BMad Loop, Explained: How the BMAD Method Runs Agentic Software Development
Blog post from Port
BMAD, or Breakthrough Method for Agile AI-Driven Development, is an open-source framework that uses specialized AI agents to structure software work across product, architecture, UX, development, and testing before implementation begins. Its BMad Loop extension automates the build cycle by taking planned user stories in sequence, using coding agents such as Claude Code or Codex to implement them, validating tests and linting, conducting independent reviews, and committing completed changes. The loop pauses when it encounters decisions outside its authority, but the article identifies a limitation in its machine-local design: all escalations are sent to the developer operating the system, even when questions concern product scope, design, security, or architecture. It argues that running the loop in a shared agentic software-development platform could route approvals to the appropriate owners, provide broader organizational context about services and dependencies, and make runs, costs, stories, and escalations visible to teams.
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