/project:discover#

Stage 1: Discovery — Performs market research, user research, competitive analysis, and ideation.

Triggers#

• Initial exploration phase for a new product/feature
• When market opportunities need to be identified and validated

Usage#

/project:discover  " Community feature " 
 /project:discover --depth deep  " Social commerce platform "

Parameters#

Options#

Skip Conditions#

This stage can be skipped in the following cases:

• BMAD Level 0-1 (small-scale feature addition/bug fix for existing product)
• Sufficient research artifacts already exist

User confirmation is requested when skipping.

Execution Flow#

Phase 1: User Research#

Source: cc-pm-discovery

1. User interview (user-interview)

   • Target user persona definition
   • Interview guide creation
   • Key insights summary

2. Assumption validation (assumption-testing)

   • Key assumptions listed
   • Validation methods designed per assumption
   • Risk level assessment

3. Experiment design (experiment-design)

   • MVP experiment design
   • Success metrics definition
   • Experiment schedule creation

Phase 2: Market Analysis#

Source: cc-pm-strategy

4. Competitive analysis (competitive-analysis)

   • Direct/indirect competitor mapping
   • Feature comparison matrix
   • Differentiation points derived

5. Vision formulation (product-vision)

   • Product vision statement
   • Success metrics (North Star Metric)
   • Long-term roadmap direction

Phase 3: Ideation#

Source: cc-bmad

6. Market/technology research (/bmad:research)

   • Technology trend analysis
   • Technical feasibility assessment

7. Ideation (/bmad:brainstorm)

   • Brainstorming session
   • Idea prioritization
   • Initial solution direction derivation

Phase 4: Artifact Integration#

• Integrate all Phase results into docs/discovery-{slug}.md
• Key insights summary
• Recommendations for next stage (Planning)

Artifacts#

docs/discovery-{slug}.md

Artifact Structure#

# Discovery: {project_name}

## User Research
### Target Personas
### Key Insights
### Validated/Unvalidated Assumptions

## Market Analysis
### Competitive Landscape
### Differentiation Points

## Vision
### Vision Statement
### North Star Metric

## Ideation
### Solution Direction
### Technical Feasibility

## Recommendations
### Input Items for Planning Stage

After Completion#

• Update discovery status to completed in .pipeline/{slug}.yaml
• Record artifact paths
• Present context-clear handoff:

✅ Discovery stage complete. Artifacts saved:
  - docs/discovery-{slug}.md

**Option 1 (Recommended)**: Clear context and continue to Specification
  /clear
  Then run: /project:specify

**Option 2**: Continue in current context
  Proceed directly to /project:specify