diff --git a/.claude/skills/cad/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/cad/SKILL.md
index 6d4f3a50..3830b796 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/cad/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/cad/SKILL.md
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ and `docs/hardware/cad-workflow.md`. Update this skill once D8 is resolved.
 ## Panel blank + plate stack (CockpitPanels workbench)
 
 Panel bases come from the **Cockpit Panels** FreeCAD 1.1+ workbench, a separate repo:
-`OpenSkyHawk/CockpitPanels` (LGPL-2.1+; install via Addon Manager → custom repository,
-branch `main`). Its README is the reference. Three tools, in order:
+`OpenSkyHawk/CockpitPanels` (LGPL-2.1+). Install: FreeCAD 1.1 custom repositories are in
+Preferences → Addon Manager page (not the Addon Manager's ⚙ menu; the page appears only after
+the Addon Manager has been opened once) → + → URL above, branch `main`; it lists as
+"CockpitPanels" until it reaches the official catalog. Its README is the reference. Three tools, in order:
 
 - **Panel Blank**: Dzus-grid outline + mount points + clearance holes, centred on the origin
   on XY, driven by the `PanelBlank` sheet. No ControlPoints sketch: the user makes their own.
diff --git a/docs/hardware/cad-workflow.md b/docs/hardware/cad-workflow.md
index e5504210..4a9b7702 100644
--- a/docs/hardware/cad-workflow.md
+++ b/docs/hardware/cad-workflow.md
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ turns it into the plates you cut. It lives in its own repository,
 [OpenSkyHawk/CockpitPanels](https://github.com/OpenSkyHawk/CockpitPanels), because the
 panel grid is common to many aircraft, not only the A-4.
 
-To install it, open **Tools → Addon Manager → ⚙ → Custom repositories**, add
-`https://github.com/OpenSkyHawk/CockpitPanels` with branch `main`, then install
-**Cockpit Panels** and restart FreeCAD. Updates arrive through the Addon Manager like any
-other addon. Everything the workbench creates is a plain FreeCAD object, so a panel file
+Install it through FreeCAD's Addon Manager: add `https://github.com/OpenSkyHawk/CockpitPanels`
+(branch `main`) as a custom repository in the Addon Manager preferences, then search the list
+for **CockpitPanels**. The
+[CockpitPanels README](https://github.com/OpenSkyHawk/CockpitPanels#install) has the
+step-by-step install. Everything the workbench creates is a plain FreeCAD object, so a panel file
 opens and recomputes on any FreeCAD 1.1+, with or without the workbench installed.
 
 The workbench has three tools, used in order. Their buttons sit on the Cockpit Panels