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Skills Reference

Superpowers includes 14 core skills, organized into 5 categories.

Collaboration

Collaboration skills help AI agents communicate and collaborate effectively with humans.

SkillDescription
brainstormingBrainstorming - understand requirements and form design documents through dialogue
writing-plansWrite detailed implementation plans
executing-plansExecute implementation plans
requesting-code-reviewRequest code review
receiving-code-reviewReceive and handle code review feedback
finishing-a-development-branchFinish development branch

Execution

Execution skills guide how AI agents perform specific development tasks.

SkillDescription
subagent-driven-developmentSubagent-driven development
dispatching-parallel-agentsDispatch parallel agents
using-git-worktreesUsing Git Worktrees

Testing

Testing skills ensure code quality and reliability.

SkillDescription
test-driven-developmentTest-Driven Development
verification-before-completionVerification before completion

Debugging

Debugging skills help systematically solve technical problems.

SkillDescription
systematic-debuggingSystematic debugging

Meta Skills

Meta skills are skills about skills themselves.

SkillDescription
writing-skillsWriting new skills
using-superpowersUsing Superpowers