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Built-in /btw command conflicts with superpowers skill resolution #775

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Describe the bug

The superpowers plugin intercepts all slash commands and attempts to resolve them as skills. This causes a conflict with Claude Code's built-in /btw command (introduced in v2.1.72), which is not a skill but a native Claude Code feature.

When a user types /btw <question>, instead of triggering the built-in ephemeral sidebar query, superpowers intercepts the command and returns:

Unknown skill: btw

To Reproduce

  1. Install the superpowers plugin in Claude Code
  2. Update Claude Code to v2.1.72 or later
  3. Type /btw <any question> in the Claude Code prompt
  4. Observe the error: Unknown skill: btw

Expected behavior

/btw should pass through to Claude Code's native handler and open an ephemeral side-question overlay — without adding the question/answer to the main conversation history.

Environment

  • Claude Code version: 2.1.77
  • superpowers plugin version: 5.0.4
  • OS: macOS Darwin 25.3.0

Background: What is /btw?

/btw (By The Way) is a built-in Claude Code command introduced in v2.1.72 (March 10, 2026). It spawns an isolated ephemeral agent to answer a quick question using the current conversation context, without polluting the main context window. The answer appears in a dismissible overlay and is never added to the conversation history.

Key properties:

  • Reuses the parent conversation's prompt cache (low cost)
  • No tool access (read-only against current context)
  • Can be used even while Claude is mid-response
  • Dismissed with Space, Enter, or Escape

Suggested fix

Before resolving a slash command as a skill, superpowers should check against a list of reserved/built-in Claude Code commands (such as btw, help, clear, etc.) and let them pass through to the native handler instead of attempting skill resolution.

Alternatively, superpowers could expose a configuration option allowing users to specify a passthrough list.

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