superpowers

Coding agents often jump straight into writing code before they understand what you want. Superpowers adds a set of skills, plus initial instructions that make the agent check for them, so it slows down and follows a process first.

When you start building something, the agent asks what you are trying to do and drafts a spec, which it shows you in short sections. After you approve the design, it writes a plan broken into small tasks with exact file paths and verification steps. Then it works through the tasks, using test-driven development and a review after each task (or one review at the end, in the cheaper mode). The README says agents can run for a couple of hours this way without leaving the plan.

The skills trigger on their own, so you do not call them by hand. The README stresses that the workflows are mandatory, not suggestions. The same repository works across many agent tools, and the project does not generally accept new skills from contributors.