| module | phase | name | code | sequence | workflow-file | command | required | agent-name | agent-command | agent-display-name | agent-title | options | description | output-location | outputs |
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| BMad Method | _meta | | | | | | false | | | | | | | https://docs.bmad-method.org/llms.txt | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-agent-tech-writer | Write Document | WD | Describe in detail what you want, and the agent will follow documentation best practices. Multi-turn conversation with subprocess for research/review. | write | | anytime | | | | | | false | project-knowledge | document |
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| BMad Method | bmad-agent-tech-writer | Update Standards | US | Update agent memory documentation-standards.md with your specific preferences if you discover missing document conventions. | update-standards | | anytime | | | | | | false | _bmad/_memory/tech-writer-sidecar | standards |
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| BMad Method | bmad-agent-tech-writer | Mermaid Generate | MG | Create a Mermaid diagram based on user description. Will suggest diagram types if not specified. | mermaid | | anytime | | | | | | false | planning_artifacts | mermaid diagram |
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| BMad Method | bmad-agent-tech-writer | Validate Document | VD | Review the specified document against documentation standards and best practices. Returns specific actionable improvement suggestions organized by priority. | validate | [path] | anytime | | | | | | false | planning_artifacts | validation report |
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| BMad Method | bmad-agent-tech-writer | Explain Concept | EC | Create clear technical explanations with examples and diagrams for complex concepts. | explain | [topic] | anytime | | | | | | false | project_knowledge | explanation |
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| BMad Method | bmad-brainstorming | Brainstorm Project | BP | Expert guided facilitation through a single or multiple techniques. | | 1-analysis | false | | | | | false | planning_artifacts | brainstorming session | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-check-implementation-readiness | Check Implementation Readiness | IR | Ensure PRD UX Architecture and Epics Stories are aligned. | | 3-solutioning | bmad-create-epics-and-stories | | | | | true | planning_artifacts | readiness report | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-checkpoint-preview | Checkpoint | CK | Guided walkthrough of a change from purpose and context into details. Use for human review of commits branches or PRs. | | 4-implementation | false | | | | | false | | | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-code-review | Code Review | CR | Story cycle: If issues back to DS if approved then next CS or ER if epic complete. | | 4-implementation | bmad-dev-story | | | | | false | | | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-correct-course | Correct Course | CC | Navigate significant changes. May recommend start over update PRD redo architecture sprint planning or correct epics and stories. | | anytime | false | | | | | false | planning_artifacts | change proposal | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-create-architecture | Create Architecture | CA | Guided workflow to document technical decisions. | | 3-solutioning | false | | | | | true | planning_artifacts | architecture | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-create-epics-and-stories | Create Epics and Stories | CE | | | 3-solutioning | bmad-create-architecture | | | | | true | planning_artifacts | epics and stories | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-create-prd | Create PRD | CP | Expert led facilitation to produce your Product Requirements Document. | | 2-planning | false | | | | | true | planning_artifacts | prd | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-create-story | Create Story | CS | Story cycle start: Prepare first found story in the sprint plan that is next or a specific epic/story designation. | create | | 4-implementation | bmad-sprint-planning | | | | bmad-create-story:validate | true | implementation_artifacts | story |
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| BMad Method | bmad-create-story | Validate Story | VS | Validates story readiness and completeness before development work begins. | validate | | 4-implementation | bmad-create-story:create | | | | bmad-dev-story | false | implementation_artifacts | story validation report |
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| BMad Method | bmad-create-ux-design | Create UX | CU | Guidance through realizing the plan for your UX, strongly recommended if a UI is a primary piece of the proposed project. | | 2-planning | bmad-create-prd | | | | | false | planning_artifacts | ux design | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-dev-story | Dev Story | DS | Story cycle: Execute story implementation tasks and tests then CR then back to DS if fixes needed. | | 4-implementation | bmad-create-story:validate | | | | | true | | | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-document-project | Document Project | DP | Analyze an existing project to produce useful documentation. | | anytime | false | | | | | false | project-knowledge | * | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-domain-research | Domain Research | DR | Industry domain deep dive subject matter expertise and terminology. | | 1-analysis | false | | | | | false | planning_artifacts|project_knowledge | research documents | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-edit-prd | Edit PRD | EP | | | [path] | 2-planning | bmad-validate-prd | | | | | false | planning_artifacts | updated prd |
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| BMad Method | bmad-generate-project-context | Generate Project Context | GPC | Scan existing codebase to generate a lean LLM-optimized project-context.md. Essential for brownfield projects. | | anytime | false | | | | | false | output_folder | project context | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-market-research | Market Research | MR | Market analysis competitive landscape customer needs and trends. | | 1-analysis | false | | | | | false | planning_artifacts|project-knowledge | research documents | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-prfaq | PRFAQ Challenge | WB | Working Backwards guided experience to forge and stress-test your product concept to ensure you have a great product that users will love and need through the PRFAQ gauntlet to determine feasibility and alignment with user needs. alternative to product brief. | | -H | 1-analysis | | | | | | false | planning_artifacts | prfaq document |
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| BMad Method | bmad-product-brief | Create Brief | CB | An expert guided experience to nail down your product idea in a brief. a gentler approach than PRFAQ when you are already sure of your concept and nothing will sway you. | | -A | 1-analysis | | | | | | false | planning_artifacts | product brief |
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| BMad Method | bmad-qa-generate-e2e-tests | QA Automation Test | QA | Generate automated API and E2E tests for implemented code. NOT for code review or story validation — use CR for that. | | 4-implementation | bmad-dev-story | | | | | false | implementation_artifacts | test suite | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-quick-dev | Quick Dev | QQ | Unified intent-in code-out workflow: clarify plan implement review and present. | | anytime | false | | | | | false | implementation_artifacts | spec and project implementation | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-retrospective | Retrospective | ER | Optional at epic end: Review completed work lessons learned and next epic or if major issues consider CC. | | 4-implementation | bmad-code-review | | | | | false | implementation_artifacts | retrospective | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-sprint-planning | Sprint Planning | SP | Kicks off implementation by producing a plan the implementation agents will follow in sequence for every story. | | 4-implementation | false | | | | | true | implementation_artifacts | sprint status | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-sprint-status | Sprint Status | SS | Anytime: Summarize sprint status and route to next workflow. | | 4-implementation | bmad-sprint-planning | | | | | false | | | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-technical-research | Technical Research | TR | Technical feasibility architecture options and implementation approaches. | | 1-analysis | false | | | | | false | planning_artifacts|project_knowledge | research documents | |
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| BMad Method | bmad-validate-prd | Validate PRD | VP | | | [path] | 2-planning | bmad-create-prd | | | | | false | planning_artifacts | prd validation report |
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| Core | _meta | | | | | | false | | | | | | | https://docs.bmad-method.org/llms.txt | |
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| Core | bmad-brainstorming | Brainstorming | BSP | Use early in ideation or when stuck generating ideas. | | anytime | false | | | | | false | {output_folder}/brainstorming | brainstorming session | |
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| Core | bmad-customize | BMad Customize | BC | Use when you want to change how an agent or workflow behaves — add persistent facts, swap templates, insert activation hooks, or customize menus. Scans what's customizable, picks the right scope (agent vs workflow), writes the override to _bmad/custom/, and verifies the merge. No TOML hand-authoring required. | | anytime | false | | | | | false | {project-root}/_bmad/custom | TOML override files | |
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| Core | bmad-distillator | Distillator | DG | Use when you need token-efficient distillates that preserve all information for downstream LLM consumption. | [path] | anytime | false | | | | | false | adjacent to source document or specified output_path | distillate markdown file(s) | |
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| Core | bmad-editorial-review-prose | Editorial Review - Prose | EP | Use after drafting to polish written content. | [path] | anytime | false | | | | | false | report located with target document | three-column markdown table with suggested fixes | |
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| Core | bmad-editorial-review-structure | Editorial Review - Structure | ES | Use when doc produced from multiple subprocesses or needs structural improvement. | [path] | anytime | false | | | | | false | report located with target document | | |
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| Core | bmad-help | BMad Help | BH | | | anytime | false | | | | | false | | | |
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| Core | bmad-index-docs | Index Docs | ID | Use when LLM needs to understand available docs without loading everything. | | anytime | false | | | | | false | | | |
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| Core | bmad-party-mode | Party Mode | PM | Orchestrate multi-agent discussions when you need multiple perspectives or want agents to collaborate. | | anytime | false | | | | | false | | | |
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| Core | bmad-review-adversarial-general | Adversarial Review | AR | Use for quality assurance or before finalizing deliverables. Code Review in other modules runs this automatically, but also useful for document reviews. | [path] | anytime | false | | | | | false | | | |
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| Core | bmad-review-edge-case-hunter | Edge Case Hunter Review | ECH | Use alongside adversarial review for orthogonal coverage — method-driven not attitude-driven. | [path] | anytime | false | | | | | false | | | |
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| Core | bmad-shard-doc | Shard Document | SD | Use when doc becomes too large (>500 lines) to manage effectively. | [path] | anytime | false | | | | | false | | | |
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| Test Architecture Enterprise | _meta | | | | | | false | | | | | | | https://bmad-code-org.github.io/bmad-method-test-architecture-enterprise/llms.txt | |
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| Test Architecture Enterprise | bmad-teach-me-testing | Teach Me Testing | TMT | Teach testing fundamentals through 7 sessions (TEA Academy). | | | 0-learning | | | | | | false | test_artifacts | progress file|session notes|certificate |
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| Test Architecture Enterprise | bmad-testarch-atdd | ATDD | AT | Generate red-phase acceptance test scaffolds before implementation. | | | 4-implementation | bmad-create-story:create | | | | bmad-dev-story | false | test_artifacts | atdd-checklist|red-phase acceptance tests |
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| Test Architecture Enterprise | bmad-testarch-automate | Test Automation | TA | Expand test coverage. | | | 4-implementation | bmad-testarch-atdd | | | | | false | test_artifacts | test suite |
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| Test Architecture Enterprise | bmad-testarch-ci | CI Setup | CI | Configure CI/CD quality pipeline. | | | 3-solutioning | bmad-testarch-framework | | | | | false | test_artifacts | ci config |
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| Test Architecture Enterprise | bmad-testarch-framework | Test Framework | TF | Initialize production-ready test framework. | | | 3-solutioning | bmad-testarch-test-design | | | | bmad-testarch-ci | false | test_artifacts | framework scaffold |
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| Test Architecture Enterprise | bmad-testarch-nfr | NFR Evidence Audit | NR | Audit non-functional requirement evidence. | | | 4-implementation | bmad-testarch-automate | | | | | false | test_artifacts | nfr report |
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| Test Architecture Enterprise | bmad-testarch-test-design | Test Design | TD | Risk-based test planning. | | | 3-solutioning | | | | | bmad-testarch-framework | false | test_artifacts | test design document |
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| Test Architecture Enterprise | bmad-testarch-test-review | Test Review | RV | Quality audit (0-100 scoring). | | | 4-implementation | bmad-testarch-automate | | | | | false | test_artifacts | review report |
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| Test Architecture Enterprise | bmad-testarch-trace | Traceability | TR | Coverage traceability and gate. | | | 4-implementation | bmad-testarch-test-review | | | | | false | test_artifacts | traceability matrix|gate decision |
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