# Using Superpowers

> Bootstrap skill — teaches the agent how to find and invoke skills. Use when starting any new task or session.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-zhouguoqing-qianyuan-aiagenticframework-using-superpowers`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [zhouguoqing](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/zhouguoqing)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [zhouguoqing](https://github.com/zhouguoqing)
- **Source:** https://github.com/zhouguoqing/QianYuan.AIAgenticFramework/tree/main/.agents/skills/using-superpowers

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-zhouguoqing-qianyuan-aiagenticframework-using-superpowers
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Using Superpowers

## The Core Rule

If there is even a **1% chance** a skill applies to the current task, invoke it.

Skills are cheap to load. Failing to use an applicable skill is expensive.

## How to Find Skills

At the start of every new task:

1. Review available skills (check `~/.openclaw/extensions/superpowers/skills/`)
2. Ask: "Does any skill match what I'm about to do?"
3. If yes → load and follow the skill exactly
4. If no → proceed with default behavior

In OpenClaw's persistent agent context, check skills at the start of **every new task**, not just new conversations. A long-running session may handle many different task types.

## Decision Flowchart

```
New task received
    ↓
Does any skill apply? (even 1% chance → YES)
    ↓
YES → Announce: "Using [skill-name] to [purpose]"
      Load skill file
      Follow instructions exactly
      ↓
      Complete or hand off cleanly

NO → Proceed with default agent behavior
```

## Priority Hierarchy

1. **User instructions** — always highest priority
2. **Skills** — override default behavior when applicable
3. **Default behavior** — fallback when no skill applies

## Announcing Skill Usage

When you invoke a skill, say so:

> "Using `brainstorming` to explore approaches before writing code."
> "Using `systematic-debugging` to diagnose this error."

This keeps the human informed and lets them redirect if needed.

## OpenClaw-Specific Notes

- In persistent sessions, skills should be checked at the start of each new task, not just session start
- Skills around `task-handoff` and `agent-self-recovery` matter more in OpenClaw than in session-based tools — don't skip them
- If a task will take more than ~20 minutes, check `long-running-task-management` first

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [zhouguoqing](https://github.com/zhouguoqing)
- **Source:** [zhouguoqing/QianYuan.AIAgenticFramework](https://github.com/zhouguoqing/QianYuan.AIAgenticFramework)
- **License:** Apache-2.0

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-zhouguoqing-qianyuan-aiagenticframework-using-superpowers
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/zhouguoqing
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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