
Lossless LLM-optimized compression of source documents. Use when the user requests to 'distill documents' or 'create a distillate'.
Strategic business analyst and requirements expert. Use when the user asks to talk to Mary or requests the business analyst.
Product manager for PRD creation and requirements discovery. Use when the user asks to talk to John or requests the product manager.
Scrum master for sprint planning and story preparation. Use when the user asks to talk to Bob or requests the scrum master.
Create or update product briefs through guided or autonomous discovery. Use when the user requests to create or update a Product Brief.
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"
Document brownfield projects for AI context. Use when the user says "document this project" or "generate project docs"
Conduct domain and industry research. Use when the user says wants to do domain research for a topic or industry
Push the LLM to reconsider, refine, and improve its recent output.
Senior software engineer for story execution and code implementation. Use when the user asks to talk to Amelia or requests the developer agent.
Product manager for PRD creation and requirements discovery. Use when the user asks to talk to John or requests the product manager.
Elite full-stack developer for rapid spec and implementation. Use when the user asks to talk to Barry or requests the quick flow solo dev.
Elite full-stack developer for rapid spec and implementation. Use when the user asks to talk to Barry or requests the quick flow solo dev.
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.
Facilitate interactive brainstorming sessions using diverse creative techniques and ideation methods. Use when the user says help me brainstorm or help me ideate.
Validate PRD, UX, Architecture and Epics specs are complete. Use when the user says "check implementation readiness".
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"
Create architecture solution design decisions for AI agent consistency. Use when the user says "lets create architecture" or "create technical architecture" or "create a solution design"
Create architecture solution design decisions for AI agent consistency. Use when the user says "lets create architecture" or "create technical architecture" or "create a solution design"
Break requirements into epics and user stories. Use when the user says "create the epics and stories list"
Break requirements into epics and user stories. Use when the user says "create the epics and stories list"
Create a PRD from scratch. Use when the user says "lets create a product requirements document" or "I want to create a new PRD"
Create a PRD from scratch. Use when the user says "lets create a product requirements document" or "I want to create a new PRD"
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]"
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]"
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"
Conduct domain and industry research. Use when the user says wants to do domain research for a topic or industry
Clinical copy-editor that reviews text for communication issues. Use when user says review for prose or improve the prose
Structural editor that proposes cuts, reorganization, and simplification while preserving comprehension. Use when user requests structural review or editorial review of structure
Edit an existing PRD. Use when the user says "edit this PRD".
Edit an existing PRD. Use when the user says "edit this PRD".
Analyzes current state and user query to answer BMad questions or recommend the next workflow or agent. Use when user says what should I do next, what do I do now, or asks a question about BMad
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
Conduct market research on competition and customers. Use when the user says they need market research
Conduct market research on competition and customers. Use when the user says they need market research
Orchestrates group discussions between all installed BMAD agents, enabling natural multi-agent conversations. Use when user requests party mode.
Create or update product briefs through guided or autonomous discovery. Use when the user requests to create or update a Product Brief.
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.
Post-epic review to extract lessons and assess success. Use when the user says "run a retrospective" or "lets retro the epic [epic]"
Validate a PRD against standards. Use when the user says "validate this PRD" or "run PRD validation"
Initialize BMad project configuration and load config variables. Use when any skill needs module-specific configuration values, or when setting up a new BMad project.
Strategic business analyst and requirements expert. Use when the user asks to talk to Mary or requests the business analyst.
Technical documentation specialist and knowledge curator. Use when the user asks to talk to Paige or requests the tech writer.
Document brownfield projects for AI context. Use when the user says "document this project" or "generate project docs"
Conduct technical research on technologies and architecture. Use when the user says they would like to do or produce a technical research report
UX designer and UI specialist. Use when the user asks to talk to Sally or requests the UX designer.
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"
System architect and technical design leader. Use when the user asks to talk to Winston or requests the architect.
Create project-context.md with AI rules. Use when the user says "generate project context" or "create project context"
Senior software engineer for story execution and code implementation. Use when the user asks to talk to Amelia or requests the developer agent.
QA engineer for test automation and coverage. Use when the user asks to talk to Quinn or requests the QA engineer.
Scrum master for sprint planning and story preparation. Use when the user asks to talk to Bob or requests the scrum master.
Manage significant changes during sprint execution. Use when the user says "correct course" or "propose sprint change"
Generate end to end automated tests for existing features. Use when the user says "create qa automated tests for [feature]"
Create project-context.md with AI rules. Use when the user says "generate project context" or "create project context"
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"
Manage significant changes during sprint execution. Use when the user says "correct course" or "propose sprint change"
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"
Validate PRD, UX, Architecture and Epics specs are complete. Use when the user says "check implementation readiness".
QA engineer for test automation and coverage. Use when the user asks to talk to Quinn or requests the QA engineer.
System architect and technical design leader. Use when the user asks to talk to Winston or requests the architect.