# Superpowers

- Category: Prompts & plugins
- Official site: https://github.com/obra/superpowers
- HTML: https://www.88z.ai/en/tools/superpowers
- Markdown: https://www.88z.ai/en/tools/superpowers.md

An agentic skills framework that equips coding agents with structured methodolog

## What is Superpowers?

Superpowers is a complete software development methodology and skills framework designed specifically for AI coding agents.More than just a collection of prompts, it is an engineering protocol that ensures agents understand requirements, plan thoroughly, and execute with discipline before writing any code.By leveraging composable skills and initial instructions, Superpowers instills a senior-engineer mindset into your agent, automatically triggering best practices.

The core workflow begins with deep requirement elicitation: instead of jumping straight into coding, the agent teases out a clear specification through conversation.Once you sign off on the design, it creates an implementation plan detailed enough for any engineer to follow.It then launches a 'subagent-driven-development' process, where specialized sub-agents tackle engineering tasks while adhering to true red/green TDD, YAGNI (You Aren't Gonna Need It), and DRY principles, enabling hours of autonomous, high-quality work.

Superpowers is highly compatible, supporting major AI coding tools including Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot CLI, Gemini CLI, Codex, and Devin.By simply installing the corresponding plugin or extension, you can equip your existing coding agents with these 'superpowers' without changing your daily workflow.

## Key features

- **Structured Requi**：The agent actively elicits and refines requirements before coding, breaking them down into digestible chunks for user sign-off to ensure alignment.
- **Subagent-Driven**：Utilizes a subagent-driven-development model where complex tasks are decomposed and handled by multiple sub-agents with built-in inspection and review steps.
- **Strict Engineeri**：Enforces true red/green Test-Driven Development (TDD), YAGNI (You Aren't Gonna Need It), and DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principles to maintain high code quality.
- **Broad Tool Compa**：Natively supports major coding agents including Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot CLI, Gemini CLI, Codex, Devin, and Kimi Code.
- **Zero-Config Auto**：Skills trigger automatically based on context; users don't need to invoke special commands as the agent applies the methodology when it detects a build task.
- **Composable Skill**：Built on a modular skills framework, allowing developers to flexibly combine different engineering capabilities and instruction sets based on project needs.

## How to use it

1. 1.Identify the AI coding agent you are using (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot CLI).
2. 2.Install the Superpowers plugin via the corresponding marketplace or command line as per official docs (e.g., /plugin install superpowers@claude-plugins-official for Claude Code).
3. 3.Launch your coding agent and start a new conversation or project.
4. 4.Describe the feature you want to build; the agent will automatically initiate the Superpowers workflow by clarifying requirements with you.
5. 5.Review and sign off on the implementation plan generated by the agent, then type 'go' or agree to start execution.
6. 6.Observe the agent completing tasks through sub-agent collaboration and provide feedback if necessary.

## Where it fits

- **Complex Feature**：When building complex features involving multiple modules and interactions, Superpowers' structured planning prevents the agent from losing direction.
- **Legacy Code Refa**：Its strict TDD and review mechanisms help safely improve code structure when refactoring projects with limited context.
- **Automated Protot**：For rapid idea validation, the agent can run autonomously for hours, handling everything from requirements to implementation, significantly speeding up iteration.

## Pricing and free quota

Superpowers itself is open-source and free (MIT License), but it requires underlying AI coding agent platforms (such as Claude, Cursor, etc.), whose pricing follows their respective official sites.For enterprise support, contact sales@primeradiant.com.

## Who it is for

- Software Engineers
- Technical Team Leads
- AI Application Developers
- Indie Developers Seeking Efficient Workflows

## FAQ

### Is Superpowers a standalone AI model?

No.Superpowers is a skills framework and methodology that runs as a plugin on top of existing AI coding agents (like Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) to enhance their behavior.

### Do I need to learn new commands to use it?

No.Superpowers is designed to trigger automatically.Once installed, the agent applies the relevant skills whenever it detects a development task, requiring no manual intervention from the user.

### Which coding agents does it support?

It currently supports Claude Code, Antigravity, Codex, Cursor, Devin, Factory Droid, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, Grok Build CLI, Kimi Code, OpenCode, Pi, Qwen Code, Hermes Agent, and Muse.

## Tags

AI Coding Agents · Development Methodology · Prompt Engineering · Automated Development

Features, pricing and availability follow the official site. Except for 88z.ai’s own API pages, this is a third-party product; 88z.ai only provides a directory introduction.