ClaudSkills / Engineering / workflow-orchestration

Update Coding Agent Skills

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Update Coding Agent Skills skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Update Coding Agent Skills is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Engineering · Sub-category: workflow-orchestration · Last updated: 2026-10-25

ai:agent

Fast-forward the coding-agent-skills clone these skills were deployed from to origin/main, then redeploy every skill: at the latest release on origin/main by default, or at main on the main channel. Stops before a release that raises the major version until the user passes --cross-major, and over a deployment the user pinned with deploy.py --at until the user passes --unpin.

Security AStatic scan found no risk patternsHow grading works ›

From the source SKILL.md

Update the clone at {{SOURCE_ROOT}} and redeploy it. Fixes land on main and reach users at the next release tag, so by default the update follows releases: the release channel deploys the highest release tag on origin/main, a release marked as a pre-release included, with deploy.py --at refs/tags/<tag>, which pins the installation there until a later release. The main channel, which the user opts into with UPDATE_CHANNEL=main in the deployer's configure command or for one run with --channel main, deploys main itself. Either way the clone is fast-forwarded to origin/main and stays on main. Run…

bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/update.sh" "{{SOURCE_ROOT}}" "{{UPDATE_CHANNEL}}"

What this skill does

Update Coding Agent Skills is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the workflow-orchestration sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/update-coding-agent-skills/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Update Coding Agent Skills Claude Code skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 211,000+ 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/update-coding-agent-skills
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/update-coding-agent-skills/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/update-coding-agent-skills/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/update-coding-agent-skills/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/update-coding-agent-skills/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\update-coding-agent-skills\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Update Coding Agent Skills Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/update-coding-agent-skills/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Update Coding Agent Skills skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Update Coding Agent Skills skill?

Use Update Coding Agent Skills when your Claude Code task falls under the Engineering category — specifically in the workflow orchestration area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Update Coding Agent Skills" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/engineering/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Update Coding Agent Skills skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Update Coding Agent Skills is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/EJRyan89/coding-agent-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/update-coding-agent-skills/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: EJRyan89

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

EJRyan89. (2026). Update Coding Agent Skills [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/update-coding-agent-skills/

BibTeX

@misc{update-coding-agent-skills-2026,
  author    = {EJRyan89},
  title     = {Update Coding Agent Skills [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/update-coding-agent-skills/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-10-25 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

No risk patterns were found in any of the ten OWASP-aligned categories. How grading works ›

✓ Prompt injection
✓ Data exfiltration
✓ Supply chain
✓ Reverse shell
✓ Credentials
✓ Execution
✓ Filesystem
✓ Persistence
✓ Obfuscation
✓ Network

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