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Parent: #44
Summary
Investigation of the curated subagent-driven-development skill from obra/superpowers found no real exigence for a standalone skill. Every pattern it claims is either default tool behavior (fresh subagents already start clean), already covered by existing skills (verification-before-completion, test-first, CI review), or basic prompt engineering advice. The skill has zero pipeline integration — no cross-references from any native skill, and all its own cross-references point to uninstalled superpowers skills.
Direction: removal, not replacement
Two genuinely useful insights survive and are preserved as integrated guidance (not a standalone skill):
- Use subagents to manage context across multi-task execution — dispatching fresh subagents prevents context pollution as work progresses through a plan.
- Choose the subagent model thoughtfully — match model capability to task complexity. Use cheaper/faster models for straightforward tasks; reserve the most capable model for subtle or complex work.
These are added to using-groundwork stage 4 and WORKFLOW.md stage 4.
Acceptance criteria
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subagent_driven_developmententry removed fromagents.toml - Skill block removed from
skills/skills.toml - Installed copies removed from
.claude/skills/and.codex/skills/ -
subagent_driven_developmentremoved from CLI skill list inmain.rs -
using-groundworkstage 4 updated with context-management and model-selection guidance -
WORKFLOW.mdstage 4 updated: SDD paragraph replaced with context-management note, routing table entry removed -
README.mdskills table: SDD row removed - CHANGELOG entry added
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grepverification: zero matches outside CHANGELOG history and docs/research/
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Depends on: #44 (evaluation verdict drives this work)
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