superpowers vs engineer-debugging
superpowers is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by obra. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). engineer-debugging is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Seth Ford. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-12. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  superpowers | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 7.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 28 154 Stars (GitHub): 316 429 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 6.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 28 154 Stars (GitHub): 316 429 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace sethdford/claude-skills | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 9 Stars (GitHub): 46 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | superpowers | engineer-debugging |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 3 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 316 429 (better) | 46 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 28 154 (better) | 9 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-11-04 | Not published |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 16 | 11 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/obra/superpowers | github.com/sethdford/claude-skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-11-05 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
superpowers
Superpowers teaches Claude brainstorming, subagent driven development with built in code review, systematic debugging, and red/green TDD. Additionally, it teaches Claude how to author and test new skills.
engineer-debugging
Systematic debugging, root cause analysis, memory leaks, concurrency, postmortems.
How to run each
superpowers As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install superpowers@claude-plugins-officialengineer-debugging As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add sethdford/claude-skills
/plugin install engineer-debugging@claude-skillsCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: superpowers · What it can do: engineer-debugging · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.