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BMad Builder (BMB)

Create custom agents, workflows, and modules for BMAD.

Quick Start

Section titled “Quick Start”

Agent Architecture

Section titled “Agent Architecture”

Comprehensive guides for each agent type:

  • Simple Agent Architecture - Self-contained, optimized, personality-driven
  • Expert Agent Architecture - Memory, sidecar files, domain restrictions
  • Module Agent Architecture - Workflow integration, professional tools

Key Concepts

Section titled “Key Concepts”

YAML to XML Compilation

Section titled “YAML to XML Compilation”

Agents are authored in YAML with Handlebars templating. The compiler auto-injects:

  1. Frontmatter - Name and description from metadata
  2. Activation Block - Steps, menu handlers, rules
  3. Menu Enhancement - *help and *exit commands added automatically
  4. Trigger Prefixing - Your triggers auto-prefixed with *

Reference Examples

Section titled “Reference Examples”

Production-ready examples available in the BMB reference folder:

Simple Agents

Section titled “Simple Agents”
  • commit-poet - Commit message artisan with style customization

Expert Agents

Section titled “Expert Agents”
  • journal-keeper - Personal journal companion with memory and pattern recognition

Module Agents

Section titled “Module Agents”
  • security-engineer - BMM security specialist with threat modeling
  • trend-analyst - CIS trend intelligence expert

Installation Guide

Section titled “Installation Guide”

For installing standalone simple and expert agents, see:

Section titled “Related”