Ai-Agent-Skills update-installed-skills

Use when syncing or updating previously installed skills to their latest version. Always dry-run updates before applying, and check for breaking changes.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/MoizIbnYousaf/Ai-Agent-Skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/MoizIbnYousaf/Ai-Agent-Skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/update-installed-skills" ~/.claude/skills/moizibnyousaf-ai-agent-skills-update-installed-skills && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/update-installed-skills/SKILL.md

source content

Update Installed Skills

Goal

Keep installed skills current without breaking the agent's workflow or silently overwriting local customizations.

Guardrails

Always use
```
--dry-run
```
before 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 json
```
to capture structured update results for logging.

Workflow

List currently installed skills.

npx ai-agent-skills list --installed --format json --fields name

Check for available updates.

npx ai-agent-skills check

Dry-run the update.

npx ai-agent-skills sync <skill-name> --dry-run

Apply the update after reviewing.

npx ai-agent-skills sync <skill-name>

For bulk updates, review each skill's dry-run output.

npx ai-agent-skills sync --all --dry-run

Gotchas

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
```
check
```
command makes network requests to verify upstream sources. It may be slow or fail if sources are unreachable.