Codex

Install Superpowers on OpenAI Codex via native skill discovery with a symlink to the skills directory.

Superpowers integrates with Codex through its native skill discovery system. Codex scans ~/.agents/skills/ at startup, parses SKILL.md frontmatter, and loads skills on demand.

Quick install

Tell Codex:

Fetch and follow instructions from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/obra/superpowers/refs/heads/main/.codex/INSTALL.md

Codex will fetch and execute the install steps automatically.

Manual installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/obra/superpowers.git ~/.codex/superpowers
   
2. Create the skills symlink

   mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills
   ln -s ~/.codex/superpowers/skills ~/.agents/skills/superpowers
   

   This makes all Superpowers skills visible to Codex’s skill discovery.

3. Restart Codex

   Skills are discovered at startup. Restart Codex to pick up the new skills.

4. Enable multi-agent support (optional)

   Skills like subagent-driven-development and dispatching-parallel-agents require Codex’s multi-agent feature. Add to your Codex config:

   [features]
   multi_agent = true
   

Windows

Use a junction instead of a symlink (no Developer Mode required):

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 scans ~/.agents/skills/ on startup and parses the description field in each SKILL.md. Skills activate 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

The symlink ~/.agents/skills/superpowers/ → ~/.codex/superpowers/skills/ makes all 14 Superpowers skills discoverable with no additional configuration.

Personal skills

Create your own skills in ~/.agents/skills/:

mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills/my-skill

Create ~/.agents/skills/my-skill/SKILL.md:

---
name: my-skill
description: Use when [condition] — [what it does]
---

# My Skill

Your skill content here.

Updating

cd ~/.codex/superpowers && git pull

Skills update instantly through the symlink — no restart needed.

Uninstalling

rm ~/.agents/skills/superpowers
# optionally: rm -rf ~/.codex/superpowers

Windows:

Remove-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\.agents\skills\superpowers"
# optionally: Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$env:USERPROFILE\.codex\superpowers"

Troubleshooting

Skills not showing up

1. Verify the symlink: ls -la ~/.agents/skills/superpowers
2. Confirm skills exist: ls ~/.codex/superpowers/skills
3. Restart Codex — discovery happens at startup

Windows junction issues

Junctions normally work without special permissions. If creation fails, run PowerShell as administrator.