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Prerequisites

Before using Omniscribe, you need at least one supported AI coding CLI installed on your system.

Claude Code is Anthropic's terminal-based AI coding assistant.

  1. Install Claude Code following the official instructions
  2. Authenticate by running claude in your terminal and completing the login flow
  3. Verify it works: claude --version should print a version number

OpenAI Codex CLI (optional)​

Codex CLI is OpenAI's terminal-based coding agent.

  1. Install Codex following the official instructions
  2. Authenticate with your OpenAI API key
  3. Verify it works: codex --version should print a version number

Git​

Git is required for branch management and worktree features. Most systems have it pre-installed.

git --version

If not installed, get it from git-scm.com.

Auto-detection

Omniscribe automatically detects which CLIs are installed and adjusts the available AI modes accordingly. You only see modes for tools that are present on your system.