dsh-superpowers-plugin

obra/superpowers is a coding-paradigm skill library for AI agents, covering test-driven development, systematic debugging, brainstorming, and plan execution. These skills were originally tailored for a handful of frameworks; adopting them elsewhere meant manually copying files and wiring up configurations, which is tedious and easy to get wrong. dsh-superpowers-plugin packages the entire skill set as a native DeepSeek Harness skill bundle, so installation is all that is needed; the AI agent then automatically recognizes task types and loads the matching skill during coding conversations, eliminating any manual file juggling.

The plugin is zero-dependency, written in pure ESM JavaScript with no build step. It registers a single ctx.skills provider and lets the harness built-in mechanisms for skill discovery, on-demand loading, and slash-command invocation take over. A one-shot session orientation is injected at conversation start to nudge the model to check and load a matching skill before acting. When obra/superpowers publishes a new version, a built-in GitHub Action detects the change within six hours, syncs the snapshot, builds the tarball, and publishes a release tagged to the upstream version. Same-name skills in project-level or user-level skill directories override the bundled copies at a higher rank, enabling local customizations without blocking upstream updates.

This plugin is aimed at developers who use the DeepSeek Harness CLI for AI-assisted coding and want structured engineering practices to be part of their daily conversation flow without maintaining a sprawling set of prompt files. It makes those capabilities available out of the box and keeps them in step with upstream releases automatically.