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Supported platforms and hosts

Understand Nightshift support across Codex, Claude Code, macOS, Linux, native Windows, WSL, and remote environments.

Answers: Nightshift supported platforms · Updated

SHORT ANSWER

Nightshift ships native skills and hook wiring for Codex and Claude Code. macOS and Linux use the shell runtime; native Windows uses PowerShell. Remote setups are supported when the host, plugin, project, and watchman share the same environment boundary.

01

Coding hosts

The package provides host-native commands and recovery wiring instead of wrapping or proxying the host. The working files and contract stay shared even where host signals differ.

  • Codex: skills, gates, guards, scheduling, and watchman.
  • Claude Code: namespaced commands, hooks, scheduling, and watchman.
02

Operating systems

Use the runtime built for the environment actually executing the host.

  • macOS: bundled shell runtime and launchd schedule generation.
  • Linux: bundled shell runtime and cron schedule generation.
  • Native Windows: PowerShell hooks, process checks, and Task Scheduler generation.
  • WSL: Linux runtime; do not split components across Windows and the distribution.
03

Verified environment boundary

Remote SSH and devcontainer paths are verified when all runtime components are co-located. Nightshift does not claim support for a harness or split boundary it has not verified.

TRY IT

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.

Check this host, shell, filesystem, project location, and coding host against Nightshift's supported platform boundaries before setup.
BOUNDARIES

What this workflow does not claim

  • Native Windows is CI-verified on x64 with local fixtures; an authenticated desktop session remains an attended check.
  • Split host/workspace environments and unsupported network filesystems are refused.
SOURCES

Evidence and sources

These links support the released behavior, public outcomes, or problem language described on this page.

Native Windows evidencePowerShell support, CI scope, scheduling, recovery, and unverified boundaries.Open evidence ↗Remote environment matrixVerified and refused co-location layouts for WSL, SSH, and devcontainers.Open evidence ↗Versioned installation guideCodex, Claude Code, and platform installation paths from the released repository.Open evidence ↗
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