Superpowers

SkillProductivity

Use when a non-trivial software task has ambiguous requirements, multi-step implementation risk, failing technical behavior, independent subtasks, or a feature branch to finish. Not for one-line fixes or passive code reading.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Superpowers skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by qianleigood/crawclaw in skills/superpowers/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Use this skill when the user wants a disciplined software-delivery workflow, not just a code patch.

Pipeline

Idea -> Brainstorm -> Plan -> Subagent-Driven Build -> Review -> Finish Branch

Treat this as mandatory workflow, not optional advice.

Phase routing

  • references/brainstorming.md Use before coding to explore context, ask clarifying questions, compare approaches, and produce a design.
  • references/writing-plans.md Use after design approval to turn the design into small executable tasks.
  • references/subagent-development.md Use when executing the plan with sessions_spawn, TDD, and staged review.
  • references/systematic-debugging.md Use for failures, regressions, or any technical issue; no fixes before root-cause work.
  • references/tdd.md Use whenever a task is implemented.
  • references/finishing-branch.md Use when all tasks are done and the branch is ready to merge, push, keep, or discard.

Hard rules

  • No code before design approval.
  • TDD is mandatory.
  • One clarifying question at a time during brainstorming.
  • Prefer evidence over claims; verify before declaring success.
  • Keep changes minimal and commit after green checkpoints.

Subagent dispatch

When using sessions_spawn, always include:

  • goal
  • plan/context
  • exact files
  • constraints
  • verification command
  • the task text itself

Signals

GitHub stars
30
Forks
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Last commit
Sep 2026
Hacker News mentions
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Source
github.com/qianleigood/crawclaw