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+name: bmad-method
+description: BMAD (Best, Most Appropriate, Design) technology decision framework expert. Helps evaluate technology alternatives, analyze tradeoffs, calculate TCO, assess vendor lock-in, and make data-driven architecture decisions. Activates for technology choices, stack decisions, database selection, cloud provider comparison, framework evaluation, architecture decisions, BMAD, best practices, most appropriate, design decisions, technology tradeoffs.
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+
+# BMAD Method Expert Skill
+
+Expert in the **BMAD Framework** - a structured approach to making technology decisions by evaluating what's **Best** (industry standard), **Most Appropriate** (context fit), and aligned with your overall **Design** (architecture vision).
+
+## Core Philosophy
+
+Technology decisions shouldn't be made based solely on:
+- ❌ "It's the most popular"
+- ❌ "It's the newest/coolest"
+- ❌ "I know this one already"
+
+Instead, use **BMAD** to balance:
+- ✅ **Industry best practices**
+- ✅ **Your specific context** (team, budget, timeline, scale)
+- ✅ **Long-term architectural alignment**
+
+## The BMAD Framework
+
+### B - Best (Industry Gold Standard)
+
+**Question**: What is considered the best practice in the industry?
+
+**Criteria**:
+- Battle-tested in production at scale
+- Widely adopted by successful companies
+- Comprehensive feature set
+- Strong community and ecosystem
+- Clear documentation and best practices
+
+**Examples**:
+- **Database**: PostgreSQL (ACID, reliability, JSON support)
+- **Message Queue**: Apache Kafka (throughput, durability, replay)
+- **Cloud**: AWS (breadth of services, enterprise features)
+- **Backend**: Express/Fastify (maturity, ecosystem)
+
+**When "Best" Matters Most**:
+- Enterprise/mission-critical applications
+- Long-term projects (5+ years)
+- Large teams needing stability
+- Regulatory/compliance requirements
+
+### M - Most Appropriate (Context Fit)
+
+**Question**: What is most appropriate for YOUR specific situation?
+
+**Context Factors**:
+
+1. **Team Context**
+   - Size: 2-5 (startup) vs 10-50 (scale-up) vs 100+ (enterprise)
+   - Expertise: What does team already know?
+   - Learning capacity: Time to learn new tech?
+
+2. **Financial Context**
+   - Budget: Free tier vs $100/mo vs $10k/mo
+   - Funding stage: Bootstrap vs seed vs Series A+
+   - Cost predictability: Fixed vs variable costs
+
+3. **Timeline Context**
+   - POC: 1-2 weeks (speed matters)
+   - MVP: 1-3 months (balance speed and quality)
+   - Production: 6-12 months (quality and scale matter)
+
+4. **Scale Context**
+   - Current: 100 users vs 10k vs 1M
+   - Projected: 6-month and 2-year forecasts
+   - Growth rate: Steady vs exponential
+
+**Examples**:
+- **Startup (5 people, $200/mo budget)**: Firebase (fast, managed, cheap)
+- **Scale-up (20 people, $5k/mo budget)**: PostgreSQL + Redis (flexible, scalable)
+- **Enterprise (100 people, $50k/mo budget)**: PostgreSQL (RDS) + Kafka + Redis
+
+**When "Most Appropriate" Overrides "Best"**:
+- Constrained budgets (startups, side projects)
+- Time pressure (MVP deadlines)
+- Team expertise mismatch
+- Specific compliance requirements
+
+### D - Design (Architectural Alignment)
+
+**Question**: How does this fit your overall system design and long-term vision?
+
+**Considerations**:
+
+1. **Vendor Lock-in**
+   - Open-source vs proprietary
+   - Standard protocols vs proprietary APIs
+   - Export/migration capabilities
+   - Community vs single-vendor control
+
+2. **Ecosystem Coherence**
+   - Does it fit existing stack?
+   - Shared libraries/tools available?
+   - Common patterns across team?
+
+3. **Migration Path**
+   - Can you switch later?
+   - What's the cost of migration?
+   - Incremental vs big-bang migration
+
+4. **Future-Proofing**
+   - Technology trajectory (growing vs declining)
+   - Vendor viability (funded, profitable, sustainable)
+   - Community health (active development, contributions)
+
+**Examples**:
+- **Low Lock-in**: PostgreSQL (standard SQL, portable)
+- **Medium Lock-in**: MongoDB (proprietary protocol, but well-supported)
+- **High Lock-in**: DynamoDB (AWS-specific, hard to migrate)
+
+**When "Design" is Critical**:
+- Long-term projects (3+ years)
+- Multi-vendor strategy
+- Regulatory/data sovereignty concerns
+- Risk-averse organizations
+
+## Decision Matrix Template
+
+```markdown
+## Technology Decision: [Category]
+
+### Context
+- Team Size: [number]
+- Budget: $[amount]/month
+- Timeline: [duration]
+- Current Scale: [users/requests]
+- Target Scale (12mo): [projected growth]
+
+### Requirements
+**Must Have**:
+- [ ] Requirement 1
+- [ ] Requirement 2
+
+**Nice to Have**:
+- [ ] Feature 1
+- [ ] Feature 2
+
+**Constraints**:
+- [ ] Constraint 1 (e.g., GDPR, open-source)
+
+### BMAD Analysis
+
+#### Best: [Technology Name]
+- Strengths: [bullet points]
+- Ecosystem: [libraries, tools, community]
+- Proven at: [companies/scale]
+
+#### Most Appropriate: [Technology Name]
+- Team Fit: [skills alignment]
+- Budget Fit: $[cost] vs $[budget]
+- Timeline Fit: [setup time]
+- Scale Fit: [handles current + projected]
+
+#### Design: [Technology Name]
+- Lock-in Risk: [Low/Medium/High]
+- Migration Path: [description]
+- Ecosystem Fit: [how it integrates]
+- Future-Proofing: [trajectory, viability]
+
+### Recommendation
+
+**Choose: [Technology]**
+
+**Rationale**:
+1. [Reason 1]
+2. [Reason 2]
+3. [Reason 3]
+
+**Alternative Paths**:
+- If [condition]: Consider [alternative]
+- If [condition 2]: Consider [alternative 2]
+
+### Implementation Plan
+- Week 1: [steps]
+- Week 2: [steps]
+- Week 3: [steps]
+```
+
+## Common Decision Patterns
+
+### Databases
+
+**Best**: PostgreSQL
+- ACID compliance, robustness, JSON support, ecosystem
+
+**Most Appropriate**:
+- Startup (<$500/mo): Supabase (managed PostgreSQL)
+- Scale-up ($1k-5k/mo): AWS RDS PostgreSQL
+- Enterprise (>$10k/mo): Aurora PostgreSQL or CockroachDB
+
+**Design**:
+- Low lock-in: Self-hosted PostgreSQL or RDS
+- High flexibility: PostgreSQL (relational + JSON)
+- NoSQL alternative: MongoDB (if document model fits)
+
+### Cloud Providers
+
+**Best**: AWS
+- Most mature, broadest services, largest community
+
+**Most Appropriate**:
+- Startup (simple app): Vercel/Netlify (frontend) + Supabase (backend)
+- Scale-up (containerized): GCP (better Kubernetes) or Hetzner (cheaper)
+- Enterprise (complex): AWS (breadth) or Azure (Microsoft shops)
+
+**Design**:
+- Multi-cloud: Kubernetes + Terraform (avoid cloud-specific services)
+- Cost-sensitive: Hetzner or DigitalOcean
+- Vendor-neutral: Avoid Lambda, use containers
+
+### Frontend Frameworks
+
+**Best**: Next.js (React) or Nuxt (Vue)
+- Full-stack capabilities, SEO, large ecosystem
+
+**Most Appropriate**:
+- Content-heavy: Astro (static generation)
+- App-heavy: Next.js (React) or SvelteKit (smaller bundles)
+- Rapid prototyping: Remix (simpler than Next.js)
+
+**Design**:
+- Framework-agnostic: Astro (multi-framework support)
+- React ecosystem: Next.js
+- Performance-first: SvelteKit or Qwik
+
+## Cost Analysis
+
+### Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Template
+
+```markdown
+### 3-Year TCO
+
+| Component              | Option A | Option B | Option C |
+|------------------------|----------|----------|----------|
+| **Infrastructure**     |          |          |          |
+| - Hosting              | $X       | $Y       | $Z       |
+| - Backup/DR            | $X       | $Y       | $Z       |
+| - Monitoring           | $X       | $Y       | $Z       |
+| **Engineering**        |          |          |          |
+| - Initial setup        | $X       | $Y       | $Z       |
+| - Training             | $X       | $Y       | $Z       |
+| - Ongoing maintenance  | $X       | $Y       | $Z       |
+| **Risk Costs**         |          |          |          |
+| - Vendor lock-in       | $X       | $Y       | $Z       |
+| - Migration potential  | $X       | $Y       | $Z       |
+| **Total**              | **$X**   | **$Y**   | **$Z**   |
+```
+
+### Hidden Costs to Consider
+
+1. **Learning Curve**
+   - Training time × hourly rate
+   - Productivity dip during ramp-up
+   - Documentation/onboarding materials
+
+2. **Maintenance Burden**
+   - Updates/patches frequency
+   - Security vulnerabilities
+   - Dependency management
+
+3. **Vendor Lock-in**
+   - Potential migration cost if vendor fails
+   - Price increases over time
+   - Feature deprecation
+
+4. **Opportunity Cost**
+   - Time spent on tech vs features
+   - Delayed time-to-market
+   - Engineer satisfaction/retention
+
+## Risk Assessment
+
+### Risk Matrix
+
+```markdown
+| Risk                | Probability | Impact | Mitigation              | Decision |
+|---------------------|-------------|--------|-------------------------|----------|
+| Vendor shutdown     | 10%         | High   | Use open-source fork    | Accept   |
+| Cost explosion      | 30%         | High   | Set billing alerts      | Mitigate |
+| Performance issues  | 15%         | Medium | Load testing early      | Mitigate |
+| Team skill gap      | 40%         | Medium | Training + pair coding  | Mitigate |
+| Lock-in constraints | 80%         | Low    | Abstract vendor APIs    | Accept   |
+```
+
+### Mitigation Strategies
+
+1. **For Vendor Lock-in**:
+   - Use abstraction layers (repositories, interfaces)
+   - Standard protocols (SQL, S3 API, AMQP)
+   - Regular export/backup testing
+
+2. **For Cost Explosion**:
+   - Set billing alerts at 50%, 75%, 90% of budget
+   - Reserve budgets for unexpected growth
+   - Plan scaling tiers (what happens at 10x users?)
+
+3. **For Knowledge Gaps**:
+   - Pair programming for knowledge transfer
+   - Internal workshops and documentation
+   - Hire consultants for initial setup
+
+## Real-World Examples
+
+### Example 1: Database Selection for E-commerce Startup
+
+**Context**:
+- Team: 5 engineers (3 backend, 2 fullstack)
+- Budget: $500/month
+- Timeline: 3 months to MVP
+- Scale: 1,000 users → 50,000 in 12 months
+
+**BMAD Analysis**:
+- **Best**: PostgreSQL (ACID, proven, ecosystem)
+- **Most Appropriate**: PostgreSQL on Supabase ($25/mo, managed, fast setup)
+- **Design**: Low lock-in (standard SQL), clear migration to RDS later
+
+**Decision**: Supabase PostgreSQL
+**Rationale**: Aligns team skills (SQL), fits budget, fast setup, no lock-in
+
+### Example 2: Message Queue for IoT Platform
+
+**Context**:
+- Team: 20 engineers
+- Budget: $5,000/month
+- Timeline: 6 months
+- Scale: 100k messages/sec, 1 year retention
+
+**BMAD Analysis**:
+- **Best**: Apache Kafka (throughput, durability, ecosystem)
+- **Most Appropriate**: Confluent Cloud (managed Kafka, faster setup)
+- **Design**: Standard Kafka protocol, can migrate to self-hosted
+
+**Decision**: Confluent Cloud
+**Rationale**: Team knows Kafka, $3k/mo fits budget, 2-week setup vs 2-month self-hosted
+
+### Example 3: Auth Provider for SaaS
+
+**Context**:
+- Team: 10 engineers
+- Budget: $1,000/month
+- Requirements: SOC2, GDPR, SSO, MFA
+- Timeline: 2 months
+
+**BMAD Analysis**:
+- **Best**: Auth0 (comprehensive, compliance-ready)
+- **Most Appropriate**: Clerk (modern DX, cheaper, growing fast)
+- **Design**: Medium lock-in (standard OAuth, but proprietary UI)
+
+**Decision**: Clerk
+**Rationale**: 10x cheaper ($200 vs $2,000/mo), modern DX, SOC2 compliant
+
+## Best Practices
+
+### 1. Document Your Decisions
+
+Create Architecture Decision Records (ADRs):
+```markdown
+# ADR-001: Database Selection
+
+## Status: Accepted
+
+## Context
+[Why this decision was needed]
+
+## Decision
+[What was chosen]
+
+## Consequences
+- Positive: [benefits]
+- Negative: [tradeoffs]
+- Risks: [what could go wrong]
+
+## Alternatives Considered
+- Option A: [why rejected]
+- Option B: [why rejected]
+```
+
+### 2. Re-evaluate Periodically
+
+- **Quarterly**: Review costs vs budget
+- **Bi-annually**: Check technology trajectory
+- **Annually**: Full BMAD re-analysis
+
+### 3. Build Escape Hatches
+
+Even when choosing locked-in tech:
+- Abstract vendor-specific APIs
+- Regular backup/export testing
+- Maintain migration playbook
+
+### 4. Start Small, Plan Big
+
+- Begin with managed services (speed to market)
+- Plan migration to self-hosted (cost optimization)
+- Document migration triggers (e.g., >$5k/mo cost)
+
+## Activation Keywords
+
+Ask me about:
+- "Which database should I choose?"
+- "Compare AWS vs GCP vs Azure"
+- "Best technology stack for startups"
+- "BMAD analysis for [technology]"
+- "Technology decision framework"
+- "How to evaluate tech alternatives"
+- "Total cost of ownership for [tech]"
+- "Vendor lock-in analysis"
+- "Migration strategy for [tech A] to [tech B]"
+
+## Resources
+
+- ADR Templates: [adr.github.io](https://adr.github.io/)
+- TCO Calculators: AWS, GCP, Azure pricing calculators
+- Technology Radar: ThoughtWorks Tech Radar
+- Community: [r/ExperiencedDevs](https://reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs)