What problem does it solve?
This Skill helps you implement a development story from a prepared story spec without skipping requirements, tests, or status updates. It is designed for situations where a sprint or story file already contains detailed context and you want disciplined execution from implementation through review readiness.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Story-Driven Implementation: Loads the target story, reads its acceptance criteria, tasks, Dev Notes, and status, then executes work in the defined order.
- Structured Delivery Workflow: Enforces red-green-refactor, comprehensive testing, validation gates, file tracking, and completion updates before marking the story ready for review.
- Sprint-Aware Execution: Can discover the next ready story from sprint status files, resume after AI review feedback, and keep story and sprint tracking in sync.
- Use Case: When a team maintains story markdown files and sprint-status.yaml, use this Skill to implement the next ready-for-dev story while preserving process discipline and updating only approved story sections.
Quick Start
Ask the AI to use the bmad-dev-story skill to implement the next ready-for-dev story or to dev a specific story file path.