bmad-idea_skill

Overview

This skill is the BMAD Creative Intelligence Suite for AI-driven ideation, design thinking, innovation strategy, problem-solving, and storytelling. It exposes five specialist agents with distinct methodologies and immediately available workflows—no setup required. Use it to run focused creative sessions, prototype strategies, and craft narratives that align with user needs and market opportunities.

How this skill works

Each specialist agent encapsulates a proven approach: brainstorming (36 techniques), design thinking (5-phase facilitation), innovation strategy (JTBD, Blue Ocean, BMC), structured problem solving (root cause methods), and storytelling (25 frameworks). Invoke full workflows or call a single agent or slash command to get instant, guided outputs. Visual tools and a team-mode "creative squad" combine agents for end-to-end creative pipelines.

When to use it

• Early-stage ideation before product development
• Running human-centered design workshops or empathy mapping
• Exploring market disruption and new business models
• Diagnosing complex problems with root-cause methods
• Crafting product stories, pitches, or narrative arcs

Best practices

• Start with a clear goal and pick the agent that matches the outcome you need (ideation, design, strategy, problem-solving, storytelling)
• Run short, time-boxed sessions for brainstorming to generate volume before refining
• Combine agents in team mode to move from ideas to prototype and story in a single session
• Use the facilitator prompts for empathy work and record user insights for later synthesis
• Iterate outputs: treat agent-generated ideas as drafts to test, refine, and validate with users

Example use cases

• Run a 30-minute ideation sprint using Carson to map 20–50 raw ideas across multiple techniques
• Facilitate a design-thinking cycle with Maya to produce user personas, journey maps, and prototype prompts
• Use Victor to map disruptive opportunities and create a one-page business model canvas
• Apply Dr. Quinn to trace a recurring production failure to its root causes and propose remedial experiments
• Draft a product launch narrative with Sophia using a chosen story framework for pitch decks