Superpowers for Copilot Chat

Bring Superpowers skills to GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code. A structured set of AI workflows for brainstorming, TDD, debugging, planning, code review, and more.

Requirements

• VS Code >= 1.90.0
• GitHub Copilot extension

Usage

Invoke skills using the @superpowers chat participant with a slash command:

@superpowers /brainstorming  — Design a feature before writing code
@superpowers /tdd            — Implement with Test-Driven Development
@superpowers /debug          — Systematically debug unexpected behavior
@superpowers /plan           — Write a detailed implementation plan
@superpowers /verify         — Confirm work is done before claiming complete

Type @superpowers (no command) to see all available skills.

Custom Skills

Add your own skills by placing SKILL.md files in ~/.copilot/skills/superpowers/ (or configure a custom path in settings). Custom skills are automatically detected without restarting VS Code.

Invoke custom skills with: @superpowers custom <skill-name>

All Skills

Slash Command	What It Does
/brainstorming	Collaborative design before implementation
/tdd	Test-Driven Development workflow
/debug	Systematic root-cause debugging
/plan	Implementation planning from a spec
/execute	Execute a written plan step by step
/subagent	Break work into parallel subagent tasks
/parallel	Dispatch independent tasks concurrently
/review	Pre-review code quality checklist
/receive-review	Process code review feedback rigorously
/verify	Verification before claiming complete
/worktree	Git worktree isolation for feature branches
/finish	Finish a branch — merge, PR, or cleanup
/write-skill	Create a new Superpowers skill
/superpowers	Learn how to use Superpowers effectively

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
superpowers.customSkillsPath	"" (uses ~/.copilot/skills/superpowers/)	Custom skills directory
superpowers.enableCustomSkills	true	Enable/disable custom skill loading

Based On

Skills authored by Jesse Vincent. This extension packages them for native VS Code Copilot Chat use.

Source: DwainTR/superpowers-copilot