ryfter/superpowers
The Superpowers development methodology by Jesse Vincent and Prime Radiant, repackaged unchanged for Kiro. Superpowers is a complete, opinionated software-development workflow built from composable skills: it starts by teasing a spec out of the conversation, turns it into a clear implementation plan, then drives the work with true red-green-refactor TDD, systematic root-cause debugging, code review between tasks, and subagent-driven development. Strong on the full engineering lifecycle, including git worktrees, parallel-agent orchestration, and clean branch finishing. 14 skills covering brainstorming, writing and executing plans, TDD, systematic debugging, code review (requesting and receiving), verification, and more. 100% the work of Jesse Vincent and Prime Radiant; this power only brings their skills into Kiro. GitHub: https://github.com/obra/superpowers.
You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements and design before implementation.
Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies
Use when you have a written implementation plan to execute in a separate session with review checkpoints
Use when implementation is complete, all tests pass, and you need to decide how to integrate the work
Use when receiving code review feedback, before implementing suggestions, especially if feedback seems unclear or technically questionable - requires technical rigor and verification, not performative agreement or blind implementation
Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements
Use when executing implementation plans with independent tasks in the current session
Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes
Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code
Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace or before executing implementation plans - ensures an isolated workspace exists via native tools or git worktree fallback
Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring skill invocation before ANY response including clarifying questions
Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs - requires running verification commands and confirming output before making any success claims; evidence before assertions always
Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code
Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment