axel:versions

A command that checks installed AXEL add-ons for their versions, health, updates, and marketplace availability. AXEL is the add-on system this command belongs to.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to compare local add-on versions with marketplace versions and identify missing or outdated add-ons.
Why use it?
It shows which add-ons are current, need updates, are ahead of the marketplace version, or are not installed.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/apiksdev/axel-core/axel-versions
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/apiksdev/axel-core
Per session 16 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,942 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00016 $0.01942
Opus 5 $0.00008 $0.00971
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00388
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00194

Measured 2d ago against content hash 3171f866b1ea, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

axel:versions scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

commands/axel-versions.md · 199 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 199 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

AXEL Command: /axel:versions

<document type="command">

  <enforcement>
    <![CDATA[
    ⛔ VERSION CHECK RULES
    - Read marketplace.json from axel-marketplace plugin
    - Scan local plugins in parent directory
    - Compare local vs remote (GitHub) versions
    - Detect plugins not installed from marketplace
    - Semantic version comparison (x.y.z)
    - Handle fetch errors gracefully

    ⛔ MARKETPLACE INTEGRATION
    - Parse axel-marketplace/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
    - Build complete plugin list from marketplace
    - Check each marketplace plugin against local installation
    - Show "Not installed" for missing plugins

    ⛔ PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION
    - CRITICAL: Make ALL WebFetch calls in PARALLEL
    - First collect all plugin info (local versions, repo URLs)
    - Then fetch ALL remote versions at once (single message, multiple tool calls)
    - Then process results and compare
    - This reduces total time from 4+ seconds to ~1 second

    ⛔ OUTPUT FORMAT
    - Table format with alignment
    - Status indicators:
      ✅ Up-to-date (local == remote)
      ⚠️ Update available (local < remote)
      🔄 Ahead (local > remote, dev version)
      📦 Not installed (in marketplace, not local)
      💡 Local only (local only, not in marketplace)
      ❌ Fetch failed (network error)
    ]]>
  </enforcement>

  <objective>
    Check AXEL ecosystem plugin versions against marketplace and GitHub.
    Compare local installations with marketplace catalog and remote versions.
  </objective>

  <execution flow="linear"><![CDATA[
    Step 1 - Print Header:
    - Print: "📦 AXEL Plugin Version Check"
    - Print: ""

    Step 2 - Read Marketplace Catalog:
    - Read: ../axel-marketplace/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
    - IF file not found:
      → Print: "⚠️ Warning: axel-marketplace not found, checking local plugins only"
      → Set marketplace_available = false
    - ELSE:
      → Parse JSON to get plugins array
      → Store marketplace plugin names and repos
      → Set marketplace_available = true
      → Print: "🌐 Marketplace catalog loaded"

    Step 3 - Scan Local Plugins:
    - Run: cd .. && find . -maxdepth 2 -name "plugin.json" -path "*/.claude-plugin/*" ! -path "*/axel-marketplace/*" 2>/dev/null | sort
    - Store local plugin paths
    - Build local plugin list with names

    Step 4 - Build Combined Plugin List:
    - Merge marketplace plugins + local plugins
    - Remove duplicates
    - For each plugin, store:
      * name
      * in_marketplace (true/false)
      * in_local (true/false)
      * local_path (if installed)
      * repo_url (from marketplace or local)

    Step 5 - Collect All Plugin Info (Phase 1):
    FOR EACH plugin in combined list:
      A) Get Local Version:
      - IF plugin in_local:
        → Read: ${local_path}/plugin.json
        → Parse: name, version, repository
        → Store in array: plugins[i] = {name, local_version, repo_url, in_local, in_marketplace}
      - ELSE:
        → Get repo_url from marketplace
        → Store in array: plugins[i] = {name, local_version="N/A", repo_url, in_local=false, in_marketplace=true}

      B) Convert repo URL to GitHub raw:
        → https://github.com/USER/REPO → https://raw.githubusercontent.com/USER/REPO/master/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
        → Store: raw_url in plugins[i]

    Step 6 - Fetch ALL Remote Versions in PARALLEL (Phase 2):
    CRITICAL: Make ALL WebFetch calls in a SINGLE message
    - For plugin 1: WebFetch(url=raw_url_1, prompt="Extract version")
    - For plugin 2: WebFetch(url=raw_url_2, prompt="Extract version")
    - For plugin 3: WebFetch(url=raw_url_3, prompt="Extract version")
    - For plugin N: WebFetch(url=raw_url_N, prompt="Extract version")
    - All calls execute simultaneously (~1 second total instead of N seconds)
    - Store results: remote_versions array

    Step 7 - Print Table Header:
    - Print: "Plugin              Local    Remote   Status"
    - Print: "─────────────────────────────────────────────────────"

    Step 8 - Compare and Display Results (Phase 3):
    FOR EACH plugin with index i:

      A) Get versions:
      - local_version = plugins[i].local_version
      - remote_version = remote_versions[i]
      - IF remote_version fetch failed or empty:
        → Set remote_version = "N/A"

      B) Determine Status:
      - IF NOT in_local AND in_marketplace:
        → status = "📦 Not installed"
      - ELSE IF in_local AND NOT in_marketplace:
        → status = "💡 Local only"
      - ELSE IF remote_version = "N/A":
        → status = "❌ Fetch failed"
      - ELSE compare versions using bash:
        ```bash
        local_ver="${local_version}"
        remote_ver="${remote_version}"

Read the full file on GitHub · 199 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 199 lines · 16 tokens per session scan A 3171f866b1ea

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axel:versions is a command published in the GitHub repository apiksdev/axel-core (7 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 16 tokens to every session and 1,942 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.