Installation

Metapowers works with multiple AI coding tools. Choose your tool below.

Claude Code

The native experience. Install from the marketplace:

claude install bromso/metapowers

This installs all plugins and skills. Verify with:

/design:empathize test-component

Updating

claude update bromso/metapowers

Codex CLI

Copy the skills to your Codex skills directory:

git clone https://github.com/bromso/metapowers.git
cp -r metapowers/plugins/ ~/.agents/skills/metapowers/

Codex reads the AGENTS.md file in your project root for context. If you're working in a project where you want Metapowers available, copy AGENTS.md to your project:

cp metapowers/AGENTS.md /path/to/your/project/

OpenCode

Reference the skills in your opencode.json:

{
  "skills": ["./plugins/*/skills/*/SKILL.md"]
}

Or clone and symlink:

git clone https://github.com/bromso/metapowers.git ~/.config/opencode/metapowers
ln -s ~/.config/opencode/metapowers/plugins ~/.config/opencode/skills/metapowers

OpenCode also reads AGENTS.md from your project root.

Cursor

Cursor automatically loads .cursorrules from your project root. Clone Metapowers into your project or copy the rules file:

# Option 1: Copy .cursorrules to your project
cp metapowers/.cursorrules /path/to/your/project/

# Option 2: Copy specific plugin skills you need
cp -r metapowers/plugins/design /path/to/your/project/.cursor/skills/

For the modern .cursor/rules/ format, create rule files that reference the SKILL.md files.

Configure Figma Access (Optional)

The Design plugin writes prototypes to Figma via MCP. Set your Figma access token:

export FIGMA_ACCESS_TOKEN="your-token-here"

Add this to your shell profile (.zshrc, .bashrc) to persist it. This is only needed for the Design plugin's Figma integration.

Verify Installation

Run any skill to confirm everything works:

/design:empathize test-component

You should see the empathize phase execute, creating artifacts in .metapowers/design/test-component/.

Compatibility

All tools share the same SKILL.md format with YAML frontmatter. The skills themselves are tool-agnostic — they're structured markdown prompts that work in any AI coding environment.