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ClaudSkills / General / general-misc

Refresh Cookiecutter Based Repositories From Upstream Template

Q: How do I install the Refresh Cookiecutter Based Repositories From Upstream Template Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/refresh-cookiecutter-based-repositories-from-upstream-template/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at https://claudskills.com/install/.

Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-21

type:review

Use Cruft when an agent needs to pull new changes from a Cookiecutter template into an existing generated repository without redoing the project from scratch. The agent tracks the template origin, previews the diff, applies the update, and preserves the repository's saved answers and local customizations as carefully as possible.

From the source SKILL.md

What this skill does

Refresh Cookiecutter Based Repositories From Upstream Template is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/refresh-cookiecutter-based-repositories-from-upstream-template/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Refresh Cookiecutter Based Repositories From Upstream Template Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 70,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/refresh-cookiecutter-based-repositories-from-upstream-template
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/refresh-cookiecutter-based-repositories-from-upstream-template/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/refresh-cookiecutter-based-repositories-from-upstream-template/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/refresh-cookiecutter-based-repositories-from-upstream-template/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/refresh-cookiecutter-based-repositories-from-upstream-template/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\refresh-cookiecutter-based-repositories-from-upstream-template\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

Pro

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Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/cruft/cruft
Author: Cruft maintainers
Website: https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/refresh-cookiecutter-based-repositories-from-upstream-template

Cite this skill

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APA

Cruft maintainers. (2026). Refresh Cookiecutter Based Repositories From Upstream Template [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/refresh-cookiecutter-based-repositories-from-upstream-template/

BibTeX

@misc{refresh-cookiecutter-based-repositories-from-upstream-template-2026,
  author    = {Cruft maintainers},
  title     = {Refresh Cookiecutter Based Repositories From Upstream Template [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/refresh-cookiecutter-based-repositories-from-upstream-template/}
}

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