diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/rpc/rpc-client.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/rpc/rpc-client.ts
index 3a5d583c4..9ac6a3bb3 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/rpc/rpc-client.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/rpc/rpc-client.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import type { FileSink } from "bun";
 import type { BashResult } from "../../exec/bash-executor";
 import type { AgentSessionEvent, SessionStats } from "../../session/agent-session";
 import type {
+	RpcAvailableCommandsUpdateFrame,
 	RpcAvailableSlashCommand,
 	RpcCommand,
 	RpcExtensionUIRequest,
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ export type RpcSessionEventListener = (event: AgentSessionEvent) => void;
 export type RpcSubagentLifecycleListener = (payload: RpcSubagentLifecycleFrame["payload"]) => void;
 export type RpcSubagentProgressListener = (payload: RpcSubagentProgressFrame["payload"]) => void;
 export type RpcSubagentEventListener = (payload: RpcSubagentEventFrame["payload"]) => void;
+export type RpcAvailableCommandsUpdateListener = (commands: RpcAvailableSlashCommand[]) => void;
 
 export interface RpcClientToolContext<TDetails = unknown> {
 	toolCallId: string;
@@ -162,6 +164,11 @@ function isRpcSubagentEventFrame(value: unknown): value is RpcSubagentEventFrame
 	return value.type === "subagent_event" && isRecord(value.payload);
 }
 
+function isRpcAvailableCommandsUpdateFrame(value: unknown): value is RpcAvailableCommandsUpdateFrame {
+	if (!isRecord(value)) return false;
+	return value.type === "available_commands_update" && Array.isArray(value.commands);
+}
+
 function isRpcHostToolCallRequest(value: unknown): value is RpcHostToolCallRequest {
 	if (!isRecord(value)) return false;
 	return (
@@ -203,6 +210,7 @@ export class RpcClient {
 	#subagentLifecycleListeners = new Set<RpcSubagentLifecycleListener>();
 	#subagentProgressListeners = new Set<RpcSubagentProgressListener>();
 	#subagentEventListeners = new Set<RpcSubagentEventListener>();
+	#availableCommandsUpdateListeners = new Set<RpcAvailableCommandsUpdateListener>();
 	#pendingRequests: Map<string, { resolve: (response: RpcResponse) => void; reject: (error: Error) => void }> =
 		new Map();
 	#customTools: RpcClientCustomTool[] = [];
@@ -378,6 +386,14 @@ export class RpcClient {
 		return () => this.#subagentEventListeners.delete(listener);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Subscribe to slash-command availability updates emitted by the RPC server.
+	 */
+	onAvailableCommandsUpdate(listener: RpcAvailableCommandsUpdateListener): () => void {
+		this.#availableCommandsUpdateListeners.add(listener);
+		return () => this.#availableCommandsUpdateListeners.delete(listener);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get collected stderr output (useful for debugging).
 	 */
@@ -834,6 +850,13 @@ export class RpcClient {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		if (isRpcAvailableCommandsUpdateFrame(data)) {
+			for (const listener of this.#availableCommandsUpdateListeners) {
+				listener(data.commands);
+			}
+			return;
+		}
+
 		if (!isAgentSessionEvent(data)) return;
 
 		for (const listener of this.#sessionEventListeners) {
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/rpc/rpc-mode.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/rpc/rpc-mode.ts
index e244a0bfd..56596e0ed 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/rpc/rpc-mode.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/rpc/rpc-mode.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
  */
 import { getOAuthProviders } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-ai/oauth";
 import { $env, readJsonl, Snowflake } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-utils";
+import { reset as resetCapabilities } from "../../capability";
+import { clearPluginRootsAndCaches, resolveActiveProjectRegistryPath } from "../../discovery/helpers";
 import {
 	type ExtensionUIContext,
 	type ExtensionUIDialogOptions,
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ import {
 	type ExtensionWidgetOptions,
 	getExtensionUISelectOptionLabel,
 } from "../../extensibility/extensions";
+import { loadSlashCommands } from "../../extensibility/slash-commands";
 import { type Theme, theme } from "../../modes/theme/theme";
 import type { AgentSession } from "../../session/agent-session";
 import { executeAcpBuiltinSlashCommand } from "../../slash-commands/acp-builtins";
@@ -514,6 +517,15 @@ export async function runRpcMode(
 	});
 
 	const getAvailableCommands = async () => buildAvailableSlashCommands(session);
+	const reloadPluginState = async () => {
+		const cwd = session.sessionManager.getCwd();
+		const projectPath = await resolveActiveProjectRegistryPath(cwd);
+		clearPluginRootsAndCaches(projectPath ? [projectPath] : undefined);
+		resetCapabilities();
+		session.setSlashCommands(await loadSlashCommands({ cwd }));
+		await session.refreshSshTool({ activateIfAvailable: true });
+		await emitAvailableCommandsUpdate();
+	};
 	const emitAvailableCommandsUpdate = async () => {
 		output({ type: "available_commands_update", commands: await getAvailableCommands() });
 	};
@@ -536,7 +548,7 @@ export async function runRpcMode(
 					cwd: session.sessionManager.getCwd(),
 					output: text => output({ type: "command_output", text }),
 					refreshCommands: emitAvailableCommandsUpdate,
-					reloadPlugins: async () => {},
+					reloadPlugins: reloadPluginState,
 					notifyTitleChanged: async () => {},
 					notifyConfigChanged: async () => {},
 				});
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/rpc/rpc-types.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/rpc/rpc-types.ts
index 5f4da3879..efbbada43 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/rpc/rpc-types.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/rpc/rpc-types.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ export interface RpcAvailableSlashCommand {
 	source: AvailableSlashCommandSource;
 }
 
+export interface RpcAvailableCommandsUpdateFrame {
+	type: "available_commands_update";
+	commands: RpcAvailableSlashCommand[];
+}
+
 export interface RpcHandoffResult {
 	savedPath?: string;
 }