auto-updater

What This Skill Does

The auto-updater skill for OpenClaw is designed to automate the maintenance of your Clawdbot environment. Instead of manually checking for updates, this tool triggers a daily cron job that ensures your agent and all installed skills are running the latest software versions. It performs a comprehensive update routine by checking for core framework updates—either via the package manager or the built-in doctor command—and simultaneously running an update check on every skill installed through the ClawdHub registry. The skill concludes its process by sending you a concise, human-readable summary detailing which components were updated, which remain current, and identifying any errors that may have occurred during the process, ensuring your agent environment remains stable and secure without constant oversight.

Installation

The simplest way to install the auto-updater is to directly request it from your Clawdbot using the natural language prompt: "Set up daily auto-updates for yourself and all your skills." This command initializes the necessary configurations. Alternatively, you can manually register the cron job via the CLI using the command: clawdbot cron add --name "Daily Auto-Update" --cron "0 4 * * *" --tz "America/Los_Angeles" --session isolated --wake now --deliver --message "Run daily auto-updates: check for Clawdbot updates and update all skills. Report what was updated.".

Use Cases

This skill is ideal for power users who rely on multiple community-contributed skills and want to ensure compatibility without repetitive manual maintenance. It is particularly useful for production-grade deployments where maintaining the latest version of an AI agent is critical for performance, security patching, and bug fixes. Furthermore, it helps teams keep their shared toolsets synchronized across different environments by ensuring every node in a cluster is running identical, updated versions of the same skill set.

Example Prompts

1. "Set up daily auto-updates for yourself and all your skills."
2. "Show me the last report from the daily auto-updater to see if my skills are current."
3. "Disable the daily auto-update schedule for now."

Tips & Limitations

To ensure the update process proceeds smoothly, make sure your Gateway service is running continuously, as the cron job relies on this process to trigger at the designated time. Note that while this skill automates the update process, it cannot resolve complex dependency conflicts that require human intervention. Always ensure your environment has the correct write permissions, as failures are most commonly caused by restricted file system access or network interruptions preventing the agent from reaching the package registry. If an update fails, we recommend running clawdbot doctor manually to diagnose and fix configuration drifts or broken database migrations.