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superpowers Plugin

Category
Development
Topics
Claude Code Customization & Workflow · Code Quality, Review & Testing
First seen
2026-07-09
Last confirmed
2026-07-13
Explanation last updated
2026-07-12

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Superpowers is a GitHub-hosted plugin (by obra / Prime Radiant) that gives coding agents a structured software development methodology built from composable "skills." According to the README, it walks an agent through brainstorming a spec, writing an implementation plan, subagent-driven development with built-in code review, and red/green test-driven development (TDD). It also includes systematic debugging skills and a meta-skill for authoring and testing new skills. It installs as a plugin into supported coding agents such as Claude Code, Antigravity, Codex App/CLI, Cursor, Factory Droid, GitHub Copilot CLI, Kimi Code, OpenCode, and Pi, and the skills trigger automatically once installed. The project is MIT-licensed and includes an optional, disable-able telemetry feature tied to a visual companion in the brainstorming skill.

Overview

Superpowers is not a SaaS product but an installable plugin/skills framework for coding agents. Per the source, it is 'a complete software development methodology for your coding agents, built on top of a set of composable skills and some initial instructions that make sure your agent uses them.' It is installed per coding-agent harness (e.g., via /plugin install commands or agent-specific package managers) and runs locally within the agent session.

What you can do with superpowers

  • brainstorming: Refine a rough idea through Socratic questions, explore alternatives, and produce a design document presented in reviewable sections.
  • using-git-worktrees: Create an isolated workspace on a new branch and verify a clean test baseline after design approval.
  • writing-plans: Break approved designs into small (2-5 minute) tasks with exact file paths, code, and verification steps.
  • subagent-driven-development / executing-plans: Dispatch a fresh subagent per task with two-stage review (spec compliance, then code quality), or execute in batches with human checkpoints.
  • test-driven-development: Enforce RED-GREEN-REFACTOR TDD, deleting any code written before its test.
  • systematic-debugging and verification-before-completion: Follow a 4-phase root-cause debugging process and confirm fixes before declaring completion.
  • requesting-code-review / receiving-code-review: Review work against the plan by severity and respond to feedback.
  • finishing-a-development-branch: Verify tests and choose to merge, open a PR, keep, or discard the branch, then clean up the worktree.
  • writing-skills: Author and test new skills following the project's documented methodology.

Sources

Original description (English)

Superpowers teaches Claude brainstorming, subagent driven development with built in code review, systematic debugging, and red/green TDD. Additionally, it teaches Claude how to author and test new skills.

History of superpowers

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