Bmad Toolsmith

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bmad-code-org

bmad-toolsmith

Smithy the Toolsmith builds, converts, reviews, packages, validates and migrates BMad skills, agents and modules. Use when the user wants a skill, agent, persona, command or module made, changed, reviewed or packaged; a prompt or rule from another tool turned into a skill; a skill mined from session logs; an old module migrated; or asks for Smithy. Not for running evals (`bmad-eval`), overriding an installed skill (`bmad-customize`), app code (`bmad-build`) or questions about BMad (`bmad`).

Overview

Publisher	bmad-code-org
Repository	`BMAD-METHOD`
Skill name	`bmad-toolsmith`
Stars	54K
Forks	6.1K
Bundled files	86
Links	Skill source Repository

Markdown instructions
A SKILL.md file the model loads on demand, so it only costs tokens when a request actually matches.
Works with any LLM
AI skills are plain Markdown, not provider-specific code, so this works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model.
86 bundled files
Scripts, templates, and references the model can read while it works. Files are read-only and never executed.
Open source
Published by bmad-code-org on GitHub. Read the source before you install it.

Installation

Install the Bmad Toolsmith AI skill in TypingMind to use it with any LLM, or drop it into another agent that reads SKILL.md.

Install in TypingMind

TypingMind installs a skill straight from its GitHub folder — it reads SKILL.md, bundles the resource files, and stores the result locally.

Open the app and go to Plugins → Skills.
Choose "Install from GitHub".
Paste the skill folder URL below and confirm.
https://github.com/bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD/tree/main/skills/bmad-toolsmith
Enable the skill in any chat where you want it available.

Plugins → Skills → Add skill → From GitHub URL, then paste the folder URL and press Continue.

Install in another agent

Any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use this skill — copy the folder into that agent's skills directory.

Claude Code — .claude/skills

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD.git /tmp/BMAD-METHOD
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/BMAD-METHOD/skills/bmad-toolsmith .claude/skills/bmad-toolsmith

Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable Bmad Toolsmith in any TypingMind chat and the model takes it from there. Its name and description sit in the system prompt, and the moment a request matches, the model loads the full instructions itself — you never invoke it by hand, and it costs no tokens until it is actually used.

The model loads Bmad Toolsmith on its own as soon as a request matches it.

Works with any AI model

AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so Bmad Toolsmith is not tied to the model it was written for. Install it once in TypingMind and use it with GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, or a local model you run yourself — all on your own API keys.

Loaded only when it is needed
The system prompt carries just the name and description. The instructions are fetched on the first matching request, so an idle skill costs nothing.
Switch models mid-chat
Because the skill is instructions rather than code, changing model does not break it — the next model reads the same SKILL.md.

Skill instructions

This is the SKILL.md content the model loads. Read it before installing — a skill is instructions your model will follow.

Smithy — Toolsmith

You are Smithy, the Toolsmith. You make tools for people who work with agents: a skill, an agent with a persona, a module that ships them. Who you are beyond that comes from the agent block in activation. Everything you build follows the standard in canon.md; load it the first time you draft or judge prompt text in a session, and hold it from then on.

Conventions

{project-root} is the nearest folder containing _bmad/, from the working directory upward. {skill-root} is this skill's folder.
{target} is the folder of the skill being built or changed, set once its name or path is known.
Bare paths such as shapes/agent/shape.md resolve from {skill-root}.

On activation

Resolve customization: uv run {project-root}/_bmad/scripts/resolve_customization.py --skill {skill-root} --project-root {project-root} --key agent --key workflow. Script not found: BMad is not set up here; offer the bmad skill's setup, installing bmad first if needed (npx skills add bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD --skill bmad), then run it again. Any other failure: use {skill-root}/customize.toml as shipped and say the overrides were not applied.
Run each entry of {agent.activation_steps_prepend} in order.
Adopt the persona: {agent.role}, {agent.identity}, {agent.communication_style}, {agent.principles}. Stay Smithy until dismissed.
Load {agent.persistent_facts}: entries prefixed file: are paths or globs under {project-root} to read; the rest are facts verbatim.
Load config: uv run {project-root}/_bmad/scripts/resolve_config.py --project-root {project-root} --key core.output_folder. {reports_folder} is {workflow.reports_folder} with {output_folder} filled in; reviews and eval runs land there.
Greet in one line, led by {agent.icon}, and keep that prefix on every message.
Run each entry of {agent.activation_steps_append} in order.
Dispatch. When the request names what the user wants, run the matching {agent.menu} item without showing the menu: its prompt, or the skill it names, invoked. Otherwise render the menu as a numbered table of Code and Description, stop, and wait. A request that fits nothing on the menu is a conversation: answer it, and offer the bmad skill for questions about BMad itself.

How Smithy works

Nothing is written to disk until the user has approved a read-back of what will be built. The conversation that gets there is discover.md; every new skill starts in it, whatever approach follows.
One route file at a time. Load a file when its branch is reached, never ahead, and never load a shape or mode the conversation has not arrived at. The shape of a skill is a conclusion, not a menu.
Every path that writes files ends by loading ship.md, where the lenses run over what Smithy wrote and it fixes what they find before handing over.
Smithy builds skills and tries a draft on the user's real input once to read the trace. It does not do the user's work in the skill's place, and it hands measurement to the bmad-eval skill rather than judging a skill from one run.

Bundled files

The model reads these on demand while the skill is loaded. They are exposed as readable files and are never executed.

and 26 more files.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bmad Toolsmith AI skill do?

Why use Bmad Toolsmith on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. Bmad Toolsmith is plain Markdown rather than provider-specific code, so the same skill runs on GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model — and you can switch model mid-chat without it breaking. TypingMind runs on your own API keys, so you pay providers directly instead of a per-seat subscription, and your skills and chats stay in your own storage.

How do I install Bmad Toolsmith in TypingMind?

Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD/tree/main/skills/bmad-toolsmith. TypingMind reads its SKILL.md and bundles its files and installs it as a skill you can enable per chat.

Which AI models can use Bmad Toolsmith?

Any model you connect in TypingMind. AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and local models can all load this skill when a request matches it.

How many AI models can I use with Bmad Toolsmith?

As many as you like. As long as a model supports skills, you can use Bmad Toolsmith with it — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama and more — all on TypingMind with your own API keys.

Is the Bmad Toolsmith AI skill free?

It is published on GitHub by bmad-code-org. Check the repository for licensing terms. You only pay your own AI provider for the tokens you use.

What are AI skills?

An AI skill is a reusable instruction bundle that teaches an AI model how to do one specific task. It follows the open Agent Skills format: a SKILL.md file with a name and description, plus any scripts, templates or reference files the model may need. The model reads the instructions only when your request matches the skill, so an installed skill costs nothing until it is used.

How are AI skills different from plugins or MCP servers?

A plugin or MCP server gives a model new tools to call — code that runs somewhere and returns a result. An AI skill gives the model knowledge and process instead: how to approach a task, which steps to follow, what good output looks like. Skills are plain Markdown, so they need no server, no API key and no runtime, and they work with any model.

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Overview

Installation

Install in TypingMind

Install in another agent

Use it in TypingMind

Works with any AI model

Skill instructions

Smithy — Toolsmith

Conventions

On activation

How Smithy works

Bundled files

Frequently asked questions

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