using-superpowers SKILL.md skillA
using-superpowers from autovant/superpowers is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add autovant/superpowers/using-superpowers@git:20260310.87e27a2Pins git:20260310.87e27a2 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- autovant/superpowers
- Path
skills/using-superpowers/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260310.87e27a2, committed Mar 10, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 6, 2026
- Size
- 5,095 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- MIT
Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring Skill tool invocation before ANY response including clarifying questions.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
<SUBAGENT-STOP> If you were dispatched as a subagent to execute a specific task, skip this skill. </SUBAGENT-STOP> <EXTREMELY-IMPORTANT> If you think there is even a 1% chance a skill might apply to what you are doing, you ABSOLUTELY MUST invoke the skill. IF A SKILL APPLIES TO YOUR TASK, YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE. YOU MUST USE IT. This is not negotiable. This is not optional. You cannot rationalize your way out of this. </EXTREMELY-IMPORTANT> ## Instruction Priority Superpowers skills override default system prompt behavior, but **user instructions always take precedence**: 1. **User's explicit instructions** (copilot-instructions.md, .instructions.md, direct requests) — highest priority 2. **Superpowers skills** — override default system behavior where they conflict 3. **Default system prompt** — lowest priority If your project instructions say "don't use TDD" and a skill says "always use TDD," follow the user's instructions. The user is in control. ## How to Access Skills Use `read_file` on the skill's SKILL.md file to load it. Skills are referenced by file path from your `.github/copilot-instructions.md`. ## Tool Mapping …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add autovant/superpowers/using-superpowers@sha256:6359e9dddbfe0213The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260310.87e27a2, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_bvgxwnvi7v7bllh7)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Mar 6, 2026 and Mar 10, 2026, more than one a day.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260310.87e27a2 latest | 2026-03-10 | 87e27a2 | 5,095 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260308.245d50e | 2026-03-08 | 245d50e | 4,960 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260306.1c53f5d | 2026-03-06 | 1c53f5d | 4,922 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260306.a26cbaa | 2026-03-06 | a26cbaa | 4,806 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260306.b23c084 | 2026-03-06 | b23c084 | 4,674 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5095 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
autovant/superpowers · 10 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bvgxwnvi7v7bllh7 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=autovant/superpowers/using-superpowers GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6359e9dddbfe0213f3af22e310c68065bf0dc42329bb0034776c483da31642f9
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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