Superjawn
Research-augmented fork of obra/superpowers. Ships all 14 workflow skills (brainstorming, planning, TDD, code review, debugging, worktrees, parallel agents) standalone, with no dependency on the upstream superpowers plugin.
- Type
- Plugin
- Repository
- jamditis/claude-skills-journalism
- GitHub stars
- 403
- License
- MIT
- Repo last updated
- Sep 25, 2026
- Source file
- superjawn/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
- Version
- 1.1.0
- Author
- Joe Amditis
What Superjawn is
Superjawn is a plugin published in the jamditis/claude-skills-journalism repository on GitHub, which has about 403 stars. The repository describes itself as: “Claude Code skills for journalism, media, and academia - verification, FOIA, data journalism, academic writing, and more”
A plugin is a package that bundles skills, slash commands, subagents, hooks, and MCP connectors so they install together. Plugins are plain files with a manifest at .claude-plugin/plugin.json, and they work in both Claude Code and Claude Cowork.
Installing Superjawn adds everything it ships in one step. Connectors inside a plugin still need to be connected separately, and hooks and subagents only run in Cowork and Claude Code, not in regular chat.
How to install Superjawn
Claude Code
- Add the repository as a plugin marketplace: claude plugin marketplace add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism
- Install the plugin: claude plugin install superjawn@<marketplace-name>, using the marketplace name from the repository's .claude-plugin/marketplace.json.
- Restart the session if the new skills or commands don't appear straight away.
Claude Cowork
- Open Customize → Plugins and choose Add marketplace.
- Enter jamditis/claude-skills-journalism (the owner/repo shorthand works for GitHub).
- Find Superjawn in the list, click Install, then connect any connectors it needs from its Connectors tab.
New to extending Cowork? Our plugins guide and Customize guide explain how skills, plugins, and connectors fit together.
Inside the source file
An excerpt from superjawn/.claude-plugin/plugin.json, shared under the repository's MIT license. Read the full file on GitHub.
Claude Code skills derived from obra/superpowers v5.0.7. Research belongs at entry-point stages where work originates without an upstream artifact (brainstorming, systematic-debugging, writing-skills); stale-artifact-consumer skills get a narrow default-skip freshness check (executing-plans, subagent-driven-development); the rest port as pure consumers that trust the artifact handoff. See ../specs/2026-05-05-superjawn-research-phases-design.md for the full architecture.
Skills
Standalone by default
Superjawn has no soft dependencies on the upstream superpowers plugin. The v1.0.0 release rewrote the four superpowers:code-reviewer agent dispatches from v0.6.0 to target pr-review-toolkit:code-reviewer (Anthropic-maintained, in @claude-code-plugins). You can run superjawn as a standalone replacement for superpowers. If you want to revert to the upstream plugin for any reason, install with /plugin install superpowers@claude-plugins-official.
Phase shapes
Research phase (3 entry-point skills). Default-on. Subagent dispatch by default (Explore for codebase, general-purpose for web/discourse). Findings land in the skill's existing artifact. Skip requires an explicit, justified line per the locked skip protocol.
Freshness check (1 stale-artifact consumer skill). Default-skip. Fires only when a trigger indicates real drift risk: cross-session execution, external API/service touched, or working on main/master. Findings land in .superpowers/exec-journal- .md.
Consumer (10 skills). No phase. Pure port from upstream with attribution comment + dual-namespace cross-reference rewrites. Trusts the upstream-artifact handoff.
Credits
See CREDITS.md.
Before you install
- Read the whole file first. Skills, commands, and subagents are instructions Claude will follow, so make sure they match what you want.
- Check which tools, scripts, or MCP servers it uses. Local servers and scripts run with your permissions.
- Try it in a test project or a copy of your files before pointing it at real work.
- Pin the version you tested, and review changes before updating.
- Watch for instructions that fetch web content or run shell commands; those are where prompt injection risks start. See our prompt injection guide.
FAQ
What is Superjawn?
Superjawn is a plugin for Claude Code and Claude Cowork from the jamditis/claude-skills-journalism repository on GitHub. Research-augmented fork of obra/superpowers. Ships all 14 workflow skills (brainstorming, planning, TDD, code review, debugging, worktrees, parallel agents) standalone, with no dependency on the upstream superpowers plugin.
How do I install Superjawn in Claude Code?
Add the repository as a plugin marketplace: claude plugin marketplace add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism Install the plugin: claude plugin install superjawn@<marketplace-name>, using the marketplace name from the repository's .claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Restart the session if the new skills or commands don't appear straight away.
Can I use Superjawn in Claude Cowork?
Open Customize → Plugins and choose Add marketplace. Enter jamditis/claude-skills-journalism (the owner/repo shorthand works for GitHub). Find Superjawn in the list, click Install, then connect any connectors it needs from its Connectors tab.
Is Superjawn safe to install?
It is a third-party community resource, not reviewed by Anthropic or this site. Read the source file first, check which tools and connectors it uses, and install only from sources you trust.
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