Skills ayao-updater

Name: ayao-updater
Author: openclaw

Automatically update OpenClaw and all installed skills on a schedule. Use when: (1) setting up automatic updates for OpenClaw or skills, (2) running a manual update check, (3) configuring update schedule, skip lists, or pre-release filtering, (4) user says "auto update", "schedule updates", "keep openclaw updated", "update skills automatically". Handles locally-modified skill protection, conflict avoidance, pre-release filtering, and completion or failure notifications.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/openclaw/skills

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

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/ayao99315/ayao-updater" ~/.claude/skills/openclaw-skills-ayao-updater && rm -rf "$T"

OpenClaw · Install into ~/.openclaw/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/ayao99315/ayao-updater" ~/.openclaw/skills/openclaw-skills-ayao-updater && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/ayao99315/ayao-updater/SKILL.md

OpenClaw Auto Update

Keeps OpenClaw and installed ClawHub skills up to date automatically.

Prerequisites

openclaw

CLI — required for

openclaw update

openclaw gateway restart

, and notifications

clawhub

CLI — required for

clawhub list

clawhub inspect

, and

clawhub update

```
python3
```
— required for loading
```
config.json
```
```
bash
```
4+ — required by the shell scripts for associative arrays and other modern Bash features

Quick Start

1. Install cron job (runs daily at 2 AM by default)

bash ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/openclaw-auto-update/scripts/install-cron.sh

2. Run manually now

bash ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/openclaw-auto-update/scripts/update.sh

3. Preview what would be updated (no changes)

bash ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/openclaw-auto-update/scripts/update.sh --dry-run

Configuration

Create

~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/openclaw-auto-update/config.json

{
  "schedule": "0 2 * * *",
  "skipSkills": [],
  "skipPreRelease": true,
  "restartGateway": true,
  "notify": true,
  "notifyTarget": null
}

See

references/config-schema.md

for all options and examples.

What It Does

Loads JSON config — reads
```
config.json
```
with
```
python3
```
and merges defaults
Updates OpenClaw — runs
```
openclaw update --yes --no-restart
```
; in preview mode it logs the equivalent
```
openclaw update --dry-run --yes --no-restart
```
command without making changes
Finds installed skills — enumerates skills via
```
clawhub list
```
, with workspace directory fallback
Checks release channel — uses
```
clawhub inspect <slug>
```
to skip pre-releases when
```
skipPreRelease: true
```
Updates skills — runs
```
clawhub update <slug> --no-input
```
for each eligible installed skill; in preview mode it only logs
```
clawhub update --all
```
because the installed
```
clawhub
```
CLI does not support update dry runs
Protects local changes — skips skills with uncommitted git changes
Respects skip list — never touches skills in
```
skipSkills
```
Restarts gateway — only if OpenClaw version actually changed

Notifies — sends

openclaw message send --target <target> -m <message>

when

notifyTarget

is set, otherwise

openclaw system event --text <message> --mode now

Change Schedule

# Change to 3 AM weekly on Sunday
bash ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/openclaw-auto-update/scripts/install-cron.sh --schedule "0 3 * * 0"

# Uninstall cron job
bash ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/openclaw-auto-update/scripts/install-cron.sh --uninstall

Logs

tail -f /tmp/openclaw-auto-update.log

Skip a Specific Skill Permanently

Add to

config.json

{ "skipSkills": ["my-custom-skill", "work-internal"] }