Superpowers
Jesse Vincent's full Claude Code methodology — TDD, brainstorming, git worktrees, all auto-triggering.
Installation
- Make sure Claude is on your device and in your terminal.
Skills load from
~/.claude/skills/when Claude Code starts up — so you need it on your machine first. If you don't have it yet, install it once with the command below, then runclaudein any terminal to verify.One-time setupnpm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-codeAlready have it? Skip ahead.
- Paste into Claude Code or into your terminal.
This copies the whole skill folder into
~/.claude/skills/superpowers-obra/— the SKILL.md plus any scripts, reference docs, or templates the skill ships with. Safe default: works for every skill.Faster alternative (instruction-only skills)
Skips the clone and grabs only the SKILL.md file. Don't use this if the skill ships Python scripts, reference markdowns, or asset templates — they won't be downloaded and the skill will fail when it tries to load them.
Quick install (SKILL.md only)Sign up to copy - Restart Claude Code.
Quit and reopen Claude Code (or any other agent that loads from
~/.claude/skills/). New skills are picked up on startup. - Just ask Claude.
Skills auto-activate when your request matches the skill's description — no slash command needed. Trigger phrases live in the skill's own frontmatter; you can read them in the “What this skill does” section above.
Prefer to read the source first? Open on GitHub.
When Claude uses it
An agentic skills framework and software development methodology that actually works. Bundles composable skills (brainstorming, test-driven-development, using-git-worktrees, and many more) plus initial instructions that make Claude actually use them. Skills trigger automatically — no need to invoke them by name. The brainstorming skill refines rough ideas through questions before any code is written. The TDD skill enforces RED-GREEN-REFACTOR: write failing test, watch it fail, write minimal code, watch it pass, commit. The git-worktrees skill creates an isolated workspace on a new branch before implementation starts.
What this skill does
Superpowers is a complete software-development methodology for coding agents, built by Jesse Vincent (obra). Currently the most-starred Claude Code skills repo on GitHub.
Rather than handing Claude a blank prompt and hoping for the best, Superpowers ships a set of composable skills plus the orchestration logic that makes Claude actually use them. The agent checks for relevant skills before any task — mandatory workflows, not suggestions.
Core skills include:
- brainstorming — activates before writing code. Refines rough ideas through questions, explores alternatives, presents the design in sections for your approval, and saves a design document you can reference.
- test-driven-development — activates during implementation. Enforces RED-GREEN-REFACTOR: write a failing test, watch it fail, write the minimal code to pass, watch it pass, commit. No skipping the red.
- using-git-worktrees — activates after design approval. Creates an isolated workspace on a new branch, runs project setup, verifies a clean test baseline before any code is written.
- Dozens more covering planning, code review, testing patterns, deployment, and post-incident review.
The whole framework is a plugin you install via Claude Code's plugin manager. Once installed, the skills auto-activate based on what you're doing — you don't have to invoke them by name.
License: MIT. Source: github.com/obra/superpowers.
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