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Are Update by tomevault-io — Agent Skill

Name: Are Update
Author: tomevault-io

File contents

Update documentation for files that changed since last run.

Steps

Read version: Read .claude/ARE-VERSION → store as $VERSION. Show the user: agents-reverse-engineer v$VERSION

Run the update command in the background using run_in_background: true:

npx agents-reverse-engineer@$VERSION update --backend claude $ARGUMENTS

Monitor progress by polling the latest progress log:
- Wait ~15 seconds (use sleep 15 in Bash), then use Glob to find the latest .agents-reverse-engineer/progress-*.log file, and Read it (use the offset parameter to read only the last ~20 lines for long files)
- Show the user a brief progress update (e.g. "12/30 files updated, ~5m remaining")
- Check whether the background task has completed using TaskOutput with block: false
- Repeat until the background task finishes
- Important: Keep polling even if no progress log exists yet (the command takes a few seconds to start writing)
On completion, read the full background task output and summarize:
- Files updated
- Files unchanged
- Any orphaned docs cleaned up

Options:

--uncommitted: Include staged but uncommitted changes
--dry-run: Show what would be updated without writing
--eval: Namespace output by backend.model for side-by-side comparison
--concurrency N: Control number of parallel AI calls (default: auto)
--fail-fast: Stop on first file analysis failure
--debug: Show AI prompts and backend details
--trace: Enable concurrency tracing to .agents-reverse-engineer/traces/

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---name: are-updatedescription: Incrementally update documentation for changed files Use when this capability is needed.---Update documentation for files that changed since last run.<execution>Run the update command in the background and monitor progress in real time.## Steps1. **Read version**: Read `.claude/ARE-VERSION` → store as `$VERSION`. Show the user: `agents-reverse-engineer v$VERSION`2. **Run the update command in the background** using `run_in_background: true`: ```bash npx agents-reverse-engineer@$VERSION update --backend claude $ARGUMENTS ```3. **Monitor progress** by polling the latest progress log: - Wait ~15 seconds (use `sleep 15` in Bash), then use **Glob** to find the latest `.agents-reverse-engineer/progress-*.log` file, and **Read** it (use the `offset` parameter to read only the last ~20 lines for long files) - Show the user a brief progress update (e.g. "12/30 files updated, ~5m remaining") - Check whether the background task has completed using `TaskOutput` with `block: false` - Repeat until the background task finishes - **Important**: Keep polling even if no progress log exists yet (the command takes a few seconds to start writing)4. **On completion**, read the full background task output and summarize: - Files updated - Files unchanged - Any orphaned docs cleaned up**Options:**- `--uncommitted`: Include staged but uncommitted changes- `--dry-run`: Show what would be updated without writing- `--eval`: Namespace output by backend.model for side-by-side comparison- `--concurrency N`: Control number of parallel AI calls (default: auto)- `--fail-fast`: Stop on first file analysis failure- `--debug`: Show AI prompts and backend details- `--trace`: Enable concurrency tracing to `.agents-reverse-engineer/traces/`</execution>---> Converted and distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io/claim/geoloeg-ist) — claim your Tome and manage your conversions.

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