From Individual Speed to Enterprise Institutional Wisdom.
The next frontier of AI isn't just about faster models; it's about Enterprise Readiness. While individual agents are productive, they often struggle with the complexity, scale, and persistence requirements of professional engineering environments. Without a shared cognitive map, agents remain transient—repeating work, missing architectural dependencies, and eventually losing the "source of truth."
Superfast is the enterprise-grade evolution of the foundational Superpowers framework. We’ve combined world-class systematic methodology with a high-performance FastMemory engine to turn transient agent sessions into persistent institutional assets.
- Enterprise Data Integration: Bridge the gap between coding agents and massive enterprise datalakes (Microsoft Fabric, AWS Glue, Databricks).
- Cognitive Scaling: Navigate millions of lines of code and complex topologies through a structured CBFDAE logic layer.
- Systematic Rigor: Inherit the strict TDD, Socratic brainstorming, and verifiable planning that made Superpowers great, now scaled for the Fortune 500.
Don't just build features; build a memory moat.
It starts from the moment you fire up your coding agent. As soon as it sees that you're building something, it doesn't just jump into trying to write code. Instead, it steps back and asks you what you're really trying to do.
Once it's teased a spec out of the conversation, it shows it to you in chunks short enough to actually read and digest.
After you've signed off on the design, your agent puts together an implementation plan that's clear enough for an enthusiastic junior engineer with poor taste, no judgement, no project context, and an aversion to testing to follow. It emphasizes true red/green TDD, YAGNI (You Aren't Gonna Need It), and DRY.
Next up, once you say "go", it launches a subagent-driven-development process, having agents work through each engineering task, inspecting and reviewing their work, and continuing forward. It's not uncommon for Claude to be able to work autonomously for a couple hours at a time without deviating from the plan you put together.
There's a bunch more to it, but that's the core of the system. And because the skills trigger automatically, you don't need to do anything special. Your coding agent just has Superfast.
Note: Installation differs by platform. Claude Code or Cursor have built-in plugin marketplaces. Codex and OpenCode require manual setup.
Superfast is available via the official Claude plugin marketplace
Install the plugin from Claude marketplace:
/plugin install superfast@claude-plugins-officialIn Claude Code, register the marketplace first:
/plugin marketplace add obra/superfast-marketplaceThen install the plugin from this marketplace:
/plugin install superfast@superfast-marketplaceIn Cursor Agent chat, install from marketplace:
/add-plugin superfast
or search for "superfast" in the plugin marketplace.
Tell Codex:
Fetch and follow instructions from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/obra/superfast/refs/heads/main/.codex/INSTALL.md
Detailed docs: docs/README.codex.md
Tell OpenCode:
Fetch and follow instructions from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/obra/superfast/refs/heads/main/.opencode/INSTALL.md
Detailed docs: docs/README.opencode.md
gemini extensions install https://github.com/obra/superfastTo update:
gemini extensions update superfastStart a new session in your chosen platform and ask for something that should trigger a skill (for example, "help me plan this feature" or "let's debug this issue"). The agent should automatically invoke the relevant superfast skill.
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brainstorming - Activates before writing code. Refines rough ideas through questions, explores alternatives, presents design in sections for validation. Saves design document.
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using-git-worktrees - Activates after design approval. Creates isolated workspace on new branch, runs project setup, verifies clean test baseline.
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writing-plans - Activates with approved design. Breaks work into bite-sized tasks (2-5 minutes each). Every task has exact file paths, complete code, verification steps.
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subagent-driven-development or executing-plans - Activates with plan. Dispatches fresh subagent per task with two-stage review (spec compliance, then code quality), or executes in batches with human checkpoints.
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test-driven-development - Activates during implementation. Enforces RED-GREEN-REFACTOR: write failing test, watch it fail, write minimal code, watch it pass, commit. Deletes code written before tests.
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requesting-code-review - Activates between tasks. Reviews against plan, reports issues by severity. Critical issues block progress.
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finishing-a-development-branch - Activates when tasks complete. Verifies tests, presents options (merge/PR/keep/discard), cleans up worktree.
The agent checks for relevant skills before any task. Mandatory workflows, not suggestions.
Testing
- test-driven-development - RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle (includes testing anti-patterns reference)
Debugging
- systematic-debugging - 4-phase root cause process (includes root-cause-tracing, defense-in-depth, condition-based-waiting techniques)
- verification-before-completion - Ensure it's actually fixed
Collaboration
- brainstorming - Socratic design refinement
- writing-plans - Detailed implementation plans
- executing-plans - Batch execution with checkpoints
- dispatching-parallel-agents - Concurrent subagent workflows
- requesting-code-review - Pre-review checklist
- receiving-code-review - Responding to feedback
- using-git-worktrees - Parallel development branches
- finishing-a-development-branch - Merge/PR decision workflow
- subagent-driven-development - Fast iteration with two-stage review (spec compliance, then code quality)
Meta
- writing-skills - Create new skills following best practices (includes testing methodology)
- using-superfast - Introduction to the skills system
- fastmemory - Structured cognitive memory using CBFDAE ontology
- Test-Driven Development - Write tests first, always
- Systematic over ad-hoc - Process over guessing
- Complexity reduction - Simplicity as primary goal
- Evidence over claims - Verify before declaring success
Read more: Superfast for Claude Code
Skills live directly in this repository. To contribute:
- Fork the repository
- Create a branch for your skill
- Follow the
writing-skillsskill for creating and testing new skills - Submit a PR
See skills/writing-skills/SKILL.md for the complete guide.
Skills update automatically when you update the plugin:
/plugin update superfastSuperfast is a heavily enhanced fork of the original Superpowers project. We are deeply grateful to Jesse Vincent and the team at Prime Radiant for their foundational work in establishing systematic workflows for AI agents.
MIT License - see LICENSE file for details
Superfast is built by Jesse Vincent and the rest of the folks at Prime Radiant.
For community support, questions, and sharing what you're building with Superfast, join us on Discord.
- Discord: Join us on Discord
- Issues: https://github.com/obra/superfast/issues
- Marketplace: https://github.com/obra/superfast-marketplace