BMAD Automation

When to Use

Use this skill when the user asks for:

• auto-plan, auto-epic-start, auto-story, or auto-epic-end
• approval-gated orchestration across BMAD phases
• Beads-integrated automation behavior
• retry, resume, stale output, or approval marker rules

Instructions

1. Treat _bmad/tools/automation/ as the source of truth for automation behavior.
2. Keep bd as the task system of record.
3. Do not present automation as a replacement for the BMAD workflow; it orchestrates the same underlying workflow surfaces.
4. If the user only needs one workflow entry point, prefer the manual BMAD skill instead of automation.

References

• Read references/automation-surfaces.md for the shipped automation entry points.
• Read _bmad/tools/automation/policies/state-model.md when approval gates, stale outputs, or resume behavior matter.