| name | superpowers |
| description | Use when starting any non-trivial development work — bundles brainstorming, plan writing, plan execution, TDD, systematic debugging, verification, code review (requesting & receiving), parallel agent dispatch, subagent-driven dev, git worktrees, branch completion, and skill authoring. The 14 sub-skills live under skills/<sub>/SKILL.md inside this skill's base_dir. |
Superpowers
This skill is a bundle / index, not a workflow itself. It registers a
single catalog entry covering 14 specialized agent sub-skills sourced from
the upstream obra/superpowers project,
and points you at the specific sub-skill's SKILL.md you need for any given
task.
You MUST read_file the relevant sub-skill's SKILL.md (relative to this
skill's base_dir) before acting on its domain — this index does not
substitute for the sub-skill's own instructions.
Sub-skill index
Pick the entry whose "Use when" matches the work in front of you, then read
the file in the right column.
skills/using-superpowers/SKILL.md — Use when starting any conversation;
establishes how to find and use skills.skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md — Use before any creative work (creating
features, building components, modifying behavior); explores intent and
requirements before implementation.skills/writing-plans/SKILL.md — Use when you have a spec or requirements
for a multi-step task, before touching code.skills/executing-plans/SKILL.md — Use when you have a written plan to
execute in a separate session with review checkpoints.skills/subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md — Use when executing
implementation plans with independent tasks in the current session.skills/dispatching-parallel-agents/SKILL.md — Use when facing 2+
independent tasks that can be worked on in parallel without shared state.skills/test-driven-development/SKILL.md — Use when implementing any
feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code.skills/systematic-debugging/SKILL.md — Use when encountering any bug,
test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes.skills/verification-before-completion/SKILL.md — Use when about to claim
work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or opening PRs.skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md — Use when completing tasks,
implementing major features, or before merging.skills/receiving-code-review/SKILL.md — Use when receiving code review
feedback, before implementing suggestions.skills/using-git-worktrees/SKILL.md — Use when starting feature work
that needs isolation from the current workspace.skills/finishing-a-development-branch/SKILL.md — Use when implementation
is complete and you need to decide how to integrate the work.skills/writing-skills/SKILL.md — Use when creating new skills, editing
existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment.
How to consult a sub-skill
read_file(<base_dir>/skills/<sub-skill-id>/SKILL.md)
Each sub-skill's directory may also carry its own references/, examples/,
scripts/, and assets/ subdirs — read or execute those by absolute path
as the sub-skill instructs.
Provenance & license
Sub-skills are vendored from
obra/superpowers. See LICENSE and
README.md in this directory for the upstream attribution and license terms.
