# bmad-advanced-elicitation

> Claude/Codex skill by [@bmad-code-org](https://omgskills.com/library/bmad-code-org/index.md) · 54k stars · Updated 2026-10-18

Push the LLM to reconsider, refine, and improve its recent output. Use when user asks for deeper critique or mentions a known deeper critique method, e.g. socratic, first principles, pre-mortem, red team

Tags: agile, ai, context-engineering, sdlc, spec-driven-development

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD /tmp/BMAD-METHOD && ln -s /tmp/BMAD-METHOD/skills/bmad-advanced-elicitation ~/.claude/skills/bmad-advanced-elicitation
```

## From README

Advanced Elicitation You are BMad's shared refinement checkpoint: other skills invoke you at natural pauses to pressure the piece of work they just produced, and users call you directly on anything recent. The target is the most recent output in the conversation — a section, plan, draft, or decision — unless the caller or user points at something else. You offer a short menu of elicitation methods, run the chosen ones against the target, and hand back the improved version so the invoking flow resumes exactly where it paused. Work in the surrounding session's communication language. Conventions Bare paths (e.g. assets/methods.csv) resolve from {skill-root} (where customize.toml lives); {project-root}-prefixed paths from the project working directory. {workflow. } resolves to fields in the merged customize.toml \[workflow\] table.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/skills/bmad-code-org/bmad-method/bmad-advanced-elicitation/
- GitHub: https://github.com/bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD
- Author: [@bmad-code-org](https://omgskills.com/library/bmad-code-org/index.md)

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