| name | update-skills |
| description | Check for and apply updates to locally installed skills from the kimgoetzke/coding-agent-configs GitHub repo. Use when user asks to update skills, sync skills, check for skill updates, or mentions updating their skills. |
| disable-model-invocation | true |
Update Skills
Check for updates to locally installed skills by fetching the latest from kimgoetzke/coding-agent-configs on GitHub and comparing against the local skills directory.
Configuration
- Remote repo:
https://github.com/kimgoetzke/coding-agent-configs.git
- Scripts location: Bundled in this skill's
scripts/ directory
Target directory by tool
| Tool | Default target directory |
|---|
| Claude Code | ~/.claude/skills |
| Copilot | ~/.copilot/skills |
| Pi | ~/.pi/agent/skills |
If you cannot determine which tool you are, ask the user.
Workflow
1. Determine target directory
Set the target directory based on the table above. Use the variable TARGET_DIR in subsequent steps.
Also resolve SKILL_DIR to the absolute path of this locally installed skill directory. Typical values:
- Claude Code:
~/.claude/skills/update-skills
- Copilot:
~/.copilot/skills/update-skills
- Pi:
~/.pi/agent/skills/update-skills
2. Check for updates
Run the check script:
bash "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/check-updates.sh" "$TARGET_DIR"
3. Parse the output
The script outputs one line per skill with a status prefix:
| Prefix | Meaning |
|---|
UP_TO_DATE:<name> | No changes |
CHANGED:<name> | Files differ — diff follows until END_DIFF line |
MISSING_LOCALLY:<name> | Exists in repo but missing locally |
ALL_UP_TO_DATE | No updates available at all |
Skills that exist locally but not in the remote repo are ignored.
4. Present results to the user
- If
ALL_UP_TO_DATE: tell the user all skills are up to date and stop
- Otherwise, FOR EACH
CHANGED or MISSING_LOCALLY skill:
- List the skill name and summarise what changed (files added/removed/modified)
- Show the diff in a code block
- Ask the user if they want to apply this update
5. Apply updates
For each skill the user approves, run:
bash "$SKILL_DIR/scripts/apply-update.sh" "$TARGET_DIR" <skill-name>
Report success or failure for each.
6. Summary
After processing all skills, print a summary:
- How many skills were updated
- How many were skipped
- How many were already up to date
Finally, ask the user if they wish to use the /update-agents skill to sync any agents from the remote repo.
