Epic Cycle — Development skill for Claude Code
Run the BMAD epic development cycle (sprint planning → stories → retro) using Agent Teams with spawn-on-demand coordination.
How to install Epic Cycle
Installs to ~/.claude/commands/jbrandtmse-claudememorymover-epic-cycle.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jbrandtmse/ClaudeMemoryMover/HEAD/.claude/commands/epic-cycle.md -o ~/.claude/commands/jbrandtmse-claudememorymover-epic-cycle.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Epic Cycle does
description: Run the BMAD epic development cycle (sprint planning → stories → retro) using Agent Teams with spawn-on-demand coordination. argument-hint: # e.g. "2" or "2-5" allowed-tools: Agent, Bash, Edit, Glob, Grep, Read, Skill, TeamCreate, TeamDelete, SendMessage, Write
/epic-cycle — BMAD Epic Development Cycle (Agent Teams)
Runs the full BMAD development implementation cycle for one epic or a range of epics, using Agent Teams with the spawn-on-demand pattern. Yo
Alternatives in Development
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- Retro — Facilitate structured sprint retrospectives with action items 7.8k ★
- Claude Code Everything You Need To Know — Ultimate all-in-one guide to mastering Claude Code 1.3k ★
Full documentation available on GitHub
View Source RepositoryRelated Skills
Epic Dev
Automate BMAD development cycle for stories in an epic
Refine Epics
Break down a MIDAS Epic into sprint-sized User Stories. Reads the Epic content and MIDAS context to generate a
User Story
Generate user stories with acceptance criteria and sprint planning. Usage: /user-story [options]
Cycle
Execute continuous development cycle for an epic
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Bmad Bmm Correct Course
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