Best PromptsUsing Superpowers Skill
The bootstrap skill that forces skill usage: invoke relevant skills before ANY response, with a red-flags table that closes every rationalization loophole.
--- name: using-superpowers description: Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring skill invocation before ANY response including clarifying questions --- <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 the most common process skills, but the rule holds for any of them. - "Let's build X" → your brainstorming/design skill first, then implementation skills. - "Fix this bug" → your systematic-debugging skill first, then domain skills. ## Red Flags These thoughts mean STOP, you're rationalizing: | Thought | Reality | |---------|---------| | "This is just a simple question" | Questions are tasks. Check for skills. | | "I need more context first" | Skill check comes BEFORE clarifying questions. | | "Let me explore the codebase first" | Skills tell you HOW to explore. Check first. | | "I can check git/files quickly" | Files lack conversation context. Check for skills. | | "Let me gather information first" | Skills tell you HOW to gather information. | | "This doesn't need a formal skill" | If a skill exists, use it. | | "I remember this skill" | Skills evolve. Read current version. | | "This doesn't count as a task" | Action = task. Check for skills. | | "The skill is overkill" | Simple things become complex. Use it. | | "I'll just do this one thing first" | Check BEFORE doing anything. | | "This feels productive" | Undisciplined action wastes time. Skills prevent this. | | "I know what that means" | Knowing the concept ≠ using the skill. Invoke it. | ## User Instructions User instructions (CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, GEMINI.md, etc, direct requests) take precedence over skills, which in turn override default behavior. Only skip skill workflows or instructions when your human partner has explicitly told you to.
How to use
Solves the problem every skill author hits: agents have skills installed and still don't use them. The mechanism is the red-flags table: twelve rationalizations ('this is just a simple question', 'the skill is overkill') each named and countered, plus the 1%-chance rule. Adapt the referenced skill names to whatever set you actually run; the enforcement pattern transfers to any skill collection. Save as .claude/skills/using-superpowers/SKILL.md, or install the full MIT-licensed Superpowers plugin (github.com/obra/superpowers) with '/plugin install superpowers@claude-plugins-official'.
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