What probably matters to youSection of the release
A new plugins-management view shows which plugins a connected cloud session loaded, or notes that it hasn't reported yet, and explains how local plugin changes propagate to that session via /cloud-plugins or /reload-plugins.
The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.
Added sinceA small documentation edit on Push events into a running session with channels touched a line naming /reload-plugins after this was published.When the install asks for an installation scope, choose the user scope option so the plugin is available across all your projects. Check the install summary: if it reports `Run /reload-plugins to activate.`, see [Apply plugin changes witho…channelssee the edit
Confirmed sinceAnthropic's documentation has since written up /reload-plugins, on Claude Code changelog.* Improved `/plugin`: installing, enabling or disabling a plugin now takes effect when you close the menu; `/reload-plugins` is no longer needed afterwardschangelogsee the edit
How sure we are
Two sources agreeTwo things we can check say the same as this entry.
Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up /reload-plugins, on Claude Code changelog.
Anthropic's release notes agreeAdded /reload-plugins to headless sessions, so it appears in the Claude Code Desktop and SDK command lists
