# using-superpowers

> Claude/Codex skill by [@obra](https://omgskills.com/library/obra/index.md) · 280k stars · 243k installs · Updated 2026-08-29

Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring skill invocation before ANY response including clarifying questions

Tags: ai, brainstorming, coding, obra, sdlc, skills, subagent-driven-development, superpowers

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/obra/superpowers /tmp/superpowers && ln -s /tmp/superpowers/skills/using-superpowers ~/.claude/skills/using-superpowers
```

## From 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.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/skills/obra/superpowers/using-superpowers/
- GitHub: https://github.com/obra/superpowers
- Author: [@obra](https://omgskills.com/library/obra/index.md)

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