bmad-forge-idea

Pressure-test ideas through persona-driven interrogation until they harden, clarify, or die.

Updated Jul 2, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/tuanpa-nhg-eng/nhg-ipms --skill bmad-forge-idea-tuanpa-nhg-eng
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: bmad-forge-idea
Source: https://github.com/tuanpa-nhg-eng/nhg-ipms/tree/main/.claude/skills/bmad-forge-idea
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/tuanpa-nhg-eng/nhg-ipms --skill bmad-forge-idea-tuanpa-nhg-eng

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes scripts (resource) components.

What problem does it solve? Half-formed ideas carry unchecked assumptions and unresolved decisions that become expensive problems later. This Skill stress-tests an idea in conversation, while changing your mind is still cheap, until it hardens into something actionable, gets killed early, or becomes clearer. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Persona-Driven Interrogation: Cross-examines your idea using installed BMad agents, custom personas, and generated outside voices (competitors, buyers, critics) in attack or defend modes. - Persistent Session State: Logs every decision, assumption, crack, and locked conclusion to an on-disk memlog, so sessions survive interruption and can be resumed. - Structured Outcomes: Ends in one of three states — Hardened (distilled into forged-idea.md for downstream planning skills), Killed (with cause of death), or Clearer — and renders a self-contained HTML forge report with a stamped outcome seal. - Use Case: You have a rough product feature idea. Invoke the forge, and it challenges your central claim, surfaces hidden assumptions, rotates expert personas against each branch, and hands off a hardened idea file to planning workflows. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to forge an idea by describing your half-formed idea and whether you want to clarify it, test whether it holds up, or make it better.

Frequently Asked Questions about bmad-forge-idea

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I pressure-test a product idea with AI personas?

Invoke the forge with your idea and goal, and it interrogates the idea one question at a time using installed BMad agents, custom personas, and generated outside voices like competitors or buyers. You can say 'attack this', 'defend this', or 'switch roles' to change the mode at any time.

What outputs does an idea stress-testing session produce?

A hardened session produces forged-idea.md containing only locked decisions, rejected options, and reasons. Every session also renders a self-contained forge-report.html with an outcome seal marked HARDENED, KILLED, or CLARIFIED, plus a persistent memlog of the full session.

Can I resume an interrupted idea forge session?

Yes. Session state is written to an on-disk memlog as the conversation progresses. On activation, the skill scans for sessions whose status is not complete and offers to resume one, rebuilding state from the memlog before continuing.

Does the forge work without BMad party-mode installed?

Yes. The persona resolver falls back to reading user override TOMLs directly when bmad-party-mode is not installed, and if no persona pool is available at all, the skill generates the interrogation voices itself. Missing planning skills are never treated as errors.

When should I not use conversational idea pressure-testing?

Avoid it when the idea is already fully specified and you need execution artifacts like PRDs or code, since the forge's goal is better thinking, not document production. Downstream planning skills such as bmad-spec or bmad-prd are the right next step for hardened ideas.