Brainstorming — Superpowers
A structured design-refinement method — explore, choose, plan, then build
- What
- A structured design-refinement method — explore, choose, plan, then build
- Cost
- Free
- Needs
- none digital — no account, no API keys. Works inside any agent that supports skills.
- Install
- Copy the installer prompt below into your Muse — your agent does the rest.
Curated by Skill Harbor — a design-refinement workflow from the Superpowers methodology: start by deeply understanding the goal, build a strong design (YAGNI, single-responsibility, verify assumptions), then present 2–3 concrete approaches with tradeoffs and a recommendation, let the user choose, and only then write the implementation plan. Its hard rules are what make it work — propose the design before building, wait for the user's choice, ask exactly one question when truly blocked. Discovered via skills.sh, listed here with credit to its creator by @obra. Honest caveats: it's a process skill, not a tool — it changes how the agent works, not what it can do; it pairs best with a companion plan-writing workflow for complex builds; if you just want a quick answer, the structured back-and-forth can feel slow. Skill Harbor never reviews the code, review it yourself before use. Not verified.
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Install
Prerequisites: none digital — no account, no API keys. Works inside any agent that supports skills. Install "Brainstorming — Superpowers" for me. A design-refinement workflow skill: deeply understand the goal, build a strong design, present 2–3 approaches with tradeoffs and a recommendation, wait for the user's choice, then write the implementation plan — with hard rules on proposing before building and asking one question when blocked. Repository: https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/main/skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md 1. Fetch the SKILL.md file for the brainstorming skill from the repository path into a temporary folder and summarize what it does in one or two sentences. 2. Safety check: review the SKILL.md and scripts for anything suspicious (unexpected network calls, shell commands, credential harvesting). This repo should contain zero secrets in code, credentials only via the secure vault, allowed hosts declared in the SKILL.md. Verify that holds here; STOP on any red flag and tell me. 3. Install it as a skill: copy SKILL.md and its helper files into the agent's skills directory, in a folder named "brainstorming". 4. Verify with no network calls: frontmatter valid, files in place. 5. Report what was installed, where, and what I still need to do myself (e.g. nothing — the skill activates when the agent starts creative or design work). GitHub is optional: if I have a GitHub account or the gh CLI, you may use it; otherwise public access is fine. Never require it unless it's in the prerequisites above. Rules: don't touch anything outside the temp folder and the install target. If anything looks off, stop and ask me.
Questions
How do I install a build?
Every product page includes a copy-paste install prompt. Paste it into your Muse and it sets the build up for you — no manual configuration.
Where does my money go?
Straight to the seller. Skill Harbor never processes payments: checkout happens on the seller’s own page, usually Stripe.
What does the ✓ next to a creator’s name mean?
It means we confirmed the identity of the person behind the listing. It says nothing about the code itself — always check a build before installing it.