obra/superpowers

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name: brainstorming

description: You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, modifying behavior, or planning anything new, in software or out of it (a talk, a business, a renovation).

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name: diagnosing-superpowers

description: Use when a superpowers session went wrong and your human partner wants to know why — repeated work, ignored plans, stumbles, poor results, a skill that didn't fire, "it took too long", "why is it so expensive", "what is it doing" — or wants to build a bug report for the superpowers maintainers, for the current session or a past one identified by id or path, on any harness.

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name: dispatching-parallel-agents

description: Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies

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name: executing-plans

description: Use when executing an implementation plan in the current session as the implementer yourself — your human partner chose inline execution, or no subagent tool is available

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name: finishing-a-development-branch

description: Use when implementation is complete, all tests pass, and you need to decide how to integrate the work

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name: receiving-code-review

description: Use when receiving code review feedback, before implementing suggestions, especially if feedback seems unclear or technically questionable - requires technical rigor and verification, not performative agreement or blind implementation

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name: requesting-code-review

description: Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements

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name: subagent-driven-development

description: Use when executing implementation plans with independent tasks in the current session

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name: systematic-debugging

description: Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes

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name: test-driven-development

description: Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code

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name: using-git-worktrees

description: Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace or before executing implementation plans - ensures an isolated workspace exists via native tools or git worktree fallback

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name: using-superpowers

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

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name: verification-before-completion

description: Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs - requires running verification commands and confirming output before making any success claims; evidence before assertions always

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name: writing-plans

description: Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code

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name: writing-skills

description: Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment