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brainstorming

An AI agent skill from obra/superpowers, scored 53 out of 100 by code.

53/ 100D

Code score by group

  • Spec20/20
  • Description7/20
  • Procedure10/15
  • Done criteria0/15
  • Resources3/10
  • Scripts3/8
  • Safety7/7
  • Upkeep3/5

It loses the most points in Done criteria (15), the group that checks whether there is a checklist and a step that verifies the work.

What the author says it does

You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, modifying behavior, or planning anything new, in software or out of it (a talk, a business, a renovation).

This is the description in the skill's own SKILL.md, written by its author, not by SkillCheatSheet.

Repository
obra/superpowers
Folder
skills/brainstorming
License
MIT
GitHub stars
316,479
SKILL.md lines
317
Other files
7

Add brainstorming to your agent

npx skills add obra/superpowers --skill brainstorming

The command uses the open skills CLI. A skill is instructions and scripts your agent will follow, so read it first: open the folder on GitHub at the commit that was scored.

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Scores come from a snapshot of 300 public GitHub repositories taken on 12 November 2026. Every score is the result of fixed checks run by code; no AI is involved. How scoring works.