using-superpowers
Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring skill invocation before ANY response including clarifying questions
Install
With your agent
Install OMGSkills skill "obra/superpowers:using-superpowers" into this agent's normal skills directory: call the OMGSkills MCP get_install_plan tool for your agent and run the script it returns (it installs only the pinned commit and verifies SKILL.md), and stop if MCP or the pin is unavailable. Do not overwrite or change existing skills without asking me.
Manual command
git clone https://github.com/obra/superpowers /tmp/superpowers && ln -s /tmp/superpowers/skills/using-superpowers ~/.claude/skills/using-superpowersFrom README
The Rule Invoke relevant or requested skills BEFORE any response or action — including clarifying questions, exploring the codebase, or checking files. If it turns out wrong for the situation, you don't have to use it. Before entering plan mode: if you haven't already brainstormed, invoke the brainstorming skill first. Then announce "Using [skill] to [purpose]" and follow the skill exactly. If it has a checklist, create a todo per item. Skill Priority When multiple skills apply, process skills come first — they set the approach, then implementation skills (frontend-design, etc.) carry it out. Brainstorming and systematic-debugging are Superpowers' most common process skills, but the rule holds for any of them. "Let's build X" → superpowers:brainstorming first, then implementation skills. "Fix this bug" → superpowers:systematic-debugging first, then domain skills.
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