| name | superpowers |
| description | Use when starting creative work, planning a multi-step task, isolating a workspace, wrapping a branch, or giving/getting code review. Not when the task is a one-line fix with no design surface. |
| when_to_use | Process skills that govern HOW to approach work — invoke BEFORE implementation skills. Brainstorm before building; plan before coding; worktree before isolated work; review before merge; finish-branch when done. |
| effort | high |
| model | inherit |
| priority | 2 |
| pack | core |
| stage | stable |
| triggers | ["brainstorm","let's build","write a plan","implementation plan","git worktree","code review","review my code","finish branch","write a skill","subagent driven"] |
| paths | ["*"] |
| submodules | ["brainstorming/SKILL.md","writing-plans/SKILL.md","subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md","using-git-worktrees/SKILL.md","finishing-a-development-branch/SKILL.md","requesting-code-review/SKILL.md","receiving-code-review/SKILL.md","writing-skills/SKILL.md"] |
Superpowers — Process Discipline
Vendored from obra/Superpowers (MIT, Jesse Vincent), compressed to house style — see NOTICE.md. These are process skills: they decide HOW to approach a task and run BEFORE implementation skills. On conflict, this repo's 01-operating-system + rules/* + Brian's preferences win.
The flow (route by where you are)
- Starting anything creative? →
brainstorming/SKILL.md — explore intent + design before code. Non-negotiable first step.
- Have requirements, multi-step? →
writing-plans/SKILL.md — write the plan before touching code.
- Work needs isolation? →
using-git-worktrees/SKILL.md — spin an isolated workspace ([[main-only-branch]]).
- Executing the plan? →
subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md — one subagent per task + two-stage review ([[monitor-orchestration]], [[parallel-subagent-economy]]).
- Before merge? →
requesting-code-review/SKILL.md — dispatch the code-reviewer agent + Agent Diversity Review ([[agent-selection]]).
- Got feedback? →
receiving-code-review/SKILL.md — verify it technically, then act; no blind agreement.
- Tests green, done? →
finishing-a-development-branch/SKILL.md — merge / PR / cleanup ([[no-staging-doctrine]], auto-push).
Authoring a skill itself? → writing-skills/SKILL.md + [[skill-authoring-contract]] (the house authoring rule, where the SDO / match-the-form / ordered-by-weight insights now live).
Agent map
requesting-code-review → the code-reviewer agent + diversity gate.subagent-driven-development → meta-orchestrator / parallel Agent spawns.brainstorming → pairs with 14-independent-idea-engine.
Folded — these live in rules/, not duplicated here
test-driven-development → [[e2e-tdd-organization]]systematic-debugging → [[error-recovery]]verification-before-completion → [[verification-loop]]dispatching-parallel-agents → [[parallel-subagent-economy]]executing-plans → [[monitor-orchestration]]using-superpowers → 01-operating-system (skill-check before action)- writing-skills best insights (SDO, match-the-form, ordered-by-weight, human-voice) →
[[skill-authoring-contract]]
