, and how to test it. Use when the user says "checkpoint", "human review", or "walk me through this change"

bmad-correct-course

Assess the impact of a significant change during sprint execution across the PRD, epics, architecture, and UX documents, and produce a sprint change proposal. Use when the user says "correct course" or "propose sprint change"

bmad-qa-generate-e2e-tests

Generate automated API and end-to-end tests for implemented features. Use when the user says "create qa automated tests for [feature]"

bmad-retrospective

Review a completed epic against the evidence it left behind — spec, stories, diffs, commits, sprint status — and produce a retrospective with sourced findings, action items, and an acceptance decision. Use when the user says "run a retrospective" or "lets…

bmad-create-architecture

Deprecated — forwards to bmad-architecture (create intent)

bmad-create-prd

Deprecated — forwards to bmad-prd (create intent)

bmad-create-story

Deprecated: `bmad-build` is now the official implementation method. Only use this when explicitly invoked by name

bmad-dev-story

Deprecated: `bmad-build` is now the official implementation method. Only use this when explicitly invoked by name

bmad-edit-prd

Deprecated — forwards to bmad-prd (update intent)

bmad-sprint-status

Deprecated — forwards to bmad-sprint-planning (status view)

bmad-validate-prd

Deprecated — forwards to bmad-prd (validate intent)

bmad-brainstorming

Facilitate a brainstorming session using diverse creative techniques. Use when the user says 'help me brainstorm' or 'help me ideate'

bmad-forge-idea

Test a half-formed idea in a questioning conversation, with different personas probing its weak points, until the user can act on it or drop it with confidence. Optionally writes a short brief for planning skills to build on. Use when the user says 'forge an…

bmad-party-mode

Orchestrates lively group discussions between installed BMAD agents or custom personas, and helps author custom parties. Use when the user requests party mode, a roundtable, or multiple agent perspectives — or wants to create/configure a party, define…

bmad-advanced-elicitation

Push the LLM to reconsider, refine, and improve its recent output. Use when user asks for deeper critique or mentions a known deeper critique method, e.g. socratic, first principles, pre-mortem, red team

bmad-generate-project-context

Deprecated — forwards to bmad-project-context. Use when the user says "generate project context" or "create project context"

bmad-dev-auto

Deprecated: forwards to bmad-build-auto. Do not use unless invoked by name

bmad-document-project

Deprecated — forwards to bmad-project-context. Use when the user says "document this project" or "generate project docs"

bmad-domain-research

Deprecated — forwards to bmad-deep-recon (domain type)

bmad-market-research

Deprecated — forwards to bmad-deep-recon (market type)

bmad-quick-dev

Deprecated: forwards to bmad-build. Do not use unless invoked by name

bmad-technical-research

Deprecated — forwards to bmad-deep-recon (technical type)