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superpowers

by obra

Superpowers is a set of reusable skills and starting instructions that make AI coding agents follow a structured development process. It guides the agent to clarify what you want, write a spec and plan, then carry out the work with test-driven steps and review.

Worth a lookEstablished, with a few things to check (listed below).

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Stars
305.8k
Licence
MIT
Runs on
Your computer
Setup
Easy
Language
Shell
Age
382 days

What you can do with it

  • Have your coding agent ask questions and draft a short, readable spec before it writes any code
  • Get a step-by-step implementation plan that follows test-driven development, YAGNI and DRY principles
  • Let subagents work through and review each task on their own, sometimes for a couple of hours at a time

Make money with it

A freelancer could offer fixed-price app or automation builds, using the structured agent workflow to deliver faster.

An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.

Ways a business could use it

  • A freelance developer can use it to deliver client projects with fewer mistakes and less rework, because the agent plans and tests as it goes.
  • A small business owner with some technical skill can build internal tools or simple apps with an AI agent instead of paying for custom development.

Can you use it commercially?

Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.

Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.

Getting it running

It installs as a plugin inside your coding agent (for example Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or Gemini CLI) using a one-line command or the agent's plugin marketplace.

Follow the official instructions in the project README.

Things to check

  • Needs a separate AI coding agent, which usually means a paid subscription or API usage
  • Long autonomous runs can use a lot of tokens and cost
  • Must be installed separately for each coding agent you use

Who's talking about it

Checked 27 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.

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