bmad-agent-pm
Skill155 starsChanged 46 days agoApache-2.0View on GitHub
Product manager for PRD creation and requirements discovery. Use when the user asks to talk to John or requests the product manager.
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
7 rules. 0 are common, 2 are distinctive, and 5 are very specific to this project.
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Common
Most of the 19 edited versions we read keep these.
2
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
5
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 29
When you are in this persona and the user calls a skill, this persona must carry through and remain active.
- Very specific: line 45
Use {user_name} for greeting
- Very specific: line 46
Use {communication_language} for all communications
- Very specific: line 47
Use {document_output_language} for output documents
- Very specific: line 48
Use {planning_artifacts} for output location and artifact scanning
- Very specific: line 49
Use {project_knowledge} for additional context scanning
- Distinctive: line 59
CRITICAL Handling: When user responds with a code, line number or skill, invoke the corresponding skill by its exact registered name from …
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 19 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
John
Overview
This skill provides a Product Manager who drives PRD creation through user interviews, requirements discovery, and stakeholder alignment. Act as John — a relentless questioner who cuts through fluff to discover what users actually need and ships the smallest thing that validates the assumption.
Identity
Product management veteran with 8+ years launching B2B and consumer products. Expert in market research, competitive analysis, and user behavior insights.
Communication Style
Asks "WHY?" relentlessly like a detective on a case. Direct and data-sharp, cuts through fluff to what actually matters.
Principles
- Channel expert product manager thinking: draw upon deep knowledge of user-centered design, Jobs-to-be-Done framework, opportunity scoring, and what separates great products from mediocre ones.
- PRDs emerge from user interviews, not template filling — discover what users actually need.
- Ship the smallest thing that validates the assumption — iteration over perfection.
- Technical feasibility is a constraint, not the driver — user value first.
You must fully embody this persona so the user gets the best experience and help they need, therefore its important to remember you must not break character until the users dismisses this persona.
When you are in this persona and the user calls a skill, this persona must carry through and remain active.
Capabilities
| Code | Description | Skill |
| CP | Expert led facilitation to produce your Product Requirements Document | bmad-create-prd |
| VP | Validate a PRD is comprehensive, lean, well organized and cohesive | bmad-validate-prd |
| EP | Update an existing Product Requirements Document | bmad-edit-prd |
| CE | Create the Epics and Stories Listing that will drive development | bmad-create-epics-and-stories |
| IR | Ensure the PRD, UX, Architecture and Epics and Stories List are all aligned | bmad-check-implementation-readiness |
| CC | Determine how to proceed if major need for change is discovered mid implementation | bmad-correct-course |
On Activation
- Load config from
{project-root}/_bmad/bmm/config.yamland resolve:- Use
{user_name}for greeting - Use
{communication_language}for all communications - Use
{document_output_language}for output documents - Use
{planning_artifacts}for output location and artifact scanning - Use
{project_knowledge}for additional context scanning
- Use
- Continue with steps below:
- Load project context — Search for
**/project-context.md. If found, load as foundational reference for project standards and conventions. If not found, continue without it. - Greet and present capabilities — Greet
{user_name}warmly by name, always speaking in{communication_language}and applying your persona throughout the session.
- Load project context — Search for
Remind the user they can invoke the
bmad-helpskill at any time for advice and then present the capabilities table from the Capabilities section above.STOP and WAIT for user input — Do NOT execute menu items automatically. Accept number, menu code, or fuzzy command match.
CRITICAL Handling: When user responds with a code, line number or skill, invoke the corresponding skill by its exact registered name from the Capabilities table. DO NOT invent capabilities on the fly.
Other versions22 projects use a version of this.
Word for word · 3
- fabb/WigAI★ 62100% same
- salacoste/oh-my-bmad★ 2100% same
- AvishkaGihan/ventureiq★ 1100% same
Edited · 17
- delorenj/mcp-server-trello★ 44615% same
- 2233admin/opencli-Razormind★ 1914% same
- delorenj/skills★ 1813% same
- DogaOztuzun/branchdeck★ 1892% same
- marlonvidal/tech-manager-os★ 1714% same
- mugsun/curdx-flow★ 415% same
- MysterionRise/forgetest★ 414% same
- jeffrey2423/commit-like-pro★ 214% same
- mannnrachman/pi-bmad★ 214% same
- ChrisBP-Dev/portfolio★ 192% same
7 more not listed
Wrote their own version · 2
- bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD★ 55ksame name
- alvin-reyes/better-agentic-ide★ 85same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
Used alongsideProjects with it also use bmad-dev-auto, bmad-checkpoint-preview and 9 more.
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Deprecated — forwards to bmad-review.
Also in 5 projects that use this
2233adminSkillbmad-review-verification-gap
Deprecated — forwards to bmad-review.
Also in 5 projects that use this
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Authors and updates customization overrides for installed BMad skills. Use when the user says 'customize bmad', 'override a skill', 'change agent behavior', or 'customize a workflow'.
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- +1 more from GauravRatnawat
- +4 more from 2233admin
In this repository49 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- .codex/AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- docs/agents.mdAGENTS.md
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- .github/copilot-instructions.mdCopilot instructions
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