superpowers-plus

Superpowers Plus

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Superpowers Plus is an enhanced workflow skill set evolved from upstream superpowers, designed for coding agent environments like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Gemini CLI. It retains the "design → plan → execute → verify" core workflow but unifies execution routing, subagent context control, and installation entry points within this repository instead of relying on the upstream.

How it works

It starts from the moment you fire up your coding agent. As soon as it sees that you're building something, it doesn't just jump into trying to write code. Instead, it steps back and asks you what you're really trying to do.

Once it's teased a spec out of the conversation, it shows it to you in chunks short enough to actually read and digest.

After you've signed off on the design, your agent puts together an implementation plan that's clear enough for an enthusiastic junior engineer with poor taste, no judgement, no project context, and an aversion to testing to follow. It emphasizes true red/green TDD, YAGNI (You Aren't Gonna Need It), and DRY.

Next up, once you say "go", it launches an executing-plans process that automatically chooses parallel or serial subagent routing based on task dependency, then inspects and reviews the work as it goes. It's not uncommon for Claude to be able to work autonomously for a couple hours at a time without deviating from the plan you put together.

There's a bunch more to it, but that's the core of the system. And because the skills trigger automatically, you don't need to do anything special. Your coding agent just has Superpowers Plus.

Key Changes from Upstream Superpowers

Superpowers Plus tracks upstream superpowers closely — including its full execution model (executing-plans for parallel-session execution and subagent-driven-development for same-session execution). On top of upstream, this fork adds the following.

Additional skills (available, invoke explicitly when relevant):

• bootstrapping-repository-memory / curating-repository-memory — initialize and maintain durable, repository-level memory.
• acceptance-testing / writing-acceptance-criteria — derive acceptance criteria from an approved spec and verify against them.
• distilling-lessons — capture reusable lessons into memory.

These extra skills are not wired into the default workflow automatically — invoke them by name when you need them.

Localization and multi-harness install:

• Chinese documentation (README.zh-CN and install guides).
• Install entry points unified to this repository for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, and Gemini CLI.

This is not a complete changelog, but rather the differences users need to know.

Installation

Superpowers Plus installation entry points are unified to this repository:

• GitHub: https://github.com/xhyqaq/superpowers-plus
• Codex install script: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xhyqaq/superpowers-plus/refs/heads/main/.codex/INSTALL.md
• OpenCode install script: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xhyqaq/superpowers-plus/refs/heads/main/.opencode/INSTALL.md

Claude Code

We recommend installing directly from the repository rather than relying on the upstream marketplace:

Quick Install (Recommended):

git clone https://github.com/xhyqaq/superpowers-plus.git ~/.claude/superpowers-plus
bash ~/.claude/superpowers-plus/.claude-plugin/install.sh

Manual Install:

git clone https://github.com/xhyqaq/superpowers-plus.git ~/.claude/superpowers-plus
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cd ~/.claude/superpowers-plus/skills
for skill in */; do
  skill_name="${skill%/}"
  ln -sf "$HOME/.claude/superpowers-plus/skills/$skill_name" "$HOME/.claude/skills/superpowers:$skill_name"
done

> Note: Claude Code only scans direct subdirectories under ~/.claude/skills/, so you need to create individual symlinks for each skill rather than linking the entire skills directory.

Verify Installation:

ls ~/.claude/skills/ | grep superpowers:

You should see multiple symlinks starting with superpowers:.

Cursor

Currently, we recommend using the skill directory approach, exposing skills/ to Cursor's discoverable skill path. If your Cursor environment supports repository-type skill sources, please use xhyqaq/superpowers-plus directly.

Codex

Tell Codex:

Fetch and follow instructions from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xhyqaq/superpowers-plus/refs/heads/main/.codex/INSTALL.md

Detailed docs: docs/README.codex.md

OpenCode

Tell OpenCode:

Fetch and follow instructions from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xhyqaq/superpowers-plus/refs/heads/main/.opencode/INSTALL.md

Detailed docs: docs/README.opencode.md

Gemini CLI

gemini extensions install https://github.com/xhyqaq/superpowers-plus

To update:

gemini extensions update superpowers-plus

Verify Installation

Start a new session in your chosen platform and ask for something that should trigger a skill (for example, "help me plan this feature" or "let's debug this issue"). The agent should automatically invoke the relevant Superpowers Plus skill.

The Basic Workflow

1. brainstorming - Activates before writing code. Refines rough ideas through questions, explores alternatives, presents design in sections for validation. Saves design document.

2. using-git-worktrees - Activates after design approval. Creates isolated workspace on new branch, runs project setup, verifies clean test baseline.

3. writing-plans - Activates with approved design. Breaks work into bite-sized tasks (2-5 minutes each). Every task has exact file paths, complete code, verification steps.

4. subagent-driven-development or executing-plans - Activates with plan. Dispatches a fresh subagent per task with two-stage review (spec compliance, then code quality), or executes in batches with human checkpoints.

5. test-driven-development - Activates during implementation. Enforces RED-GREEN-REFACTOR: write failing test, watch it fail, write minimal code, watch it pass, commit. Deletes code written before tests.

6. requesting-code-review - Activates between tasks. Reviews against plan, reports issues by severity. Critical issues block progress.

7. finishing-a-development-branch - Activates when tasks complete. Verifies tests, presents options (merge/PR/keep/discard), cleans up worktree.

The agent checks for relevant skills before any task. Mandatory workflows, not suggestions.

What's Inside

Skills Library

Testing

• test-driven-development - RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle (includes testing anti-patterns reference)

Debugging

• systematic-debugging - 4-phase root cause process (includes root-cause-tracing, defense-in-depth, condition-based-waiting techniques)
• verification-before-completion - Ensure it's actually fixed

Collaboration

• brainstorming - Socratic design refinement
• writing-plans - Detailed implementation plans
• executing-plans - Batch execution with checkpoints
• subagent-driven-development - Fast iteration with two-stage review (spec compliance, then code quality)
• dispatching-parallel-agents - Concurrent subagent workflows
• requesting-code-review - Pre-review checklist
• receiving-code-review - Responding to feedback
• using-git-worktrees - Parallel development branches
• finishing-a-development-branch - Merge/PR decision workflow

Meta

• writing-skills - Create new skills following best practices (includes testing methodology)
• using-superpowers - Introduction to the skills system

Philosophy

• Test-Driven Development - Write tests first, always
• Systematic over ad-hoc - Process over guessing
• Complexity reduction - Simplicity as primary goal
• Evidence over claims - Verify before declaring success

If you want to learn about the original philosophy, you can check the upstream Superpowers related articles. However, the installation, behavior, and execution model of this repository are governed by the documentation here.

Contributing

Skills live directly in this repository. To contribute:

1. Fork the repository 2. Create a branch for your skill 3. Follow the writing-skills skill for creating and testing new skills 4. Submit a PR

See skills/writing-skills/SKILL.md for the complete guide.

Updating

Skills update automatically when you update the cloned repository:

cd ~/.claude/superpowers-plus && git pull

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

Support

• Repository: https://github.com/xhyqaq/superpowers-plus
• Issues: https://github.com/xhyqaq/superpowers-plus/issues