Superpowers: Developing for Claude Code

A Claude Code plugin providing skills and comprehensive documentation for building plugins, skills, MCP servers, and other Claude Code extensions.

Features

Skills

working-with-claude-code

Complete, authoritative documentation for Claude Code directly from docs.claude.com.

• 42 documentation files covering all Claude Code features
• Self-update script to fetch latest docs
• Quick reference table for common tasks
• Progressive disclosure - load only what you need

Topics covered:

• Plugin development
• Skill creation
• MCP server integration
• Hooks configuration
• CLI commands
• Integrations (VS Code, JetBrains, GitHub Actions, etc.)
• Configuration, security, networking
• Troubleshooting

developing-claude-code-plugins

Streamlined workflows and patterns for creating Claude Code plugins.

• Step-by-step workflows for plugin creation
• Component guides for skills, commands, hooks, and MCP servers
• Common patterns with working examples
• Debugging tips and troubleshooting
• Best practices for portability and testing
• References this plugin as a working example

Use this skill to make plugin development faster and easier - it synthesizes official docs into actionable steps.

Installation

Development Mode

1. Add the development marketplace:

claude
/plugin marketplace add /path/to/superpowers-developing-for-claude-code

2. Install the plugin:

/plugin install superpowers-developing-for-claude-code@superpowers-developing-for-claude-code-dev

3. Restart Claude Code

Usage

The skills are automatically available to Claude when working on tasks that match their descriptions.

Updating Documentation

To fetch the latest Claude Code documentation:

node ~/.claude/plugins/plugin:superpowers-developing-for-claude-code@superpowers-developing-for-claude-code-dev/skills/working-with-claude-code/scripts/update_docs.js

Or ask Claude to update it:

Update the Claude Code documentation in the working-with-claude-code skill

Development

Structure

superpowers-developing-for-claude-code/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   ├── plugin.json           # Plugin metadata
│   └── marketplace.json      # Dev marketplace config
├── skills/
│   ├── working-with-claude-code/
│   │   ├── SKILL.md          # Documentation access skill
│   │   ├── scripts/
│   │   │   └── update_docs.js
│   │   └── references/       # 42 documentation files
│   └── developing-claude-code-plugins/
│       └── SKILL.md          # Plugin development workflows
└── README.md

Future Skills

Skills to consider adding:

• testing-claude-code-plugins - Testing strategies and validation
• distributing-plugins - Publishing and marketplace guidelines
• writing-mcp-servers - MCP server development guide

License

MIT License - See LICENSE file

Author

Jesse Vincent jesse@fsck.com

Repository

https://github.com/obra/superpowers-developing-for-claude-code

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  },
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