Agent skill

Version Bound Cleanup

by pdparchitect in pdparchitect/noodle

Gating migrations and clean-up code behind an update milestone.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Version Bound Cleanup

skills CLI
$ npx skills add pdparchitect/noodle --skill version-bound-cleanup -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install pdparchitect/noodle version-bound-cleanup --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/pdparchitect/noodle.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/version-bound-cleanup .claude/skills/version-bound-cleanup && 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
version-bound-cleanup
GitHub stars
141
Token cost
~650 tokens
SKILL.md length
329 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
8
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Gating migrations and clean-up code behind an update milestone.

  • Works in 6 steps: Find the app whose release ships the… → The milestone is that app's next… → Add the milestone to the app's… → …
  • Writing code that moves
  • SKILL.md covers When writing a migration and When asked what can be removed
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Version Bound Cleanup is an agent skill from pdparchitect/noodle. Gating migrations and clean-up code behind an update milestone. Use when writing code that moves, renames, rewrites or deletes data left by an earlier version, reads an old format, or backfills a new field for existing data, in Noodle, Hub, Applet, Computer, Browser or Mobile; and when asked what clean-up code can be removed.

Its SKILL.md is about 650 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 Product & Project Management, covering Project management and Refactoring. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Writing code that moves
  • Deletes data left by an earlier version
  • Reads an old format
  • Backfills a new field for existing data

Example prompts

  • “/version-bound-cleanup”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Find the app whose release ships the code: its VERSION and changelog. Shared code
  2. The milestone is that app's next release: the dated section still being prepared,
  3. Add the milestone to the app's Support/update-milestones.json, in ascending order.
  4. Mark the code, its call site and its tests with the release that may delete it,
  5. Never write TODO(NEXT_VERSION) or a TODO without a milestone behind it.
  6. Mention the milestone in the report to the user; it forces an upgrade step on them.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 515f964. 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 (its code samples are swift).

    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

Version Bound Cleanup loads about 650 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 87 tokens; SKILL.md has 329 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~87
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~650

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 pdparchitect/noodle at commit 515f964, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© pdparchitect). 329 words, ~650 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/version-bound-cleanup/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
version-bound-cleanup
description
Gating migrations and clean-up code behind an update milestone. Use when writing code that moves, renames, rewrites or deletes data left by an earlier version, reads an old format, or backfills a new field for existing data, in Noodle, Hub, Applet, Computer, Browser or Mobile; and when asked what clean-up code can be removed.

Version-bound clean-up

A migration runs only for people who install the release that ships it. Sparkle lets people skip releases, so every migration is tied to an update milestone: a release people must run before any later one. The code lives until the release after the milestone, then goes.

The milestone mechanism is described in docs/releases.md, under Update milestones. Read it first.

When writing a migration

  1. Find the app whose release ships the code: its VERSION and changelog. Shared code under Sources/ ships with every app that runs it; gate it for each one.

  2. The milestone is that app's next release: the dated section still being prepared, otherwise the next version after VERSION. Ask if unsure which.

  3. Add the milestone to the app's Support/update-milestones.json, in ascending order. Create the file for an app that has none; release packaging picks it up.

  4. Mark the code, its call site and its tests with the release that may delete it, the one after the milestone:

    swift
    // TODO(Hub 0.7.0): remove with its call in HubBots.init and
    // HubTests.testBotsFromBeforeGetTheirOwnerWhenTheHubOpens. Milestone: Hub 0.6.0.

    Name the app unless it is Noodle; version numbers differ between apps. Name every call site and test so removal is one pass.

  5. Never write TODO(NEXT_VERSION) or a TODO without a milestone behind it.

  6. Mention the milestone in the report to the user; it forces an upgrade step on them.

Mobile ships through the App Store, which has no milestones. Ask the user how long a Mobile migration stays.

Where skipping the milestone could damage data, keep a startup check that names the release to run first instead of deleting the code outright.

When asked what can be removed

  • grep -rn 'TODO(' --include='*.swift' outside .build, and compare each with its app's VERSION and milestones file.
  • Removable: the named release is at or below the next one, and the milestone it depends on is listed and published.
  • Flag anything overdue, and any TODO(NEXT_VERSION) or migration with no milestone.
  • Removing it follows the TODO: the code, its call sites and its tests, together.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/version-bound-cleanup of pdparchitect/noodle.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 515f964

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Questions about Version Bound Cleanup

What does Version Bound Cleanup do?

Gating migrations and clean-up code behind an update milestone. Version Bound Cleanup is an agent skill from pdparchitect/noodle. Gating migrations and clean-up code behind an update milestone.

When should I use Version Bound Cleanup?

Version Bound Cleanup fits situations like: writing code that moves; deletes data left by an earlier version; reads an old format; backfills a new field for existing data.

How do I install Version Bound Cleanup in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add pdparchitect/noodle --skill version-bound-cleanup -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/version-bound-cleanup in pdparchitect/noodle) into .claude/skills/version-bound-cleanup in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Version Bound Cleanup in Codex?

Run `npx skills add pdparchitect/noodle --skill version-bound-cleanup -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/version-bound-cleanup in pdparchitect/noodle) into .agents/skills/version-bound-cleanup in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Version Bound Cleanup 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 pdparchitect/noodle --skill version-bound-cleanup -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/version-bound-cleanup, .gemini/skills/version-bound-cleanup, .github/skills/version-bound-cleanup and .opencode/skills/version-bound-cleanup in your project.

What does Version Bound Cleanup need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Version Bound Cleanup is instructions for the agent only.

Does Version Bound Cleanup 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 Version Bound Cleanup 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 Version Bound Cleanup use?

Version Bound Cleanup is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Version Bound Cleanup use?

About 650 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.6k 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 Version Bound Cleanup?

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Who maintains Version Bound Cleanup?

pdparchitect (a GitHub user) maintains it in pdparchitect/noodle, which has 141 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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