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obra / superpowers

superpowers

An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.

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What it is

An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.

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Where it is used

No documented product use was verified in the last source check.

What people are saying

https://github.com/obra/superpowers I use Opus/Sol with for /brainstorming, deepseek (on Pi) for /subagent-driven-development I love it, the docs are easily editable and when…

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 2:59:58 PM UTC.

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The discussion centers on a project using AI and networked microphones to locate a mysterious beep, with users debating the practical efficiency of this high-tech approach versus simple manual methods like physical binary search or unpacking boxes. Participants also argue over whether the project represents genuine learning and utility or merely an unnecessary expenditure of computational resources for a trivial problem.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by month77 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2025-10-11 14:41:58 UTC to 2026-09-26 02:10:10 UTC.

0369122025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 1 submissions, 5 commentsOct 20252025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 1 submissions, 4 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 2 submissions, 5 comments2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 10 mentions; 2 submissions, 8 comments2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 9 mentions; 3 submissions, 6 commentsMar 20262026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 12 mentions; 3 submissions, 9 comments2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 2 submissions, 3 comments2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 2 submissions, 4 comments2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 10 mentions; 0 submissions, 10 comments2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsSep 2026

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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Oct 20252025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC615
Nov 20252025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC303
Dec 20252025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC514
Jan 20262026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC725
Feb 20262026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC1028
Mar 20262026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC936
Apr 20262026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC1239
May 20262026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC523
Jun 20262026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC624
Jul 20262026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC10010
Aug 20262026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Sep 20262026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC202

What Hacker News says

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theahura·Sep 8, 2026
Yea, we like obra/superpowers a lot. For folks who are unaware, see: https://github.com/obra/superpowers the original version of our high autonomy skillset was a fork of obra's superpowers back in...October? November? of last year. Whenever it first came out. I think basically all of the best skillsets implement SPACE, including superpowers, mattpocock skills, get shit done, etc. There are aesthetic reasons why you might prefer one over the other, but candidly I think any of them will get the job done and are strictly better than not using one of the SPACE skillsets. (I haven't played with the latest version of superpowers. My hunch is that on average our skillsets have better compliance rates with the models because of some of the ways in which we write the skills themselves, but its a hunch)
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