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update-installed-skills

update-installed-skills

github.com/moizibnyousafAgent workflows1.2k161 installsUpdated 5w ago
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About update-installed-skills

A workflow skill for updating installed skills while reducing the risk of disrupting an agent's workflow or overwriting local edits. It uses installed-skill listings, update checks, and dry runs before applying individual or bulk updates.

Key features

  1. 01List installed skills
  2. 02Check for available updates
  3. 03Preview changes with dry runs
  4. 04Apply reviewed updates
  5. 05Preview bulk updates

Use cases

  1. 01Reviewing skill updates before applying them
  2. 02Updating selected installed skills
  3. 03Assessing bulk updates before execution
  4. 04Logging structured update results

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/moizibnyousaf/ai-agent-skills --skill update-installed-skills

After installing, type/update-installed-skillsin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Details

From the project README

Update Installed Skills

Goal

Keep installed skills current without breaking the agent's workflow or silently overwriting local customizations.

Guardrails

  • Always use --dry-run before running a real update.
  • Check what is currently installed before updating: npx ai-agent-skills list --installed.
  • Never update all skills at once in production without reviewing the dry-run output.
  • Use --format json to capture structured update results for logging.

Workflow

  1. List currently installed skills.
npx ai-agent-skills list --installed --format json --fields name
  1. Check for available updates.
npx ai-agent-skills check
  1. Dry-run the update.
npx ai-agent-skills sync <skill-name> --dry-run
  1. Apply the update after reviewing.
npx ai-agent-skills sync <skill-name>
  1. For bulk updates, review each skill's dry-run output.
npx ai-agent-skills sync --all --dry-run

Gotchas

  • Skills installed from GitHub will attempt a fresh clone during sync. If the upstream repo is gone, the update will fail gracefully.
  • Manually edited SKILL.md files will be overwritten by sync. Back up customizations before syncing.
  • The check command makes network requests to verify upstream sources. It may be slow or fail if sources are unreachable.

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