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Superpowers
Complete software development methodology for coding agents: a set of composable skills (TDD, systematic debugging, brainstorming, plan execution) that auto-activate via a session-start hook.
Why it matters
294k-star playbook that stops coding agents from jumping straight to code — skills fire automatically by context, so agents plan, test first, and verify before claiming done.
What you could build with it
A small dev team could give their coding agents enforced TDD and systematic debugging skills, getting multi-hour autonomous coding sessions that verify fixes before claiming done.
Does it hold up?
Strong evidence: 294k stars, shipped in Anthropic's own Claude Code plugin marketplace, and works across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI.
Built with Superpowers
- Superpowers: how it actually fires and what it costsgithub · Independent playbook documenting the trigger-to-skill mapping and the ~584-token session-start cost.
- Superpowers Marketplacegithub · Curated Claude Code plugin marketplace adding 20+ skills plus /brainstorm, /write-plan and /execute-plan commands.
- houstodev/obra-claude-superpowersgithub · Extended framework packaging the skills with installers for Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI and other agents.
Learn more
First spotted on github: source.
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