moizibnyousaf/ai-agent-skills160 installs
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.
How do I install this agent skill?
npx skills add https://github.com/moizibnyousaf/ai-agent-skills --skill update-installed-skillsIs this agent skill safe to install?
- Gen Agent Trust Hubpass
This skill provides a standard workflow for updating and synchronizing AI agent skills using a command-line utility. It includes safety recommendations like using dry-run modes and reviewing changes before applying them.
- Socketpass
No alerts
- Snykwarn
Risk: MEDIUM · 1 issue
What does this agent skill do?
Update Installed Skills
Goal
Keep installed skills current without breaking the agent's workflow or silently overwriting local customizations.
Guardrails
- Always use
--dry-runbefore 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 jsonto 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
checkcommand makes network requests to verify upstream sources. It may be slow or fail if sources are unreachable.
How can the creator link this skill?
Add the canonical catalog link to the repository README so users can inspect current installs and available audits. The publishing guide covers the complete discovery path.
<a href="https://skillzs.dev/skills/moizibnyousaf/ai-agent-skills/update-installed-skills">View update-installed-skills on skillZs</a>