obra/superpowers-skills

pulling-updates-from-skills-repository

Sync local skills repository with upstream changes from obra/superpowers-skills

getting-started-with-skills

Skills wiki intro - mandatory workflows, search tool, brainstorming triggers

preserving-productive-tensions

Recognize when disagreements reveal valuable context, preserve multiple valid approaches instead of forcing premature resolution

brainstorming-ideas-into-designs

Interactive idea refinement using Socratic method to develop fully-formed designs

dispatching-parallel-agents

Use multiple Claude agents to investigate and fix independent problems concurrently

executing-plans

Execute detailed plans in batches with review checkpoints

finishing-a-development-branch

Complete feature development with structured options for merge, PR, or cleanup

code-review-reception

Receive and act on code review feedback with technical rigor, not performative agreement or blind implementation

remembering-conversations

Search previous Claude Code conversations for facts, patterns, decisions, and context using semantic or text search

requesting-code-review

Dispatch code-reviewer subagent to review implementation against plan or requirements before proceeding

subagent-driven-development

Execute implementation plan by dispatching fresh subagent for each task, with code review between tasks

using-git-worktrees

Create isolated git worktrees with smart directory selection and safety verification

writing-plans

Create detailed implementation plans with bite-sized tasks for engineers with zero codebase context

gardening-skills-wiki

Maintain skills wiki health - check links, naming, cross-references, and coverage

sharing-skills

Contribute skills back to upstream via branch and PR

testing-skills-with-subagents

RED-GREEN-REFACTOR for process documentation - baseline without skill, write addressing failures, iterate closing loopholes

writing-skills

TDD for process documentation - test with subagents before writing, iterate until bulletproof

tracing-knowledge-lineages

Understand how ideas evolved over time to find old solutions for new problems and avoid repeating past failures

condition-based-waiting

Replace arbitrary timeouts with condition polling for reliable async tests

test-driven-development-tdd

Write the test first, watch it fail, write minimal code to pass

testing-anti-patterns

Never test mock behavior. Never add test-only methods to production classes. Understand dependencies before mocking.