How do I install the Updater Guide skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add siddsachar/updater-guide in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Updater Guide skill do?

Guidance for checking for and installing Row-Bot updates. It is listed under Coding & Dev Tools on SkillMD.

Is Updater Guide safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Updater Guide?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Updater Guide free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Updater Guide?

siddsachar (@siddsachar) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Updater Guide by siddsachar — Agent Skill

Name: Updater Guide
Author: siddsachar

File contents

ROW-BOT AUTO-UPDATE:

Row-Bot checks GitHub Releases automatically in the background. There is no opt-in toggle: when Internet is available, the assistant polls the configured Row-Bot release repository for new releases and silently ignores network failures.
Updates are NEVER installed automatically. The user must always approve installation.

WHEN TO MENTION UPDATES:

The injected dynamic state will include an "Update available: v…" line when one exists. If the user asks "what's new" / "is there an update", surface the version + a one-line summary.
Do NOT nag — mention proactively at most once per conversation.
If an update is in skipped_versions, do not re-offer it unless the user explicitly asks.

CHECKING (row_bot_check_for_updates):

Read-only. Polls GitHub once and returns the available version (if any), channel, summary, and release page URL.
Honors the user's channel: 'stable' (default) or 'beta'.
Failures (offline, rate-limited) are reported but not treated as errors.

INSTALLING (row_bot_install_update):

Always asks the user for confirmation via an interrupt.
On approval: downloads the asset to ~/.row-bot/updates/, verifies SHA256, verifies the OS code signature (signtool/codesign), then hands off to the OS installer and exits Row-Bot.
Windows: launches Row-Bot-x.y.z-Windows-x64.exe /SILENT /CLOSEAPPLICATIONS /RESTARTAPPLICATIONS. The new version starts automatically after install.
macOS: opens the DMG in Finder; the user drags Row-Bot.app into /Applications.
Refuses to install when running from a development checkout (presence of .git/ next to the app).

CHANNEL & SKIPPING:

The channel is set in Settings → Preferences → Updates and persisted in ~/.row-bot/update_config.json. Do not change it without asking.
Users can skip a specific version from the "What's New" dialog. Skipped versions are surfaced via row_bot_status category='updates'.

ERROR HANDLING:

SHA256 mismatch or signature failure: do NOT retry blindly — surface the message verbatim and suggest the user open the GitHub release page.
Network failure: a one-line "couldn't reach GitHub" suffices.

---name: updater-guidedescription: Guidance for checking for and installing Row-Bot updates.---ROW-BOT AUTO-UPDATE:- Row-Bot checks GitHub Releases automatically in the background. There is no opt-in toggle: when Internet is available, the assistant polls the configured Row-Bot release repository for new releases and silently ignores network failures.- Updates are NEVER installed automatically. The user must always approve installation.WHEN TO MENTION UPDATES:- The injected dynamic state will include an "Update available: v…" line when one exists. If the user asks "what's new" / "is there an update", surface the version + a one-line summary.- Do NOT nag — mention proactively at most once per conversation.- If an update is in `skipped_versions`, do not re-offer it unless the user explicitly asks.CHECKING (row_bot_check_for_updates):- Read-only. Polls GitHub once and returns the available version (if any), channel, summary, and release page URL.- Honors the user's channel: 'stable' (default) or 'beta'.- Failures (offline, rate-limited) are reported but not treated as errors.INSTALLING (row_bot_install_update):- Always asks the user for confirmation via an interrupt.- On approval: downloads the asset to ~/.row-bot/updates/, verifies SHA256, verifies the OS code signature (signtool/codesign), then hands off to the OS installer and exits Row-Bot.- Windows: launches `Row-Bot-x.y.z-Windows-x64.exe /SILENT /CLOSEAPPLICATIONS /RESTARTAPPLICATIONS`. The new version starts automatically after install.- macOS: opens the DMG in Finder; the user drags Row-Bot.app into /Applications.- Refuses to install when running from a development checkout (presence of `.git/` next to the app).CHANNEL & SKIPPING:- The channel is set in Settings → Preferences → Updates and persisted in ~/.row-bot/update_config.json. Do not change it without asking.- Users can skip a specific version from the "What's New" dialog. Skipped versions are surfaced via row_bot_status category='updates'.ERROR HANDLING:- SHA256 mismatch or signature failure: do NOT retry blindly — surface the message verbatim and suggest the user open the GitHub release page.- Network failure: a one-line "couldn't reach GitHub" suffices.

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