arduino-cli-maintenance

name	arduino-cli-maintenance
description	Environment maintenance and upgrade hygiene for Arduino CLI installations. Use when requests involve `arduino-cli cache clean`, `update`, `upgrade`, or `outdated`, including index refresh and upgrade drift checks.

Workflow

1. Refresh indexes before evaluating outdated components.
2. Review outdated status before broad upgrades.
3. Perform upgrades with explicit pre/post script behavior when needed.
4. Clean manager caches when recovering from corrupted or stale downloads.

Command Coverage

• arduino-cli cache clean
• arduino-cli update
• arduino-cli upgrade
• arduino-cli outdated

Defaults

• Use update --show-outdated for quick health checks.
• Prefer targeted remediation before full-environment resets.

ICL Examples (Captured 2026-02-14)

1. Detect outdated components and verify after refresh.

arduino-cli --config-dir /tmp/arduino_cli_suite_icl_data outdated
arduino-cli --config-dir /tmp/arduino_cli_suite_icl_data update --show-outdated

Observed output consistently reported:

ArduinoJson 6.21.4 installed, 7.4.2 latest

2. Clean cache before a fresh download cycle.

arduino-cli --config-dir /tmp/arduino_cli_suite_icl_data cache clean

Observed successful completion (EXIT: 0) in the supplemental run.