In short: Superpowers is an open-source way of working for coding agents. It’s a set of skills that work together and steer the assistant to ask questions, write a plan, write the test first and get its work reviewed, instead of jumping straight into code. MIT-licensed and free.
Installing it in Claude Code
- Open Claude Code and type:
/plugin install superpowers@claude-plugins-official - Close your open sessions and start again.
- Test it: in a new session, type “Let’s build a to-do list app”. If it asks you questions before writing code, you’re set.
You can also install it from Superpowers’ own marketplace: /plugin marketplace add obra/superpowers-marketplace, then /plugin install superpowers@superpowers-marketplace.
How it runs a task end to end
- Brainstorming: it clarifies what you want with questions before writing any code.
- Separate workspace: once the design is approved, it opens an isolated branch with a git worktree.
- Plan: it splits the work into 2–5 minute tasks, each with a file path, code and a verification step.
- Execution: it can run a subagent per task with a review after each step, or do all the tasks in one pass and review at the end.
- Tests first: a failing test first, then the least code, then a commit once the test passes.
- Code review and wrap-up: it reports issues by severity and finally offers to merge, open a PR, keep or discard.
Other tools
There are also installs for Cursor, Gemini CLI, Codex CLI and GitHub Copilot CLI; each tool needs its own install. The commands are in the PDF guide and on the repo page.
If something goes wrong
Tell the agent figure out what went wrong with superpowers in this session and the troubleshooting skill kicks in. If the skills don’t trigger, restart the session.
Free PDF guide
Setup, the workflow and the commands for other tools in a 3-page guide (in Turkish).
Source: github.com/obra/superpowers (MIT). Accurate as of November 14, 2026.
