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Windows install issue #61
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I am on Windows and I did the first command of the global installation using CMD (not PowerShell) and it ran successfully (see below) but the actual .agent-os folder is not there. I tried multiple times, and it even skips the files, but the folder is not there.
C:\Users\ThunderJaw>curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/buildermethods/agent-os/main/setup.sh | bash -s -- --overwrite-instructions --overwrite-standards
🚀 Agent OS Setup Script
========================
📁 Creating directories...
📥 Downloading standards files to ~/.agent-os/standards/
✓ ~/.agent-os/standards/tech-stack.md (overwritten)
✓ ~/.agent-os/standards/code-style.md (overwritten)
✓ ~/.agent-os/standards/best-practices.md (overwritten)
📥 Downloading code style files to ~/.agent-os/standards/code-style/
✓ ~/.agent-os/standards/code-style/css-style.md (overwritten)
✓ ~/.agent-os/standards/code-style/html-style.md (overwritten)
✓ ~/.agent-os/standards/code-style/javascript-style.md (overwritten)
📥 Downloading instruction files to ~/.agent-os/instructions/
📂 Core instructions:
✓ ~/.agent-os/instructions/core/plan-product.md (overwritten)
✓ ~/.agent-os/instructions/core/create-spec.md (overwritten)
✓ ~/.agent-os/instructions/core/execute-tasks.md (overwritten)
✓ ~/.agent-os/instructions/core/execute-task.md (overwritten)
✓ ~/.agent-os/instructions/core/analyze-product.md (overwritten)
📂 Meta instructions:
✓ ~/.agent-os/instructions/meta/pre-flight.md (overwritten)
✅ Agent OS base installation complete!
📍 Files installed to:
~/.agent-os/standards/ - Your development standards
~/.agent-os/instructions/ - Agent OS instructions
💡 Note: Some files were overwritten based on your flags
Next steps:
1. Customize your coding standards in ~/.agent-os/standards/
2. Install commands for your AI coding assistant(s):
- Using Claude Code? Install the Claude Code commands with:
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/buildermethods/agent-os/main/setup-claude-code.sh | bash
- Using Cursor? Install the Cursor commands with:
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/buildermethods/agent-os/main/setup-cursor.sh | bash
- Using something else? See instructions at https://buildermethods.com/agent-os
Learn more at https://buildermethods.com/agent-os
Scanned the whole folder via PowerShell as well, but the folder is not there:
PS C:\Users\ThunderJaw> Get-ChildItem "$HOME" | Where-Object { $_.Name -like "*agent-os*" }
PS C:\Users\ThunderJaw> Get-ChildItem "$HOME" | Where-Object { $_.Name -like "*.agent-os*" }
PS C:\Users\ThunderJaw> $HOME
C:\Users\ThunderJaw
Also used Everything to search for it, but it also couldn't find it :(
When trying the command again:
C:\Users\ThunderJaw>curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/buildermethods/agent-os/main/setup.sh | bash
🚀 Agent OS Setup Script
========================
📁 Creating directories...
📥 Downloading standards files to ~/.agent-os/standards/
⚠️ ~/.agent-os/standards/tech-stack.md already exists - skipping
⚠️ ~/.agent-os/standards/code-style.md already exists - skipping
⚠️ ~/.agent-os/standards/best-practices.md already exists - skipping
📥 Downloading code style files to ~/.agent-os/standards/code-style/
⚠️ ~/.agent-os/standards/code-style/css-style.md already exists - skipping
⚠️ ~/.agent-os/standards/code-style/html-style.md already exists - skipping
⚠️ ~/.agent-os/standards/code-style/javascript-style.md already exists - skipping
📥 Downloading instruction files to ~/.agent-os/instructions/
📂 Core instructions:
⚠️ ~/.agent-os/instructions/core/plan-product.md already exists - skipping
⚠️ ~/.agent-os/instructions/core/create-spec.md already exists - skipping
⚠️ ~/.agent-os/instructions/core/execute-tasks.md already exists - skipping
⚠️ ~/.agent-os/instructions/core/execute-task.md already exists - skipping
⚠️ ~/.agent-os/instructions/core/analyze-product.md already exists - skipping
📂 Meta instructions:
⚠️ ~/.agent-os/instructions/meta/pre-flight.md already exists - skipping
✅ Agent OS base installation complete!
📍 Files installed to:
~/.agent-os/standards/ - Your development standards
~/.agent-os/instructions/ - Agent OS instructions
💡 Note: Existing files were skipped to preserve your customizations
Use --overwrite-instructions or --overwrite-standards to update specific files
Next steps:
1. Customize your coding standards in ~/.agent-os/standards/
2. Install commands for your AI coding assistant(s):
- Using Claude Code? Install the Claude Code commands with:
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/buildermethods/agent-os/main/setup-claude-code.sh | bash
- Using Cursor? Install the Cursor commands with:
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/buildermethods/agent-os/main/setup-cursor.sh | bash
- Using something else? See instructions at https://buildermethods.com/agent-os
Learn more at https://buildermethods.com/agent-os
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ssobii2 commentedon Aug 2, 2025
Scanned the whole C drive :)
infoboxreporting commentedon Aug 4, 2025
Have you seen issue this [https://github.com//discussions/45]?
ItWorksOnMyMachine commentedon Aug 13, 2025
@ssobii2, run that command from git bash instead of cmd or powershell. The project was created on macOS and really only works well on Mac and Linux. It'll install properly if you run it in git bash. However, it won't run very well because claude code on Windows doesn't seem to fully understand that ~ is USERPROFILE. It runs in a mix of bash and powershell. I found the slash commands weren't actually referencing the expanded versions under the .agent-os directory in your USERPROFILE. For that reason, I submitted this PR to help Windows users. I recommend you apply these changes after running the shell scripts in git bash. #82.