oc-update

Apply upstream ClawedBack updates from GitHub to the running installation, without overwriting local customizations.

What Is Safe to Update vs. What to Preserve

Always update (upstream-owned):

• server/*.py

  — application code

• .claude/skills/oc-poll/scripts/static/

  — web UI files

• .claude/skills/oc-*/

  — core ClawedBack skills (but see conflicts below)

• .claude/agents/

  — agent definitions

• CLAUDE.md

  — project instructions (merge carefully)

• README.md

  ,

  post_install.md

  — docs

Always preserve (user-owned):

• data/

  — all runtime data, queue, files, sessions

• data/.auth_token

  — auth token

• data/clawedback.json

  — local config (mode, host_url, port, ssl, etc.)

• .venv/

  — Python virtual environment

• .claude/skills/oc-poll/scripts/requirements.txt

  — only update if upstream changed it, and notify user

User-installed skills (preserve unless explicitly updating):

• Any skill in

  .claude/skills/

  that does NOT exist in the upstream repo — never delete these
• Skills that exist in both upstream and local — show a diff and let the user decide

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Step 1: Check for updates

cd $PROJECT_ROOT
git fetch origin main 2>&1

Then check what's changed:

git log HEAD..origin/main --oneline 2>/dev/null

If there are no new commits: tell the user and stop.

If there are new commits: show the list and ask if they want to proceed.

Step 2: Identify conflicts

Before applying anything, check for local modifications to upstream-managed files:

git status --short 2>/dev/null
git diff --name-only HEAD origin/main 2>/dev/null

Categorize each changed file:

• Safe to update — upstream-owned, not locally modified
• Locally modified — exists in both local changes and upstream changes → needs review
• Local-only — not in upstream (user additions) → preserve always

Step 3: Stash local modifications to protected files

Before merging, identify and stash anything in

data/

and other preserved paths to avoid conflicts:

# data/ is gitignored so it won't be touched by git
# But check for any locally modified tracked files that need care
git diff --name-only 2>/dev/null

For each locally modified tracked file that is also changed upstream:

• Show the user a diff
• Ask: "Keep your version / Take upstream / Merge manually?"

Step 4: Apply the update

If no conflicts (or conflicts resolved):

cd $PROJECT_ROOT
git pull origin main 2>&1

If git pull fails due to conflicts:

git stash 2>/dev/null
git pull origin main 2>&1
git stash pop 2>/dev/null

Show the merge result.

Step 5: Post-update checks

After pulling:

Check if requirements changed:

git diff HEAD~1 HEAD -- .claude/skills/oc-poll/scripts/requirements.txt 2>/dev/null

If requirements changed, install the new deps:

• Mode A/B:

  source $PROJECT_ROOT/.venv/bin/activate && pip install -r $PROJECT_ROOT/.claude/skills/oc-poll/scripts/requirements.txt

• Mode C:

  pip install --break-system-packages -r $PROJECT_ROOT/.claude/skills/oc-poll/scripts/requirements.txt

Read the mode from

data/clawedback.json

:

python3 -c "import json; c=json.load(open('$PROJECT_ROOT/data/clawedback.json')); print(c.get('mode','c'))"

Check if server needs restart:

git diff HEAD~1 HEAD --name-only 2>/dev/null | grep "oc-poll/scripts/"

If any

server/

files changed, restart the server:

pkill -f "python3 main.py" 2>/dev/null || true
sleep 2

Then restart using the saved config:

python3 -c "
import json
c = json.load(open('$PROJECT_ROOT/data/clawedback.json'))
print(c.get('server_cmd','cd $PROJECT_ROOT/.claude/skills/oc-poll/scripts && python3 main.py'))
"

Run the server command with nohup in the background.

Verify:

sleep 3
curl -sk http://localhost:${OC_PORT:-8080}/ -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}"

Step 6: Preserve local skill additions

After the pull, check if git removed any user-installed skills (shouldn't happen, but verify):

ls $PROJECT_ROOT/.claude/skills/

If any user-added skills are missing, restore them from git stash or warn the user.

Step 7: Report

Update complete!

Commits applied: N
  - abc1234  Add feature X
  - def5678  Fix bug Y

Files updated:
  .claude/skills/oc-poll/scripts/main.py
  server/config.py
  .claude/skills/oc-poll/SKILL.md

Preserved (unchanged):
  data/clawedback.json
  data/.auth_token

Server: restarted (new server files detected)
Requirements: unchanged

Your local additions (untouched):
  .claude/skills/my-custom-skill/

If the server was restarted, remind: "You'll need to re-enter your auth token if your browser session expired."

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Error Recovery

If

git pull

fails and leaves the repo in a broken state:

git merge --abort 2>/dev/null || true
git reset --hard HEAD

Then tell the user what happened and suggest:

git fetch origin main
git reset --hard origin/main

Warning:

git reset --hard

will discard local changes to tracked files.

data/

is safe (gitignored). Always warn before running this.

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Notes

• This skill only updates the ClawedBack codebase — it does NOT update Claude Code itself.
• If the user has made edits directly to core skill files (like

  oc-hub/SKILL.md

  ), those edits will conflict. The skill will show the diff and let them choose.
• The skill preserves

  data/clawedback.json

  so all config (port, host_url, mode, SSL) survives the update.