bmad-help

BMad Help

🆘 bmad-help | Your Intelligent Guide

Inspect your project state, detect what's been done, and recommend the next required or optional step.

How It Works

1. Scan project — Look for existing artifacts (PRD, architecture, stories, sprint status, etc.)
2. Detect modules — Check which BMad modules are installed
3. Recommend next steps — Prioritized: required first, then optional
4. Present with commands — Each recommendation includes the skill command

Usage

bmad-help

Or with a specific question:

bmad-help I have a trading app idea, where do I start?
bmad-help What should I do next?
bmad-help Show me what's been done so far

Project State Detection

Scans for these artifacts:

Artifact	Path	Indicates
Project Context	_bmad-output/project-context.md	Context generated
Product Brief	_bmad-output/planning-artifacts/product-brief.md	Analysis phase started
PRD	_bmad-output/planning-artifacts/PRD.md	Planning phase complete
Architecture	_bmad-output/planning-artifacts/architecture.md	Solutioning phase complete
Epics & Stories	_bmad-output/planning-artifacts/epics-and-stories.md	Stories created
Sprint Status	_bmad-output/implementation-artifacts/sprint-status.yaml	Sprint tracking active
Stories	stories/*.md	Stories in progress

Recommendations

Based on detected state, recommends:

If nothing exists:

1. Generate project context (bmad-generate-project-context)
2. Or start with brainstorming (bmad-brainstorming)

If only project context exists:

1. Create product brief (bmad-product-brief)
2. Or jump to PRD (bmad-create-prd)

If PRD exists but no architecture:

1. Create architecture (bmad-create-architecture)

If architecture exists but no stories:

1. Create epics & stories (bmad-create-epics-and-stories)

If stories exist but no sprint:

1. Initialize sprint planning (bmad-sprint-planning)

If sprint is active:

1. Pick next story and implement (bmad-dev-story)
2. Or run code review (bmad-code-review)

Output

Context-aware recommendations with clear next steps and commands.