The Auto-Updater skill automates the maintenance of your AI agent environment by performing daily checks and updates for both the core system and all installed skills.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install auto-updater-disabled
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install auto-updater-disabled using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Auto-Updater?
The Auto-Updater is a critical maintenance utility designed to ensure your AI agent environment remains secure, stable, and feature-complete without manual intervention. By automating the update lifecycle for Openclaw Skills, this tool minimizes technical debt and ensures that you are always utilizing the latest protocol improvements and bug fixes provided by the community and core developers.
Built to operate silently in the background, the skill leverages system-level cron jobs to synchronize your local environment with the latest registry versions. It provides a seamless bridge between the core engine and the diverse ecosystem of Openclaw Skills, making it an essential component for any production-grade agent setup.
Auto-Updater Use Cases
- Automatically keeping the core AI agent engine updated to the latest stable release.
- Synchronizing all installed Openclaw Skills with their latest versions from the registry every 24 hours.
- Receiving daily automated reports on system health and version changes.
- Ensuring that critical security patches and performance migrations are applied without manual oversight.
How Auto-Updater Works
- The skill initializes a scheduled cron job within the agent's internal management system.
- At the predefined time (defaulting to 4:00 AM), the agent initiates a self-update check against the relevant package manager or source repository.
- The system then scans the local skill directory and uses the registry to identify newer versions of any installed Openclaw Skills.
- Updates are applied sequentially, followed by a diagnostic check to ensure all migrations and configuration changes are successful.
- A comprehensive summary, detailing version deltas (e.g., 2.0.3 to 2.0.4), is generated and delivered to the user's preferred communication channel.
Auto-Updater Setup
You can quickly enable automatic updates by asking the agent to 'Set up daily auto-updates for yourself and all your skills.' For manual configuration of your Openclaw Skills environment, use the CLI:
clawdbot cron add \
--name "Daily Auto-Update" \
--cron "0 4 * * *" \
--tz "America/Los_Angeles" \
--session isolated \
--wake now \
--deliver \
--message "Run daily auto-updates: check for Clawdbot updates and update all skills. Report what was updated."
Auto-Updater Data Schema & Taxonomy
The Auto-Updater tracks the versioning state of your environment using the following data structure:
| Feature | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Core Version | The current semantic version of the agent engine | Package Manager |
| Skill Registry | Metadata for all installed Openclaw Skills | Registry API |
| Update Log | A summary of changes, successes, and failure logs | Internal DB |
| Schedule | The cron expression and timezone for execution | Cron Manager |
Auto-Updater Advanced Features
- Support for dry-run updates to verify compatibility before applying changes to Openclaw Skills.
- Timezone-aware scheduling to ensure updates occur during low-usage windows.
- Isolated session execution to prevent update processes from interfering with active task chains.
- Integration with system diagnostics to automatically trigger repair protocols if an update fails.
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