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How to keep installed agent Skills up to date with Skills

Check for newer versions of installed Skills, update them, or remove the ones you no longer use.

Authorization notice. Skills is dual-use. Only use it on software, sites and systems you own or have explicit permission to test.

Who it is forA developer who has several Skills installed across projects and wants them current without re-installing each one.

The problemInstalled Skills can fall behind their source, and tracking which ones need updates by hand is slow.

The outcomeYou know which installed Skills have updates available, and they are updated or removed in one pass.

What you need first

  • Node.js 22.20 or later
  • A terminal opened in your project folder
  • A supported coding agent installed on your machine, such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor

Steps

  1. Run npx skills list to see the Skills currently installed.
  2. Run npx skills check to see which installed Skills have available updates.
  3. Run npx skills update to update them, or name specific Skills after the command.
  4. Run npx skills remove with the skill names you no longer need.

Prompt for your agent

Use the vercel-labs/skills CLI in this project to list installed skills, check for available updates, and update <skill name>. Report which skills changed and which were already current. Verify the list again after the update.

Caveat. The README lists update and remove commands that take optional skill names, but it does not describe what update changes beyond the skill, so review the result after running it.

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