{"data":{"slug":"superpowers","name":"Superpowers","tagline":"Composable agent skills that force brainstorm → plan → TDD → subagent review","category":"agents","categoryName":"AI Agents","url":"https://github.com/obra/superpowers","github":"https://github.com/obra/superpowers","pricing":"open-source","hook":"Superpowers makes your coding agent stop vibing and follow a real engineering loop before it touches the repo.","whatsGood":"MIT (obra/superpowers). A skills pack plus harness hooks so Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, Hermes, Gemini CLI, and peers brainstorm a design, write a bite-sized plan, then run subagent-driven development with red/green TDD and two-stage review. Install paths are first-class per harness (official Claude/Codex marketplaces, `/add-plugin`, `agy plugin install`, etc.). ★~288k with heavy forks — the viral agent-skills methodology, not a one-off prompt dump.","theCatch":"You still need a strong coding harness and model budget; Superpowers is process, not an agent runtime. Optional visual-companion telemetry (opt out via SUPERPOWERS_DISABLE_TELEMETRY / Claude DisableTelemetry). Vs agent-skills (Addy Osmani lifecycle pack) and ECC (multi-host skill ecosystem): Superpowers is the opinionated SDLC methodology that hijacks the session start, not a general skill library or host-agnostic plugin bag.","verdict":"MIT agent methodology. Install when your agent skips specs and tests; not a replacement for the harness itself.","addedAt":"2026-09-17","featured":false,"domain":"AI Agents","subSpecialty":"Agents","subcategory":"Skills","tags":["self-host","permissive","coding-agents","skills","active","fast-stars"],"capabilities":[],"surfaces":["Self-host"],"ecosystem":["Multi-platform"],"licenseModel":"OSS/MIT","githubStars":301734,"starsPerWeek":5624,"access":"free","archived":false,"repo":{"createdAt":"2025-10-09","pushedAt":"2026-10-10","license":"MIT","archived":false,"checkedAt":"2026-10-19"}},"related":[{"slug":"claude-code","name":"Claude Code","tagline":"Terminal-first coding agent with deep repository context"},{"slug":"cursor","name":"Cursor","tagline":"The AI-first code editor that understands your codebase"},{"slug":"devin","name":"Devin","tagline":"Autonomous AI engineer for defined engineering tasks"},{"slug":"stagehand","name":"Stagehand","tagline":"AI-native browser automation that mixes code and natural language"},{"slug":"browser-use","name":"Browser Use","tagline":"Open-source framework for LLM-driven browser agents"}],"links":{"self":"/api/gems/superpowers","html":"/gems/superpowers","markdown":"/gems/superpowers.md","category":"/api/gems?category=agents","categoryPage":"/stacks/agents"}}