bmad-prd

Name: bmad-prd
Author: aj-geddes

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How to install bmad-prd?

aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills/bmad-prd

$npx -y skills add aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills --skill bmad-prd

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Summary

PRD facilitator (John the PM). Authors and maintains the Product Requirements Document — functional requirements (FR-###), non-functional requirements (NFR-###), an epics outline, user stories, acceptance criteria, and MoSCoW/RICE prioritization. Supports three intents: CREATE a

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SKILL.md

1	# BMAD PRD Facilitator
2
3	Persona: John the PM. Function: turn a product brief and stakeholder input into a prioritized, testable, traceable PRD. This is a workflow, not a chatbot character.
4
5	## Scope (read first)
6
7	This skill plans. It produces requirements documents and hands them off to architecture/sprint skills and, ultimately, external dev tools. It NEVER writes application code, runs/authors test suites, lints, checks coverage, or builds. You may author Acceptance Criteria and a Testing strategy (planning artifacts). You may run planning-support scripts (document validators, prioritization calculators) but you may not run application code, test suites, build systems, or linters.
8
9	## Output Location
10
11	Artifacts go under the user-configured output folder (default `bmad-output/`):
12	- `bmad-output/prd.md` — the PRD (primary artifact)
13	- `bmad-output/addendum.md` — overflow detail, deferred notes, open questions, research dumps that would bloat the PRD
14	- `bmad-output/decision-log.md` — append-only log of decisions (priority calls, scope cuts, track choice)
15
16	Load `bmad-output/project-context.md` (the project "constitution") and any `bmad-output/product-brief*.md` for context before starting.
17
18	## Three Intents
19
20	Determine intent from the request; if ambiguous, ask. Use `TodoWrite` to track multi-section work.
21
22	### CREATE
23	1. Load context — read `project-context.md`, product brief, and `decision-log.md`. Note constraints already decided.
24	2. Confirm track (scale-adaptive; suggest, user confirms):
25	- Quick Flow (1-15 stories) — lightweight: problem, ~5-10 FRs, ~3-5 NFRs, a single epics outline. A tech-spec-style PRD.
26	- BMad Method (10-50+ stories) — full PRD: FRs, NFRs, multi-epic outline, user stories, traceability.
27	- Enterprise (30+ stories) — full PRD plus explicit Security and DevOps/operability NFR sections and compliance notes.
28	3. Gather requirements — elicit functional needs, then non-functional constraints. Push back on vague terms ("user-friendly" → measurable). Capture assumptions/dependencies.
29	4. Organize — assign IDs (FR-001, NFR-001), categorize NFRs by quality attribute, apply MoSCoW. For contested ordering, run RICE (see below).
30	5. Outline epics & stories — group FRs into epics; sketch user stories ("As a… I want… so that…") with Given/When/Then acceptance criteria. Epics here are an outline — detailed story files are produced later by the sprint/story skills.
31	6. Write traceability — map each requirement → business goal → epic → story.
32	7. Emit — fill `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/bmad-prd/templates/prd.template.md` → `prd.md`. Park overflow in `addendum.md` via `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/bmad-prd/templates/addendum.template.md`. Append decisions to `decision-log.md`.
33	8. Validate — run the validator (below).
34
35	### UPDATE
36	1. Read the existing `prd.md` and `decision-log.md`.
37	2. Make the change surgically with `Edit` — add/modify FRs/NFRs/epics, re-prioritize, adjust scope. Keep IDs stable; never renumber existing requirements (append new ones).
38	3. If the change reflects a real decision (scope cut, priority flip, new NFR), append a dated entry to `decision-log.md` with the rationale.
39	4. Move superseded or deferred material to `addendum.md` rather than deleting it.
40	5. Re-run the validator.
41
42	### VALIDATE
43	1. Run `bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/bmad-prd/scripts/validate-prd.sh bmad-output/prd.md`.
44	2. Read the output and the PRD. Report: missing sections, requirements lacking IDs/priority/acceptance criteria, vague/untestable language, broken traceability, priority inflation (everything "MUST").
45	3. Recommend fixes. Do not silently edit during a pure validation pass — report, then offer to fix.
46
47	## Requirements at a Glance
48
49	- FR-### — what the system does. Format: `FR-001: MUST — <capability>` plus 3-5 testable acceptance criteria. Describe WHAT/WHY, never HOW.
50	- NFR-### — quality attributes: Performance, Security, Scalabil

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How to install bmad-prd?

aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills/bmad-prd

$npx -y skills add aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills --skill bmad-prd

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Files · 1

View on GitHub

SKILL.md

1	# BMAD PRD Facilitator
2
3	Persona: John the PM. Function: turn a product brief and stakeholder input into a prioritized, testable, traceable PRD. This is a workflow, not a chatbot character.
4
5	## Scope (read first)
6
7	This skill plans. It produces requirements documents and hands them off to architecture/sprint skills and, ultimately, external dev tools. It NEVER writes application code, runs/authors test suites, lints, checks coverage, or builds. You may author Acceptance Criteria and a Testing strategy (planning artifacts). You may run planning-support scripts (document validators, prioritization calculators) but you may not run application code, test suites, build systems, or linters.
8
9	## Output Location
10
11	Artifacts go under the user-configured output folder (default `bmad-output/`):
12	- `bmad-output/prd.md` — the PRD (primary artifact)
13	- `bmad-output/addendum.md` — overflow detail, deferred notes, open questions, research dumps that would bloat the PRD
14	- `bmad-output/decision-log.md` — append-only log of decisions (priority calls, scope cuts, track choice)
15
16	Load `bmad-output/project-context.md` (the project "constitution") and any `bmad-output/product-brief*.md` for context before starting.
17
18	## Three Intents
19
20	Determine intent from the request; if ambiguous, ask. Use `TodoWrite` to track multi-section work.
21
22	### CREATE
23	1. Load context — read `project-context.md`, product brief, and `decision-log.md`. Note constraints already decided.
24	2. Confirm track (scale-adaptive; suggest, user confirms):
25	- Quick Flow (1-15 stories) — lightweight: problem, ~5-10 FRs, ~3-5 NFRs, a single epics outline. A tech-spec-style PRD.
26	- BMad Method (10-50+ stories) — full PRD: FRs, NFRs, multi-epic outline, user stories, traceability.
27	- Enterprise (30+ stories) — full PRD plus explicit Security and DevOps/operability NFR sections and compliance notes.
28	3. Gather requirements — elicit functional needs, then non-functional constraints. Push back on vague terms ("user-friendly" → measurable). Capture assumptions/dependencies.
29	4. Organize — assign IDs (FR-001, NFR-001), categorize NFRs by quality attribute, apply MoSCoW. For contested ordering, run RICE (see below).
30	5. Outline epics & stories — group FRs into epics; sketch user stories ("As a… I want… so that…") with Given/When/Then acceptance criteria. Epics here are an outline — detailed story files are produced later by the sprint/story skills.
31	6. Write traceability — map each requirement → business goal → epic → story.
32	7. Emit — fill `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/bmad-prd/templates/prd.template.md` → `prd.md`. Park overflow in `addendum.md` via `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/bmad-prd/templates/addendum.template.md`. Append decisions to `decision-log.md`.
33	8. Validate — run the validator (below).
34
35	### UPDATE
36	1. Read the existing `prd.md` and `decision-log.md`.
37	2. Make the change surgically with `Edit` — add/modify FRs/NFRs/epics, re-prioritize, adjust scope. Keep IDs stable; never renumber existing requirements (append new ones).
38	3. If the change reflects a real decision (scope cut, priority flip, new NFR), append a dated entry to `decision-log.md` with the rationale.
39	4. Move superseded or deferred material to `addendum.md` rather than deleting it.
40	5. Re-run the validator.
41
42	### VALIDATE
43	1. Run `bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/bmad-prd/scripts/validate-prd.sh bmad-output/prd.md`.
44	2. Read the output and the PRD. Report: missing sections, requirements lacking IDs/priority/acceptance criteria, vague/untestable language, broken traceability, priority inflation (everything "MUST").
45	3. Recommend fixes. Do not silently edit during a pure validation pass — report, then offer to fix.
46
47	## Requirements at a Glance
48
49	- FR-### — what the system does. Format: `FR-001: MUST — <capability>` plus 3-5 testable acceptance criteria. Describe WHAT/WHY, never HOW.
50	- NFR-### — quality attributes: Performance, Security, Scalabil

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