using-superpowers

An agent skill by obra, from obra/superpowers. Tags: api, developer-tools, web.

What it does

Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring skill invocation before ANY response including clarifying questions

Install

With the skills CLI, which installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents:

npx skills add obra/superpowers --skill using-superpowers

Or copy the skill folder into Claude Code's skills directory by hand (~/.claude/skills for every project, or .claude/skills inside one):

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/obra/superpowers
cp -r superpowers/skills/using-superpowers ~/.claude/skills/using-superpowers

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Source

Repository

obra/superpowers (all skills from this repository)

Path

skills/using-superpowers/SKILL.md

Branch

main

Updated

2026-09-19

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• requesting-code-review — Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements
• 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