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Install Nightshift
Install the Nightshift plugin for Codex or Claude Code and open the project you want it to change.
Answers: install Nightshift for Codex or Claude Code · Updated
Install from the official directory or the Git-hosted marketplace, then invoke Setup from that project. No separate server or API key is required.
Codex and repository-connected ChatGPT
The simplest path is the official OpenAI Plugin Directory. For local Codex development, install the same package from its Git-hosted marketplace.
codex plugin marketplace add orwa-mahmoud/nightshift
codex plugin add nightshift@nightshiftClaude Code
Run these two commands inside Claude Code. Nightshift needs no npm package, separate CLI, API key, or server.
/plugin marketplace add orwa-mahmoud/nightshift
/plugin install nightshiftChoose the project
Open the repository or project that should receive the work before setup. A disposable scratch conversation is temporary and cannot preserve changes to that project.
- macOS and Linux use the bundled shell runtime.
- Native Windows uses the bundled PowerShell runtime.
- WSL is treated as Linux and should keep host, repository, plugin, and watchman in one distribution.
Start with a bounded prompt
This prompt names the outcome and preserves Nightshift’s review boundary. Paste it into the supported coding host from the project you want to change.
Set up Nightshift in this project and explain each proposed gate before writing it.What this workflow does not claim
- A normal ChatGPT scratch conversation cannot preserve changes to the project repository.
- An unattended shift that creates commits needs host permissions capable of writing Git metadata.
Evidence and sources
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