using-superpowers

To ensure agents always check for applicable skills before responding, enforce a mandatory skill invocation workflow that triggers at the start of conversations and before plan mode to load relevant skills on demand.

Skill invocation priority follows a strict hierarchy: user instructions take precedence, followed by superpowers skills, which then override the default system prompt to ensure specialized tooling is used correctly.

Yes, this workflow tooling supports platform adaptation by explaining tool mappings for Claude Code, Copilot CLI, and Gemini CLI, ensuring skills load correctly across different command-line environments.

You should trigger skill checks at the start of conversations, before clarifying questions, and when selecting workflows like brainstorming, debugging, or implementation to ensure the proper skill is used.

Yes, you need a Skill tool or platform equivalent that can load skill content on demand, which is required to enforce the consistent workflow and prevent ad-hoc behavior.

Without mandatory skill invocation, the assistant misses tooling opportunities because it may default to ad-hoc behavior instead of checking for and loading specialized skills before taking any action.