obra/superpowers-skills
31 skills · 7,096 total installs
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systematic-debuggingFour-phase debugging framework that ensures root cause investigation before attempting fixes. Never jump to solutions.root-cause-tracingSystematically trace bugs backward through call stack to find original triggerwriting-plansCreate detailed implementation plans with bite-sized tasks for engineers with zero codebase contextsubagent-driven-developmentExecute implementation plan by dispatching fresh subagent for each task, with code review between taskstesting-skills-with-subagentsRED-GREEN-REFACTOR for process documentation - baseline without skill, write addressing failures, iterate closing loopholestesting-anti-patternsNever test mock behavior. Never add test-only methods to production classes. Understand dependencies before mocking.verification-before-completionRun verification commands and confirm output before claiming successrequesting-code-reviewDispatch code-reviewer subagent to review implementation against plan or requirements before proceedingexecuting-plansExecute detailed plans in batches with review checkpointsfinishing-a-development-branchComplete feature development with structured options for merge, PR, or cleanupwriting-skillsTDD for process documentation - test with subagents before writing, iterate until bulletprooftracing-knowledge-lineagesUnderstand how ideas evolved over time to find old solutions for new problems and avoid repeating past failuresusing-git-worktreesCreate isolated git worktrees with smart directory selection and safety verificationremembering-conversationsSearch previous Claude Code conversations for facts, patterns, decisions, and context using semantic or text searchmeta-pattern-recognitionSpot patterns appearing in 3+ domains to find universal principlescollision-zone-thinkingForce unrelated concepts together to discover emergent properties - "What if we treated X like Y?simplification-cascadesFind one insight that eliminates multiple components - "if this is true, we don't need X, Y, or Zcondition-based-waitingReplace arbitrary timeouts with condition polling for reliable async testsdispatching-parallel-agentsUse multiple Claude agents to investigate and fix independent problems concurrentlyinversion-exerciseFlip core assumptions to reveal hidden constraints and alternative approaches - "what if the opposite were true?sharing-skillsContribute skills back to upstream via branch and PRscale-gameTest at extremes (1000x bigger/smaller, instant/year-long) to expose fundamental truths hidden at normal scalespreserving-productive-tensionsRecognize when disagreements reveal valuable context, preserve multiple valid approaches instead of forcing premature resolutionpulling-updates-from-skills-repositorySync local skills repository with upstream changes from obra/superpowers-skillsgardening-skills-wikiMaintain skills wiki health - check links, naming, cross-references, and coveragebrainstormingInteractive idea refinement using Socratic method to develop fully-formed designsdefense-in-depthreceiving-code-reviewReceive and act on code review feedback with technical rigor, not performative agreement or blind implementationtest-driven-developmentWrite the test first, watch it fail, write minimal code to passusing-skillsSkills wiki intro - mandatory workflows, search tool, brainstorming triggerswhen-stuck