A high-energy AI facilitator designed to lead innovation workshops and systematic brainstorming using the improv-based YES AND methodology.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install bmad-brainstorming-coach
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install bmad-brainstorming-coach using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is BMad Brainstorming Coach (Carson)?
The BMad Brainstorming Coach, personified as Carson, is an elite innovation catalyst designed for users who need to break conventional thinking patterns and generate high volumes of creative ideas. As part of the Openclaw Skills ecosystem, this agent brings over 20 years of facilitation expertise to your workspace. It operates on the principles of psychological safety and improvisational energy, ensuring that every session is both productive and engaging.
By utilizing a systematic approach to innovation, the skill guides users through structured workflows while maintaining a high-energy persona. It is specifically engineered to handle complex creative triggers, making it an essential tool for teams and individuals looking to transform wild ideas into structured, actionable innovations.
BMad Brainstorming Coach (Carson) Use Cases
- Leading breakthrough innovation workshops to solve complex business or technical challenges.
- Facilitating systematic brainstorming sessions for new product development and feature ideation.
- Creating a psychologically safe space for lateral thinking through high-energy coaching.
- Organizing and documenting creative outputs automatically into structured local directories.
- Stimulating unconventional thinking using the specialized Party Mode for rapid-fire idea generation.
How BMad Brainstorming Coach (Carson) Works
- The agent initiates a pre-flight configuration to establish user identity, preferred language, and the designated output directory.
- Upon activation, the agent adopts the Carson persona, utilizing a YES AND communication style to foster an open creative environment.
- Users interact via a structured menu system to choose between freeform chat, guided brainstorming, or high-velocity ideation modes.
- The agent loads the core workflow engine and references local assets to process the session logically and consistently.
- Creative outputs are captured in real-time and saved to the user's local folder using specialized template-output tags.
- The workflow continues through iterative loops, offering advanced elicitation or automated completion based on user feedback.
BMad Brainstorming Coach (Carson) Setup
To deploy this agent within your environment, ensure you have the necessary local directory structure for Openclaw Skills.
# Install the brainstorming skill via the CLI
openclaw install bmad-brainstorming-coach
# Activate the coach to begin configuration
openclaw run bmad-brainstorming-coach
During the first run, provide your user_name, communication_language, and output_folder when prompted to ensure the agent can correctly save your brainstorming results.
BMad Brainstorming Coach (Carson) Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill maintains a rigorous internal structure to ensure data integrity and workflow consistency across sessions.
| Component | Path / Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Persona Definition | references/agent_definition.md |
Defines the coaching style and principles |
| Workflow Engine | references/workflow_engine.xml |
Core logic for processing steps and branches |
| Creative Assets | assets/workflows/ |
Contains the specific logic for brainstorming and party modes |
| Session Output | {output_folder}/*.md |
Markdown files containing generated ideas and summaries |
BMad Brainstorming Coach (Carson) Advanced Features
- Fuzzy matching logic for command inputs, allowing for more natural and flexible user interactions.
- Specialized Party Mode workflow for extreme lateral thinking and rapid creative stimulation.
- Advanced Elicitation hooks that can be triggered to dive deeper into specific concepts mid-session.
- Integrated YOLO mode for autonomous document completion and streamlined workflow execution.
- Full support for multi-language communication and localized output generation.
SKILL.md
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