Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring skill invocation before ANY response including clarifying questions.
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What the file says
<SUBAGENT-STOP>
If you were dispatched as a subagent to execute a specific task, ignore 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. You cannot rationalize your way out of this.
</EXTREMELY-IMPORTANT>
## The Rule
**Invoke relevant or requested skills BEFORE any response or action** — including clarifying questions, exploring the codebase, or checking files. If it turns out wrong for the situation, you don't have to use it.
**Before entering plan mode:** if you haven't already brainstormed, invoke the brainstorming skill first.
Then announce "Using [skill] to [purpose]" and follow the skill exactly. If it has a checklist, create a todo per item.
## Skill Priority
When multiple skills apply, process skills come first — they set the approach, then implementation skills (frontend-design, etc.) carry it out. Brainstorming and systematic-debugging are Superpowers' most common process skills, but the rule holds for any of them.
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The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260804.eab20be, 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.
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xg26cjcoqaaghns7
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=takaakit/superpowers-uml/using-superpowers
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/27b161ef22fb26867e7b5e7a89701a0e0c84c9a6f38328cf7aab5d75d3a031c5
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takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md · You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying…
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents/SKILL.md · Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/executing-plans/SKILL.md · Use when you have a written implementation plan to execute in a separate session with review checkpoints
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/finishing-a-development-branch/SKILL.md · Use when implementation is complete, all tests pass, and you need to decide how to integrate the work
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/receiving-code-review/SKILL.md · Use when receiving code review feedback, before implementing suggestions, especially if feedback seems unclear or…
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md · Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md · Use when executing implementation plans with independent tasks in the current session
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/systematic-debugging/SKILL.md · Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/test-driven-development/SKILL.md · Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/using-git-worktrees/SKILL.md · Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace or before executing implementation plans -…
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/verification-before-completion/SKILL.md · Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs - requires running…
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/writing-plans/SKILL.md · Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code
obra/superpowers · skills/using-superpowers/SKILL.md · Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring skill invocation before ANY…
a5c-ai/babysitter · library/methodologies/superpowers/skills/using-superpowers/SKILL.md · Use when starting any conversation. Establishes how to find and use skills, requiring skill invocation before any…
coco-research/coco · skills/using-superpowers/SKILL.md · Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring Skill tool invocation before ANY…
xu123-bob/baize · agent/skills/superpowers/5.1.0/skills/using-superpowers/SKILL.md · Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring Skill tool invocation before ANY…
vodailocz/kilo-kit-mcp · skills/productivity/using-superpowers/SKILL.md · Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring Skill tool invocation before ANY…
kalarislabs/skill-doctor · skills/using-superpowers/SKILL.md · Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring skill invocation before ANY…
chinkan/rustfox · .cursor/skills/using-superpowers/SKILL.md · Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring Skill tool invocation before ANY…