# Superpowers

An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.

Repository: https://github.com/obra/superpowers
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/superpowers
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ai, brainstorming, coding, obra, sdlc, skills, superpowers, subagent-driven-development
Last push: 2026-08-19T17:33:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 97, longevity 23
- inputs: {"age_days": 328, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 21, "gap_med": 7, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 278117, forks 24888 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:28.688056+00:00)

## What it is
Superpowers is an agentic skills framework that installs a complete software development methodology into coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Gemini CLI. It composes skills for spec elicitation, planning, and subagent-driven development with TDD so agents can work autonomously on engineering tasks.

## Use cases
- make my coding agent follow a structured SDLC instead of jumping straight to code
- run subagent-driven development with automatic code review
- enforce red/green TDD and YAGNI in AI-assisted coding
- have an agent autonomously implement a plan for hours without drifting
- turn brainstorming conversations into a signed-off spec and implementation plan
- install reusable skills across multiple coding agent harnesses

## When to choose
- you use Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or similar agents and want disciplined, spec-first development workflows
- you want long autonomous coding sessions with built-in review and testing rigor
- you want a composable, MIT-licensed skills system you can extend

## When to avoid
- you want a one-shot code generator without process overhead
- your project is too small to benefit from specs, plans, and subagent orchestration
- you need a GUI application or non-agent development tool

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: agent-framework, developer-tools, workflow-automation, testing
- domain: developer-tools, large-language-models
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: coding-agents, skills, sdlc, subagent-driven-development, tdd, claude-code, prompting, methodology, ai-agents, automation

## Member repositories
- obra/superpowers (main) score 83
- obra/superpowers-marketplace (plugin) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:28.688056+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:10:19.775823+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/obra/superpowers (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:28.688056+00:00, sha ed06493d0a41)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.