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Builds, edits or analyzes Agent Skills through conversational discovery. Use when the user requests to "Create an Agent", "Analyze an Agent" or "Edit an Agent".

Sets up BMad Builder module in a project. Use when the user requests to 'install bmb module', 'configure BMad Builder', or 'setup BMad Builder'.

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

Elite brainstorming specialist for facilitated ideation sessions. Use when the user asks to talk to Carson or requests the Brainstorming Specialist.

Master problem solver for systematic problem-solving methodologies. Use when the user asks to talk to Dr. Quinn or requests the Master Problem Solver.

Design thinking maestro for human-centered design processes. Use when the user asks to talk to Maya or requests the Design Thinking Maestro.

Disruptive innovation oracle for business model innovation and strategic disruption. Use when the user asks to talk to Victor or requests the Disruptive Innovation Oracle.

Visual communication and presentation expert for slide decks, pitch decks, and visual storytelling. Use when the user asks to talk to Caravaggio or requests the Presentation Expert.

Master storyteller for compelling narratives using proven frameworks. Use when the user asks to talk to Sophia or requests the Master Storyteller.

Guide human-centered design processes using empathy-driven methodologies. Use when the user says "lets run design thinking" or "I want to apply design thinking"

Identify disruption opportunities and architect business model innovation. Use when the user says "lets create an innovation strategy" or "I want to find disruption opportunities"

Apply systematic problem-solving methodologies to complex challenges. Use when the user says "guide me through structured problem solving" or "I want to crack this challenge with guided problem solving techniques"

Craft compelling narratives using story frameworks. Use when the user says "help me with storytelling" or "I want to create a narrative through storytelling"

Review code changes adversarially using parallel review layers (Blind Hunter, Edge Case Hunter, Acceptance Auditor) with structured triage into actionable categories. Use when the user says "run code review" or "review this code"

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

Run a skill's evals and report results. Use when the user wants to evaluate a skill, run evals, benchmark a skill, validate triggers, optimize a description, or grade skill outputs.

Interactive escalation-resolution workflow for the bmad-loop orchestrator. A bmad-loop run paused on a CRITICAL escalation (a contradiction or gap a dev/review session could not safely resolve alone); you and the human disambiguate the frozen spec so the story can be re-driven. Invoked as /bmad-loop-resolve <story-key>. Unlike the automated dev/review sessions this session is interactive — a human is present and you SHOULD ask.

Sets up BMAD Loop Skills module in a project. Use when the user requests to 'install bmad-loop module', 'configure BMAD Loop Skills', or 'setup BMAD Loop Skills'.

Triage the deferred-work ledger for the bmad-loop orchestrator: verify every open entry against the actual codebase and return a machine-readable partition (bundles, already-resolved, blocked, skip, human decisions). Also migrates legacy pre-DW-format ledgers when invoked with --migrate. Automation-only — invoked by bmad-loop sweep runs, not by humans.

Sets up {module-name} module in a project. Use when the user requests to 'install {module-code} module', 'configure {module-name}', or 'setup {module-name}'.

Plans, creates, and validates BMad modules. Use when the user requests to 'ideate module', 'plan a module', 'create module', 'build a module', or 'validate module'.

Implements any user intent, requirement, story, bug fix or change request by producing clean working code artifacts that follow the project's existing architecture, patterns and conventions. Use when the user wants to build, fix, tweak, refactor, add or modify any code, component or feature.

Distill any intent input into the SPEC kernel + companions — the canonical, preservation-validated machine contract for downstream work. Use when the user says "create a spec", "distill this into a spec", "validate this spec", or "update the spec".

Master Test Architect and Quality Advisor. Use when the user asks to talk to Murat or requests the Test Architect.

Teach testing progressively through structured sessions. Use when user says "lets learn testing" or "I want to study test practices"

Generate red-phase acceptance test scaffolds using the TDD cycle. Use when the user says "lets write acceptance tests" or "I want to do ATDD"

Expand test automation coverage for codebase. Use when user says "lets expand test coverage" or "I want to automate tests"

Scaffold CI/CD quality pipeline with test execution. Use when the user says "lets setup CI pipeline" or "I want to create quality gates"

Initialize test framework with Playwright or Cypress. Use when the user says "lets setup test framework" or "I want to initialize testing framework"

Audit NFR evidence for performance, security, reliability, and scalability. Use when implementation evidence exists and the user says "audit NFR evidence", "audit NFRs", or "evaluate non-functional requirements"

Create system-level or epic-level test plans. Use when the user says "lets design test plan" or "I want to create test strategy"

Review test quality using best practices validation. Use when user says "lets review tests" or "I want to evaluate test quality"

Generate traceability matrix and quality gate decision. Use when the user says "lets create traceability matrix" or "I want to analyze test coverage"

Builds, edits, and analyzes workflows and skills. Use when the user requests to "build a workflow", "modify a workflow", "quality check workflow", or "analyze skill".

Session state backend for WDS. Called by wrap, start, and handoff tools — never directly by users. Writes to progress/ in the project repo.

Syncs WDS skills from the current project (_bmad/wds/) to ~/.claude/commands/ so they work in any project. Called automatically on every agent activation.

Create alignment around your idea before starting the project

Project onboarding - determine project type, complexity, tech stack, and route to correct phase

Establish project context - foundation for all design work

Map business goals to user psychology through structured workshops