brainstorming
A skill from the Superpowers collection that makes an agent talk a request through before building anything, in software or elsewhere.
What the skill teaches
A skill from the Superpowers collection that makes an agent talk a request through before building anything, in software or elsewhere. Small, clear requests are simply done; otherwise the agent reads the existing context, asks one plain question at a time, recommends one of two or three concrete approaches, and plays back its understanding for correction. It then writes a design document sized to the work, checks it with a fresh sub-agent for open questions, and will not scaffold, install or build until the user approves it, after which it hands over to the planning skill. In a repository the design is saved under docs/superpowers/specs. It can open a browser companion for mockups.
Capabilities
- Ask clarifying questions one at a time before building
- Propose and compare two or three approaches
- Write a design document for the user to approve
- Block implementation until the design is approved
About
- Publisher
- Prime Radiant (Jesse Vincent)
Works with
Install
- Run this to add it to Claude Code:
/plugin install superpowers@claude-plugins-official
What's inside
- builder-check-prompt.md
- scripts/frame-template.html
- scripts/helper.js
- scripts/server.cjs
- scripts/start-server.sh
- scripts/stop-server.sh
- visual-companion.md
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Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Skill | |
| Tool | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Publisher | Prime Radiant (Jesse Vincent) | source |
| Official status | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Includes scripts | No | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI | source |
| Licence | MIT | source |
| Pricing | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Activity | Last commit Nov 3, 2026315,883 GitHub starsDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI) | source |
| Links | Repository |
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- GitHub repositorygithub.com/obra/superpowers · Backs: AI clients, Licence, Publisher, ActivityNov 11, 2026
- Web pageraw.githubusercontent.comNov 15, 2026
- Skill file (SKILL.md)github.com/obra/superpowersNov 10, 2026
- Folder in the repository (brainstorming)github.com/obra/superpowers · Backs: Includes scriptsNov 10, 2026