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Agent skill

Claude Md Updater

by jamditis in jamditis/claude-skills-journalism

Scans the session for lessons and workflows, then proposes scoped CLAUDE.md edits.

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Claude Md Updater

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill claude-md-updater -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jamditis/claude-skills-journalism claude-md-updater --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/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/dev-toolkit/skills/claude-md-updater .claude/skills/claude-md-updater && 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
claude-md-updater
GitHub stars
416
Token cost
~904 tokens
SKILL.md length
418 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
53
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Scans the session for lessons and workflows, then proposes scoped CLAUDE.md edits.

  • Works in 4 steps: Hard-won lessons → New infrastructure → New workflows → …
  • Save this lesson
  • SKILL.md covers What to look for, Analysis process, Output format and What not to persist, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Claude Md Updater is an agent skill from jamditis/claude-skills-journalism. Scans the session for lessons and workflows, then proposes scoped CLAUDE.md edits. Use for save this lesson or add to context.

Its SKILL.md is about 900 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 Agent Workflows, covering Agent instruction files. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code skills for journalism, media, and academia - verification, FOIA, data journalism, academic writing, and more. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Save this lesson
  • Tasks that involve Agent instruction files

Example prompts

  • “Use the claude-md-updater skill to scan the session for lessons and workflows, then proposes scoped CLAUDE.md edits”
  • “/claude-md-updater”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Hard-won lessons
  2. New infrastructure
  3. New workflows
  4. Updated information

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e3e2172. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Claude Md Updater loads about 904 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 36 tokens; SKILL.md has 418 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~36
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~904

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 passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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

The full file from jamditis/claude-skills-journalism at commit e3e2172, republished under its MIT licence (© jamditis). 418 words, ~904 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/claude-md-updater/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
claude-md-updater
description
Scans the session for lessons and workflows, then proposes scoped CLAUDE.md edits. Use for save this lesson or add to context.

CLAUDE.md auto-updater

Analyze the current conversation to identify information worth persisting in CLAUDE.md for future sessions, then propose the edits for approval before writing anything.

What to look for

1. Hard-won lessons
  • Debugging sessions that revealed non-obvious causes
  • Workarounds for platform or tool limitations
  • Anti-patterns discovered through failure
  • "The real problem was..." moments
2. New infrastructure
  • New services deployed
  • New endpoints or URLs
  • New file paths or directories
  • New credentials or tokens (reference only, never the values)
3. New workflows
  • Commands that solve recurring problems
  • Multi-step processes that work well
  • Integration patterns between systems
4. Updated information
  • Changed ports, IPs, or URLs
  • New capabilities added to existing systems
  • Deprecated or removed features

Analysis process

  1. Scan the conversation for keywords:

    • "fixed", "solved", "the issue was", "turns out"
    • "deployed", "set up", "configured", "installed"
    • "new endpoint", "new service", "new path"
    • "doesn't work", "limitation", "workaround"

  2. Categorize findings. Only durable facts belong in CLAUDE.md:

    • Hard-won lessons go to the "Hard-won lessons" section
    • Infrastructure changes update the relevant section
    • New workflows go to the appropriate section
    • Transient, session-specific notes do not go in CLAUDE.md (see "What not to persist")

  3. Build the exact diff. Produce a unified diff against the current CLAUDE.md showing the precise lines and sections to be added or changed. This diff is what the user approves, not a summary of it.

  4. Present the diff for approval and write nothing until the user approves.

Output format

Show the exact patch first, then a short summary grouped by category:

## Proposed CLAUDE.md updates

```diff
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ section being changed @@
 existing context line
+new durable lesson, infra fact, or workflow
```

Summary of the diff above:
- Hard-won lessons: [one line, if any]
- Infrastructure updates: [one line, if any]
- New workflows: [one line, if any]

Apply this diff? Nothing is written until you approve.
Show full SKILL.md (170 more words)Show less

What not to persist

CLAUDE.md is team-shared (checked into git) and advisory: it loads into every session, so it is for durable, infrequently-changing facts, not a running log. Per the project-memory skill, keep these out of CLAUDE.md:

  • Transient "what we did today" session summaries
  • Anything that changes frequently
  • Things Claude learns over time through corrections

Route those to auto memory (~/.claude/projects/<project>/memory/, which Claude maintains on its own) or to a gitignored CLAUDE.local.md for personal notes. Putting them in CLAUDE.md bloats shared context and loads stale per-session facts into future sessions.

Rules

  1. Never add sensitive values. Reference where a credential is stored; never include the actual token.
  2. Keep it concise. CLAUDE.md should stay scannable; target under 200 lines.
  3. Avoid duplication. Check whether the information already exists before adding it.
  4. Match the existing style. Follow the tone and format of the current file.
  5. Durable facts only. Persist hard-won lessons, infrastructure facts, and workflows. Session-specific notes belong in auto memory or a gitignored CLAUDE.local.md, never the committed CLAUDE.md.

© jamditis, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in dev-toolkit/skills/claude-md-updater of jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e3e2172

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Questions about Claude Md Updater

What does Claude Md Updater do?

Scans the session for lessons and workflows, then proposes scoped CLAUDE.md edits. Claude Md Updater is an agent skill from jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.md edits.

When should I use Claude Md Updater?

Claude Md Updater fits situations like: save this lesson; tasks that involve Agent instruction files.

How do I install Claude Md Updater in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill claude-md-updater -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (dev-toolkit/skills/claude-md-updater in jamditis/claude-skills-journalism) into .claude/skills/claude-md-updater in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Claude Md Updater in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill claude-md-updater -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (dev-toolkit/skills/claude-md-updater in jamditis/claude-skills-journalism) into .agents/skills/claude-md-updater in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Claude Md Updater 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 jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill claude-md-updater -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/claude-md-updater, .gemini/skills/claude-md-updater, .github/skills/claude-md-updater and .opencode/skills/claude-md-updater in your project.

What does Claude Md Updater need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Claude Md Updater is instructions for the agent only.

Does Claude Md Updater access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Claude Md Updater safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Claude Md Updater use?

Claude Md Updater is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Claude Md Updater use?

About 904 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.6k 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 Claude Md Updater?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Claude Md Updater: Using Agent Skills (addyosmani/agent-skills, 104k stars), Claude Reflect (BayramAnnakov/claude-reflect, 1.8k stars), Neat-Freak Knowledge Closeout (KKKKhazix/khazix-skills, 21k stars) and Writing For Agents (bestofjs/bestofjs, 3.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Claude Md Updater?

jamditis (a GitHub user) maintains it in jamditis/claude-skills-journalism, which has 416 GitHub stars. The repository holds 53 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 4, 2026.

Source: jamditis/claude-skills-journalism on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.