opencode-superpowers

OpenCode-only agent pack that bundles the supported Superpowers workflow skills with a primary orchestrator and five specialized subagents.

Built for people who:

• use OpenCode as their CLI coding agent,
• want a smart-detected provider profile (GitHub Copilot or Anthropic) with each agent tuned to a sensible model,
• and want the Superpowers workflow available through OpenCode agents with one install command.

What's in the pack

Six OpenCode agents are installed from agents/:

Agent	Mode	Purpose
superpowers	primary	Orchestrator. Brainstorms, then delegates spec / plan / implement / review. Tracks plan status and coordination commits.
superpowers-spec-writer	subagent	Writes the design spec from an approved brainstorm, then self-audits it.
superpowers-plan-writer	subagent	Turns an approved spec into an executable implementation plan, then self-audits it.
superpowers-implementer	subagent	Executes the approved plan task-by-task with verification, review handoff, and per-task commits.
superpowers-code-reviewer	subagent	Reviews one completed implementation task before the implementer finalizes it.

The installer also installs the supported vendored skill set from skills/. Skills are installed under a superpowers- prefix, and their installed description: metadata is rewritten to explicitly scope usage to superpowers-* agents. Combined with a wildcard rule in opencode.json, this prevents bleed into other primary agents (build, plan, etc.):

• superpowers-using-superpowers
• superpowers-brainstorming
• superpowers-writing-plans
• superpowers-subagent-driven-development
• superpowers-executing-plans
• superpowers-verification-before-completion

The vendored sources under skills/<name>/ stay byte-identical to upstream obra/superpowers; the installer copies each skill to ~/.config/opencode/skills/superpowers-<name>/ and rewrites the SKILL.md name: field plus internal superpowers:<skill> cross-references during install. Lockfile verification (npm run verify:skills) continues to run against the upstream-faithful sources.

The installer renders every agent's model: field from the selected profile. Without --profile, the installer auto-detects from ~/.local/share/opencode/auth.json and prefers copilot when GitHub Copilot is authed, falling back to anthropic when only Anthropic is authed.

Profiles

Agent	copilot (default when Copilot is authed)	copilot-lite	anthropic
superpowers (main)	github-copilot/gpt-5.4-mini	github-copilot/gpt-5.4-mini	anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5
superpowers-spec-writer	github-copilot/gpt-5.5	github-copilot/gpt-5.4-mini	anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6
superpowers-plan-writer	anthropic/claude-opus-4-7	github-copilot/gpt-5.4	anthropic/claude-opus-4-7
superpowers-implementer	github-copilot/claude-sonnet-4.6	github-copilot/gpt-5.4-mini	anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6
superpowers-code-reviewer	github-copilot/gpt-5.4	github-copilot/gpt-5.4-mini	github-copilot/gpt-5.4

The copilot profile assumes that delegated subagent calls do not consume Copilot premium-request quota, so it uses top-tier reasoning models (GPT 5.5, Sonnet 4.6) for subagents while keeping the orchestrator on gpt-5.4-mini. Use copilot-lite if you want to avoid premium-tier model IDs entirely. The matrix lives in scripts/install-profiles.json and is easy to fork.

What is not bundled

This repository vendors only the minimum upstream Superpowers skills required by the agents listed above. It does not bundle the full upstream plugin runtime, hooks, provider routing, fallback engines, or unrelated skills from obra/superpowers.

The vendored snapshot is pinned in skills/superpowers.lock.json with the upstream commit SHA and per-file SHA-256 checksums.

Prerequisites

1. OpenCode installed and working.
2. A provider configured in OpenCode that matches one of the bundled profiles: a GitHub Copilot subscription for the copilot / copilot-lite profiles, or Anthropic API access for the anthropic profile. The installer auto-detects which one to use; pass --profile to override.
3. Node.js 16 or newer for the npx entrypoint and verification scripts.

You do not need to install obra/superpowers separately for this agent pack; the required skills are bundled here.

Install

Option A - npx recommended for normal users

npx opencode-superpowers                        # auto-detect profile from opencode auth
npx opencode-superpowers --profile copilot      # GitHub Copilot, premium-tier subagents
npx opencode-superpowers --profile copilot-lite # Copilot, no premium-tier models
npx opencode-superpowers --profile anthropic    # direct Anthropic API

Packaged installs use copy mode automatically so installed files do not depend on npm cache paths remaining available.

Common flags:

npx opencode-superpowers --dry-run     # preview only
npx opencode-superpowers --force       # overwrite conflicting unmanaged entries
npx opencode-superpowers --uninstall   # remove entries recorded in the local manifest

Option B - git clone recommended for local editing

git clone https://github.com/mrth2/opencode-superpowers ~/Code/opencode-superpowers
cd ~/Code/opencode-superpowers
./scripts/install-opencode.sh

All six agents are always rendered from the source templates with the profile's model IDs substituted in, so agent files install as copies. Skills also install as copies (they are namespaced during install). Re-run the installer after git pull or a package refresh to reconcile generated files and managed entries.

Install modes

The --mode flag is informational only since this version: agents are always copy-installed (each is rendered with the profile's model IDs) and skills are always copy-installed (each is namespaced with superpowers- and has cross-references rewritten). The mode label is recorded in the manifest:

• Symlink mode when the source has a .git directory or gitfile.
• Copy mode when the source looks like a packaged install.

The mode can still be forced for testing:

./scripts/install-opencode.sh --mode symlink
./scripts/install-opencode.sh --mode copy

Environment variables

The installer respects:

Variable	Default	Meaning
OPENCODE_AGENTS_DIR	~/.config/opencode/agents	Where agent files are installed.
OPENCODE_SKILLS_DIR	~/.config/opencode/skills	Where skill directories are installed.
OPENCODE_SUPERPOWERS_MANIFEST	~/.config/opencode/opencode-superpowers-install.json	Local manifest used for safe update and uninstall.
OPENCODE_AUTH_FILE	${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/opencode/auth.json	OpenCode auth file used for profile auto-detection.

Verify

After installing, restart OpenCode. You should see the six agents and six skills:

ls ~/.config/opencode/agents/
# superpowers-code-reviewer.md
# superpowers-implementer.md
# superpowers-plan-writer.md
# superpowers-spec-writer.md
# superpowers.md

ls ~/.config/opencode/skills/
# superpowers-brainstorming
# superpowers-executing-plans
# superpowers-subagent-driven-development
# superpowers-using-superpowers
# superpowers-verification-before-completion
# superpowers-writing-plans

You can verify the vendored snapshot in a clone with:

npm run verify:skills

Expected output starts with:

ok vendored skills verified:

Restricting skills to the superpowers agents

OpenCode filesystem skills at ~/.config/opencode/skills/ are visible to every agent that can use the skill tool. Because users may have many built-in/custom agents (build, plan, task, project-specific agents, etc.), the safest isolation pattern is:

1. global deny for superpowers-* skills,
2. per-agent allow override only for superpowers* agents.

This follows configure permissions + override per agent:

{
  "permission": {
    "skill": {
      "*": "allow",
      "superpowers-*": "deny"
    }
  },
  "agent": {
    "superpowers": {
      "permission": { "skill": { "superpowers-*": "allow" } }
    },
    "superpowers-spec-writer": {
      "permission": { "skill": { "superpowers-*": "allow" } }
    },
    "superpowers-plan-writer": {
      "permission": { "skill": { "superpowers-*": "allow" } }
    },
    "superpowers-implementer": {
      "permission": { "skill": { "superpowers-*": "allow" } }
    },
    "superpowers-code-reviewer": {
      "permission": { "skill": { "superpowers-*": "allow" } }
    }
  }
}

This catches unknown/future agents automatically, without needing to enumerate them. The metadata layer from this package (installed descriptions narrowed to superpowers-* workflow usage) improves trigger quality, but this permission setup is the hard enforcement that prevents cross-agent bleed.

This snippet is opt-in. The installer does not modify your opencode.json.

Updating

• Installed via git clone: run git pull, then ./scripts/install-opencode.sh --profile default or ./scripts/install-opencode.sh --profile premium to refresh the manifest and reconcile generated files and managed entries.
• Installed via npx: run npx opencode-superpowers@latest --profile default or npx opencode-superpowers@latest --profile premium.

Uninstall

# from a clone
./scripts/install-opencode.sh --uninstall

# or via npx
npx opencode-superpowers --uninstall

Uninstall reads ~/.config/opencode/opencode-superpowers-install.json and removes only entries recorded as managed by this project. Manually created sibling agents, skills, and unrelated OpenCode configuration files are left untouched.

Syncing vendored skills from upstream

Maintainers refresh the vendored snapshot through the sync script:

rm -rf /tmp/opencode-superpowers-upstream
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/obra/superpowers.git /tmp/opencode-superpowers-upstream
node scripts/sync-superpowers-skills.mjs --upstream /tmp/opencode-superpowers-upstream
npm test

Maintainers can run the sync script manually when refreshing the vendored snapshot; this repository does not currently ship a weekly GitHub Actions sync workflow.

Customizing

The agents are plain markdown with YAML frontmatter. To change the model source, edit the model: placeholder in agents/<name>.md and rerun the installer. For example, to swap the orchestrator off the bundled profile flow:

model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5

Clone installs use symlinks for non-rendered agent files, so edits to those agents in this repo are picked up immediately by OpenCode after restart. The profile-specific main agent is rendered as a generated copy. Skills always install as copy-with-rewrite (the installer prefixes them with superpowers- and rewrites cross-references), so rerun the installer after editing a vendored skill or after git pull.

License

MIT © mrth2 and contributors.

The upstream Superpowers project is licensed separately by its authors. Vendored skill files retain their upstream notices and are pinned in skills/superpowers.lock.json.