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Caio Lopes 09a567b6f4 feat: add Devin CLI support
Devin CLI's `devin plugins install obra/superpowers` fails today because the
repo has no `.devin-plugin/plugin.json` manifest. Add the manifest (skills are
auto-discovered from the co-located skills/ directory), a Devin tool mapping
linked from using-superpowers' Platform Adaptation section, a README install
section, version tracking in .version-bump.json, a Codex-sync exclude for the
new dotdir, and a CI-safe test mirroring the kimi/antigravity test style.

Bootstrap rides Devin's native skill surfacing: every installed skill's
name + description is injected into the system prompt at session start with a
standing instruction to invoke matching skills via the native skill tool.
Acceptance test ("Let's make a react todo list") passes in a clean session:
using-superpowers and brainstorming auto-trigger before any code is written.
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Devin CLI Tool Mapping

Skills speak in actions ("dispatch a subagent", "create a todo", "read a file"). On Devin CLI these resolve to the tools below.

Action skills request Devin CLI equivalent
Invoke a skill The native skill tool (skills also appear as /superpowers:<skill> slash commands)
Dispatch a subagent (Subagent (general-purpose): template) run_subagent with the subagent_general profile; use subagent_explore for read-only exploration
Task tracking ("create a todo", "mark complete") todo_write
Ask the user / present options ask_user_question (native multiple-choice prompts; fall back to plain text in non-interactive mode)

Subagents

run_subagent subagents are stateless and cannot ask clarifying questions — front-load the full context and exact instructions in the task prompt, as the subagent-driven-development templates already do. Run independent tasks in parallel with is_background: true; keep dependent tasks sequential.

File, shell, and search tools

Devin CLI exposes native tools for reading, writing, and editing files, running shell commands, and searching (grep/glob). Exact tool names can vary by session mode — use whichever file/shell/search tools your session exposes rather than names remembered from another harness.