Install Studio

About two minutes. Studio installs as a plugin in the AI app you already use, on Windows, macOS or Linux.

Before you start

  • Your download key: it's on the page after checkout and in your purchase email. Buy Studio if you haven't yet.
  • Node.js 22 or later. Studio runs on it, the same way other local AI plugins do.
  • About 100 MB of free space. The first time you render, Studio downloads its own rendering engine, so every image comes out the same on every computer. The control panel opens in any browser.

Install the plugin

The easy way: copy this prompt and paste it into your AI app. Your agent installs Studio (in Claude Code, it gives you three short commands to type) and opens a page on your computer where you paste your key.

See the prompt
Install the Metamorfiles Studio plugin for me from github.com/metamorfiles/plugin.

1. Install it in the app you're running in:
   - Claude Code: plugins are installed by commands only I can type, so tell me to type `/plugin marketplace add metamorfiles/plugin`, then `/plugin install metamorfiles@metamorfiles`, then `/metamorfiles:activate`, each on its own line, and stop there.
   - Codex: run `codex plugin marketplace add metamorfiles/plugin`, then `codex plugin add metamorfiles@metamorfiles`.
   - VS Code: run **Chat: Install Plugin From Source** from the Command Palette and enter `https://github.com/metamorfiles/plugin`.
   - Grok: run `grok plugin install metamorfiles/plugin --trust`.
   - Claude Cowork or Desktop, the ChatGPT desktop app, or Cursor: walk me through installing it myself, using the steps for my app at github.com/metamorfiles/plugin.
2. If you can run commands on my computer, activate Studio: run `npx -y metamorfiles@latest activate` with a timeout of at least 10 minutes. It opens a page in my browser where I paste my download key. Never ask me for the key in this chat.
3. When you're done, tell me to start a new session. If activation didn't run, tell me: "Start a new session and run /metamorfiles:activate, or run it yourself in a terminal: npx metamorfiles@latest activate". In apps other than Claude Code, say "activate Metamorfiles" instead of /metamorfiles:activate.

Or run the commands for your app yourself. The plugin comes from github.com/metamorfiles/plugin.

Claude Code

Type these in Claude Code, one at a time:

/plugin marketplace add metamorfiles/plugin
/plugin install metamorfiles@metamorfiles

Claude Cowork and Desktop

Open Customize > Plugins, click + > Add marketplace > Add from a repository, enter metamorfiles/plugin and sync.

Click Browse, select Metamorfiles Studio and install.

Codex and ChatGPT desktop

codex plugin marketplace add metamorfiles/plugin
codex plugin add metamorfiles@metamorfiles

In the ChatGPT desktop app, the plugin also appears in the Plugins tab.

Cursor

Open Customize in the sidebar, find Metamorfiles Studio in the Cursor Marketplace and install.

VS Code and GitHub Copilot

Run Chat: Install Plugin From Source from the Command Palette and enter https://github.com/metamorfiles/plugin.

Grok

grok plugin install metamorfiles/plugin --trust

Antigravity

npx metamorfiles@latest setup

Antigravity installs plugins only from a local folder, so Studio sets up its skills, agent and MCP server directly. Restart Antigravity afterwards.

OpenCode and other MCP apps

npx metamorfiles@latest setup

For any other MCP app, npx metamorfiles@latest setup --print shows the config to paste.

Activate

If you used the install prompt, you're already activated. Otherwise, start a new session after installing and run /metamorfiles:activate in Claude Code, or say “activate Metamorfiles” in any app. If you skip this, your agent asks you to activate the first time you ask for a design.

A page served by Studio on your own computer opens in your browser. Paste your key and click Activate. Studio downloads in about a minute. You activate once per computer, every AI app on it shares the same Studio, and your key never goes through the chat. Prefer the terminal? Run:

npx metamorfiles@latest activate

Lost your key? Email contact@metamorfiles.com from the address you paid with.

Your first project

A project is a folder with your brand kit, templates, data tables and renders. Ask your agent to create one in an empty folder, then try a first prompt:

Build our brand kit from example.com, then make an Instagram post and story template for our spring launch, and render six variants testing price-led against ritual-led hooks.

To adjust details by hand, ask your agent to open the control panel.

AI images

Optional. When a template needs an AI image, Studio uses a service you connect and asks you the first time which model to use:

  • ChatGPT, through Codex, on your ChatGPT plan. No key and no extra cost.
  • OpenRouter: one sign-in for about 50 models, paid from your OpenRouter credit.
  • Your own key for OpenAI, Google Gemini, xAI, fal, Replicate, Black Forest Labs, Together or DeepInfra.

Sign-ins and keys go through pages Studio opens on your own computer, never the chat, and keys are kept in your system's password store. To see or change them from a terminal, run:

npx metamorfiles@latest images

Updates

Every update is included and installs itself. The plugin updates through your app, and Studio checks for a new version once a day and switches to it the next time your app starts. To update right away:

npx metamorfiles@latest update

Uninstall

Uninstall the Metamorfiles Studio plugin in each app, the same way you installed it. To remove Studio from the computer, delete the .metamorfiles folder in your home folder. Your projects are not touched.

Using OpenCode or another MCP app without plugins? Run npx metamorfiles@latest setup to connect OpenCode, or npx metamorfiles@latest setup --print for the config to paste into any other app.

Stuck? Email contact@metamorfiles.com.