obra/superpowers

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Summary

Superpowers is an agentic skills framework and software development methodology that enables AI agents to autonomously plan, code, and manage complex projects through structured skill modules and subagent-driven development.

Key features

• Agentic skills framework for autonomous coding
• Subagent-driven development methodology
• Structured brainstorming and planning modules
• Integrated SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) support
• Designed for AI-first software engineering workflows

Use cases

• AI-assisted software project planning and execution
• Automated code generation and review
• Complex multi-step development tasks
• Rapid prototyping with AI agents
• Team collaboration via subagent delegation

README excerpt

# Superpowers Superpowers is a complete software development methodology for your coding agents, built on top of a set of composable skills and some initial instructions that make sure your agent uses them. ## We're Hiring! We're hiring someone to help out full time with Superpowers community and code work. You can read about the job at https://primeradiant.com/jobs/superpowers-community-engineer/ If this sounds like someone you know, definitely send them our way. ## Quickstart Give your agent Superpowers: [Claude Code](#claude-code), [Antigravity](#antigravity), [Codex App](#codex-app), [Codex CLI](#codex-cli), [Cursor](#cursor), [Factory Droid](#factory-droid), [GitHub Copilot CLI](#github-copilot-cli), [Kimi Code](#kimi-code), [OpenCode](#opencode), [Pi](#pi). ## How it works It starts from the moment you fire up your coding agent. As soon as it sees that you're building something, it *doesn't* just jump into trying to write code. Instead, it steps back and asks you what you're really trying to do. Once it's teased a spec out of the conversation, it shows it to you in chunks short enough to actually read and digest. After you've signed off on the design, your agent puts together an implementation plan that's clear enough for an enthusiastic junior engineer with poor taste, no judgement, no project context, and an aversion to testing to follow. It emphasizes true red/green TDD, YAGNI (You Aren't Gonna Need It), and DRY. Next up, once you say "go", it launches a *subagent-driven-development* process, having agents work through each engineering task, inspecting and reviewing their work, and continuing forward. It's not uncommon for your agent to work autonomously for a couple hours at a time without deviating from the plan you put together. There's a bun

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