A complete software-development methodology packaged as composable skills the agent reaches for on its own: brainstorming before code, writing and executing plans, test-driven development, systematic debugging, verification before completion, requesting and receiving code review, git worktrees, subagent-driven development.
skillgild install superpowers
License: MIT · Created by Jesse Vincent · The project lists support for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot CLI, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, Kimi, more
A community skill: it installs from its own repository and your agent runs the project's instructions locally with your own model. SkillGild lists it and credits the author; nothing runs on SkillGild.
With the SkillGild CLI (needs git). It clones obra/superpowers and copies the skill folder into the right place for your agent; use --agent codex, cursor or gemini-cli for other clients.
skillgild install superpowers --agent claude-codeClaude Code plugin marketplace.
/plugin marketplace add obra/superpowers-marketplace
/plugin install superpowers@superpowers-marketplaceAny agent, with the skills CLI.
npx skills add obra/superpowersManual copy.
See the README for Cursor (/add-plugin superpowers), Codex, OpenCode, Gemini and Copilot CLI installsOr copy the folder yourself from obra/superpowers into ~/.claude/skills/superpowers/ for Claude Code, ~/.agents/skills/ for Codex, ~/.cursor/skills/ for Cursor or ~/.gemini/skills/ for Gemini CLI, then start a new session.
Requests that trigger this skill once it is installed in your agent.
Brainstorm the design for a rate limiter before coding
Write a plan for the import feature, then execute it with TDD
Systematically debug the flaky test
Run skillgild install superpowers --agent claude-code: the SkillGild CLI clones obra/superpowers and copies the skill folder into ~/.claude/skills/superpowers. You can also use the project's own commands shown above, or copy the folder yourself. Use --agent codex, cursor or gemini-cli for other clients.
Yes. The upstream repository is published under the MIT license by Jesse Vincent. SkillGild lists and credits it and installs it from source; it does not host or run it.
The project lists Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot CLI, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, Kimi and more. It is distributed as a plugin, so follow the plugin commands above for Claude Code and the project's README for other clients.
No. Superpowers is a community skill: your agent runs its instructions locally with your own model, and SkillGild lists, credits and installs it. Hosted SkillGild skills are marked differently and run through the SkillGild MCP server.
Setup steps and worked examples for this kind of skill.
Karpathy's observations on how LLMs fail at coding, codified into four rules the agent follows: think before coding (state assumptions, ask instead of guessing), simplicity first, surgical changes, and goal-driven execution.
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Anthropic's official plugin that adds commit, push and pull-request commands to Claude Code: /commit-commands:commit writes a conventional message from the diff, pushes, and can open the PR.
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The lazy senior developer ruleset: before writing code the agent climbs a decision ladder (is it needed, does something reusable exist, is there a built-in) and only then writes the minimum.