Does this skill help with transparency?

Yes. By requiring Claude to announce which skill it is using and why, it helps human developers understand the AI's process and catch errors early.

Why does this skill mandate brainstorming before coding?

Brainstorming ensures requirements are fully understood and architectural patterns are established before implementation, preventing costly errors and logic gaps.

Can I bypass these protocols for quick fixes?

No. The skill is specifically designed to prevent 'quick fix' rationalizations, as skipping process on simple tasks is a primary cause of technical debt.

What is the Superpowers skill for Claude Code?

It is a meta-skill that establishes a mandatory protocol for Claude to check for, announce, and follow specialized skills before performing any task.

How does this skill handle checklists?

It requires every item in a skill's checklist to be converted into a TodoWrite task, ensuring that no step is skipped or performed only mentally.

Superpowers: Master Workflow & Skill Protocol

Name: Superpowers: Master Workflow & Skill Protocol
Author: franroa

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Productivity & Workflow

Establishes mandatory protocols for skill discovery and execution to ensure rigorous, consistent, and error-free development workflows.

This skill acts as a foundational orchestration layer for Claude Code, enforcing a strict protocol that must be initiated at the start of every interaction. It mandates a pre-response checklist to identify applicable domain-specific skills, requires thorough brainstorming before any code generation, and ensures that all checklist items are tracked via tangible tasks. By eliminating rationalizations for skipping processes, it guarantees that Claude follows best practices and proven implementation patterns consistently throughout the development lifecycle, increasing transparency and reliability.

Key Features

01Mandatory pre-response skill discovery checklist

02Strict TodoWrite integration for all skill-based checklists

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04Enforced brainstorming-before-coding workflow

05Anti-rationalization framework to ensure process compliance

06Standardized skill usage announcement protocol

Use Cases

01Enforcing architectural and testing rigor on 'simple' tasks that might otherwise skip process

02Standardizing AI behavior across complex multi-step engineering projects

03Onboarding new specialized skills into an existing development environment

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add franroa/chezmoi using-superpowers

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT