finishing-a-development-branch

It starts from the moment you fire up your coding agent. As soon as it sees that you're building something, it doesn't just jump into trying to write code. Instead, it steps back and asks you what you're really trying to do.

Once it's teased a spec out of the conversation, it shows it to you in chunks short enough to actually read and digest.

After you've signed off on the design, your agent puts together an implementation plan that's clear enough for an enthusiastic junior engineer with poor taste, no judgement, no project context, and an aversion to testing to follow. It emphasizes true red/green TDD, YAGNI (You Aren't Gonna Need It), and DRY.

Next up, once you say "go", it launches a subagent-driven-development process, having agents work through each engineering task, inspecting and reviewing their work, and continuing forward. It's not uncommon for Claude to be able to work autonomously for a couple hours at a time without deviating from the plan you put together.

There's a bunch more to it, but that's the core of the system. And because the skills trigger automatically, you don't need to do anything special. Your coding agent just has Superpowers.

If Superpowers has helped you do stuff that makes money and you are so inclined, I'd greatly appreciate it if you'd consider [sponsoring my opensource work](https://github.com/sponsors/obra).

Thanks!

• Jesse

Note: Installation differs by platform. Claude Code has a built-in plugin system. Codex and OpenCode require manual setup.

Claude Code (via Plugin Marketplace)

In Claude Code, register the marketplace first:

```bash

/plugin marketplace add obra/superpowers-marketplace

```

Then install the plugin from this marketplace:

```bash

/plugin install superpowers@superpowers-marketplace

```

Verify Installation

Check that commands appear:

```bash

/help

```

```

# Should see:

# /superpowers:brainstorm - Interactive design refinement

# /superpowers:write-plan - Create implementation plan

# /superpowers:execute-plan - Execute plan in batches

```

Codex

Tell Codex:

```

Fetch and follow instructions from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/obra/superpowers/refs/heads/main/.codex/INSTALL.md

```

Detailed docs: [docs/README.codex.md](docs/README.codex.md)

OpenCode

Tell OpenCode:

```

Fetch and follow instructions from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/obra/superpowers/refs/heads/main/.opencode/INSTALL.md

```

Detailed docs: [docs/README.opencode.md](docs/README.opencode.md)

1. brainstorming - Activates before writing code. Refines rough ideas through questions, explores alternatives, presents design in sections for validation. Saves design document.

1. using-git-worktrees - Activates after design approval. Creates isolated workspace on new branch, runs project setup, verifies clean test baseline.

1. writing-plans - Activates with approved design. Breaks work into bite-sized tasks (2-5 minutes each). Every task has exact file paths, complete code, verification steps.

1. subagent-driven-development or executing-plans - Activates with plan. Dispatches fresh subagent per task with two-stage review (spec compliance, then code quality), or executes in batches with human checkpoints.

1. test-driven-development - Activates during implementation. Enforces RED-GREEN-REFACTOR: write failing test, watch it fail, write minimal code, watch it pass, commit. Deletes code written before tests.

1. requesting-code-review - Activates between tasks. Reviews against plan, reports issues by severity. Critical issues block progress.

1. finishing-a-development-branch - Activates when tasks complete. Verifies tests, presents options (merge/PR/keep/