Install your skill

Every Godmode skill installs into ~/.claude/skills/, which Claude Code reads from automatically on its next launch. Free Godmode Lite downloads with no login; paid skills (Godmode, Godmode+, One-Shot Scripts, Evolution) arrive as a link in your purchase email or from your account page. Pick your skill below and copy-paste the commands.

Prefer one-click? Install through the Godmode MCP server instead (see MCP setup). The MCP install handles the download, unzip and folder placement for you, free or paid.

Want to check what you're installing first? Every skill is plain-text you can read line by line, and each download has a published SHA-256. See how to verify a download before you run it.

Pick your skill

Godmode Lite (Free)

Lite is free and needs no account. It ships the same way as the paid skills (a SKILL.md plus a small zero-dep runner/ CLI), and the zip is flat (SKILL.md at the archive root), so it extracts straight into the skill folder. Two ways to install:

Option A: one command via MCP (handles everything).

claude mcp add --transport stdio godmode -- npx -y godmode-mcp@0.1.0

Then in Claude Code, say install godmode lite. The MCP server downloads and places the skill for you (full walkthrough on the MCP setup page).

Option B: direct download, no login. Grab godmode-lite.zip (no email, no account), then:

macOS / Linux / Git Bash on Windows:

cd ~/Downloads
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/godmode-lite
unzip godmode-lite.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/godmode-lite/

Windows PowerShell:

cd $HOME\Downloads
Expand-Archive -Path godmode-lite.zip -DestinationPath $HOME\.claude\skills\godmode-lite

Trigger phrase: godmode lite (or gm lite). For example: "godmode lite: build a login system". Want the full 8-layer protocol with security hardening and auto-docs? Upgrade to Godmode.

Godmode

Multi-file skill — SKILL.md plus a runner/ CLI. The zip contents are flat (SKILL.md at the archive root), so extract straight into the skill folder. After downloading godmode.zip from the email or account page:

macOS / Linux / Git Bash on Windows:

cd ~/Downloads
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/godmode
unzip godmode.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/godmode/

Windows PowerShell:

cd $HOME\Downloads
Expand-Archive -Path godmode.zip -DestinationPath $HOME\.claude\skills\godmode

Trigger phrase: godmode — e.g. "godmode: build me a personal recipe website".

Godmode+

Multi-file skill — ships with SKILL.md plus a runner/ CLI that drives the phases. Everything must land in ~/.claude/skills/godmode-plus/, not just the SKILL.md.

macOS / Linux / Git Bash on Windows:

cd ~/Downloads
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/godmode-plus
unzip godmode-plus.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/godmode-plus/

Windows PowerShell:

cd $HOME\Downloads
Expand-Archive -Path godmode-plus.zip -DestinationPath $HOME\.claude\skills\godmode-plus

After install, the layout under ~/.claude/skills/godmode-plus/ should be:

godmode-plus/
├── SKILL.md
├── LICENSE.txt
└── runner/
    ├── bin/godmode-plus
    ├── package.json
    └── src/…

Trigger phrase: godmode+ — e.g. "godmode+: refactor this API for performance".

One-Shot Scripts

Same multi-file pattern as Godmode+ — SKILL.md plus a phases/ folder containing every phase, the scoring rubric, and the loop mechanics, and a runner/ CLI for the deterministic gates.

macOS / Linux / Git Bash on Windows:

cd ~/Downloads
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/one-shot-scripts
unzip one-shot-scripts.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/one-shot-scripts/

Windows PowerShell:

cd $HOME\Downloads
Expand-Archive -Path one-shot-scripts.zip -DestinationPath $HOME\.claude\skills\one-shot-scripts

Trigger phrase: one-shot — e.g. "one-shot this API refactor" or "one-shot: build a login system".

Godmode Evolution

Evolution is a full skill, delivered the same multi-file way as the others: SKILL.md plus the protocol files (evolution loop, scoring engine, mutation operators, benchmark harness) and a runner/ CLI.

macOS / Linux / Git Bash on Windows:

cd ~/Downloads
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/godmode-evolution
unzip godmode-evolution.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/godmode-evolution/

Windows PowerShell:

cd $HOME\Downloads
Expand-Archive -Path godmode-evolution.zip -DestinationPath $HOME\.claude\skills\godmode-evolution

After install, the layout under ~/.claude/skills/godmode-evolution/ should be:

godmode-evolution/
├── SKILL.md
├── LICENSE.txt
├── evo-loop.md
├── scoring-engine.md
├── mutation-engine.md
├── blind-grader.md
├── … (11 protocol files in all)
└── runner/

Trigger phrase: evolve or godmode evo (e.g. "evolve my one-shot skill" or "godmode evo: score the last session").

Evolution works on any skill you already have: point it at a SKILL.md and it forks named variants that improve independently, never touching the original. If you don't have a skill to evolve yet, install Godmode or Godmode+ first using the steps above.

After install — using your skill

  1. Restart Claude Code. If a session is already running, exit and reopen it so the skill loader picks up the new directory. New sessions auto-load.
  2. Trigger the skill by prefixing your task with the trigger phrase from the section above.
  3. Confirm it's loaded — type /help in Claude Code and check the available skills list.

Troubleshooting

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