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Agent skill

Bmad Readiness Check

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

SOLUTIONING GATE — validates cohesion across planning artifacts before any implementation begins.

Custom licenceAuto-check: notesProduct & Project Management

Install Bmad Readiness Check

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills --skill bmad-readiness-check -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills bmad-readiness-check --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-readiness-check .claude/skills/bmad-readiness-check && 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-readiness-check
GitHub stars
488
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
705 words
Files
3 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
20
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

SOLUTIONING GATE — validates cohesion across planning artifacts before any implementation begins.

  • Works in 6 steps: Locate Planning Artifacts → Load and Parse Artifacts → Cross-Reference Checks → …
  • Check it - validate PRD against architecture / cross-reference planning docs Intents supported: Validate (primary)
  • SKILL.md covers Workflow, Scope Boundary and Persona Note
  • Runs Shell scripts from its folder; calls bash

What it does

Bmad Readiness Check is an agent skill from aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills. SOLUTIONING GATE — validates cohesion across planning artifacts before any implementation begins. Cross-references PRD (or tech-spec), architecture document, and epics/stories for coverage consistency and missing pieces. Returns a verdict of PASS, CONCERNS, or FAIL with specifics. Does NOT touch code. Use when the user says: - "check if we're ready to build" / "are we ready to implement?" - "validate planning" / "gate check" / "readiness check" - "run the solutioning gate" / "check implementation readiness" - "is…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/readiness-check.sh` and `templates/readiness-report.template.md`).

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering PRD writing and User stories. 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

  • Check it - validate PRD against architecture / cross-reference planning docs Intents supported: Validate (primary)
  • Tasks that involve PRD writing
  • Tasks that involve User stories

Example prompts

  • “check if we”
  • “are we ready to implement?”
  • “validate planning”
  • “/bmad-readiness-check”

Requirements

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

Workflow steps

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

  1. Locate Planning Artifacts
  2. Load and Parse Artifacts
  3. Cross-Reference Checks
  4. Compute Verdict
  5. Generate Report
  6. Display Verdict

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
    • Bash
    • Glob
    • Grep
    • TodoWrite

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Shell), which the agent can run.

    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 Readiness Check loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 238 tokens; SKILL.md has 705 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~238
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k

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, 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); the scripts in this folder 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 705 words (~1,825 tokens).

“"Planning ends here." This skill is the gate between Solutioning and Implementation. It validates that the planning corpus is internally consistent — requirements are covered by architecture, epics trace back to requirements, and nothing critical is missing — before a…”

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

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (scripts) in bmad-planning-orchestrator/skills/bmad-readiness-check of aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • scripts/readiness-check.sh
  • templates/readiness-report.template.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 27dca0e

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Categories

Questions about Bmad Readiness Check

What does Bmad Readiness Check do?

SOLUTIONING GATE — validates cohesion across planning artifacts before any implementation begins. Bmad Readiness Check is an agent skill from aj-geddes/claude-code-bmad-skills. SOLUTIONING GATE — validates cohesion across planning artifacts before any implementation begins.

When should I use Bmad Readiness Check?

Bmad Readiness Check fits situations like: check it - validate PRD against architecture / cross-reference planning docs Intents supported: Validate (primary); tasks that involve PRD writing; tasks that involve User stories.

How do I install Bmad Readiness Check in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Bmad Readiness Check in Codex?

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

Can I use Bmad Readiness Check 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-readiness-check -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-readiness-check, .gemini/skills/bmad-readiness-check, .github/skills/bmad-readiness-check and .opencode/skills/bmad-readiness-check in your project.

What does Bmad Readiness Check need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Bmad Readiness Check needs a shell for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (bash). Our summary lists: A Bash shell. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Bash, Glob, Grep, TodoWrite.

Does Bmad Readiness Check 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 Readiness Check 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Bmad Readiness Check use?

Bmad Readiness Check 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 Readiness Check use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.3k 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 Readiness Check?

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Who maintains Bmad Readiness Check?

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.