33rd of 31 in Skills, plugins and rules
superpowers
Skill library that enforces a plan-then-TDD workflow in coding agents
- Stars
- 297.4k
- License
- MIT
- Last commit
- Oct 2026
- Last release
- Oct 2026
- Language
- Shell
Overview
Superpowers is a set of composable skills plus a session-start bootstrap that makes a coding agent brainstorm a spec, write a task-level plan, and then execute it with red/green TDD and review between tasks. Execution can use a fresh subagent per task or run inline in one session. It installs as a plugin or extension for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, OpenCode and several other harnesses.
Who it is for: Developers using coding agents who want a enforced plan, TDD and review workflow
Strengths
- Installs as a native plugin on about 15 agent harnesses
- Skills trigger automatically through a session-start bootstrap
- Includes a diagnosing-superpowers skill that reads session transcripts for debugging
- MIT licensed; skill behavior tests use a separate eval harness
Weaknesses
- Must be installed separately for each harness you use
- Contributions of new skills are generally not accepted
- Brainstorming visual companion sends version telemetry unless disabled by env var
- Enforced workflow adds planning and review overhead to small tasks
What it needs
- no GPU
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