Is using-superpowers safe to install?

No known risky patterns found. The scan covers prompt injection, hidden Unicode, remote code execution and credential access in every text file of the skill. It cannot judge intent, so read any flagged line in context before installing.

How was this score calculated?

Four checks of 25 points each: spec, efficiency, clarity and security. Findings take points off the check they belong to, and any critical finding caps the grade at F. The same scanner runs in your browser at proskills.dev/scan.

Is this report current?

It was made from commit bb92a77 on 2026-10-16. If the skill has changed since, paste the new version into the scanner for a fresh score.

I wrote this skill. Can I fix the score or have the page removed?

Fix the findings and push. The reports are rebuilt from GitHub on a schedule, so the next run picks the change up. To have the page removed, open an issue on the ProSkills GitHub repo.

Scan reports · obra/superpowers

using-superpowers: scan report

Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring skill invocation before ANY response including clarifying questions An automated scan of this public skill from obra/superpowers: security, token cost, spec and clarity, with every finding and its fix.

Result

Verdict

using-superpowers

87/100 · grade B

obra/superpowers/skills/using-superpowers at bb92a77

Spec 25 · Efficiency 23 · Clarity 14 · Security 25 (each out of 25)

Always loaded 43 tokens · on trigger 745 · on demand 4,349

clarity/output warn · SKILL.mdDoesn't say what the result should look like. Add an Output section.
clarity/unfinished warn · SKILL.md:24Unfinished marker "todo".
clarity/workflow info · SKILL.mdNo numbered workflow. Ordered steps make agents more reliable than prose.
eff/orphan-file info · references/gemini-tools.mdreferences/gemini-tools.md is never mentioned in SKILL.md, so the agent won't know to read it.

Where it comes from

Source

Fact	Value
Repository	obra/superpowers
Skill folder	skills/using-superpowers
Stars	300,559
License	MIT
Commit scanned	bb92a77
Scanned	2026-10-16
Files	8

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Is using-superpowers safe to install?: No known risky patterns found. The scan covers prompt injection, hidden Unicode, remote code execution and credential access in every text file of the skill. It cannot judge intent, so read any flagged line in context before installing.
How was this score calculated?: Four checks of 25 points each: spec, efficiency, clarity and security. Findings take points off the check they belong to, and any critical finding caps the grade at F. The same scanner runs in your browser at proskills.dev/scan.
Is this report current?: It was made from commit bb92a77 on 2026-10-16. If the skill has changed since, paste the new version into the scanner for a fresh score.
I wrote this skill. Can I fix the score or have the page removed?: Fix the findings and push. The reports are rebuilt from GitHub on a schedule, so the next run picks the change up. To have the page removed, open an issue on the ProSkills GitHub repo.

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