# Superpowers (ChatGPT Plugin)

> Plan, develop, and debug code

- Type: plugin
- Publisher: Jesse Vincent
- Categories: Development, Productivity
- Website: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/main/plugins/superpowers
- Docs: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/plugins
- Source: https://github.com/obra/superpowers
- Open in ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugins~Plugin_60aea7460bd4819199fd97a9553a5e12
- GitHub stars: 293747
- Listed: 2026-04-15

## About

An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works: planning, TDD, debugging, and collaboration workflows. Packages obra/superpowers skills (brainstorming, writing-plans, executing-plans, TDD, systematic debugging, code review, git worktrees, subagent-driven development) plus a session hook. Listed in the official Codex marketplace but maintained by Jesse Vincent. Listed in OpenAI's curated Codex marketplace (openai-curated); the manifest declares skills.

## Install

1. **Add it in ChatGPT** Open Plugins in the ChatGPT sidebar (web or desktop), search for “Superpowers” and select +. You'll be asked to sign in to any connected service on first use. Then type @ in a chat to call it.

2. **Or install it in Codex**

   Codex CLI:

   ```bash
   codex plugin add superpowers@openai-curated
   ```

## Disconnect or uninstall

1. **In ChatGPT** Disconnect an account in Settings → Apps or Plugins. To remove the plugin itself, open Superpowers in the Plugin Directory and select Uninstall plugin. Uninstalling can disconnect every account connected through it, and plugins your workspace installs may not offer the option.

2. **In Codex**

   Codex CLI:

   ```bash
   codex plugin remove superpowers@openai-curated
   ```

## Skills

- **Brainstorming**: Explore intent, requirements, and design before implementation
- **Diagnosing Superpowers**: Figure out what went wrong in a Superpowers session
- **Dispatching Parallel Agents**: Split independent work across parallel agents
- **Executing Plans**: Execute written implementation plans with review checkpoints
- **Finishing a Development Branch**: Wrap up implementation work and choose the right integration path
- **Receiving Code Review**: Evaluate review feedback before implementing changes
- **Requesting Code Review**: Request focused code review before merging
- **Subagent-Driven Development**: Execute implementation plans with staged subagent reviews
- **Systematic Debugging**: Find root causes before attempting fixes
- **Test-Driven Development**: Implement features and bug fixes with test-first development
- **Using Git Worktrees**: Create isolated git worktrees for parallel feature work
- **Using Superpowers**: Establish how and when to use Superpowers skills
- **Verification Before Completion**: Verify claims with commands and output before declaring success
- **Writing Plans**: Turn specs into detailed multi-step implementation plans
- **Writing Skills**: Create and verify skills before deployment

## Example prompts

- "I've got an idea for something I'd like to build."
- "Let's add a feature to this project."
- "Write a plan for this spec, then execute it with TDD"

## Superpowers alternatives

- [Codex Security](https://chatgptplugins.directory/plugins/codex-security.md): Security scanning for your codebase
- [Build Web Apps](https://chatgptplugins.directory/plugins/build-web-apps.md): Build frontend-focused web apps with generated assets, browser testing, payments, and...
- [GitHub](https://chatgptplugins.directory/plugins/github.md): Triage PRs, issues, CI, and publish flows
- [Figma](https://chatgptplugins.directory/plugins/figma.md): Figma design-to-code workflows
- [Product Design](https://chatgptplugins.directory/plugins/product-design.md): Explore and prototype ideas
- [Shopify](https://chatgptplugins.directory/plugins/shopify.md): Build and manage your store

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