---
title: "Installing Superpowers for Codex"
description: "Enable superpowers skills in Codex via native skill discovery. Just clone and symlink."
type: skill
canonical_url: https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/install-4
source: "Claudary"
difficulty: intermediate
author: "Claude Code Knowledge Pack"
date: 2026-07-10T11:30:05.770Z
license: CC-BY-4.0
attribution: "Installing Superpowers for Codex — Claudary (https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/install-4)"
---

# Installing Superpowers for Codex
Enable superpowers skills in Codex via native skill discovery. Just clone and symlink.

## Overview

# 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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