🚀 AI Agile Development Quickstart Guide

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The BMAD-METHOD is an AI framework that turns your LLM into your personal agile development team — Analyst, PM, Architect, Scrum Master, Developer, QA, Product Owner, and UX Expert — working for you 24/7.

This quick start guide is designed to help you set up Gemini CLI + BMAD in minutes, without needing to dig through the full documentation.

💡 Best part: 100% free — Anyone can use this to vibe code.

📦 Setup

1. Create a project folder

   • Example: C:\projects\project_abc

2. Install Node.js & Git

   • Download and install Node.js and Git
   • Direct link for Windows x64: node-v22.19.0-x64.msi and Git-2.51.0-64-bit.exe

3. Install Gemini CLI, markdown-tree-parser & configure Git username for automatic checkpoints

   npm install -g @google/gemini-cli @kayvan/markdown-tree-parser
   
   # Replace YourName with your name
   git config --global user.name "YourName"

4. Install BMAD-Method

   npx bmad-method install

   • When asked to "Enter the full path to your project directory where BMad should be installed", provide your project folder created in Step 1.
   • When asked "Which IDE(s) do you want to configure?", press Space to select Gemini CLI then press Enter.
   • For all other prompts, simply press Enter to accept the default values.

5. Run Gemini CLI & enable automatic checkpoints

   gemini --checkpointing

6. Login to Gemini CLI

   • Select "Login with Google" and sign in with your Google account.

7. Change response language

   • To make Gemini respond in a different language

     /memory add Always respond in <language>.

   • To undo this, edit or delete the Gemini CLI memory file

     %userprofile%\.gemini\GEMINI.md

🛠 Usage

1. Start by talking to the BMAD Orchestrator — it guides you through the entire BMAD process step‑by‑step

   • Activate the BMAD Orchestrator

     *bmad-orchestrator

   • This is your BMAD teacher — you can ask

     Teach me to use BMAD, I want to build a XXX app.

2. At any time, you can view a list of available BMAD commands

   *help

3. Whenever you’re unsure what to do next, just ask the BMAD Orchestrator

📋 Useful Commands & Keyboard Shortcuts for Gemini CLI

Commands

Command	Description
/init	Analyzes the current directory and generates a directory description file
/chat	Save a chat session for later (e.g., after reboot)
/memory	Save important facts (e.g., preferred language)
/restore	Roll back project to an automatic checkpoint (requires gemini --checkpointing)
/copy	Copy the last response
/help	Display help information about Gemini CLI
/settings	Open Gemini CLI settings
/stats	Show statistics for the current session
/corgi	Toggle doggo ▼(´ᴥ`)▼

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+O	Toggle debug console
Ctrl+S	Toggle printing long responses without truncation
Ctrl+T	Toggle tool descriptions
Ctrl+Y	Toggle auto‑approval (YOLO mode)
Ctrl+X	Open current input in Notepad
!	Toggle shell mode (when input is empty)
\ + Enter	Insert a newline

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