writing-skills
by obra (GitHub) in obra/superpowers
What it does
Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment
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/writing-skills ~/.claude/skills/writing-skills
The command copies the skill from the author's repo. SkillTrove does not host it.
Files
- SKILL.md
- anthropic-best-practices.md
- examples/CLAUDE_MD_TESTING.md
- graphviz-conventions.dot
- persuasion-principles.md
- render-graphs.js
- testing-skills-with-subagents.md
Source: https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/writing-skills. Checked 2026-10-13.
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