• Exploring a problem? → 5 Whys, then Starbursting
• Generating features or solutions? → SCAMPER, Mind Mapping
• Assessing risk or failure modes? → Reverse Brainstorming, Six Thinking Hats (Black Hat)
• Strategic planning or positioning? → SWOT, Six Thinking Hats (full cycle)
• Need parallel idea volume? → Brainwriting

1. Gather context — Ask: topic/problem, relevant constraints, which BMAD track is active
2. Read project context — Load

   bmad-output/project-context.md

   and

   bmad-output/decision-log.md

   if present
3. Select techniques — Choose 2-4 complementary techniques; confirm with user
4. Execute sessions — Apply each technique systematically (diverge first, do not filter)
5. Organize ideas — Categorize all generated ideas; label Impact (H/M/L) and Feasibility (H/M/L)
6. Extract insights — Identify top 3-5 actionable insights across all techniques
7. Identify risks — Capture risks surfaced during ideation
8. Produce report — Fill

   templates/brainstorm-session.template.md

   ; save to output folder
9. Update decision-log — Record key decisions or directions confirmed during the session
10. Recommend next steps — Which BMAD skill to engage next

bmad-output/brainstorm-scamper.md

bmad-output/brainstorm-mindmap.md

bmad-output/brainstorm-risks.md

bmad-output/brainstorm-hats.md

bmad-output/brainstorm-questions.md

bmad-output/brainstorm-swot.md

1. Write brainstorming objective to

   bmad-output/brainstorm-objective.md

2. Select 2-6 techniques; launch one agent per technique with context path
3. Each agent generates 10-20 ideas/insights using its assigned technique
4. Main context synthesizes all outputs into

   bmad-output/brainstorming-report.md

5. Extract top 3-5 actionable insights; append decisions to

   bmad-output/decision-log.md

Task: Apply SCAMPER technique
Context: Read bmad-output/brainstorm-objective.md for topic and constraints
Output: Write 15-20 creative variations to bmad-output/brainstorm-scamper.md

Apply each SCAMPER letter systematically. Generate 2-4 ideas per letter.
For each idea: one-sentence description, potential value, innovation level
(incremental / breakthrough). Conclude with your top 3 most promising ideas.
Do not implement anything — ideation output only.

• This skill feeds Phase 1 (Analysis) and Phase 2 (Planning). Insights flow into the product-brief and PRD skills.
• Insights that become commitments must be logged in

  bmad-output/decision-log.md

  .
• This skill does not produce stories. It produces raw insight material that upstream skills (product-manager, system-architect) refine into epics and stories.
• Scale-adaptive tracks apply: Quick Flow sessions may use 1-2 techniques; Enterprise sessions should apply 4-6 for comprehensive coverage.

1. Diverge before converging — generate volume first; filter later
2. Structured over freeform — every technique has a defined process; follow it
3. Document everything — capture all ideas; even "bad" ones can spark breakthroughs
4. Quantify insights — numbers make insights actionable (market size, feature counts)
5. Cross-pollinate — consider how other industries or domains solve the same problem
6. No implementation — this skill plans; it never writes code or runs tests

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Part of the BMAD Planning & Orchestrator plugin — a Claude Code harness for the BMAD Method by the BMAD Code Organization (https://github.com/bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD). Implements the spirit of

bmad-brainstorming

. All methodology credit belongs to the BMAD Code Organization.