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title: 'How to Get Answers About BMad'
description: Use an LLM to quickly answer your own BMad questions
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  order: 5
---

Use BMad's built-in help, source docs, or the community to get answers — from quickest to most thorough.

## 1. Ask BMad-Help

The fastest way to get answers. The `bmad-help` skill is available directly in your AI session and handles over 80% of questions — it inspects your project, sees what you've completed, and tells you what to do next.

```
bmad-help I have a SaaS idea and know all the features. Where do I start?
bmad-help What are my options for UX design?
bmad-help I'm stuck on the PRD workflow
```

:::tip
You can also use `/bmad-help` or `$bmad-help` depending on your platform, but just `bmad-help` should work everywhere.
:::

## 2. Go Deeper with Source

BMad-Help draws on your installed configuration. For questions about BMad's internals, history, or architecture — or if you're researching BMad before installing — point your AI at the source directly.

Clone or open the [BMAD-METHOD repo](https://github.com/bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD) and ask your AI about it. Any agent-capable tool (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.) can read the source and answer questions directly.

:::note[Example]
**Q:** "Tell me the fastest way to build something with BMad"

**A:** Use Quick Flow: Run `bmad-quick-dev` — it clarifies your intent, plans, implements, reviews, and presents results in a single workflow, skipping the full planning phases.
:::

**Tips for better answers:**

- **Be specific** — "What does step 3 of the PRD workflow do?" beats "How does PRD work?"
- **Verify surprising claims** — LLMs occasionally get things wrong. Check the source file or ask on Discord.

### Not using an agent? Use the docs site

If your AI can't read local files (ChatGPT, Claude.ai, etc.), fetch [llms-full.txt](https://bmad-code-org.github.io/BMAD-METHOD/llms-full.txt) into your session — it's a single-file snapshot of the BMad documentation.

## 3. Ask Someone

If neither BMad-Help nor the source answered your question, you now have a much better question to ask.

| Channel                 | Use For                    |
| ----------------------- | -------------------------- |
| `help-requests` forum   | Questions                  |
| `#suggestions-feedback` | Ideas and feature requests |

**Discord:** [discord.gg/gk8jAdXWmj](https://discord.gg/gk8jAdXWmj)

**GitHub Issues:** [github.com/bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD/issues](https://github.com/bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD/issues)
_You!_
_Stuck_
_in the queue—_
_waiting_
_for who?_

_The source_
_is there,_
_plain to see!_

_Point_
_your machine._
_Set it free._

_It reads._
_It speaks._
_Ask away—_

_Why wait_
_for tomorrow_
_when you have_
_today?_

_—Claude_
