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title: Connect an agent and verify a read
description: Connect an agent and verify a read.
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# Connect an agent and verify a read

For CLI access, complete [your first read](https://orchestor.io/docs/cli/workflows/install-first-read.md). For MCP, choose the current agent in the [client guides](https://orchestor.io/docs/agent-setup.md). CLI login and MCP OAuth are separate authentication steps.

## Steps

```bash
orc --help
orc setup skills --agent codex --dry-run
orc setup skills --agent codex
orc setup skills --agent codex --status
```

Replace `codex` with the supported agent in use. If an existing plugin distributes Skills and MCP, inspect its ownership before adding duplicates. Register `https://mcp.orchestor.io/mcp` through the client’s official settings and complete OAuth. Restart the session and ask for the brands in the intended workspace. Report the actual Skills path, MCP registration, authentication, and `brands_list` outcome separately. Creating a configuration file alone is not completion.

[Workflow index](https://orchestor.io/docs/cli/workflows.md) · [Setup reference](https://orchestor.io/docs/cli/setup.md)

If a failure remains, [report it and verify the fix](https://orchestor.io/docs/cli/workflows/workflow-feedback.md), including this workflow and the failed step.

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