Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to ecodan/cicadas. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ecodan/cicadas/master/.claude/skills/update-docs/SKILL.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ecodan/cicadasWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/ecodan/cicadas/update-docs)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/ecodan/cicadas/update-docs"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/ecodan/cicadas/update-docs/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/ecodan/cicadas/update-docs"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/ecodan/cicadas/update-docs.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00052 | $0.00774 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00021 | $0.00310 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00010 | $0.00155 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00077 |
Grade A, and why
update-docs scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2mo ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 67 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Update Docs
Update the six canonical documentation files to reflect recent changes before a commit or push.
Files to Update
| File | Purpose | Update Trigger |
|---|---|---|
README.md |
High-level intro, version, installation, quick-start | Script changes, workflow changes, version bump |
HOW-TO.md |
Full user guide (install, greenfield, brownfield, skills) | Workflow changes, new features, installation changes |
src/cicadas/README.md |
Technical breakdown of the orchestrator | Script changes, directory structure changes |
release-notes.md |
Changelog — one entry per release | Always: add a new entry describing what changed |
agents.md |
Project overview for agents | Structural or architectural changes |
CLAUDE.md |
Claude Code guidance: commands, architecture, conventions | Script changes, new files, test convention changes |
docs/cicadas-method-general.md |
general manual for cicadas method |
Process
1. Understand What Changed
git diff HEAD
git status
If the user provided arguments ($ARGUMENTS), treat them as additional context about the nature of the change.
2. Read Each Doc File
Read all six files before making any edits. Understand their current state.
3. Determine What Needs Updating
For each file, ask: does the diff reveal something this doc now misrepresents or omits?
- README.md: Update installation commands, version string, or workflow description if affected.
- HOW-TO.md: Update the relevant section if a workflow step, command, or skill registration process changed.
- src/cicadas/README.md: Update script listings, directory structure, or operational formulas if scripts were added/renamed/removed.
- release-notes.md: Always add a new entry at the top (under
# Release Notes) in the format:
Infer the version bump: patch for fixes/docs, minor for new features, major for breaking changes.## Version X.Y.Z - **Category**: Description of change. - agents.md: Update if the top-level project structure, key directories, or agent roles changed.
- CLAUDE.md: Update commands, architecture description, or test conventions if scripts, tests, or project structure changed.
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.
- 2mo ago First seen · 67 lines · 52 tokens per session scan A 5ed46f935b30
update-docs is a skill published in the GitHub repository ecodan/cicadas (10 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 52 tokens to every session and 774 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. 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.
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