Update Installed Skills
- 132 installs
- 1.1k repo stars
- Updated May 5, 2026
- skillcreatorai/ai-agent-skills
Refresh, reconcile, and upgrade locally installed Claude Code skills so agents run current instructions, dependencies, and bundled resources without manual drift.
About
The update-installed-skills skill from skillcreatorai/ai-agent-skills automates maintenance of installed agent skills—checking for updates, refreshing local copies, and keeping SKILL.md, scripts, and references current so Claude Code capabilities do not silently rot over time.
- Syncs installed skills to latest sources
- Reduces stale prompt and script drift
- Supports batch refresh workflows
- Keeps agent triggers aligned with repos
- Lowers breakage from outdated bundles
Update Installed Skills by the numbers
- 132 all-time installs (skills.sh)
- +2 installs in the week ending Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
- Ranked #3,648 of 16,546 AI & Agent Building skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
- Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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| Installs | 132 |
|---|---|
| repo stars | ★ 1.1k |
| Last updated | May 5, 2026 |
| Repository | skillcreatorai/ai-agent-skills ↗ |
What it does
Refresh, reconcile, and upgrade locally installed Claude Code skills so agents run current instructions, dependencies, and bundled resources without manual drift.
Files
Update Installed Skills
Goal
Keep installed skills current without breaking the agent's workflow or silently overwriting local customizations.
Guardrails
- Always use
--dry-runbefore 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 jsonto capture structured update results for logging.
Workflow
1. List currently installed skills.
npx ai-agent-skills list --installed --format json --fields name2. Check for available updates.
npx ai-agent-skills check3. Dry-run the update.
npx ai-agent-skills sync <skill-name> --dry-run4. Apply the update after reviewing.
npx ai-agent-skills sync <skill-name>5. For bulk updates, review each skill's dry-run output.
npx ai-agent-skills sync --all --dry-runGotchas
- 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
checkcommand makes network requests to verify upstream sources. It may be slow or fail if sources are unreachable.
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