| name | upgrade-boop |
| description | Pull upstream Boop changes into a customized fork. Previews, backs up, merges with conflict-aware resolution, validates, and surfaces breaking changes. |
About
Your Boop fork drifts from upstream as you customize it — system prompts tweaked, new automations, tuned memory thresholds, etc. This skill brings upstream changes in without blowing away those edits.
Run /upgrade-boop inside the repo from claude. This is the supported upgrade path: the agent previews the diff, creates rollback points, performs the merge, resolves conflicts when needed, and runs referenced migration skills.
How it works
Preflight: refuses to touch anything with a dirty working tree. If the upstream remote is missing, adds it (default: https://github.com/raroque/boop-agent.git — the skill will ask).
Backup: creates a timestamped rollback branch + tag before doing anything. Printed at the end so you can git reset --hard back.
Preview: buckets upstream changes into categories so you know what's about to land:
- Core (
server/) — the dispatcher, executor, memory, automations. High conflict risk if you edited your prompts.
- Integrations (
server/composio*, server/integrations/) — Composio wiring.
- UI (
debug/) — debug dashboard.
- Schema (
convex/) — Convex tables + functions. Pushes happen on next convex dev.
- Scripts / config (
scripts/, package.json, tsconfig.json, .env.example) — env vars + deps might need attention.
- Docs (
README.md, ARCHITECTURE.md, INTEGRATIONS.md, CHANGELOG.md).
Choice: you pick merge (one-pass), cherry-pick (specific commits), rebase (linear history), or abort.
Conflict preview: dry-run merge to show which files would conflict before you commit.
Validation: npm install + npm run typecheck after the merge.
Breaking changes: parses the CHANGELOG.md diff for [BREAKING] entries and surfaces each one. Many breaking changes will reference a migration skill (/<skill-name>) — the skill offers to run those for you.
Summary: prints rollback tag, new/upstream HEADs, and any env-var additions from .env.example you should copy into .env.local.
Operating principles
- Never proceed with a dirty working tree.
- Always create a rollback point (backup branch + tag) before touching anything.
- Prefer git-native operations. Do not rewrite files manually except to resolve conflict markers.
- Default to MERGE (one-pass conflict resolution). Offer REBASE only if the user explicitly asks.
- Keep token usage low: use
git status, git log, git diff, and only open files that actually have conflicts.
Step 0: Preflight
Run:
If output is non-empty:
- Tell the user to commit or stash first. Stop.
Confirm remotes with git remote -v. If upstream is missing:
- Ask the user for the upstream repo URL (default:
https://github.com/raroque/boop-agent.git).
git remote add upstream <url>
git fetch upstream --prune
Detect the upstream branch:
git branch -r | grep upstream/
- Prefer
upstream/main. Fall back to upstream/master. If neither, ask.
- Store as
UPSTREAM_BRANCH. All commands below that reference upstream/main use upstream/$UPSTREAM_BRANCH instead.
Fetch fresh:
git fetch upstream --prune
Step 1: Safety net
HASH=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
git branch backup/pre-upgrade-$HASH-$TIMESTAMP
git tag pre-upgrade-$HASH-$TIMESTAMP
Save the tag name. You'll print it in Step 7 for rollback.
Step 2: Preview
Compute base:
BASE=$(git merge-base HEAD upstream/$UPSTREAM_BRANCH)
Show what's coming:
git log --oneline $BASE..upstream/$UPSTREAM_BRANCH
Show local drift:
git log --oneline $BASE..HEAD
File-level impact:
git diff --name-only $BASE..upstream/$UPSTREAM_BRANCH
Bucket files into the categories listed in How it works (Core, Integrations, UI, Schema, Scripts/config, Docs). Call out high-risk buckets specifically.
Large-drift check: if upstream has many commits and the user has heavy local drift, mention that starting fresh and reapplying customizations might be cleaner than merging. Don't push — offer.
Ask the user with the active agent's user-question mechanism:
- A) Full update — merge all upstream changes (default)
- B) Selective — cherry-pick specific commits
- C) Abort — preview only
- D) Rebase — linear history, resolves conflicts per commit
If Abort: print rollback info and stop.
Step 3: Conflict preview (no commits yet)
If Full update or Rebase, dry-run:
git merge --no-commit --no-ff upstream/$UPSTREAM_BRANCH; git diff --name-only --diff-filter=U; git merge --abort
Show the conflict list. If empty, say "clean" and proceed. If non-empty, let the user bail.
Step 4A: Full update (MERGE — default)
git merge upstream/$UPSTREAM_BRANCH --no-edit
If conflicts:
git status → list conflicted files.
- For each file:
- Open it.
- Resolve only conflict markers.
- Preserve intentional local customizations.
- Incorporate upstream improvements.
- Do not refactor surrounding code.
git add <file>
- When done:
git commit --no-edit (if merge didn't auto-commit).
Step 4B: Selective (CHERRY-PICK)
git log --oneline $BASE..upstream/$UPSTREAM_BRANCH
- Ask which hashes.
git cherry-pick <hash1> <hash2> …
On conflict:
- Resolve markers,
git add, git cherry-pick --continue.
git cherry-pick --abort to stop.
Step 4C: Rebase (opt-in)
git rebase upstream/$UPSTREAM_BRANCH
On conflict: resolve, git add, git rebase --continue. If > 3 rounds of conflicts, git rebase --abort and recommend merge.
Step 5: Validation
Run in order:
npm install — picks up any new deps.
npm run typecheck — this repo's typecheck. If it fails with errors outside the merge delta, flag it but don't block.
Note: Convex schema changes (convex/schema.ts, convex/*.ts) take effect the next time convex dev runs. Mention this to the user — they need to restart npm run dev for the schema to push.
Note: If .env.example changed, diff it against .env.local:
diff <(grep -o '^[A-Z_]*=' .env.example | sort) <(grep -o '^[A-Z_]*=' .env.local | sort)
- List any new keys the user should add to
.env.local.
Step 6: Breaking changes check
Read the CHANGELOG delta:
git diff pre-upgrade-$HASH-$TIMESTAMP..HEAD -- CHANGELOG.md
Parse new lines containing [BREAKING]. Format is:
[BREAKING] <description>. Run `/<skill-name>` to <action>.
If none: proceed silently.
If any:
- Display a warning header: "This update introduces breaking changes that may need action:"
- Show each
[BREAKING] line in full.
- Collect referenced skills.
- Ask the user with the active agent's user-question mechanism (multi-select when available):
- One option per referenced skill
- "Skip — I'll handle these manually"
- For each selected skill, invoke via the Skill tool.
Step 7: Summary + rollback
Print:
- Rollback tag:
pre-upgrade-<HASH>-<TIMESTAMP>
- New HEAD:
git rev-parse --short HEAD
- Upstream HEAD:
git rev-parse --short upstream/$UPSTREAM_BRANCH
- Conflicts resolved: list, if any
- New env vars to add to .env.local: list from Step 5
- Breaking changes applied: list skills run
Tell the user:
- Rollback:
git reset --hard pre-upgrade-<HASH>-<TIMESTAMP>
- Backup branch also exists:
backup/pre-upgrade-<HASH>-<TIMESTAMP>
- Restart
npm run dev to pick up code + Convex schema changes.