using-superpowers
by obra (GitHub) in obra/superpowers
What it does
Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring skill invocation before ANY response including clarifying questions
Quoted from the skill's SKILL.md under its MIT license.
Install
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/obra/superpowers.git /tmp/superpowers mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/ cp -r /tmp/superpowers/skills/using-superpowers ~/.claude/skills/using-superpowers
The command copies the skill from the author's repo. SkillTrove does not host it.
Files
- SKILL.md
- references/antigravity-tools.md
- references/claude-code-tools.md
- references/codex-tools.md
- references/gemini-tools.md
- references/hermes-tools.md
- references/muse-tools.md
- references/pi-tools.md
Source: https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/using-superpowers. Checked 2026-10-13.
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