--- title: "Party Mode: Multi-Agent Collaboration" --- **Get all your AI agents in one conversation** ## What is Party Mode? Ever wanted to gather your entire AI team in one room and see what happens? That's party mode. Type `/bmad:core:workflows:party-mode` (or `*party-mode` from any agent or at key workflow junctions when asked), and suddenly you've got **all your AI agents** in one conversation. PM, Architect, DEV, UX Designer and more that you can choose from. **Why it's useful:** - **After complex workflows** - Debrief with the whole team about what worked, what didn't - **Big decisions with tradeoffs** - Get technical, creative, and strategic perspectives simultaneously - **Brainstorming sessions** - Watch ideas evolve through cross-pollination - **When things go wrong** - Call out failures, watch agents defend their decisions, let them debate whose fault it was (oddly therapeutic) - **Sprint retrospectives** - Party mode powers the retrospective workflow - **Sprint planning** - Multi-agent collaboration for planning sessions --- ## How It Works **The basics:** 1. Party mode reads `_bmad/_config/agent-manifest.csv` 2. Loads ALL installed agents (already includes your customizations from install) 3. BMad Master orchestrates - picks 2-3 relevant agents per message based on topic 4. Agents respond in character, can agree/disagree/build on each other's ideas 5. Discussion continues until you type "exit" or reach natural conclusion **That's it.** No complex merging, no runtime magic. Just agents talking. --- ## Quick Start ```bash /bmad:core:workflows:party-mode *party-mode /bmad:core:workflows:party-mode and include also in the party Santa Clause and Einstein Ask questions, respond to agents, direct the conversation Type: exit ``` --- ## Fun Examples ### Example 1: Calling Out Bad Architecture **You:** "Okay team, our last sprint was a disaster. The authentication service went down three times. Who screwed this up?" **Architect (Winston):** "The design was sound - distributed authentication with proper fallbacks. If implementation deviated from the spec..." **DEV (Amelia):** "I followed the architecture doc exactly. The spec didn't account for concurrent session invalidation race conditions." **PM (John):** "Both of you missed the bigger issue - we didn't validate session management requirements in the PRD. This is on me for not catching it." **TEA (Murat):** "And I should've caught this in integration tests. The test scenarios didn't cover concurrent invalidation." _(Watch them debate whose fault it really was - it's therapeutic)_ --- ### Example 2: Creative Brainstorming **You:** "How do we make onboarding feel magical instead of boring?" **UX Designer (Sally):** "Start with progressive disclosure - reveal features as users need them, not all at once in a tutorial." **Storyteller (CIS):** "What if onboarding was a story? Each step reveals a character's journey - the user IS the hero." **Innovation Strategist (CIS):** "Take it further - gamify with unlockable achievements. But make them meaningful, not arbitrary badges." **Game Designer:** "Building on that - what if the first 'quest' is actually solving a real user problem? They learn by doing something valuable." _(Ideas cross-pollinate and evolve)_ --- ### Example 3: Technical Decision **You:** "Monolith or microservices for MVP?" **Architect:** "Start monolith. Microservices add complexity you don't need at 1000 users." **PM:** "Agree. Time to market matters more than theoretical scalability." **DEV:** "Monolith with clear module boundaries. We can extract services later if needed." **Innovation Strategist:** "Contrarian take - if your differentiator IS scalability, build for it now. Otherwise Architect's right." _(Multiple perspectives reveal the right answer)_ ## Related Documentation - [Agents Reference](../../reference/agents/index.md) - Complete agent reference - [Quick Start Guide](../../tutorials/getting-started/getting-started-bmadv6.md) - Getting started with BMM - [Setup Party Mode](../../how-to/workflows/setup-party-mode.md) - How to use it --- _Better decisions through diverse perspectives. Welcome to party mode._