# Packs · BMAD+ documentation

> What each pack adds, who needs it and how to install it.

Canonical: https://bmad-plus.rochetta.fr/docs/packs/
Language: en
BMAD+ version: 0.23.1
Documentation reviewed: 2026-10-19
Author: Laurent Rochetta
License: MIT

[BMAD+ documentation](https://bmad-plus.rochetta.fr/docs/)

## Pages in this section

- [The ten packs: what each one adds and how to choose](https://bmad-plus.rochetta.fr/docs/packs/packs-overview/): A pack is an installable group of agents and skills. Compare the ten BMAD+ packs in one table, learn how to choose, install, add and remove them, and how overlapping packs coexist.
- [Core pack: Atlas, Forge, Sentinel and Nexus](https://bmad-plus.rochetta.fr/docs/packs/core/): The required base pack of BMAD+: four agents from idea to reviewed delivery, six shared skills, install command, eight copyable prompts, outputs, limits.
- [OSINT pack: Shadow, governed public-source research](https://bmad-plus.rochetta.fr/docs/packs/osint/): Shadow runs a phased open-source investigation with a mandatory lawful-basis gate for named people. Install, API keys, budget rule, seven prompts, outputs and legal limits.
- [Maker pack: build and package your own agents](https://bmad-plus.rochetta.fr/docs/packs/maker/): Maker is a meta-agent that designs, validates and packages new BMAD+ agents. Install command, the four creation phases, six prompts, the output folder and what the package is meant for.
- [Shield pack: 27 compliance specialists and 11 workflows](https://bmad-plus.rochetta.fr/docs/packs/shield/): Shield routes compliance questions to 27 framework specialists and 11 GDPR and AI Act workflows, and adds assurance cases, an AI register and review rules. Not legal advice.
- [SEO / GEO pack: audit search visibility and readiness for AI answers](https://bmad-plus.rochetta.fr/docs/packs/seo/): SEO / GEO: three agents audit search visibility and visibility in AI-generated answers (content quality, structured data, AI-readiness) with 15 commands. Install, keys, examples, limits.
- [Memory pack: Zecher and the persistent brain](https://bmad-plus.rochetta.fr/docs/packs/memory-pack/): Zecher keeps decisions, lessons and session handoffs in plain files across sessions and projects. Install, brain detection, eight prompts, outputs, CLI companions and limits.
- [Dev Studio pack: six personas and 38 workflows](https://bmad-plus.rochetta.fr/docs/packs/dev-studio/): Dev Studio covers the software lifecycle with six personas and 38 named workflows, from product brief to code review. Install, the full catalogue by phase, eight prompts, studio CLI, limits.
- [Backup pack: timestamped ZIP backups, restore and rotation](https://bmad-plus.rochetta.fr/docs/packs/backup/): Backup Manager zips your project with a timestamp, lists, restores and rotates the archives with four slash commands. Install, five prompts, where files go, what is excluded and what is not covered.
- [Animated pack: turn an MP4 into a scroll-driven website](https://bmad-plus.rochetta.fr/docs/packs/animated/): The Animated Website Creator turns a video into a scroll-driven page in five steps: analyse, extract frames, write six sections, build, preview. Requirements, six prompts and limits.
- [Design pack: Atelier asks first, then builds, audits and redesigns](https://bmad-plus.rochetta.fr/docs/packs/design/): Atelier is the BMAD+ design engine: a 13-question intake, then build, review or redesign through three skills, labelled evidence and a quoted pre-flight verdict. Install, real session, examples.

[Source on GitHub](https://github.com/lrochetta/BMAD-PLUS)