# Party Mode: Multi-Agent Collaboration

**Get all your AI agents in one conversation**

## What is Party Mode?

Ever wanted to gather your entire AI team in one room and see what happens? That's party mode.

Type `/bmad:core:workflows:party-mode` (or `*party-mode` from any agent or at key workflow junctions when asked), and suddenly you've got **all your AI agents** in one conversation. PM, Architect, DEV, UX Designer and more that you can choose from.

**Why it's useful:**

- **After complex workflows** - Debrief with the whole team about what worked, what didn't
- **Big decisions with tradeoffs** - Get technical, creative, and strategic perspectives simultaneously
- **Brainstorming sessions** - Watch ideas evolve through cross-pollination
- **When things go wrong** - Call out failures, watch agents defend their decisions, let them debate whose fault it was (oddly therapeutic)
- **Sprint retrospectives** - Party mode powers the retrospective workflow
- **Sprint planning** - Multi-agent collaboration for planning sessions

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## How It Works

**The basics:**

1. Party mode reads `_bmad/_config/agent-manifest.csv`
2. Loads ALL installed agents (already includes your customizations from install)
3. BMad Master orchestrates - picks 2-3 relevant agents per message based on topic
4. Agents respond in character, can agree/disagree/build on each other's ideas
5. Discussion continues until you type "exit" or reach natural conclusion

**That's it.** No complex merging, no runtime magic. Just agents talking.

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## Quick Start

```bash
# Trigger party mode
/bmad:core:workflows:party-mode

# OR from any agent context
*party-mode

# Super Hack

/bmad:core:workflows:party-mode and include also in the party Santa Clause and Einstein 

# During party
Ask questions, respond to agents, direct the conversation

# Exit
Type: exit
```

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## Fun Examples

### Example 1: Calling Out Bad Architecture

**You:** "Okay team, our last sprint was a disaster. The authentication service went down three times. Who screwed this up?"

**Architect (Winston):** "The design was sound - distributed authentication with proper fallbacks. If implementation deviated from the spec..."

**DEV (Amelia):** "I followed the architecture doc exactly. The spec didn't account for concurrent session invalidation race conditions."

**PM (John):** "Both of you missed the bigger issue - we didn't validate session management requirements in the PRD. This is on me for not catching it."

**TEA (Murat):** "And I should've caught this in integration tests. The test scenarios didn't cover concurrent invalidation."

_(Watch them debate whose fault it really was - it's therapeutic)_

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### Example 2: Creative Brainstorming

**You:** "How do we make onboarding feel magical instead of boring?"

**UX Designer (Sally):** "Start with progressive disclosure - reveal features as users need them, not all at once in a tutorial."

**Storyteller (CIS):** "What if onboarding was a story? Each step reveals a character's journey - the user IS the hero."

**Innovation Strategist (CIS):** "Take it further - gamify with unlockable achievements. But make them meaningful, not arbitrary badges."

**Game Designer:** "Building on that - what if the first 'quest' is actually solving a real user problem? They learn by doing something valuable."

_(Ideas cross-pollinate and evolve)_

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### Example 3: Technical Decision

**You:** "Monolith or microservices for MVP?"

**Architect:** "Start monolith. Microservices add complexity you don't need at 1000 users."

**PM:** "Agree. Time to market matters more than theoretical scalability."

**DEV:** "Monolith with clear module boundaries. We can extract services later if needed."

**Innovation Strategist:** "Contrarian take - if your differentiator IS scalability, build for it now. Otherwise Architect's right."

_(Multiple perspectives reveal the right answer)_

## Related Documentation

- [Agents Guide](./agents-guide.md) - Complete agent reference
- [Quick Start Guide](./quick-start.md) - Getting started with BMM
- [FAQ](./faq.md) - Common questions

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_Better decisions through diverse perspectives. Welcome to party mode._