Welcome to Superpowers
Superpowers is a complete software development workflow for your coding agents, built on composable “skills” that enforce best practices automatically.What is Superpowers?
Instead of jumping straight into code, Superpowers guides your agent through a systematic workflow:- Design first — Refine ideas through conversation and get approval before implementation
- Plan thoroughly — Break work into bite-sized tasks with clear verification steps
- Test-driven development — Write failing tests first, then minimal code to pass
- Systematic debugging — Four-phase root cause analysis instead of guess-and-check
- Code review — Two-stage review process (spec compliance, then code quality)
- Clean completion — Verify everything works before declaring success
Key Features
Test-Driven Development
Enforce RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle with hard gates
Systematic Debugging
Root-cause tracing and defense-in-depth techniques
Design-First Brainstorming
Socratic refinement before writing any code
Subagent-Driven Development
Parallel task execution with independent agents
Git Worktrees
Isolated development branches for clean workflows
Code Review
Two-stage review: spec compliance + code quality
Philosophy
Systematic over ad-hoc — Process beats guessing every time
- Test-Driven Development — Write tests first, always
- Systematic over ad-hoc — Process over guessing
- Complexity reduction — Simplicity as primary goal
- Evidence over claims — Verify before declaring success
Supported Platforms
Superpowers works with multiple coding agent platforms:Claude Code
Install via plugin marketplace
Cursor
Install via plugin marketplace
Codex
Manual installation
OpenCode
Manual installation
Get Started
Quickstart Guide
Install Superpowers and run your first workflow in 5 minutes
Open Source
Superpowers is MIT licensed and developed in the open. Contributions are welcome!View on GitHub
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