Upgrade a plugin's skills, hooks, and patterns to align with latest Claude Code capabilities and best practices.

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Install Upgrade Plugin

skills CLI
$ npx skills add kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace --skill upgrade-plugin -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace upgrade-plugin --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/kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugin-tools/skills/upgrade-plugin .claude/skills/upgrade-plugin && 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
upgrade-plugin
GitHub stars
126
Token cost
~3.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,313 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
26
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Upgrade a plugin's skills, hooks, and patterns to align with latest Claude Code capabilities and best practices.

  • Works in 6 steps: Research Latest Context → 5: Obsolescence Screen → Audit Current Plugin → …
  • A plugin needs modernization
  • SKILL.md covers Locate Target Plugin, Phase 1: Research Latest Context, Phase 1.5: Obsolescence Screen and Phase 2: Audit Current Plugin, plus 3 more sections
  • Calls git; reaches docs.anthropic.com and github.com

What it does

Upgrade Plugin is an agent skill from kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace. Upgrade a plugin's skills, hooks, and patterns to align with latest Claude Code capabilities and best practices. Use when a plugin needs modernization, after Claude Code updates, or when the user says "upgrade plugin", "modernize plugin", or "update plugin to latest patterns".

Its SKILL.md is about 3.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Legacy modernization.

When your agent uses it

  • A plugin needs modernization
  • After Claude Code updates
  • The user says upgrade plugin
  • Modernize plugin

Example prompts

  • “upgrade plugin”
  • “modernize plugin”
  • “update plugin to latest patterns”
  • “/upgrade-plugin”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Research Latest Context
  2. 5: Obsolescence Screen
  3. Audit Current Plugin
  4. Upgrade Plan
  5. Execute Upgrades
  6. Verify

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 04b93d6. 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

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

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • docs.anthropic.com
    • github.com
    • raw.githubusercontent.com

    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

Upgrade Plugin loads about 3.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 73 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,313 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~73
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.4k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,313 words (~3,366 tokens).

“Upgrade a plugin's skills, hooks, and patterns to align with the latest Claude Code capabilities, model features, and skill-writing best practices.”

— opening of SKILL.md by kenneth-liao
name
upgrade-plugin
user-invocable
true
disable-model-invocation
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugin-tools/skills/upgrade-plugin of kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 04b93d6

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Upgrade Plugin this skillkenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace126—~3.4kAutomated safety check: PassNone
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jscpd Code Migration Trackerkucherenko/jscpd6.4k—~5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Rails Upgrade Assistantombulabs/claude-code_rails-upgrade-skill389—~2.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Upgrade Plugin

What does Upgrade Plugin do?

Upgrade a plugin's skills, hooks, and patterns to align with latest Claude Code capabilities and best practices. Upgrade Plugin is an agent skill from kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace. Upgrade a plugin's skills, hooks, and patterns to align with latest Claude Code capabilities and best practices.

When should I use Upgrade Plugin?

Upgrade Plugin fits situations like: A plugin needs modernization; after Claude Code updates; the user says upgrade plugin; modernize plugin.

How do I install Upgrade Plugin in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace --skill upgrade-plugin -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugin-tools/skills/upgrade-plugin in kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace) into .claude/skills/upgrade-plugin in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Upgrade Plugin in Codex?

Run `npx skills add kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace --skill upgrade-plugin -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugin-tools/skills/upgrade-plugin in kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace) into .agents/skills/upgrade-plugin in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Upgrade Plugin 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 kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace --skill upgrade-plugin -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/upgrade-plugin, .gemini/skills/upgrade-plugin, .github/skills/upgrade-plugin and .opencode/skills/upgrade-plugin in your project.

What does Upgrade Plugin need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Upgrade Plugin needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).

Does Upgrade Plugin access the network?

SKILL.md names 3 domains. In commands or code: docs.anthropic.com, github.com and raw.githubusercontent.com; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Upgrade Plugin 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 Upgrade Plugin use?

No licence was found for Upgrade Plugin or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Upgrade Plugin use?

About 3.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k 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 Upgrade Plugin?

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Who maintains Upgrade Plugin?

kenneth-liao (a GitHub user) maintains it in kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace, which has 126 GitHub stars. The repository holds 26 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 23, 2026.

Source: kenneth-liao/ai-launchpad-marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.