superpowers-optimized vs skillmem
superpowers-optimized is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by REPOZY. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). skillmem is an MCP server published by liza-studio. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. 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-optimized |  skillmem |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 6.6.1 Forks (GitHub): 8 Stars (GitHub): 142 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.13.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 4 269 Downloads/week (PyPI): 181 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 11 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-optimized | skillmem |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 142 (better) | 11 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 8 (better) | 5 (worse) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-23 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (skillmem) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 0 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 10 | 9 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 32 | 7 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/repozy/superpowers-optimized | github.com/liza-studio/skillmem |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 7 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-11 |
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-optimized
Built on the trusted obra/superpowers workflow and refined through research into LLM agent behavior, it adds automatic 3-tier workflow routing, proactive safety hooks, self-consistency verification at critical decision points, cross-session memory, and adversarial red-teaming — everything the original does, plus the discipline layer it was missing. Cross-session memory changes the experience fundamentally. Without it, every session starts blind: the AI re-explores structure it already mapped, re-proposes approaches that were already rejected, re-debugs errors that were already solved. With the four-file memory stack, it arrives knowing what was tried, what was decided, and why — and builds forward instead of sideways. Five research-backed principles run throughout: *less is more* (minimal always-on instructions), *fresh context beats accumulated context* (subagents get clean scoped prompts, not polluted history), *compliance ≠ competence* (instructions must be carefully engineered, not just comprehensive), *v
skillmem
Skill memory for coding agents: learn, recall, reinforce, decay. Local SQLite, no API key.
How to run each
superpowers-optimized As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install superpowers-optimized@claude-communityskillmem As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio skillmem -- uvx skillmem mcpCommands 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
The marketplaces of superpowers-optimized publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: superpowers-optimized · What it can do: skillmem · Compare two other plugins
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