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Diagnosing Superpowers

Diagnosing Superpowers is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from obra/superpowers. Agents load it when a superpowers session went wrong and your human partner wants to know why — repeated work, ignored plans… It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode and has 305,225 GitHub stars across a repository of 9 listed skills.

github.com/obra/superpowers/skills/diagnosing-superpowers (opens in a new tab)

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Add this skill

Claude

This repository is a Claude Code plugin marketplace. In Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add obra/superpowers
/plugin install superpowers@superpowers-dev

In the Claude apps, zip the diagnosing-superpowers folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

ChatGPT / Codex

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/obra/superpowers.git
cp -r superpowers/skills/diagnosing-superpowers .agents/skills/diagnosing-superpowers   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects

Standalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.

Cursor

Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/obra/superpowers.git
cp -r superpowers/skills/diagnosing-superpowers .cursor/skills/diagnosing-superpowers   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects

Source (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)

What this skill does

Use when a superpowers session went wrong and your human partner wants to know why — repeated work, ignored plans, stumbles, poor results, a skill that didn't fire, "it took too long", "why is it so expensive", "what is it doing" — or wants to build a bug report for the superpowers maintainers, for the current session or a past one identified by id or path, on any harness.

When it triggers

  • Use when a superpowers session went wrong and your human partner wants to know why — repeated work, ignored plans, stumbles, poor results, a skill that didn't fire, "it took too long", "why is it so expensive", "what is it doing" — or wants
  • "it took too long"
  • "why is it so expensive"
  • "what is it doing"

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FAQ

Diagnosing Superpowers FAQ

Still curious? Email info@appsgit.com.

How do I install the Diagnosing Superpowers skill?

In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add obra/superpowers and then /plugin install superpowers@superpowers-dev. For Codex or Cursor, copy the diagnosing-superpowers folder into .agents/skills/ or .cursor/skills/.

Is the Diagnosing Superpowers skill free?

Yes. The repository is open source under the MIT license.

Is Diagnosing Superpowers maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 21, 2026. Its latest release is v7.0.1. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.