diff --git a/.claude/skills/setup/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/setup/SKILL.md
index ee481b9..0d49171 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/setup/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/setup/SKILL.md
@@ -156,7 +156,13 @@ Each skill will:
 4. Register the chat with the correct JID format
 5. Build and verify
 
-**After all channel skills complete**, continue to step 7.
+**After all channel skills complete**, install dependencies and rebuild — channel merges may introduce new packages:
+
+```bash
+npm install && npm run build
+```
+
+If the build fails, read the error output and fix it (usually a missing dependency). Then continue to step 7.
 
 ## 7. Mount Allowlist