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obra/writing-skills

Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment

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obra/writing-skills

Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment

Individual skills in this repo

This repo contains 13 individual skills — each has its own dedicated page.

obra/brainstorming

You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements and design before implementation.

obra/dispatching-parallel-agents

Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies

obra/executing-plans

Use when you have a written implementation plan to execute in a separate session with review checkpoints

obra/finishing-a-development-branch

Use when implementation is complete, all tests pass, and you need to decide how to integrate the work - guides completion of development work by presenting structured options for merge, PR, or cleanup

obra/receiving-code-review

Use when receiving code review feedback, before implementing suggestions, especially if feedback seems unclear or technically questionable - requires technical rigor and verification, not performative agreement or blind implementation

obra/requesting-code-review

Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements

obra/subagent-driven-development

Use when executing implementation plans with independent tasks in the current session

obra/systematic-debugging

Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes

obra/test-driven-development

Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code

obra/using-git-worktrees

Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace or before executing implementation plans - ensures an isolated workspace exists via native tools or git worktree fallback

obra/using-superpowers

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

obra/verification-before-completion

Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs - requires running verification commands and confirming output before making any success claims; evidence before assertions always

obra/writing-plans

Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code

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