Superpowers: I'm using coding agents in October 2025

Re:Superpowers: I'm using coding agents in October 2025 by simonw on Saturday October 11, 2025 @12:54PM (#45550639)

I recommend it strongly because the "skills" mechanism it describes is a new and very promising technique, and this is the best article I've seen that explains that.

It's "wild" because, among many other experiments, Jesse has experimented with giving Claude a "feelings journal" and prompting it using Graphviz DOT diagrams.

For my previous writing and work on this you can consult my blog - here's the AI-assisted programming tag: https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai-assisted-programming/

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Re:Superpowers: I'm using coding agents in October 2025 by Balinares on Saturday October 11, 2025 @04:17PM (#45552314)

I'll admit I struggle to isolate what's fundamentally different between these skill configurations and the usual CLAUDE/AGENTS/etc.md. Clearly there's something; I'm just curious what's the mechanism at play, precisely.

EDIT: Simon actually already answered that point here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45550115

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Re:Superpowers: I'm using coding agents in October 2025 by apwell23 on Saturday October 11, 2025 @01:56PM (#45551198)

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Re:Superpowers: I'm using coding agents in October 2025 by simonw on Saturday October 11, 2025 @03:30PM (#45551967)

I read a lot of articles about tricks for using coding agents. I link to very few of them because they don't often present anything new.

Jesse presented something new.

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