BMAD Method

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• DSPyPeople use it to structure LLM calls as typed programs and optimize prompts. Critics say its value depends on a good automated metric and up-front setup.29recommend

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1. This framework is a well thought approach to create very detailed definitions of the tasks that LLM based coding agents can process

   Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “Startup CTO insisting on only vibe coding – What to do?”

2. I've been using BMAD for planning and speccing out something fairly elaborate, and it's been a blast.

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has ignited a passion again”

3. These agents are crucial because it’s like having a whole Product department inside your codebase

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “We've got 10 sales from Hacker News”

4. Frameworks like BMAD has been great at enabling developers adopt spec driven development with AI.

   Recommends · May 2026 · in “Vibe Coding Is Becoming an Osint Risk”

5. every story requires running through create → develop → test → review → fix → update status

   Mixed · Feb 2026

6. in BMAD you can create files where all the rules, architectures, DOs and DON'Ts are covered

   Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “Why AI Coding Tools Still Feel Stuck on Localhost”

7. It created a specification for me, by checking the code I answered a lot of questions

   Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “Ask HN: How are you using AI code assistants on large messy legacy code bases?”

8. I'm successfully using frameworks like bmad to deliver complex apps at that level.

   Recommends · May 2026 · in “OpenClaw Creator Spent $1.3M on OpenAI Tokens in 30 Days”

9. is really good and I've onboarded a few Saas projects into it now

   Recommends · May 2026 · in “Agentic Coding Is a Trap”

10. You should review the BMAD method, especially the Analyst agent.

    Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “Ask HN: What are you working on?”

11. Really helpful for brainstorming sessions.

    Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “Why Engineering Teams Need an Agentic Layer, Not Just AI Chat”

12. Basically, it's Waterfall for Agents. Lots of Capitalized Words to signify something.

    Criticizes · Mar 2026 · in “Agentic Engineering Patterns”

13. Both had what seemed like unnecessary ceremony around the specs

    Criticizes · May 2026 · in “Specsmaxxing – On overcoming AI psychosis, and why I write specs in YAML”

14. I'm genuinely surprised by how competent even a mediocre AI model can become when you give it a decent framework

    Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “I made an open-source Boom 3D clone. Wanna check it out?”

15. My only concern is that it's able to get 90% of the way there for productionized ready code

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Claude Code's new hidden feature: Swarms”

16. but the price worth it, in my opinion. I did it with my project.

    Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “Ask HN: What's the best AI model for system design nowadays?”

17. I use BMAD, and I don't care how the markdown files look like.

    Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Ask HN: What do you use for normative specs to drive AI agents?”

18. I've had positive experience with this (with Opus 4.7).

    Recommends · Apr 2026 · in “Changes in the system prompt between Claude Opus 4.6 and 4.7”

19. my go to is the BMAD method

    Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “Ask HN: Is WordPress the best way to create new websites for beginner”

20. which suffers from same issues, like Speckit and others

    Criticizes · Mar 2026 · in “Get Shit Done: A Meta-Prompting, Context Engineering and Spec-Driven Dev System”