superpowers
obra/superpowersPlugin
Superpowers teaches Claude brainstorming, subagent driven development with built in code review, systematic debugging, and red/green TDD. Additionally, it teaches Claude how to author and test new skills.
Why this score
Popularity score: 100/100 from public GitHub signals only. It shows how widely used and maintained this is, not how well it works. Not included yet: the fake-star check. The security scan is shown separately and doesn't change the score. How we rank
Security
Scanned Oct 22, 2026 at commit bb92a7774141, with Cisco's open-source skill-scanner.
What its code does:
- Runs shell commands Common for dev tools. Read the commands it runs.scripts/package-codex-plugin.sh:295, skills/brainstorming/scripts/server.cjs:537, skills/writing-skills/render-graphs.js:18 and 2 more
- Includes scripts in hidden folders Folders starting with a dot are easy to miss when you read a repo..hermes-plugin/__init__.py, .opencode/plugins/superpowers.js, .pi/extensions/superpowers.ts
A scan lists patterns in the code. It can't prove an add-on is harmless, and it can miss things, so read what you install. How we scan
Alternatives
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| Name | Score | Stars | Context | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This onesuperpowers obra/superpowers · Plugin | 100 | ★ 312k | not measured | yesterday |
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| superpowers-optimized REPOZY/superpowers-optimized · Plugin Both about superpower and red | 69 | ★ 144 | not measured | 25d ago |
| diagnosing-superpowers jnMetaCode/superpowers-zh · Skill Both about superpower | 78 | ★ 8.3k | ≈45 always | 16d ago |
| ai-craftsman-superpowers BULDEE/ai-craftsman-superpowers · Plugin Both about superpower and tdd | 64 | ★ 35 | not measured | 2d ago |