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By bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD (GitHub) · other · 55,255 stars · scanned at commit a867e16
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.
Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.
What this skill can do
Downloads and installs other software
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- skills/bmad/references/setup.md, line 37
**Update.** For `newer-available` modules, show each `update.pre_install_message`, then run `npx skills update -p -y` for the `project` scope and `npx skills up - skills/bmad/scripts/knowledge.py, line 277
return f"npx skills add {parts[0]}/{parts[1]} --skill {skill}" - skills/bmad/scripts/setup.py, line 1061
"""The `npx skills` command that installs these skills, or None when the source has no such command.""" - skills/bmad/scripts/setup.py, line 1066
return f"npx skills add {owner}/{repository}{pin} --skill {' '.join(skills)}" + (" -g" if global_install else "") - skills/bmad/scripts/setup.py, line 1077
return "npx skills update" - skills/bmad/scripts/setup.py, line 1098
return "npx skills update" - skills/bmad/scripts/setup.py, line 1854
f"this module is pinned to {pinned}, which `npx skills update` keeps; " - skills/bmad/scripts/setup.py, line 1872
A branch or commit ref is not a pin: `npx skills update` follows a branch and fetches it again. - skills/bmad/scripts/setup_check.py, line 145
"Offer to run `npx skills update`." - skills/bmad/scripts/setup_check.py, line 150
"cannot be read. Offer to run `npx skills update`." - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_roster.py, line 87
self.assertEqual(bob["install"], "npx skills add acme/tools --skill demo-agent-bob") - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_roster.py, line 153
self.assertEqual(problem["install"], "npx skills add acme/tools --skill bmod-demo") - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_setup_check.py, line 69
self.assertIn("`npx skills add acme/demo --skill bmod-demo`", note) - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_setup_check.py, line 76
self.assertIn("`npx skills add bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD --skill other-skill`", requirement) - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_setup_check.py, line 105
self.assertIn("npx skills update", note) - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_setup_check.py, line 144
self.assertIn("`npx skills add acme/tools --skill other-skill`", note) - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_setup_check.py, line 149
self.assertIn("`npx skills add bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD --skill bmad`", note)
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Connects to the internet
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Runs commands on your computer
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- skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_list_templates.py, line 176
raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(1, "gh", stderr="HTTP 404: Not Found\n") - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_memlog.py, line 356
subprocess.Popen( - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_memlog.py, line 358
stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_memlog.py, line 359
stderr=subprocess.PIPE, - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_render_skill.py, line 166
) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]: - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_render_skill.py, line 167
return subprocess.run( - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_render_skill.py, line 185
def _entry(self, result: subprocess.CompletedProcess[str], project: Path, skill: Path) -> Path: - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_render_skill.py, line 228
def _assert_halt(self, result: subprocess.CompletedProcess[str], ws: SimpleNamespace) -> None: - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_render_skill.py, line 1157
subprocess.run( - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_render_skill.py, line 1160
shell=True, - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_resolve_config.py, line 24
result = subprocess.run( - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_resolve_config.py, line 83
result = subprocess.run( - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_resolve_config.py, line 99
def _run(root: Path, *args: str) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]: - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_resolve_config.py, line 100
return subprocess.run( - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_resolve_customization.py, line 24
result = subprocess.run( - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_resolve_customization.py, line 49
result = subprocess.run( - skills/bmad/scripts/tests/test_resolve_customization.py, line 84
return subprocess.run(
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if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'bmad' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'bmad' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named bmad already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet 'a867e1604b365d48ea03cbd109da1066ba0c84bc' -- 'skills/bmad' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'skills/bmad' ~/.agents/skills/'bmad' && rm -rf "$d"; fi
Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'bmad' ~/.claude/skills/'bmad' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.
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Score history
| Date | Version | Score |
|---|
| 2026-11-08 | a867e16 | 75 |