Is Superpowers safe and trustworthy?

tashan scores Superpowers on public evidence — tashan score 81.0/100, it is currently active. Audit scope: OSV advisories, install-time scripts, build provenance and declared permission surface. We do not review source code or execute the capability.

How do I install Superpowers?

Configure it from its source repository — it is a remote / registry server.

Who maintains Superpowers?

30 GitHub contributors, source: obra/superpowers.

‹ The Index

Superpowers

plugin

Core skills library for Claude Code: TDD, debugging, collaboration patterns, and proven techniques

Works with: Claude Code (native)
native: this artifact type is that client's own format

Category: Dev Tools & CI — see all ranked ›

Work: Test automation · Debugging

Who it is for: Software engineer

Install (Claude Code):

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

solid

“Install for 11 harnesses and 7 workflow skills; discloses logo-load telemetry.”

This grade is wrong ›

tashan score: 81.0
Instruction depth: 72.0 (solid — documents the job properly, with examples you could follow)
Adoption: 5 repos
Upkeep: 94.0
Freshness: 88.0
Evidence coverage: 84% of the inputs this score can use — the rest are unknown, and the score is discounted for it
Health: active
GitHub stars: 269,441
Contributors: 30
License: MIT

Security audit

Not scanned yet. We audit npm-published capabilities for known advisories, install-time scripts and permission surface; this one has no npm package we can resolve, or has not reached the queue.

What changed recently

2026-08-14 the tashan score for superpowers rose to 85.0, from 54.0 Upkeep, freshness or adoption moved enough to change how this measures.
2026-08-14 the tashan score for superpowers fell to 54.0, from 86.0 Upkeep, freshness or adoption moved enough to change how this measures.
2026-08-20 the tashan score for superpowers fell to 54.0, from 84.0 Upkeep, freshness or adoption moved enough to change how this measures.

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Measured 2026-09-13 · scorer s5 · how · something wrong here?