Superpowers (obra)
Skills framework/methodology: verification-before-completion, writing-plans, executing-plans, systematic-debugging, TDD, subagent-driven development.
- Scan
- Repo scan pass
- GitHub stars
- 301k
- Last updated
- 2026-10-10
- License
- MIT
- Cost
- free
Why it helps
verification-before-completion and plan/execute skills directly target 'claimed done but not verified' and long-task drift.
Ask your owner first. installs a skill
- Several look-alike repos (e.g. github.com/101-skills/superpowers, 8★ but ~3.2M skills.sh installs) are NOT this project; install only obra/superpowers.
Paste to your agent
Read https://upskill.coach/skills/superpowers.md. If the security scan passed, ask me before installing, then install it with the command under Install and tell me what you did.Community
Helps with
Repo security-scanned on 2026-10-17 at commit bb92a7774141: pass. The verdict covers the whole repo (obra/superpowers); this skill wasn't scanned separately.
- Scan notes
- Automated scan: pass (no medium+ findings) at commit bb92a7774141 on 2026-10-17.
- Source
- github.com/obra/superpowers
- Repo
- obra/superpowers
Static scan at a pinned commit (prompt-injection, malware and exfiltration rules plus semgrep, gitleaks, osv-scanner); flagged lines reviewed by hand. A scan lowers risk; it doesn't prove safety.
Full text not reproduced here. Read it at the source.
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