Install
npx skills add obra/superpowers --skill using-superpowers
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
/plugin install superpowers@superpowers-dev
This skill is part of the plugin “superpowers”. In Claude Code the plugin installs it together with the plugin’s other skills, commands and hooks.
What does the using-superpowers skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Questions about using-superpowers
What does the using-superpowers skill do?
Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring skill invocation before ANY response including clarifying questions
How do I install using-superpowers?
In a terminal: npx skills add obra/superpowers --skill using-superpowers. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use using-superpowers?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is using-superpowers safe to use?
Our automatic check found no risky patterns (piped shell scripts, hidden characters, secret access, prompt overrides). It is not a full audit – read the SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.
More skills from obra/superpowers
You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, modifying behavior, or planning anything new, in software or out of it (a talk, a business, a renovation).
Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes
Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code
Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements
Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code
Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs - requires running verification commands and confirming output before making any success claims; evidence before assertions always
Use when executing an implementation plan in the current session as the implementer yourself — your human partner chose inline execution, or no subagent tool is available
Use when executing implementation plans with independent tasks in the current session
Related skills in Agents & Workflows
Helps users discover and install agent skills when they ask questions like "how do I do X", "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can...", or express interest in extending capabilities. This skill should be used when the user is looking for functionality that might exist as an installable skill.
Configure this repo for the engineering skills: set up its issue tracker, triage label vocabulary, and domain doc layout. Run once before first use of the other engineering skills.
Teach the user a new skill or concept, within this workspace.
No description in the SKILL.md.
No description in the SKILL.md.
Ask which skill or flow fits your situation. A router over the skills in this repo.
No description in the SKILL.md.
Plan a huge chunk of work (more than one agent session can hold) as a shared map of decision tickets on your issue tracker, and resolve them one at a time until the way to the destination is clear.