The AI Brainstorming Tool You'll Use for Everything: 108 Techniques Inside Claude Code
By Paul Preibisch
New here? What is BMAD?
BMAD Method is a free, open-source AI workflow framework for Claude Code. Install it once with a single command and get a library of structured AI tools — code review crews, debugging workflows, brainstorming rooms, and more. Everything runs right inside Claude Code with simple slash commands. Read my full deep-dive on why I love BMAD →
There's an amazing new brainstorming tool you can launch right inside Claude Code — and once you try it, you'll find yourself using it for everything.
After installing BMAD with one command, you just run:
💬 Claude Code Chat — launches the brainstorming facilitatortype in the chat panel
/bmad-brainstorming
That single command gives you access to 108 different brainstorming techniques across 13 categories. Tell the AI what you want to brainstorm — whether it's your mother and father's 60th anniversary party, a new product idea, a book launch like Unhustle, or anything else on your mind — and it gets to work generating ideas for you.
The "Ideate for Me" Mode — AI Does the Work
The most magical mode is called Ideate for me. You step back completely. The AI runs the entire session — generating ideas, switching between techniques, and pushing past 60, 80, even 100 ideas — all on your topic. You just watch the ideas roll in.
How it works
The AI picks a technique, runs it until the ideas start thinning, then announces the switch to a new approach. Every ~10 ideas it shifts perspective entirely — from structured analysis to role-playing to "what if" scenarios — so you keep getting fresh angles instead of the same idea rephrased. At the end, it automatically creates a beautiful HTML keepsake of everything generated.
You're not just getting a list of bullet points. You're getting a curated artifact — organized by technique, with the best ideas highlighted — that you can share, revisit, and actually use.
See What It Creates — A Real Example
Here's an actual brainstorm keepsake generated by BMAD for planning a 60th wedding anniversary. 60+ ideas across five techniques: What If Scenarios, Cross-Pollination, Assumption Reversal, Role Playing, and Time Shifting. The standout ideas are starred. There's a full synthesis section at the end pulling everything together.
This is a real artifact — self-contained HTML, no server needed, works offline, shareable by dragging the file anywhere. Notice it's not a generic template: the colors, tone, and layout all match the subject matter. A children's birthday party brainstorm would look completely different.
Want a guided session?
If you'd rather have someone walk you through your first BMAD brainstorm live, I offer 1-on-1 Claude Code coaching sessions — we can run a full ideation session on your actual project together.
108 Techniques, 13 Categories
The full library covers techniques most brainstormers have never heard of — organized into 13 categories that produce structurally different kinds of sessions:
SCAMPER, Six Thinking Hats, mind mapping, reverse brainstorming — the methods that have worked for decades. These are shown first by default. Once you've tried the classics, explore the Absurdist or Biomimetic categories for ideas you would never have reached otherwise.
Picking Biomimetic means the AI draws from how organisms solve problems. Picking Theatrical means it uses roleplay and persona-switching. Picking Absurdist means it will push ideas to genuinely ridiculous extremes — and sometimes the best idea hides inside an absurd one. The category you choose shapes the entire session.
BMAD also ships 50 advanced elicitation techniques for getting the most out of AI responses. Read the full reference →
The Composer Page — Design Your Session in 30 Seconds
When you launch /bmad-brainstorming, BMAD opens a beautiful offline HTML page called the brainstorming composer. No server, no login — it opens in your browser immediately.
BMad Method Brainstorming Selection
Pick your techniques, hit Copy prompt, and paste it into the chat to begin. 108 techniques across 13 categories.
Stance: Ideate for meWhat If ScenariosCross-PollinationAssumption ReversalRole PlayingProvocationTime Shifting
✓ Copied! Now paste it into the chat to start your session.
The genius of the composer is this: you browse 108 techniques visually, click the ones you want, choose your mode (Ideate for me, Facilitate, or Creative Partner), then hit Copy prompt. That copies a fully configured brainstorming prompt to your clipboard. Paste it into Claude Code and the session begins exactly how you designed it.
Why this matters
Trying to choose from 108 techniques inside a chat window would be overwhelming. The composer page groups everything visually so you can scan the categories, pick what feels right for your topic, and start in 30 seconds. Most people use it with the defaults. Power users use the category filters to push into territory they've never explored.
Three Ways to Brainstorm
You pick the mode in the composer. Each puts you in a different relationship with the AI:
Ideate for me
The AI runs the whole session. You just gave it your topic. It generates everything — switching techniques, pushing past obvious ideas, aiming for 60–100+ ideas — and at the end, the keepsake is generated automatically. Use this when you want to see the full possibility space before adding your own assumptions.
Facilitator
The AI asks questions, throws provocations, and adds constraints — but never gives you ideas. You generate them. This is the mode that keeps the thinking genuinely yours. If you ask for one idea, you get exactly one, and then the pen comes back to you.
Creative Partner
You riff together. The AI trades ideas and goes "yes, and" — but if it's contributed more than you, it pulls back. Great when you want collaboration without losing ownership of the session.
How to Get Started
Install BMAD with one command in your project terminal, then launch from the Claude Code chat:
Step 1 — Install BMAD (run once in your terminal)→ then press Enter
Step 2 — Launch brainstorming (in the Claude Code chat)type this and hit Enter
/bmad-brainstorming
The composer page opens in your browser. Pick your techniques, copy the prompt, paste it back into the chat — and you're brainstorming with 108 techniques behind you.
Pair it with Agent Vibes
Running multiple BMAD agents at once? Agent Vibes gives each agent its own voice and personality — so when your brainstorming facilitator switches techniques, you hear the shift. It's one of the more unexpected ways the BMAD party mode comes to life.
Keep reading
Related posts and tools from across the site:
Why I Love BMAD →
50 Elicitation Techniques →
Agent Vibes →
AI Tools I Use in 2026 →
Rebuilding Unhustle.com →
Claude Code Coaching →
More in the BMAD 6.9.0 release
The brainstorming facilitator is one of five new tools. Each gets its own deep-dive.
Free and open-source. Run this in your project root — the brainstorming facilitator, all 108 techniques, the composer page, and the full BMAD skill library are included.
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