diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 840f828..4c2c9f3 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ Substitutions in body and `@path`: `{{cache}}`, `{{prompt:<name>}}`.
 entries and opencode loads the plugin twice. An incoming `name@spec` entry
 therefore replaces every existing entry with the same package name, in place
 (`specName` in `src/merge.ts`), and stacked configs collapse on next install.
+`[name@spec, {options}]` tuples count as the same package as the plain string.
 Non-`name@spec` entries (`{{cache}}` fetch dests, prompted dirs, git URLs with
 credentials) stay plain append — a heuristic there would delete unrelated
 entries. `remove` is untouched: it still deletes only exact matches.
diff --git a/src/merge.ts b/src/merge.ts
index 859b3fc..7302093 100644
--- a/src/merge.ts
+++ b/src/merge.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ export function applyAtPath(
 // append behaviour: a `{{cache}}` fetch destination, a prompted directory, or a
 // git URL carrying credentials (`git+https://user@host/…`), whose trailing `@`
 // would otherwise split in the wrong place.
+// opencode also accepts `[name@spec, {options}]` for a plugin with options; the
+// spec inside names the same package, so a tuple and a plain string supersede
+// each other in both directions.
 function specName(value: Json): string | null {
+  if (Array.isArray(value) && value.length === 2 && isPlainObject(value[1])) return specName(value[0]);
   if (typeof value !== 'string') return null;
   const at = value.lastIndexOf('@');
   // at === 0 is a bare scope (`@scope/pkg`), which names no version.
diff --git a/test/merge.test.ts b/test/merge.test.ts
index 876c005..910a6f7 100644
--- a/test/merge.test.ts
+++ b/test/merge.test.ts
@@ -149,6 +149,32 @@ describe('applyAtPath — append mode', () => {
     assert.deepEqual((git.next as any).plugin, ['superpowers@git+https://github.com/obra/superpowers.git#v6.4.0']);
   });
 
+  // `[name@spec, {options}]` is the same package as the plain string, so
+  // switching between a preset with plugin options and one without must not
+  // leave the plugin loading twice.
+  test('a plugin tuple with options and a plain spec supersede each other', () => {
+    const toTuple = applyAtPath(
+      { plugin: ['superpowers@6.3.0', 'pricing@0.8.1'] },
+      'plugin',
+      [['pricing@0.9.0', { token: 't' }]],
+      'append'
+    );
+    assert.deepEqual((toTuple.next as any).plugin, ['superpowers@6.3.0', ['pricing@0.9.0', { token: 't' }]]);
+    assert.equal(toTuple.stats.superseded, 1);
+
+    const toPlain = applyAtPath({ plugin: [['pricing@0.9.0', { token: 't' }]] }, 'plugin', ['pricing@0.9.0'], 'append');
+    assert.deepEqual((toPlain.next as any).plugin, ['pricing@0.9.0']);
+    assert.equal(toPlain.stats.superseded, 1);
+  });
+
+  test('a plugin tuple with changed options replaces the old tuple', () => {
+    const root = { plugin: [['pricing@0.9.0', { token: 'old' }]] };
+    const { next, stats } = applyAtPath(root, 'plugin', [['pricing@0.9.0', { token: 'new' }]], 'append');
+    assert.deepEqual((next as any).plugin, [['pricing@0.9.0', { token: 'new' }]]);
+    assert.equal(stats.added, 0);
+    assert.equal(stats.superseded, 1);
+  });
+
   // Only `name@spec` entries carry a package identity. A fetched skill path or
   // a prompted directory must keep the plain additive behaviour, or unrelated
   // entries sharing a prefix would silently delete each other.