Build More, Architect Dreams — An AI-driven agile development framework with 21 specialized agents, 50+ guided workflows, and scale-adaptive intelligence that adjusts from bug fixes to enterprise systems.

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Why BMad?

Traditional AI tools do the thinking for you, producing average results. BMad agents act as expert collaborators who guide you through structured workflows to bring out your best thinking.

• Scale-Adaptive: Automatically adjusts planning depth based on project complexity (Level 0-4)
• Structured Workflows: Grounded in agile best practices across analysis, planning, architecture, and implementation
• Specialized Agents: 12+ domain experts (PM, Architect, Developer, UX, Scrum Master, and more)
• Complete Lifecycle: From brainstorming to deployment, with just-in-time documentation

Quick Start

Prerequisites: Node.js v20+

npx bmad-fh install

Follow the installer prompts to configure your project.

Once you have installed BMad to a folder, launch your tool of choice from where you installed BMad. (We really like Claude Code and Cursor - but there are any that work great with BMad!)

Then its simple as running the command: /bmad-help if you do not know what to do. Depending on which modules you have installed, you will have different choices.

To make the help more applicable you can even run the /bmad-help What do you suggest I do to get started building a brand new web application for XYZ.

The results from BMad Help will be able to suggest and constantly guide you on what to do next - along with the workflows upon completion also making suggestions on what to do next.

This analyzes your project and recommends a track:

| Track | Best For | Time to First Story Coding | | --------------- | ------------------------- | -------------------------- | | Quick Flow | Bug fixes, small features | ~10-30 minutes | | BMad Method | Products and platforms | ~30 minutes - 2 hours | | Enterprise | Compliance-heavy systems | ~1-3 hours |

Modules

BMad Method extends with official modules for specialized domains. Modules are available during installation and can be added to your project at any time.

| Module | GitHub | NPM | Purpose | |--------|--------|-----|---------| | BMad Method (BMM) | bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD | bmad-method | Core framework with 34+ workflows across 4 development phases | | BMad Builder (BMB) | bmad-code-org/bmad-builder | bmad-builder | Create custom BMad agents, workflows, and domain-specific modules | | Game Dev Studio (BMGD) | bmad-code-org/bmad-module-game-dev-studio | bmad-game-dev-studio | Game development workflows for Unity, Unreal, and Godot | | Creative Intelligence Suite (CIS) | bmad-code-org/bmad-module-creative-intelligence-suite | bmad-creative-intelligence-suite | Innovation, brainstorming, design thinking, and problem-solving |

Documentation

Full Documentation — Tutorials, how-to guides, concepts, and reference

• Getting Started Tutorial
• Upgrading from Previous Versions

For v4 Users

• v4 Documentation

Multi-Scope Parallel Development

BMad supports running multiple workflows in parallel across different terminal sessions with isolated artifacts. Perfect for:

• Multi-team projects — Each team works in their own scope
• Parallel feature development — Develop auth, payments, and catalog simultaneously
• Microservices — One scope per service with shared contracts
• Experimentation — Create isolated scopes for spikes and prototypes

Quick Start

# Initialize scope system
npx bmad-fh scope init

# Create a scope (you'll be prompted to activate it)
npx bmad-fh scope create auth --name "Authentication Service"
# ✓ Scope 'auth' created successfully!
# ? Set 'auth' as your active scope for this session? (Y/n)

# Run workflows - artifacts now go to _bmad-output/auth/
# The active scope is stored in .bmad-scope file

# For parallel development in different terminals:
# Terminal 1:
npx bmad-fh scope set auth     # Activate auth scope
# Terminal 2:
npx bmad-fh scope set payments # Activate payments scope

# Share artifacts between scopes
npx bmad-fh scope sync-up auth       # Promote to shared layer
npx bmad-fh scope sync-down payments # Pull shared updates

Important: Workflows only use scoped directories when a scope is active. After creating a scope, accept the prompt to activate it, or run scope set <id> manually.

CLI Reference

| Command | Description | | ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | | npx bmad-fh scope init | Initialize the scope system in your project | | npx bmad-fh scope list | List all scopes (alias: ls) | | npx bmad-fh scope create <id> | Create a new scope (alias: new) | | npx bmad-fh scope info <id> | Show scope details (alias: show) | | npx bmad-fh scope set [id] | Set active scope for session (alias: use) | | npx bmad-fh scope unset | Clear active scope (alias: clear) | | npx bmad-fh scope remove <id> | Remove a scope (aliases: rm, delete) | | npx bmad-fh scope archive <id> | Archive a completed scope | | npx bmad-fh scope activate <id> | Reactivate an archived scope | | npx bmad-fh scope sync-up <id> | Promote artifacts to shared layer | | npx bmad-fh scope sync-down <id> | Pull shared updates into scope | | npx bmad-fh scope help [cmd] | Show help (add command for detailed help) |

Create Options

npx bmad-fh scope create auth \
  --name "Authentication Service" \
  --description "User auth, SSO, and session management" \
  --deps users,notifications \
  --context  # Create scope-specific project-context.md

Directory Structure

After initialization and scope creation:

project-root/
├── _bmad/
│   ├── _config/
│   │   └── scopes.yaml          # Scope registry and settings
│   └── _events/
│       ├── event-log.yaml       # Event history
│       └── subscriptions.yaml   # Cross-scope subscriptions
│
├── _bmad-output/
│   ├── _shared/                 # Shared knowledge layer
│   │   ├── project-context.md   # Global project context
│   │   ├── contracts/           # Integration contracts
│   │   └── principles/          # Architecture principles
│   │
│   ├── auth/                    # Auth scope artifacts
│   │   ├── planning-artifacts/
│   │   ├── implementation-artifacts/
│   │   └── tests/
│   │
│   └── payments/                # Payments scope artifacts
│       └── ...
│
└── .bmad-scope                  # Session-sticky active scope (gitignored)

Access Model

Scopes follow a "read-any, write-own" isolation model:

| Operation | Own Scope | Other Scopes | _shared/ | | --------- | --------- | ------------ | ----------- | | Read | Allowed | Allowed | Allowed | | Write | Allowed | Blocked | via sync-up |

Workflow Integration

Workflows automatically detect scope context using this priority order:

| Priority | Source | Parallel-Safe | Example | | -------- | --------------------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------- | | 1 | Inline --scope flag | Yes | /workflow-prd --scope auth | | 2 | Conversation memory | Yes | Earlier /scope auth in same chat | | 3 | .bmad-scope file | No | Set via scope set auth | | 4 | BMAD_SCOPE env var | No | export BMAD_SCOPE=auth |

For parallel development, always use inline scope or set scope at conversation start:

# Parallel-safe: inline scope (recommended)
/workflow-prd --scope auth

# Parallel-safe: set at conversation start
/scope auth
/workflow-prd   # Uses auth from conversation memory

# NOT parallel-safe: shared file (single terminal only)
npx bmad-fh scope set auth

Scope-aware path variables in workflows:

• {scope} → Scope ID (e.g., "auth")
• {scope_path} → _bmad-output/auth
• {scope_planning} → _bmad-output/auth/planning-artifacts
• {scope_implementation} → _bmad-output/auth/implementation-artifacts
• {scope_tests} → _bmad-output/auth/tests

Getting Help

# Show comprehensive help for all scope commands
npx bmad-fh scope help

# Get detailed help for a specific command
npx bmad-fh scope help create
npx bmad-fh scope help sync-up

See Enhanced Workflow Scoping Guide for comprehensive technical documentation on parallel-safe scope resolution, architecture, and troubleshooting.

Community

• Discord — Get help, share ideas, collaborate
• YouTube — Tutorials, master class, and podcast (launching Feb 2025)
• GitHub Issues — Bug reports and feature requests
• Discussions — Community conversations

Support BMad

BMad is free for everyone — and always will be. If you'd like to support development:

• ⭐ Star us on GitHub — Helps others discover BMad
• 📺 Subscribe on YouTube — Master class launching Feb 2026
• ☕ Buy Me a Coffee — Fuel the development
• 🏢 Corporate sponsorship — DM on Discord
• 🎤 Speaking & Media — Available for conferences, podcasts, interviews (Discord)

Contributing

We welcome contributions! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.

BMad and BMAD-METHOD are trademarks of BMad Code, LLC. See TRADEMARK.md for details.

See CONTRIBUTORS.md for contributor information.