openclaw-update

What This Skill Does

The OpenClaw Update Skill provides a comprehensive suite of management tools to ensure your OpenClaw agent platform remains current, stable, and feature-rich. It bridges the gap between manual package management and autonomous system upkeep. At its core, the skill allows users to query the current installed version of OpenClaw against the latest stable release available via the remote repository. It simplifies the administrative burden of tracking updates, providing both human-readable status reports and machine-parseable JSON output, which is ideal for integration into automated infrastructure pipelines.

Beyond simple status checks, the skill assists in the orchestration of the update lifecycle. While it leverages pnpm for package resolution, it provides the necessary hooks for post-update procedures—most importantly, the seamless restart of the OpenClaw gateway. By handling version comparison and facilitating the update path, this skill ensures that your agent deployment is always running the most secure and performant codebase available.

Installation

To install this skill, use the clawhub CLI within your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/rothcold/openclaw-update-skill

Ensure that you have pnpm installed and configured in your environment path, as the update workflow relies on pnpm for global package management. Post-installation, the command openclaw update will be registered globally.

Use Cases

• Automated Lifecycle Management: Set up cron jobs to trigger openclaw update status --json daily to monitor for breaking changes or mandatory security patches.
• CI/CD Integration: Integrate the JSON response into custom dashboards to maintain visibility across multiple agent nodes.
• Version Control Compliance: Use the tool to ensure all distributed agents are synchronized on the same version, preventing compatibility drifts.
• Infrastructure Maintenance: Safely restart gateways after updates to ensure all memory caches are cleared and services are running the updated binaries.

Example Prompts

• "OpenClaw, please check if there are any new updates available for my current installation and provide the results in a clear format."
• "Perform a system check to verify our version status; if an update exists, run the gateway restart sequence."
• "Show me the current OpenClaw version and list the last known update check timestamp."

Tips & Limitations

Always ensure that your configuration files are backed up before initiating a global package update. While the tool is designed for safety, significant version jumps might require manual intervention if configuration schemas have changed. If you encounter issues, always check the openclaw gateway status to ensure the core process is alive. The tool requires network access to verify the latest version from the remote repository; if your agent is behind a strictly locked-down proxy, you may need to define the OPENCLAW_UPDATE_CHECK_URL environment variable to point to your internal mirror.