The Superpowers Development Lifecycle
How a single prompt becomes production code through mandatory skill gates
Full Workflow
Design Phase
Planning Phase
Build Phase
Review Phase
Design
Planning
Build
Review
Issues found
Human signs off at each gate
You
"Build me a..."
Brainstorming
Socratic dialogue
Design Doc
Reviewed by subagent
Writing Plans
2-5 min tasks
Plan Document
Checklist of tasks
Dispatch Subagent
Fresh context per task
TDD Cycle
Red / Green / Refactor
Commit
Isolated worktree
Next Task
Loop until done
Spec Review
Does it match the plan?
Quality Review
Is the code clean?
Final Review
Merge / PR / Discard
Interactive Diagram:
Hover over any node to see details. Use the buttons to highlight each phase of the workflow.