| name | upgrade-larch |
| description | Use when upgrading the larch plugin to the latest stable version. Refreshes the sparse marketplace checkout in place when possible, then reinstalls the plugin to pick up the newest stable release. |
| allowed-tools | Bash |
Upgrade the larch plugin to the latest stable version. This skill is for the standard sparse GitHub install (claude plugin marketplace add character-ai/larch --sparse .claude .claude-plugin .gemini .github agents docs hooks python scripts skills tests). Contributors using a local checkout (claude --plugin-dir . or claude plugin marketplace add .) should git pull instead.
Flags
--run-id <ID>: Optional run identifier; when set, used as the run ID for this invocation instead of the auto-generated one. Default: empty (auto-generate).
Steps
- Run the upgrade script:
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/upgrade-larch/scripts/upgrade-larch.sh
- Verify the script exited successfully (no recovery banner printed). If it printed
Already at latest stable larch release (...), report that no reinstall was needed and no restart is required; stamp refresh and cache prune may still have run. Otherwise, if the script printed an Installed larch plugin version: block with a larch@larch-local line, confirm it matches the expected new version; if the block is empty, the install still succeeded — version-listing is best-effort. Then tell the user to restart Claude Code to apply the new version.
See ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/upgrade-larch/scripts/upgrade-larch.md for script contract and failure recovery details.
