---
stable_id: skills/obra-using-superpowers
type: skills
title: obra-using-superpowers
summary: >-
  ---

  name: using-superpowers

  description: Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and
  use skills, requiring Skill tool invocation before ANY response including
  clarifying questions

  ---

  <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.
tags:
  - obra
  - source-obra-superpowers
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license: ""
upstream_ref: https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/main/skills/using-superpowers/SKILL.md
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github_forks: 8129
github_is_organization: false
retrieved_at: 2026-06-11T08:33:18.193Z
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---
