Skills
Skills are markdown files in skills/ that define behavioral prompts for the AI assistant. They're not code — they describe workflows, trigger patterns, and integration logic that Claude loads on demand.
Core Skills
| Skill | File | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Superpowers | superpowers.md | Master routing — maps user intent to skills and tools |
| Memory Management | memory-management.md | When and how to store/recall memories |
| Research Pipeline | research-pipeline.md | Research workflow with citations and verification |
| Session Context | session-context.md | Session start/end protocols |
| Plan & Review | plan-review.md | Checkpoint-based planning for multi-step tasks |
| Reflection | reflection.md | Session friction analysis and improvement proposals |
| Skill Writing | skill-writing.md | Dynamic skill creation and improvement |
| i18n | i18n.md | Multilingual output adaptation |
Integration Skills
| Skill | File | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Web Search | web-search.md | Brave Search workflows with citation |
| Google Workspace | google-workspace.md | Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets |
| Google Chat | google-chat.md | Google Chat spaces and messages |
| GitHub | github.md | Repos, issues, PRs, code search |
| Slack | slack.md | Team messaging workflows |
| Discord | discord.md | Server and channel management |
| Microsoft Teams | microsoft-teams.md | Teams messaging workflows |
| Notion | notion.md | Wiki pages and databases |
| Project Management | project-management.md | Trello and Canvas LMS workflows |
| Filesystem | filesystem.md | File management operations |
| Mobile Access | mobile-access.md | Gateway and remote access workflows |
How Skills Work
- Trigger: The
superpowers.mdskill has a trigger table that maps user intent phrases to skill activations - Activate: When a match is found, the relevant skill file is loaded
- Execute: The skill defines the workflow — which tools to use, in what order, and how to handle results
- Surface: Skill activations are shown to the user: [crow: activated skill — research-pipeline.md]
Compound Workflows
Skills can combine to handle complex requests:
- "Daily briefing" → Gmail + Calendar + Slack + Trello + Memory
- "Start research on X" → Memory + Research + Brave Search + arXiv + Zotero
- "Prepare for meeting" → Calendar + Gmail + Memory + Research + Slack
Creating New Skills
Skills are plain markdown. To add a new one:
- Create
skills/your-skill.mdwith description, triggers, and workflow - Add a row to the trigger table in
skills/superpowers.md - The skill will be available immediately — no build step needed