obra/superpowers: 15 Agent Skills
An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.
| Repository | obra/superpowers |
|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 296,555 |
| Skills | 15 |
| Category | Software engineering |
| License | MIT |
| Last updated | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Install counts | obra/superpowers on skills.sh, Vercel's skills directory, which shows installs and security audits per skill |
Install obra/superpowers
| All skills, any agent | npx skills add obra/superpowers |
|---|---|
| One skill | npx skills add obra/superpowers --skill brainstorming |
| Only for Claude Code | npx skills add obra/superpowers -a claude-code, or copy a skill folder to ~/.claude/skills/ (all projects) or .claude/skills/ (one project) |
npx skills is the open-source skills CLI; it asks which agents to install for. Skills can include scripts that your agent will run: read a skill before installing it, as you would any code.
Skills in obra/superpowers
| Skill | What it does |
|---|---|
| brainstorming | You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements and design before implementation. |
| diagnosing-superpowers | Use when a superpowers session went wrong and your human partner wants to know why — repeated work, ignored plans, stumbles, poor results, a skill that didn't fire, "it took too long", "why is it so expensive", "what is it doing" — or wants to build a bug report for the superpowers maintainers,… |
| dispatching-parallel-agents | Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies |
| executing-plans | Use when executing an implementation plan in the current session as the implementer yourself — your human partner chose inline execution, or no subagent tool is available |
| finishing-a-development-branch | Use when implementation is complete, all tests pass, and you need to decide how to integrate the work |
| receiving-code-review | Use when receiving code review feedback, before implementing suggestions, especially if feedback seems unclear or technically questionable - requires technical rigor and verification, not performative agreement or blind implementation |
| requesting-code-review | Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements |
| subagent-driven-development | Use when executing implementation plans with independent tasks in the current session |
| systematic-debugging | Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes |
| test-driven-development | Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code |
| using-git-worktrees | Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace or before executing implementation plans - ensures an isolated workspace exists via native tools or git worktree fallback |
| using-superpowers | Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring skill invocation before ANY response including clarifying questions |
| verification-before-completion | Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs - requires running verification commands and confirming output before making any success claims; evidence before assertions always |
| writing-plans | Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code |
| writing-skills | Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment |
Names and descriptions come from each skill's SKILL.md and are written by the pack's authors.
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