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Agent Building Expert. Agent Architecture Specialist + BMAD Compliance Exper t. BMB Module agent.

Business Analyst. Strategic Business Analyst + Requirements Expert. CORE Mod ule agent.

Architect. System Architect + Technical Design Leader. CORE Module agent.

BMad Master orchestrator for task execution, resource management, and workflow guidance. Primary execution engine and knowledge custodian for all BMAD operations.

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

Developer Agent. Senior Software Engineer. CORE Module agent.

Game systems architect for technical architecture, engine design, and infrastructure. Use when the user asks to talk to Cloud Dragonborn or requests the Game Architect.

Game designer for creative vision, GDD creation, and narrative design. Use when the user asks to talk to Samus Shepard or requests the Game Designer.

Game developer for story execution, code implementation, and code review. Use when the user asks to talk to Link Freeman or requests the Game Developer.

Game QA architect for test automation, performance profiling, and quality assurance. Use when the user asks to talk to GLaDOS or requests the Game QA Architect.

Game dev scrum master for sprint planning, story creation, and agile ceremonies. Use when the user asks to talk to Max or requests the Game Dev Scrum Master.

Elite indie game developer for rapid prototyping and solo quick-flow development. Use when the user asks to talk to Indie or requests the Game Solo Dev.

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

Module Creation Master. Module Architecture Specialist + Full-Stack Systems Designer. BMB Module agent.

Product Manager. Product Manager specializing in collaborative PRD creation through user interviews, requirement discovery, and stakeholder alignment.. CORE Module agent.

QA Engineer. QA Engineer. CORE Module agent.

Quick Flow Solo Dev. Elite Full-Stack Developer + Quick Flow Specialist. COR E Module agent.

QA Engineer for rapid test automation. Generates API and E2E tests for existing features using standard test framework patterns. Focuses on coverage first, optimization later.

Scrum Master. Technical Scrum Master + Story Preparation Specialist. CORE Mo dule agent.

Technical Writer for project documentation, document authoring, Mermaid diagrams, documentation validation, and concept explanations. Master of clarity transforming complex concepts into accessible structured documentation.

UX Designer. User Experience Designer + UI Specialist. CORE Module agent.

Workflow Building Master. Workflow Architecture Specialist + Process Design Expert. BMB Module agent.

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.

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

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

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".

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.

QA engineer for test automation and coverage. Use when the user asks to talk to Quinn or requests the QA engineer.

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.

Scrum master for sprint planning and story preparation. Use when the user asks to talk to Bob or requests the scrum master.

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.

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 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".

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"

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

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"

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 product brief through collaborative discovery. Use when the user says "lets create a product brief" or "help me create a project brief"

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"

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"

Lossless LLM-optimized compression of source documents. Use when the user requests to 'distill documents' or 'create a distillate'.

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

Edit an existing PRD. Use when the user says "edit this PRD".

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

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 skill(s) to use. Use when user asks for help, bmad help, what to do next, or what to start with in 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

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.

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'.

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 a product brief', 'help me create a project brief', or 'update my product brief'.

Create or update product briefs through guided or autonomous discovery. Use when the user requests to create or update a Product Brief.

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

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.

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.

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"

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Generate failing acceptance tests using 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"

Assess NFRs like performance security and reliability. Use when the user says "lets assess NFRs" or "I want to 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"

Validate a PRD against standards. Use when the user says "validate this PRD" or "run PRD validation"

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

Expert-guided brainstorming and ideation session. Phase 1 Analysis

Create, validate, or edit product requirements documents. Tri-modal. Phase 2 Planning

Facilitate game brainstorming sessions with game-specific techniques. Use when the user says "brainstorm game" or "game ideas"

Verify GDD, UX, Architecture, and Epics alignment before production. Use when the user says "check readiness" or "implementation readiness"

Perform thorough code review to find bugs and quality issues. Use when the user says "review this code" or "do a code review"

Manage significant changes when sprint implementation is off track. Use when the user says "correct course" or "we need a course correction"

Create Epics and Stories from GDD requirements for development. Use when the user says "create epics" or "create stories"

Interactive game brief creation guiding users through defining their game vision. Use when the user says "game brief" or "create brief"

Create Game Design Documents with mechanics and implementation guidance. Use when the user says "create GDD" or "game design document"

Create comprehensive narrative documentation with story structure and world-building. Use when the user says "narrative design" or "create narrative"

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 for game UI/HUD elements. Use when the user says "lets create UX design" or "create UX specifications" or "help me plan the game 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"

Analyze existing game projects to produce useful documentation. Use when the user says "document project" or "generate docs"

Scaffold end-to-end testing infrastructure. Use when the user says "e2e scaffold" or "set up e2e testing"

Design scale-adaptive game architecture with engine systems and networking. Use when the user says "game architecture" or "design architecture"

Create optimized project-context.md for AI agent consistency. Use when the user says "project context" or "generate context"

Design game performance testing strategy. Use when the user says "performance test" or "benchmark"

Create structured playtesting plans for user feedback. Use when the user says "playtest plan" or "playtesting"

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

Flexible development workflow - execute tech-specs OR direct instructions with optional planning. Use when the user says "lets implement this feature" or "execute these development tasks"

Create technical specs with implementation-ready stories. Use when the user says "quick spec" or "tech spec"

Facilitate a retrospective after completing a game development epic. Use when the user says "run a retrospective" or "lets do a retro"

Generate or update sprint status from epic files for sprint planning. Use when the user says "plan the sprint" or "create sprint plan"

Summarize current sprint progress and surface risks. Use when the user says "sprint status" or "how is the sprint going"

Generate automated game tests for gameplay systems. Use when the user says "automate tests" or "generate tests"

Create comprehensive game test scenarios. Use when the user says "test design" or "design tests"

Initialize game test framework for Unity, Unreal, or Godot. Use when the user says "test framework" or "set up testing"

Review test quality and coverage. Use when the user says "test review" or "review tests"

Show available BMAD commands, agents, and workflows

Initialize BMAD config and directory structure for a project

Conduct market, domain, or technical research with verified sources. Phase 1 Analysis

Check BMAD project progress and get next-step recommendations