bmad-research

Name: bmad-research
Author: aj-geddes

28installs73forks

How to install bmad-research?

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

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

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Summary

Conducts market, competitive, domain, and technical research using live web sources, producing a cited research-report.md to inform BMAD planning decisions. Use when the user says: - "research [topic/market/technology]" - "competitive analysis" or "who are the competitors" - "mar

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SKILL.md

1	# BMAD Research
2
3	Conducts structured, cited research across three modes to feed BMAD planning workflows.
4	Output is a research-report.md in bmad-output/, ready for handoff to planning skills.
5
6	---
7
8	## Step 0 — Clarify Intent
9
10	Before searching, confirm:
11
12	1. Mode — Create / Update / Validate (default: Create)
13	2. Research type — Market \| Competitive \| Technical \| Domain (may combine)
14	3. Topic — What is being researched?
15	4. Output destination — Default: `bmad-output/research-report.md`
16
17	If project-context.md exists, read it first (`bmad-output/project-context.md`) for
18	scope constraints.
19
20	---
21
22	## Step 1 — Plan the Research
23
24	Use the source-type strategy guide to pick sources by research type:
25
26	```
27	${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/bmad-research/scripts/research-sources.sh
28	```
29
30	Run it (Bash) to print the guide, then sketch a query plan:
31	- 3–5 targeted WebSearch queries per research type
32	- Specific URLs to WebFetch (industry reports, competitor sites, docs)
33	- Triangulation goal: each key claim backed by 2+ independent sources
34
35	Track progress with TodoWrite.
36
37	---
38
39	## Step 2 — Execute Research
40
41	### Market Research
42	- Search: market size, TAM/SAM/SOM, growth CAGR, key trends, growth drivers
43	- Sources: Statista, Grand View Research, CB Insights, SEC filings, industry reports
44	- Quantify everything possible: dollar values, percentages, time frames
45
46	### Competitive Research
47	- Search: top competitors, feature comparisons, pricing, user reviews, funding
48	- Sources: G2/Capterra (reviews), Crunchbase (funding/size), company IR pages,
49	product documentation, Reddit/HN community sentiment
50	- Build a feature comparison matrix
51
52	### Technical Research
53	- Search: framework benchmarks, adoption rates, community health, known trade-offs
54	- Sources: Official docs, GitHub stars/issues, npm/PyPI stats, State of JS/CSS,
55	ThoughtWorks Radar, Stack Overflow surveys
56	- Evaluate: maturity, ecosystem, licensing, long-term viability
57
58	### Domain Research
59	- Search: regulatory landscape, industry standards, key players, domain glossary
60	- Sources: Government databases, standards bodies, academic papers (Google Scholar,
61	arXiv), trade publications
62
63	Citation discipline: for every factual claim, record source URL + access date.
64	When a claim cannot be verified across 2+ sources, mark it `[UNVERIFIED]`.
65
66	---
67
68	## Step 3 — Update Mode
69
70	If mode is Update, read the existing report first. Then:
71	1. Identify sections with stale data (>6 months old, or marked `[UNVERIFIED]`)
72	2. Re-run targeted searches for those sections only
73	3. Append a "Last Updated" entry per section
74	4. Increment the report version
75
76	---
77
78	## Step 4 — Validate Mode
79
80	If mode is Validate:
81	1. Extract all quantitative claims from the existing report
82	2. Spot-check each claim with a fresh WebSearch
83	3. Mark each claim: `[VERIFIED]`, `[CONTRADICTED source: …]`, or `[UNVERIFIED]`
84	4. Append a "Validation Summary" section noting overall confidence
85
86	---
87
88	## Step 5 — Write the Report
89
90	Use the template:
91
92	```
93	${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/bmad-research/templates/research-report.template.md
94	```
95
96	Fill all sections. Sections irrelevant to the research type may be omitted (mark as
97	N/A). Write the completed report to:
98
99	```
100	bmad-output/research-report.md # or a user-specified path
101	```
102
103	Required sections regardless of mode:
104	- Executive Summary with key findings and bottom line
105	- Research Scope (in/out of scope, time frame)
106	- Methodology (sources used, tools, limitations)
107	- Gaps & Opportunities
108	- Recommendations (planning actions, not implementation actions)
109	- Full source bibliography (Appendix B) with URLs and access dates
110
111	---
112
113	## Step 6 — Handoff
114
115	After writing the report, tell the user:
116	- The output path
117	- The 3 most important findings in plain language
118	- Which BMAD planning skill should consume this report next:
119	- Market/Competitive → business-analyst or product-manager
120	- Technical → system-architect
121	- Domain → business-analyst
122
123	Record the research decision in `bmad-out

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How to install bmad-research?

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

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

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Files · 1

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SKILL.md

1	# BMAD Research
2
3	Conducts structured, cited research across three modes to feed BMAD planning workflows.
4	Output is a research-report.md in bmad-output/, ready for handoff to planning skills.
5
6	---
7
8	## Step 0 — Clarify Intent
9
10	Before searching, confirm:
11
12	1. Mode — Create / Update / Validate (default: Create)
13	2. Research type — Market \| Competitive \| Technical \| Domain (may combine)
14	3. Topic — What is being researched?
15	4. Output destination — Default: `bmad-output/research-report.md`
16
17	If project-context.md exists, read it first (`bmad-output/project-context.md`) for
18	scope constraints.
19
20	---
21
22	## Step 1 — Plan the Research
23
24	Use the source-type strategy guide to pick sources by research type:
25
26	```
27	${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/bmad-research/scripts/research-sources.sh
28	```
29
30	Run it (Bash) to print the guide, then sketch a query plan:
31	- 3–5 targeted WebSearch queries per research type
32	- Specific URLs to WebFetch (industry reports, competitor sites, docs)
33	- Triangulation goal: each key claim backed by 2+ independent sources
34
35	Track progress with TodoWrite.
36
37	---
38
39	## Step 2 — Execute Research
40
41	### Market Research
42	- Search: market size, TAM/SAM/SOM, growth CAGR, key trends, growth drivers
43	- Sources: Statista, Grand View Research, CB Insights, SEC filings, industry reports
44	- Quantify everything possible: dollar values, percentages, time frames
45
46	### Competitive Research
47	- Search: top competitors, feature comparisons, pricing, user reviews, funding
48	- Sources: G2/Capterra (reviews), Crunchbase (funding/size), company IR pages,
49	product documentation, Reddit/HN community sentiment
50	- Build a feature comparison matrix
51
52	### Technical Research
53	- Search: framework benchmarks, adoption rates, community health, known trade-offs
54	- Sources: Official docs, GitHub stars/issues, npm/PyPI stats, State of JS/CSS,
55	ThoughtWorks Radar, Stack Overflow surveys
56	- Evaluate: maturity, ecosystem, licensing, long-term viability
57
58	### Domain Research
59	- Search: regulatory landscape, industry standards, key players, domain glossary
60	- Sources: Government databases, standards bodies, academic papers (Google Scholar,
61	arXiv), trade publications
62
63	Citation discipline: for every factual claim, record source URL + access date.
64	When a claim cannot be verified across 2+ sources, mark it `[UNVERIFIED]`.
65
66	---
67
68	## Step 3 — Update Mode
69
70	If mode is Update, read the existing report first. Then:
71	1. Identify sections with stale data (>6 months old, or marked `[UNVERIFIED]`)
72	2. Re-run targeted searches for those sections only
73	3. Append a "Last Updated" entry per section
74	4. Increment the report version
75
76	---
77
78	## Step 4 — Validate Mode
79
80	If mode is Validate:
81	1. Extract all quantitative claims from the existing report
82	2. Spot-check each claim with a fresh WebSearch
83	3. Mark each claim: `[VERIFIED]`, `[CONTRADICTED source: …]`, or `[UNVERIFIED]`
84	4. Append a "Validation Summary" section noting overall confidence
85
86	---
87
88	## Step 5 — Write the Report
89
90	Use the template:
91
92	```
93	${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/bmad-research/templates/research-report.template.md
94	```
95
96	Fill all sections. Sections irrelevant to the research type may be omitted (mark as
97	N/A). Write the completed report to:
98
99	```
100	bmad-output/research-report.md # or a user-specified path
101	```
102
103	Required sections regardless of mode:
104	- Executive Summary with key findings and bottom line
105	- Research Scope (in/out of scope, time frame)
106	- Methodology (sources used, tools, limitations)
107	- Gaps & Opportunities
108	- Recommendations (planning actions, not implementation actions)
109	- Full source bibliography (Appendix B) with URLs and access dates
110
111	---
112
113	## Step 6 — Handoff
114
115	After writing the report, tell the user:
116	- The output path
117	- The 3 most important findings in plain language
118	- Which BMAD planning skill should consume this report next:
119	- Market/Competitive → business-analyst or product-manager
120	- Technical → system-architect
121	- Domain → business-analyst
122
123	Record the research decision in `bmad-out

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