bmad-idea

Creative Intelligence Suite for AI-driven ideation, design thinking, innovation strategy, problem-solving, and storytelling. 5 named specialist agents with distinct methodologies — no setup required, all workflows available immediately.

1.14x

Quality

18%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

64%

1.14x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

Securityby

Passed

No known issues

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Quality

Discovery

14%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

This description relies heavily on marketing buzzwords and abstract concepts without specifying concrete actions or clear selection triggers. The mention of '5 named specialist agents' is implementation detail that doesn't help Claude understand when to use this skill. It would likely conflict with many other skills due to its overly broad scope.

Suggestions

Add a 'Use when...' clause with specific trigger scenarios, e.g., 'Use when the user asks for brainstorming sessions, creative workshops, or structured innovation frameworks like SCAMPER or Six Thinking Hats'

Replace abstract terms with concrete actions, e.g., 'Generates creative concepts using structured frameworks, facilitates design sprints, develops narrative arcs for presentations'

Specify the distinct methodologies of the 5 agents to create clearer trigger terms, e.g., 'Includes agents for: lateral thinking exercises, user journey mapping, competitive differentiation, narrative structure, and rapid prototyping ideation'

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Uses abstract buzzwords like 'ideation', 'design thinking', 'innovation strategy' without describing concrete actions. No specific verbs or outputs are mentioned - just vague domain labels.	1 / 3
Completeness	Describes a vague 'what' (creative/innovation domains) but completely lacks a 'Use when...' clause or any explicit trigger guidance. The '5 named specialist agents' detail doesn't help Claude know when to select this skill.	1 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Contains some relevant keywords like 'ideation', 'design thinking', 'problem-solving', 'storytelling' that users might say, but these are broad and could apply to many contexts. Missing natural variations or specific use case terms.	2 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Extremely generic terms like 'problem-solving', 'storytelling', and 'ideation' would conflict with virtually any creative, writing, or analytical skill. Nothing distinguishes this from general brainstorming or writing assistance.	1 / 3
	Total	5 / 12 Passed

Implementation

22%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

This skill content functions as a feature catalog rather than actionable guidance. It effectively lists available commands and agents with good visual organization, but fails to explain what any of them actually do, what inputs they expect, or how to use the underlying methodologies. Claude would know the commands exist but not how to execute meaningful creative workflows.

Suggestions

Add concrete examples showing input/output for at least one workflow (e.g., 'bmad-cis-brainstorming' with a sample topic and expected session structure)

Document the actual steps in multi-phase workflows like design thinking - what happens in each phase, what outputs are produced

Link to separate reference files containing the 36 brainstorming techniques and 25 story frameworks, or include a representative subset inline

Clarify what 'creative squad' actually does - show the sequence of agent handoffs and what each contributes

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The content is reasonably efficient with good use of tables, but includes some redundancy (Quick Reference duplicates earlier tables, slash commands and workflows overlap significantly). The agent persona descriptions add flavor but limited actionable value.	2 / 3
Actionability	The skill lists commands and agent names but provides no concrete guidance on what actually happens when you run them, what inputs are expected, what outputs are produced, or how to use the 36 brainstorming techniques or 25 story frameworks mentioned. It describes rather than instructs.	1 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Despite mentioning '5-phase' design thinking and multi-agent workflows, there are no actual steps, sequences, or validation checkpoints documented. The 'creative squad' workflow claims to combine agents but doesn't explain how the handoffs work or what the process looks like.	1 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	The content is well-organized with clear sections and tables, but it references detailed methodologies (36 techniques, 25 frameworks, 5-phase process) without linking to any documentation where these are explained. No external file references are provided for the detailed content.	2 / 3
	Total	6 / 12 Passed

Validation

100%

Warnings & errors only

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 11 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository: supercent-io/skills-template
Commit: c033769

Reviewed: 15 days ago

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