razorback

Razorback

Julie-aware development workflow skills for Claude Code.

Razorback is a fork of Superpowers (v4.3.1) that adds explicit awareness of the Julie MCP server to every skill and subagent prompt:

• Julie — Code intelligence (search, symbols, references, context)

Why?

Superpowers produces high-quality results but burns tokens and time because every agent (controller and subagents) explores the codebase using generic Glob/Grep/Read chains. Razorback keeps the exact same proven workflow but routes all exploration through Julie's purpose-built tools.

Same process. Better tools. Faster results.

Requirements

• Claude Code
• Julie MCP Server — must be configured and indexing your workspace

Installation

Razorback is a pure-content plugin (skills, commands, hooks) — no build step or runtime dependencies required.

Option 1: Install from GitHub (Recommended)

# Add the Razorback repository as a plugin marketplace
/plugin marketplace add anortham/razorback

# Install the plugin (user scope, available across all projects)
/plugin install razorback@razorback

You can also scope the installation to a specific project:

# Project scope (shared with team via version control)
/plugin install razorback@razorback --scope project

Option 2: Install from a Local Clone

If you prefer to clone the repo yourself (useful for development or contributing):

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/anortham/razorback.git

# Install as a Claude Code plugin
claude plugin install /path/to/razorback

For development (loads plugin from local directory each time):

claude --plugin-dir /path/to/razorback

After Installation

Once the plugin is loaded, Razorback works automatically:

1. Session starts — the SessionStart hook fires, injecting the using-razorback skill
2. You request work — Claude checks for applicable skills before every response
3. Skills guide the workflow — brainstorming, planning, TDD, debugging, code review, and verification all route exploration through Julie

No configuration needed beyond plugin installation (assuming Julie is already set up).

What Changed from Superpowers

Everything kept:

• All 14 skills with identical process flows
• Same brainstorming → planning → TDD → execution → review → completion workflow
• Same two-stage code review (spec compliance + code quality)
• Same anti-rationalization tables and red flags
• Same SessionStart hook for skill activation

What was added:

• Julie tool calls at every exploration point (get_context, deep_dive, fast_refs, get_symbols)
• Toolchain documentation in the entry-point skill

Skills

Skill	Julie Integration
using-razorback	Toolchain docs
brainstorming	get_context for exploration
writing-plans	—
subagent-driven-development	—
executing-plans	—
test-driven-development	get_symbols for patterns
systematic-debugging	deep_dive + fast_refs
requesting-code-review	deep_dive + fast_refs
receiving-code-review	deep_dive + fast_refs
verification-before-completion	fast_refs for impact
finishing-a-development-branch	—
dispatching-parallel-agents	get_context hint
using-git-worktrees	—
writing-skills	—

Subagent Prompt Changes

Prompt	Julie Integration
implementer-prompt.md	Full orientation block: get_context → deep_dive → fast_refs → get_symbols
spec-reviewer-prompt.md	get_symbols + fast_refs for targeted review
code-quality-reviewer-prompt.md	deep_dive + fast_refs for impact analysis

License

MIT (forked from Superpowers, also MIT)

Credits

Based on Superpowers by Jesse Vincent.