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Plan UX patterns and design specifications. Use when the user says "lets create UX design" or "create UX specifications" or "help me plan the UX"

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

Analyzes current state and user query to answer BMad questions or recommend the next skill(s) to use. Use when user asks for help, bmad help, what to do next, or what to start with in BMad.

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", "update the spec", or "break this into stories".

Working Backwards PRFAQ challenge that stress-tests a product concept customer-first. Use when the user requests to 'create a PRFAQ', 'work backwards', or 'run the PRFAQ challenge'.

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

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

DEPRECATED — consolidated into bmad-prd update intent - this skill will be removed in v7 in favor of `bmad-prd`.

Senior software engineer for story execution and code implementation. Use when the user asks to talk to Amelia or requests the developer 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'.

Authors and updates customization overrides for installed BMad skills. Use when the user says 'customize bmad', 'override a skill', 'change agent behavior', or 'customize a workflow'.

Execute story implementation following a context filled story spec file. Use when the user says "dev this story [story file]" or "implement the next story in the sprint plan"

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.

Splits large markdown documents into smaller, organized files based on level 2 (default) sections. Use if the user says perform shard document

DEPRECATED — consolidated into bmad-prd create intent - this skill will be removed in v7 in favor of `bmad-prd`.

Pressure-test an idea through persona-driven interrogation until it hardens, proves out, or dies cheaply. Use when the user says 'forge an idea', 'pressure-test this idea', 'stress-test my thinking', or 'harden this idea'.

Generates or updates an index.md to reference all docs in the folder. Use if user requests to create or update an index of all files in a specific folder

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 personas, or build an AI focus-group panel.

Adversarial code review using parallel review layers and structured triage. Use when the user says "run code review" or "review this code"

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.

Produce the architecture: a lean spine of invariants that keeps everything built from it consistent, projected into whatever format the work needs. Use when the user says "create the architecture", "create technical architecture", "architecture spine", or "create a solution design".

Creates a dedicated story file with all the context the agent will need to implement it later. Use when the user says "create the next story" or "create story [story identifier]"

DEPRECATED — consolidated into bmad-prd validate intent - this skill will be removed in v7 in favor of `bmad-prd`.

Strategic business analyst and requirements expert. Use when the user asks to talk to Mary or requests the business analyst.

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".

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

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

Post-epic review to extract lessons and assess success. Use when the user says "run a retrospective" or "lets retro the epic [epic]"

Summarize sprint status and surface risks. Use when the user says "check sprint status" or "show sprint status"

Manage significant changes during sprint execution. Use when the user says "correct course" or "propose sprint change"

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'.

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

Conduct domain and industry research. Use when the user says wants to do domain research for a topic or industry

Conduct market research on competition and customers. Use when the user says they need market research

Generate sprint status tracking from epics. Use when the user says "run sprint planning" or "generate sprint plan"

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

Document brownfield projects for AI context. Use when the user says "document this project" or "generate project docs"

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".

Technical documentation specialist and knowledge curator. Use when the user asks to talk to Paige or requests the tech writer.

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

LLM-assisted human-in-the-loop review. Make sense of a change, focus attention where it matters, test. Use when the user says "checkpoint", "human review", or "walk me through this change".

Conduct technical research on technologies and architecture. Use when the user says they would like to do or produce a technical research report

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"

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"

DEPRECATED — consolidated into bmad-architecture create intent - this skill will be removed in v7 in favor of `bmad-architecture`.

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.

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

Generate end to end automated tests for existing features. Use when the user says "create qa automated tests for [feature]"

Clinical copy-editor that reviews text for communication issues. Use when user says review for prose or improve the prose

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"

Walk every branching path and boundary condition in content, report only unhandled edge cases. Orthogonal to adversarial review - method-driven not attitude-driven. Use when you need exhaustive edge-case analysis of code, specs, or diffs.

Review a code change for changed behavior that could regress without reliable verification catching it. Use when checking whether a change is adequately verified.

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

Create project-context.md with AI rules. Use when the user says "generate project context" or "create project context"

Structural editor that proposes cuts, reorganization, and simplification while preserving comprehension. Use when user requests structural review or editorial review of structure

Perform a Cynical Review and produce a findings report. Use when the user requests a critical review of something

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

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.

Validate PRD, UX, Architecture and Epics specs are complete. Use when the user says "check implementation readiness".

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