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 See the [JFrog MCP Registry troubleshooting guide](https://docs.jfrog.com/ai-ml/docs/mcp-registry-troubleshooting).
 
+Agent Guard not activating? Make sure you define your environment variables in the same shell your IDE launches with.
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 ## Updating the vendored skills