Skills · last verified 2026-10-24

obra/superpowers — install for Claude Code

github.com/obra/superpowers · plugin marketplace · ~304k stars

What it does

An agentic development methodology as a Claude Code plugin: a set of skills that walk the agent through brainstorming, planning, and test-driven implementation in phases, with review gates between them.

Built for people who want a repeatable workflow instead of ad-hoc prompting — the plugin ships the methodology as instruction files the agent reads, plus small runtime pieces (see the trust review).

Install

Claude Code (verified against the repo README's Installation section):

/plugin marketplace add obra/superpowers-marketplace
/plugin install superpowers@superpowers-marketplace

Alternative official path: /plugin install superpowers@claude-plugins-official

Cursor: type /add-plugin superpowers in the Agent chat, or search "superpowers" in the plugin marketplace.

Factory Droid: droid plugin marketplace add https://github.com/obra/superpowers then droid plugin install superpowers@superpowers

Verified against github.com/obra/superpowers (README, Installation), 2026-10-24.

Trust score: 6/10

• Skill-file review (2/3): the plugin ships methodology instruction files plus small runtime pieces — hooks and scripts are in the repo — and its docs describe an optional visual-companion feature that loads a logo from the author's website, including the version in use. You can turn that off with an environment variable. Nothing observed beyond guiding the agent's workflow, but the runtime pieces are the part to review.
• Install behavior (3/3): plugin marketplace install is a read-only file install; nothing runs on your machine at install time.
• Prompt-injection surface (1/4): the skill files are prompt content that reshapes agent behavior in every session — the repo's integrity is the whole trust story. A widely-starred repo (304k) means many eyes, but stars measure attention, not review.

How the score works: skill-file review, install behavior, and prompt-injection surface, each scored against what the skill asks for beyond its stated job. This is a public-code review as of 2026-10-24 — a signal, not a certification. Full methodology: skills index.

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