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Superpowers: Subagent-Driven Development

Execute a plan task by task with fresh subagents and a review after each step.

Community, verifiedby Jesse VincentChecked October 18, 2026

A Superpowers skill that runs an implementation plan through separate subagents. Each task gets a fresh implementer, a review and a fix loop, which keeps the main conversation clean and quality high.

Who it is for

  • Developers
  • Tech leads
  • Power users of Claude Code

Prompts to try

Once the skill is installed, ask for the result in plain words. Claude picks the skill up on its own.

Prompt 1
Execute this implementation plan with subagents
Prompt 2
Run the tasks in docs/plan.md one by one with reviews
Prompt 3
Use subagent-driven development to build the reporting feature

How to install it

In Claude Code

  1. /plugin install superpowers@claude-plugins-official

In Claude.ai

Not documented

Good to know

Pairs with the Superpowers brainstorming and writing-plans skills.

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How we checked it

Confirmed SKILL.md at skills/subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md in obra/superpowers via the GitHub API; skill folder last changed 2026-10-10, repo has 301,175 stars and was pushed 2026-10-10; accepted into Anthropic's official plugin marketplace as part of superpowers.

Source: github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/subagent-driven-development

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