Agent skill

Bmad Correct Course

by aj-geddes in aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills

CROSS-PHASE mid-stream scope correction. An agent skill from aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills.

Custom licenceAuto-check: notesProduct & Project Management

Install Bmad Correct Course

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills --skill bmad-correct-course -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills bmad-correct-course --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/bmad-planning-orchestrator/skills/bmad-correct-course .claude/skills/bmad-correct-course && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
bmad-correct-course
GitHub stars
488
Token cost
~3.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,193 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
20
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

CROSS-PHASE mid-stream scope correction. An agent skill from aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills.

  • Works in 5 steps: Load and orient → Impact triage → Update planning artifacts → …
  • : we need to change course
  • SKILL.md covers Scope Law (read first), When to Use This Skill, Inputs (load these first) and Three Intents, plus 6 more sections
  • Calls bash

What it does

Bmad Correct Course is an agent skill from aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills. CROSS-PHASE mid-stream scope correction. Re-enters planning when requirements, features, architecture, or constraints change after planning has started. Re-shards affected epics/stories, re-sequences sprint-status.yaml, appends rationale to decision-log.md. Routes to bmad-epics-and-stories, bmad-sprint-planning, or bmad-parallel-plan as needed. Changes the PLAN, never code. Use when: "we need to change course", "scope has changed", "new requirement came in", "we're dropping feature X", "we need to pivot"…

Its SKILL.md is about 3.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `templates/course-correction.template.md`).

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering User stories, Architecture decision records and Sprint planning and agile. The repository describes itself as: BMAD Method skills for Claude Code - Auto-detection, Memory integration, Slash commands. Transform Claude Code into a BMAD-powered development environment.

When your agent uses it

  • : we need to change course
  • Scope has changed
  • New requirement came in
  • Were dropping feature X

Example prompts

  • “we need to change course”
  • “scope has changed”
  • “new requirement came in”
  • “/bmad-correct-course”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep, TodoWrite

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Load and orient
  2. Impact triage
  3. Update planning artifacts
  4. Append to decision-log.md
  5. Summarize and hand off

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 27dca0e. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Write
    • Edit
    • Bash
    • Glob
    • Grep
    • TodoWrite

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • bash

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • github.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Bmad Correct Course loads about 3.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 254 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,193 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~254
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep, TodoWrite

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,193 words (~3,095 tokens).

“Role: Cross-phase re-entry point for mid-stream planning changes.”

— opening of SKILL.md by aj-geddes, Custom licence
name
bmad-correct-course
allowed-tools
Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep, TodoWrite

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in bmad-planning-orchestrator/skills/bmad-correct-course of aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • templates/course-correction.template.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 27dca0e

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Create StoriesDonchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios26k—~7.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Bmad Correct Course

What does Bmad Correct Course do?

CROSS-PHASE mid-stream scope correction. An agent skill from aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills. Bmad Correct Course is an agent skill from aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills. CROSS-PHASE mid-stream scope correction.

When should I use Bmad Correct Course?

Bmad Correct Course fits situations like: : we need to change course; scope has changed; new requirement came in; were dropping feature X.

How do I install Bmad Correct Course in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills --skill bmad-correct-course -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (bmad-planning-orchestrator/skills/bmad-correct-course in aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills) into .claude/skills/bmad-correct-course in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Bmad Correct Course in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills --skill bmad-correct-course -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (bmad-planning-orchestrator/skills/bmad-correct-course in aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills) into .agents/skills/bmad-correct-course in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Bmad Correct Course in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills --skill bmad-correct-course -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/bmad-correct-course, .gemini/skills/bmad-correct-course, .github/skills/bmad-correct-course and .opencode/skills/bmad-correct-course in your project.

What does Bmad Correct Course need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Bmad Correct Course needs the command-line tools its instructions call (bash). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep, TodoWrite.

Does Bmad Correct Course access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Bmad Correct Course safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Bmad Correct Course use?

Bmad Correct Course has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Bmad Correct Course use?

About 3.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Bmad Correct Course?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Bmad Correct Course: Agile Product Owner (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars), Walking Skeleton Roadmap Scoping (prime-radiant-inc/iterative-development, 181 stars), Epic Breakdown Advisor (deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, 7.2k stars) and Bmad Sprint Planning (delorenj/mcp-server-trello, 445 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Bmad Correct Course?

aj-geddes (a GitHub user) maintains it in aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills, which has 488 GitHub stars. The repository holds 20 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 20, 2026.

Source: aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.