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# Installing Superpowers for Codex
Enable superpowers skills in Codex via native skill discovery. Just clone and symlink.
## Prerequisites
- Git
## Installation
1. **Clone the superpowers repository:**
```bash
git clone https://github.com/obra/superpowers.git ~/.codex/superpowers
```
2. **Create the skills symlink:**
```bash
mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills
ln -s ~/.codex/superpowers/skills ~/.agents/skills/superpowers
```
**Windows (PowerShell):**
```powershell
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path "$env:USERPROFILE\.agents\skills"
cmd /c mklink /J "$env:USERPROFILE\.agents\skills\superpowers" "$env:USERPROFILE\.codex\superpowers\skills"
```
3. **Restart Codex** (quit and relaunch the CLI) to discover the skills.
## Migrating from old bootstrap
If you installed superpowers before native skill discovery, you need to:
1. **Update the repo:**
```bash
cd ~/.codex/superpowers && git pull
```
2. **Create the skills symlink** (step 2 above) — this is the new discovery mechanism.
3. **Remove the old bootstrap block** from `~/.codex/AGENTS.md` — any block referencing `superpowers-codex bootstrap` is no longer needed.
4. **Restart Codex.**
## Verify
```bash
ls -la ~/.agents/skills/superpowers
```
You should see a symlink (or junction on Windows) pointing to your superpowers skills directory.
## Updating
```bash
cd ~/.codex/superpowers && git pull
```
Skills update instantly through the symlink.
## Uninstalling
```bash
rm ~/.agents/skills/superpowers
```
Optionally delete the clone: `rm -rf ~/.codex/superpowers`.

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# Superpowers for Codex
Guide for using Superpowers with OpenAI Codex via native skill discovery.
## Quick Install
Tell Codex:
```
Fetch and follow instructions from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/obra/superpowers/refs/heads/main/.codex/INSTALL.md
```
## Manual Installation
### Prerequisites
- OpenAI Codex CLI
- Git
### Steps
1. Clone the repo:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/obra/superpowers.git ~/.codex/superpowers
```
2. Create the skills symlink:
```bash
mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills
ln -s ~/.codex/superpowers/skills ~/.agents/skills/superpowers
```
3. Restart Codex.
4. **For subagent skills** (optional): Skills like `dispatching-parallel-agents` and `subagent-driven-development` require Codex's multi-agent feature. Add to your Codex config:
```toml
[features]
multi_agent = true
```
### Windows
Use a junction instead of a symlink (works without Developer Mode):
```powershell
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path "$env:USERPROFILE\.agents\skills"
cmd /c mklink /J "$env:USERPROFILE\.agents\skills\superpowers" "$env:USERPROFILE\.codex\superpowers\skills"
```
## How It Works
Codex has native skill discovery — it scans `~/.agents/skills/` at startup, parses SKILL.md frontmatter, and loads skills on demand. Superpowers skills are made visible through a single symlink:
```
~/.agents/skills/superpowers/ → ~/.codex/superpowers/skills/
```
The `using-superpowers` skill is discovered automatically and enforces skill usage discipline — no additional configuration needed.
## Usage
Skills are discovered automatically. Codex activates them when:
- You mention a skill by name (e.g., "use brainstorming")
- The task matches a skill's description
- The `using-superpowers` skill directs Codex to use one
### Personal Skills
Create your own skills in `~/.agents/skills/`:
```bash
mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills/my-skill
```
Create `~/.agents/skills/my-skill/SKILL.md`:
```markdown
---
name: my-skill
description: Use when [condition] - [what it does]
---
# My Skill
[Your skill content here]
```
The `description` field is how Codex decides when to activate a skill automatically — write it as a clear trigger condition.
## Updating
```bash
cd ~/.codex/superpowers && git pull
```
Skills update instantly through the symlink.
## Uninstalling
```bash
rm ~/.agents/skills/superpowers
```
**Windows (PowerShell):**
```powershell
Remove-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\.agents\skills\superpowers"
```
Optionally delete the clone: `rm -rf ~/.codex/superpowers` (Windows: `Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$env:USERPROFILE\.codex\superpowers"`).
## Troubleshooting
### Skills not showing up
1. Verify the symlink: `ls -la ~/.agents/skills/superpowers`
2. Check skills exist: `ls ~/.codex/superpowers/skills`
3. Restart Codex — skills are discovered at startup
### Windows junction issues
Junctions normally work without special permissions. If creation fails, try running PowerShell as administrator.
## Getting Help
- Report issues: https://github.com/obra/superpowers/issues
- Main documentation: https://github.com/obra/superpowers

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### When this workaround can be removed
This approach compensates for Codex's plugin system not yet supporting an `agents`
field in `plugin.json`. When `RawPluginManifest` gains an `agents` field, the
plugin can symlink to `agents/` (mirroring the existing `skills/` symlink) and
skills can dispatch named agent types directly.
This approach compensates for Codex not yet exposing plugin-packaged custom
agents as named `spawn_agent` targets. OpenAI plugin examples can include
plugin-level `agents/` directories, but skills still need to read those prompts
and spawn a built-in agent role. When Codex exposes plugin agents as callable
named agent types, this manual prompt-loading workaround can be removed.
## Environment Detection