
Create a PRD from scratch. Use when the user says "lets create a product requirements document" or "I want to create a new PRD"
Post-epic review to extract lessons and assess success. Use when the user says "run a retrospective" or "lets retro the epic [epic]"
Document brownfield projects for AI context. Use when the user says "document this project" or "generate project docs"
Implement a Quick Tech Spec for small changes or features. Use when the user provides a quick tech spec and says "implement this quick spec" or "proceed with implementation of [quick tech spec]"
Generate end to end automated tests for existing features. Use when the user says "create qa automated tests for [feature]"
Very quick process to create implementation-ready quick specs for small changes or features. Use when the user says "create a quick spec" or "generate a quick tech spec"
Facilitate interactive brainstorming sessions using diverse creative techniques and ideation methods. Use when the user says help me brainstorm or help me ideate.
Clinical copy-editor that reviews text for communication issues. Use when user says review for prose or improve the prose
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
Splits large markdown documents into smaller, organized files based on level 2 (default) sections. Use if the user says perform shard document
Break requirements into epics and user stories. Use when the user says "create the epics and stories list"
Create product brief through collaborative discovery. Use when the user says "lets create a product brief" or "help me create a project brief"
Conduct domain and industry research. Use when the user says "lets create a research report on [domain or industry]"
Lossless LLM-optimized compression of source documents. Use when the user requests to 'distill documents' or 'create a distillate'.
Orchestrates group discussions between all installed BMAD agents, enabling natural multi-agent conversations. Use when user requests party mode.
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"
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]"
Validate a PRD against standards. Use when the user says "validate this PRD" or "run PRD validation"
Edit an existing PRD. Use when the user says "edit this PRD".
Validate PRD, UX, Architecture and Epics specs are complete. Use when the user says "check implementation readiness".
Manage significant changes during sprint execution. Use when the user says "correct course" or "propose sprint change"
Create or update product briefs through guided or autonomous discovery. Use when the user requests to 'create a product brief', 'help me create a project brief', or 'update my 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.
Generate sprint status tracking from epics. Use when the user says "run sprint planning" or "generate sprint plan"
Perform a Cynical Review and produce a findings report. Use when the user requests a critical review of something
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.
Summarize sprint status and surface risks. Use when the user says "check sprint status" or "show sprint status"
Conduct market research on competition and customers. Use when the user says "create a market research report about [business idea]".
Conduct technical research on technologies and architecture. Use when the user says "create a technical research report on [topic]".
Push the LLM to reconsider, refine, and improve its recent output.
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"
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"
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"
Create project-context.md with AI rules. Use when the user says "generate project context" or "create project context"
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
Structural editor that proposes cuts, reorganization, and simplification while preserving comprehension. Use when user requests structural review or editorial review of structure