How to start with BMAD in Cursor IDE?

[alltheclicks]

Hi guys,

I've gone through the BMAD V3 Youtube video and explored the repo structure, and I understand that I need to copy the bmad-agent/ folder into a new project directory (I'm using Cursor IDE for this). However, I’m still unsure about the very first step in practice?

Once I’ve copied the BMAD files, how exactly do I "initiate" the BMAD agents?

Do I open a specific .ide.md file and start prompting?

Is there a standard, noob-friendly way to begin the first discussion with the Orchestrator agent, for example?

How do I move from initial planning to actual code generation?

A concrete "getting started" example with a minimal flow (project.ide.md > planning > task generation > task execution > code) would be super helpful.

In my case, I want to use BMAD to help me build a VPN Android app (with a simple backend).

Thanks a lot :)

[dracic]

Cursor docs - custom modes

Add BMAD ide orchestrator prompt to custom instructions.

Start your prompt with the activation of desired agent (dev/sm)

[danielbentes]

Any best practices or tips to how the BMAD Method should be mentioned in the cursor rules?

[bmadcode]

I do not use cursor rules. The custom agent modes in conjunction with the dev agent on start loading various small docs become it's operating rules

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