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Superpowers: Test-Driven Development

Red, green, refactor: Claude writes a failing test before any real code.

Community, verifiedby Jesse VincentChecked October 18, 2026

A Superpowers skill that enforces test-driven development for every feature and bug fix. Claude must watch a test fail, write the minimum code to pass it and then clean up.

Who it is for

  • Developers
  • Teams adopting AI coding
  • Students

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
Add a discount code feature using TDD
Prompt 2
Fix this rounding bug test-first
Prompt 3
Build the password reset flow with red green refactor

How to install it

In Claude Code

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

In Claude.ai

Not documented

Good to know

Part of the Superpowers plugin.

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How we checked it

Confirmed SKILL.md at skills/test-driven-development/SKILL.md in obra/superpowers via the GitHub API; skill folder last changed 2026-09-19, 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/test-driven-development

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