Superpowers
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An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.
- github
- obra/superpowers
CAVEMAN vs Superpowers
Stacking: orthogonal. Run both → superpowers process + caveman terse output.
caveman
- Purpose
- output compression, cuts tokens ~75%
- Affects
- how Claude speaks — style only
- Skills
caveman,caveman-commit,caveman-review,caveman-compress,caveman-stats,caveman-help- Agents
cavecrew-investigator,cavecrew-builder,cavecrew-reviewer(compressed output)- When active
- persistent mode (every response)
- Token cost
- saves tokens
superpowers
- Purpose
- workflow scaffolding, methodology + process skills
- Affects
- what Claude does — multi-step procedures
- Skills
brainstorming,writing-plans,executing-plans,test-driven-development,systematic-debugging,subagent-driven-development,dispatching-parallel-agents,using-git-worktrees,requesting-code-review,receiving-code-review,verification-before-completion,finishing-a-development-branch,writing-skills,using-superpowers- Agents
- none direct
- When active
- invoked per-task (Skill tool)
- Token cost
- spends tokens (more thorough flows)