# Update Copyright Year > Update copyright year references across the project at the beginning of each calendar year. Use when this capability is needed. - Skill: `tomevault-io/update-copyright-year` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tomevault-io/update-copyright-year` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tomevault-io/update-copyright-year/raw - Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS) - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Productivity - Author: tomevault-io (https://skillmd.com/u/tomevault-io) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tomevault-io/update-copyright-year --- # Yearly Copyright and License Update This prompt helps update all copyright year references in the DSInternals project at the beginning of each new calendar year. ## Files to Update The following files contain copyright year references that need to be updated: - [LICENSE.md](../../../LICENSE.md) - Main project license (MIT License) - [Src/Directory.Build.props](../../../Src/Directory.Build.props) - MSBuild properties for all projects - [Src/DSInternals.Replication.Interop/version.h](../../../Src/DSInternals.Replication.Interop/version.h) - Version header for native interop library - [Src/DSInternals.PowerShell/DSInternals.psd1](../../../Src/DSInternals.PowerShell/DSInternals.psd1) - PowerShell module manifest - [Src/DSInternals.PowerShell/License.txt](../../../Src/DSInternals.PowerShell/License.txt) - License file included in binary distributions - [Src/DSInternals.PowerShell/Chocolatey/dsinternals-psmodule.nuspec](../../../Src/DSInternals.PowerShell/Chocolatey/dsinternals-psmodule.nuspec) - Chocolatey package specification ## Important Notes - The start year (2015) should **never** change - it represents when the project was first created. Only the end year should be updated to the current year. - The copyright holder name "Michael Grafnetter" should not be changed. - Third-party copyright notices should **not** be modified. - No other content in these files should be altered, only the year values. This applies to whitespaces as well. --- > Source: [MichaelGrafnetter/DSInternals](https://github.com/MichaelGrafnetter/DSInternals) — distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io).