upgrading-cluster-version

upgrading-cluster-version is a skill for Cursor from cockroachdb/cursor-plugin. It costs 79 tokens per session (2,733 once invoked), scanned B, a copy of upgrading-cluster-version, Apache-2.0.

A guide to upgrading the software version of a CockroachDB cluster. The process ranges from replacing binaries on self-hosted nodes to starting upgrades in CockroachDB Cloud, while some plans upgrade automatically.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan or perform upgrades, configure patch policies or release channels, verify the result, and manage the finalization step for self-hosted upgrades.
Why use it?
It helps you choose a safe upgrade path based on the current version and deployment type, and shows how to verify completion or decide whether to finalize or roll back.

Skill for Cursor ✓ vendor

Written for Cursor: shipped in a Cursor plugin.

Part of the cockroachdb plugin — 34 skills shipped together

Good fit Use it to plan or perform upgrades, configure patch policies or release channels, verify the result, and manage the finalization step for self-hosted upgrades.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/cockroachdb/cursor-plugin/upgrading-cluster-version
About the project

CockroachDB Plugin for Cursor connects the Cursor coding agent to CockroachDB clusters for database work such as exploring schemas, writing SQL, debugging queries, and managing distributed clusters. It supports self-hosted and CockroachDB Cloud connections, and its catalogue add-ons provide database-focused agents, skills, rules, and instructions.

cockroachdb/cursor-plugin · 2 stars · on GitHub

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.

Any agent
npx skills add cockroachdb/cursor-plugin --skill upgrading-cluster-version
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cockroachdb/cursor-plugin

Made for: Cursor.

Or install cockroachdb, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 34 skills.

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Per session 79 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,733 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 2 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 100% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 5.1 $0.00079 $0.02733
Opus 5.5 $0.00032 $0.01093
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00016 $0.00547
Haiku 4.5 $0.00008 $0.00273

Measured 2mo ago against content hash 6f3e10275b00, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

upgrading-cluster-version scanned grade B with 2 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 2mo 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.

Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation

A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.

sudo systemctl stop cockroachdb

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $COCKROACH_API_KEY" \
Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to upgrading-cluster-version — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

skills/cockroachdb-operations-and-lifecycle/upgrading-cluster-version/SKILL.md · 308 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 308 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Upgrading Cluster Version

Guides CockroachDB version upgrades end-to-end. Before providing procedures, this skill gathers deployment context to deliver only the steps relevant to the operator's tier.

When to Use This Skill

  • Planning or executing a version upgrade (Self-Hosted)
  • Initiating a major version upgrade via Cloud Console (Advanced, BYOC)
  • Configuring how patches are applied (Advanced, BYOC)
  • Verifying upgrade completion (all tiers)
  • Deciding whether to finalize or roll back (Self-Hosted)

For pre-upgrade health check: Use reviewing-cluster-health. For node drain during Self-Hosted upgrade: Use performing-cluster-maintenance. For maintenance window configuration: Use performing-cluster-maintenance.


Step 1: Gather Context

Required Context

Question Options Why It Matters
Deployment tier? Self-Hosted, Advanced, BYOC, Standard, Basic Completely different upgrade procedures per tier
Current version? e.g., v24.2.5 Validates upgrade path and compatibility

Additional Context (by tier)

If Self-Hosted:

Question Options Why It Matters
Upgrade type? Major (e.g., 24.2→24.3), Patch (e.g., 24.2.5→24.2.8) Major requires finalization; patches do not
Target version? e.g., v24.3.1 Confirms version is available and sequential
Deployment platform? Bare metal, VMs, Kubernetes (Operator/Helm/manual) Changes binary replacement and restart procedure
Process manager? systemd, manual, container orchestrator Changes stop/start commands
Node count? Number Affects upgrade sequencing

If Advanced or BYOC:

Question Options Why It Matters
Upgrade type? Major version, Patch Major requires Console initiation; patches use maintenance windows
Cloud provider? (BYOC only) AWS, GCP, Azure For infrastructure-level monitoring during upgrade
Release channel? Regular, Innovation Innovation gives latest features, shorter support window

Read the full file on GitHub · 308 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. 2mo ago First seen · 308 lines · 79 tokens per session scan B 6f3e10275b00

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upgrading-cluster-version is a skill published in the GitHub repository cockroachdb/cursor-plugin (2 stars, last pushed 28d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 79 tokens to every session and 2,733 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it B with 2 findings (asks for root, makes network calls). It is 100% identical to upgrading-cluster-version, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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