BMAD Board Documentation
Welcome. This is the home for learning the BMAD method and how to run it inside BMAD Board — the visual cockpit that lets you lead a hybrid team (you plus your AI coding agents) through real epics, real stories, and real sprints.
If you have ever felt like the bottleneck between your AI agents and shipped software — clicking between chats, copying context, losing track of which story is where — these docs are for you. The BMAD method gives that work a shape, and BMAD Board makes the shape visible.
New here? Start with What is BMAD Board?, then What is the BMAD method?, then install the app.
Pick your path
| If you want to… | Go to |
|---|---|
| Understand what BMAD Board is and who it's for | What is BMAD Board? |
| Understand the method behind it | What is the BMAD method? |
| Install and open your first project | Installation → Your first project |
| See the whole method end to end | The method: overview |
| Meet the agents you'll be working with | The agents |
| Learn the day-to-day board | Epics & stories |
| Look up a command | Slash-command reference |
The four phases at a glance
The BMAD method carries a project from an idea to shipped software through four phases. Each is driven by conversational agents and leaves behind artifacts that feed the next phase.
- Analysis — brainstorm and research; write a product brief or PRFAQ. (Mary, the Analyst.)
- Planning — write the PRD and, when there's a UI, the UX design. (John, the PM; Sally, the UX Designer.)
- Solutioning — architect the spine, break work into epics and stories, check readiness. (Winston, the Architect.)
- Implementation — plan the sprint, then run the story cycle to Done, with a retrospective at the end. (Amelia, the Engineer; Murat, the Test Architect.)
Documentation map
- Introduction — What is BMAD Board? · What is the BMAD method?
- Getting started — Installation · Your first project
- The method — Overview · The agents · Analysis · Planning · Solutioning · Implementation · Quality & testing
- Using the board — Epics & stories · Terminal & providers · Documents, git & history
- Reference — Slash commands · Glossary
A note on openness
The BMAD method is 100% open source, created by Brian Madison and given freely to the world (github.com/bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD). BMAD Board honors that: the full method, on the visual cockpit, is free forever.
Open is free tier. Always.