Superpowers-zh is a Chinese-localized collection of skills and prompts for AI coding tools that extends the upstream superpowers project with region-specific enhancements.
The tool addresses the challenge of making AI coding assistants genuinely productive by providing curated skills—reusable prompt patterns and workflows—that guide tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot CLI, and others through common development tasks. It bundles complete translations of the original skills alongside six China-specific skills designed for local development practices, covering activities from brainstorming and test-driven development to code review and debugging. Users install skills via npm and the tool configures them for their chosen AI coding environment.
Developers working in Chinese-speaking teams or using Chinese-localized AI tools should consider this if they want structured, battle-tested prompting patterns rather than ad-hoc instructions. The project supports 23 AI coding tools across multiple platforms, making it suitable for teams with heterogeneous tooling. It differs from the upstream superpowers by including localized content and additional skills tailored to Chinese development workflows.
The project maintains active engagement with its user base, regularly addressing tool-specific integration issues—recent updates fixed detection and context-loading problems for Aider, Kiro, and Hermes, and added support for the Crush tool. The maintainers provide detailed release notes documenting fixes and alignment with upstream changes, and they offer complementary free learning resources covering AI coding methodology and agent development. The tool receives ongoing refinement for Windows compatibility and test coverage gaps.
