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Get grilled on your plan
It keeps questioning your plan until every gap is filled.
Good for: People with a plan they'd like poked at first
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Talk it through before starting
When you want to make something new, it asks one question at a time to help you figure out what you want.
Good for: People with an idea that isn't fully formed yet
Read this first: Once installed, it'll often ask you a few questions first. The plan you settle on gets saved as a file in the docs folder.
What you can do once it's installed
Just say the “You say to AI” line, with your own details swapped in.
Plan a little talk
You say to AI
I'd like to host a small talk about growing flowers in my neighborhood. Help me think it through.
What AI does
- 1.Asks one question at a time, starting with the specifics
- 2.Plays back what it understands for you to confirm as you go
- 3.Writes it up as a plan once things are clear
What you get
A written plan covering the purpose, goals and limits, and nothing gets built until you say yes.
Before building a small website
You say to AI
I want to make a recipe website for my family. Help me work out what it needs first.
What AI does
- 1.Asks who'll use it and when
- 2.Sketches a mockup to show you when it helps
- 3.Judges how big the job is and how to approach it
What you get
A design write-up you've confirmed, ready to build from.
Want the original instructions? SKILL.md on obra/superpowers
How to install
Which AI tool do you use?
1. Open the Terminal app on your computer, paste the line below and press Enter
npx skills add obra/superpowers @brainstorming -g With no tool name, the command looks for the AI tools on your computer and asks where to install. If it says npx is missing or too old, install the latest Node.js (22 or newer) first.
First time using the terminal?
- How to open it: on a Mac, press ⌘ + Space and search “Terminal”. On Windows, search “PowerShell” in the Start menu. In Cursor, Trae or VS Code, use the menu Terminal → New Terminal.
- Windows says “running scripts is disabled”: change npx at the start of the command to npx.cmd and try again.
- If a list pops up: move with the arrow keys, press Space to tick the tools you want, then press Enter.
- How to tell it worked: you'll see a success message. Reopen your AI tool and ask “What Skills do you have now?” to check.
Don't feel like opening a terminal?
Tools like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Trae can run commands themselves. Send them this:
Please run this command in my terminal and tell me how it went:npx skills add obra/superpowers @brainstorming -g 2. Reopen your AI tool
New Skills only get picked up after a restart.
3. Just say what you want
Say it the way the examples do. To call it by name, say “Use brainstorming to help me…”.
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