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title: Restart your agent after setup
description: Your coding agent loads its skills when it starts, so restart it after setup or a plugin update before you look for a skill.
url: https://openplanr.dev/docs/tips/restart-after-setup
updated: 2026-10-06
related:
  - https://openplanr.dev/docs/prompts/diagnose-setup.md
  - https://openplanr.dev/docs/prompts/diagnose-without-fixing.md
  - https://openplanr.dev/docs/prompts/investigate-first.md
---

# Restart your agent after setup

Your coding agent loads its skills when it starts, so restart it after setup or a plugin update before you look for a skill.

Setup writes the skills, but your coding agent loads its skill list when it starts. Restart Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor after setup, and again after a plugin update, before you look for a skill.

If a skill is still missing after the restart, run `openplanr doctor --json`. It lists every managed installation, so you can confirm that setup targeted the agent and the scope you expected.

Doctor checks registration and the files OpenPlanr owns. It cannot tell whether an agent that is already open has reloaded its skills, which is why the restart comes first.