Agent skill

Hot Updater Agent

by gronxb in gronxb/hot-updater

A skill your agent uses when an AI agent needs to run or inspect full HotUpdater E2E jobs, or prepare and lease a profile-scoped manual QA environment through the local hot-updater-agent CLI.

Custom licenceAuto-check: notesTesting & QA

Install Hot Updater Agent

skills CLI
$ npx skills add gronxb/hot-updater --skill hot-updater-agent -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install gronxb/hot-updater hot-updater-agent --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gronxb/hot-updater.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/hot-updater-agent .claude/skills/hot-updater-agent && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
hot-updater-agent
GitHub stars
1.8k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
373 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
6
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when an AI agent needs to run or inspect full HotUpdater E2E jobs, or prepare and lease a profile-scoped manual QA environment through the local hot-updater-agent CLI.

  • Works in 6 steps: Choose full E2E (verify) or prepared… → Check existing work: hot-updater-agent… → For provider diagnosis, read → …
  • An AI agent needs to run
  • SKILL.md covers Profiles, Commands, Workflow and Default suite contract
  • Calls git and gh

What it does

Hot Updater Agent is an agent skill from gronxb/hot-updater. Use when an AI agent needs to run or inspect full HotUpdater E2E jobs, or prepare and lease a profile-scoped manual QA environment through the local hot-updater-agent CLI.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Testing & QA, covering End-to-end testing and Cross-platform mobile apps. It works with Supabase and React Native. The repository describes itself as: A self-hostable OTA update solution for React Native (Alternative to CodePush).

When your agent uses it

  • An AI agent needs to run
  • Inspect full HotUpdater E2E jobs
  • Prepare and lease a profile-scoped manual QA environment through the local hot-updater-agent CLI

Example prompts

  • “/hot-updater-agent”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Choose full E2E (verify) or prepared manual QA (manual start).
  2. Check existing work: hot-updater-agent status -limit 5 and, for manual
  3. For provider diagnosis, read
  4. For a failed exact E2E job, read
  5. For manual QA, consume only the returned handoff and always stop the lease.
  6. Re-run the same path until it succeeds or the blocker is clearly outside

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b3cc4bb. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git
    • gh

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git and gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Hot Updater Agent loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 373 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:35
    e <profile> -env-target examples/v0.85.0/.env.hotupdater
  • NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:41
    e <profile> -env-target examples/v0.85.0/.env.hotupdater
  • NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:79
    -env-target examples/v0.85.0/.env.hotupdater \

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 373 words (~1,061 tokens).

“Use this skill from the HotUpdater repository root when E2E should run through the dashboard queue or manual QA needs prepared provider infrastructure.”

— opening of SKILL.md by gronxb, Custom licence
name
hot-updater-agent

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in .agents/skills/hot-updater-agent of gronxb/hot-updater.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b3cc4bb

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Questions about Hot Updater Agent

What does Hot Updater Agent do?

A skill your agent uses when an AI agent needs to run or inspect full HotUpdater E2E jobs, or prepare and lease a profile-scoped manual QA environment through the local hot-updater-agent CLI. Hot Updater Agent is an agent skill from gronxb/hot-updater. Use when an AI agent needs to run or inspect full HotUpdater E2E jobs, or prepare and lease a profile-scoped manual QA environment through the local hot-updater-agent CLI.

When should I use Hot Updater Agent?

Hot Updater Agent fits situations like: an AI agent needs to run; inspect full HotUpdater E2E jobs; prepare and lease a profile-scoped manual QA environment through the local hot-updater-agent CLI.

How do I install Hot Updater Agent in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add gronxb/hot-updater --skill hot-updater-agent -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/hot-updater-agent in gronxb/hot-updater) into .claude/skills/hot-updater-agent in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Hot Updater Agent in Codex?

Run `npx skills add gronxb/hot-updater --skill hot-updater-agent -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/hot-updater-agent in gronxb/hot-updater) into .agents/skills/hot-updater-agent in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Hot Updater Agent in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add gronxb/hot-updater --skill hot-updater-agent -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/hot-updater-agent, .gemini/skills/hot-updater-agent, .github/skills/hot-updater-agent and .opencode/skills/hot-updater-agent in your project.

What does Hot Updater Agent need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Hot Updater Agent needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git and gh).

Does Hot Updater Agent access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git and gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Hot Updater Agent safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (mentions a .env file), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Hot Updater Agent use?

Hot Updater Agent has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Hot Updater Agent use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Hot Updater Agent?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Hot Updater Agent: Engine E2E (wix/react-native-navigation, 13k stars), Android Audio E2E (hyochan/react-native-nitro-sound, 961 stars), iOS Audio E2E (hyochan/react-native-nitro-sound, 961 stars) and Nitro Sound Workflows (hyochan/react-native-nitro-sound, 961 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Hot Updater Agent?

gronxb (a GitHub user) maintains it in gronxb/hot-updater, which has 1,762 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 11, 2026.

Source: gronxb/hot-updater on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.