# Keep the plugin updated

The plugin ships improvements weekly. Two chat phrases cover most of what you need:

- **"What's new in mixshift?"** shows the changes since your installed version.
- **"Update the mixshift plugin"** walks you through the update for your surface and then tells you if anything needs a follow-up step.

## Manual update, by surface

- **Claude Code:** run `/plugin marketplace update mixshift`, then `/plugin update mixshift-ai`.
- **Cowork (personal install):** open the **Directory** view, find the MixShift marketplace, open the three-dot menu, and choose **Check for updates**. If you turned on **Sync automatically** at install time, updates arrive on their own.
- **Cowork (organization install):** your org admin republishes; each seat picks it up.
- **Claude admin console:** re-upload the release zip, or nothing at all if your admin set up the auto-syncing private mirror.

## The one rule everyone forgets

**A running session keeps the version it started with.** After an update, start a new session (or restart the app) to load it. If skills behave oddly right after updating, this is almost always why.

## Good to know

- The stable channel is the tested weekly cut; release notes live on [the releases page](/releases).
- In Cowork, the version label in the plugin panel sometimes lags after an update. If it looks stale, remove and re-add the marketplace entry; your settings and sign-in survive.

## Related

- [Install the plugin](/knowledge-base/plugin/getting-started/install-the-plugin)
- [Troubleshooting](/knowledge-base/plugin/troubleshooting/troubleshooting)