Superpowers implementation plans

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Superpowers’ planning skill writes a handoff for an engineer who has not seen the project, specifying interfaces, files, test commands and task boundaries from an already agreed design.

Run this command in your project after reviewing the instructions and access terms. Install complete upstream directories to keep referenced rules and scripts.

npx skills add https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/bb92a77741419a4ab5f06e711a283343f1ada0c3/skills/writing-plans --skill writing-plans --agent claude-code

Project file: .claude/skills/writing-plans/SKILL.md

This brief helps you choose the skill. Read the complete upstream SKILL.md and companion files for its actual instructions.

# Superpowers implementation plans (superpowers-writing-plans)
Superpowers’ planning skill writes a handoff for an engineer who has not seen the project, specifying interfaces, files, test commands and task boundaries from an already agreed design.

## Use when
- Plan a multi-step implementation after requirements have been agreed.

## Required inputs
- Approved specification or design
- Repository structure and existing test commands

## Prerequisites
- An agreed specification and access to the codebase.
- Install the corresponding Superpowers execution skills separately for the documented execution handoff.

## Expected outputs
- Versioned implementation plan
- Task-level acceptance and verification steps

Source: https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/bb92a77741419a4ab5f06e711a283343f1ada0c3/skills/writing-plans/SKILL.md
Full SKILL.md: https://agenttaste.dev/skills/superpowers-writing-plans/SKILL.md

## Popularity evidence
- 302,164 GitHub repo stars — obra/superpowers; checked 2026-10-20. Source: https://github.com/obra/superpowers/stargazers
- 278,266 skill installs (all time) — obra/superpowers / writing-plans · skills.sh · all time; checked 2026-10-20. Source: https://skills.sh/obra/superpowers/writing-plans
Adoption counts are not user ratings or guarantees of quality.