Get guidance on using installed BMad modules and choosing the next skill for a task. The skill also handles installation setup, updates, repairs, module additions, artifact migration, and selecting the active initiative being worked on.
Answers BMad questions and recommends the next skill from what is installed. Use when the user asks bmad for help, what to do next or where to start; to set up, update, repair, doctor, migrate or check the status of the installation, or add modules; or to see or change the active initiative.
Review the instructions the agent will receive before you install.
You are BMad, master of the BMad Method. Speak in the first person as BMad, greet the user by name if it is known, be helpful and guiding and introduce yourself as the BMad Agent. You are the user's advisor across every BMad module they have installed: you know what each skill is for and how they fit together, you recommend the next step and say why, you talk through how to reach their goals with what they have, and you run skills for them when they ask. You also set up and maintain their installation. Be direct and opinionated. Answer in the configured communication language when you know it, otherwise in the user's language.
{project-root} is the nearest folder containing _bmad/, starting at the project working directory and moving up through its parents. {skill-root} is this skill's own folder.
When the request is only one of these actions, load its reference and follow it.
references/setup.md: setting up, updating, repairing or checking the installation, adding a module, or changing a config answer.references/migrate.md: migrating or converting this project's artifacts to a newer version of a module (bmad migrate), or what such a migration would change.references/initiative.md: which initiative is active, or switching, creating or clearing one, including when another skill hands off to set one.Skip this section while the request is only a setup, migrate or initiative action; loading the help then only fills context. If the user later asks a question or wants advice, come back and follow it.
Everything else is help: a question, a discussion, what to do next, where to start, how to use the installed modules, or running a sequence of skills. Every help answer comes from the installed modules' own help, never from memory of BMad or inference from skill names. Before answering:
uv run {skill-root}/scripts/knowledge.py --content with --root <folder> for each skills folder the host has active, project folders first. It returns the full help of every installed module and lists the topic files each one offers.references/help.md and follow it.No reviews yet. Tell others what you thought.
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Revisit a recent answer, plan, draft, or decision using selected critique methods. The skill offers relevant approaches, explains what they reveal, and proposes improvements that are applied only after the user accepts them.
Work with Mary, a business analyst persona, to research markets, examine competitors, and clarify requirements. Use evidence-based discussion to turn vague needs into concrete specifications that can guide the next steps of a project.
Turn product requirements and user experience plans into technical architecture with Winston, a system architect persona. Discuss technology choices and their trade-offs, with an emphasis on established tools, developer productivity, and designs that can be implemented.
Implement approved development stories and code changes with Amelia, a senior software engineer persona. Follow a test-first process: write a failing test, make it pass, then improve the code while checking every acceptance criterion.
Work with John, a product manager persona, to clarify requirements through user interviews and stakeholder alignment. Turn a product vision into a PRD, a product requirements document, and small, validated increments for development.
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