skill-update

/skill-update — Check and Update Skills

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Check installed skills for remote updates and guide the user through updating and evaluating them.

Arguments

• (no args): list all skills that need checking and let the user choose
• <skill-name>: check the specified skill for updates
• all: check all git-repo-backed skills

Step 1: Load Inventory and Check Git Status

Use lib/update-checker.js to scan all skills:

const { UpdateChecker } = require('./lib/update-checker');
const checker = new UpdateChecker();
const stale = checker.getStale(inventory, 7); // not checked in last 7 days
const allGit = checker.checkAll(inventory);    // all git-repo-backed skills

Execute via Bash node -e.

If no git-based skills found:

No git-repo-backed skills found; cannot check for updates.
For manually installed skills, check the source page for new versions.

Stop.

Step 2: Display and Select

If called with all: skip selection, check all git skills.

If called with <skill-name>: skip selection, check that skill only.

If called with no args: show the list and let user choose. Follow gstack's AskUserQuestion pattern — re-ground context, simplify, recommend, show options with effort scale.

{N} skills available to check for updates (git repo-backed):

  1. code-review     last checked: 12 days ago   github.com/user/code-review
  2. superpowers     last checked: 9 days ago    github.com/obra/superpowers
  3. doc-writer      last checked: 15 days ago   github.com/user/doc-writer
  4. ecc             last checked: 8 days ago    github.com/affaan-m/everything-claude-code

Checking updates requires network (git fetch), about 5 seconds each.

Enter a number, a name, or comma-separated list (e.g. 1,3), or type "all".
You can also type any other skill name directly.

[Check all / Select / Skip]