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Superpowers: agentic skills framework that makes coding agents plan, test, and review before shipping
obra/superpowers installs composable skills into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and eight more harnesses, enforcing a brainstorm, plan, TDD, and subagent-review workflow; about 309,000 stars and roughly 1,000 new stars today.
Why it matters
Mandatory skills, not suggestions: the workflow is enforced before any code is written, and the same skill set works across 11 agent harnesses.
What you could build with it
A small software team could install the skill set across its coding agents so every feature starts with a written plan and test-first tasks, cutting review churn on agent-written pull requests.
Does it hold up?
Usable today: one-line plugin installs on 11 harnesses plus an official Anthropic marketplace listing, but each harness needs its own install and update, and the project does not accept outside contributions of new skills.
Built with Superpowers
- Your Agent Won't Write Code Until It Asks Whyblog · Walkthrough of the mandatory skill flow: design first, then tasks for subagents, with one-line installs for Claude Code and other harnesses.
- Superpowers: Teaching Your Coding Agent to Think Before It Shipsblog · Explains the brainstorm, plan, TDD, and two-stage review loop and how it maps to how senior engineers actually ship.
- Day 2 of 5: Superpowers - Enhancing Agentic TDD and Structured Workflowsmedium · Hands-on series entry on the TDD-centred workflow and subagent orchestration in Superpowers.
- obra/superpowers-skillsgithub · 755 ★ · Community-editable skills for the superpowers plugin.
Learn more
First spotted on github: source.
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