Qianwen Update Check

What it does

When your agent uses it

• : user asks to check for updates
• Asks is there a new version
• Any other qwen skill delegates to this skill
• User explicitly invokes this skill by name (e.g

Example prompts

• “is there a new version”
• “latest version”
• “update skills”
• “/qianwen-update-check”

Requirements

• Python 3
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires Python 3.9+ and curl. Cursor: auto-loaded. Claude Code: read this skill's SKILL.md before first use.

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Reads the installed version from version.json (the version field bundled with this skill).
2. 2Fetches the latest version from the remote repository (GitHub raw content).
3. 3Compares versions using semver. Returns {"has_update": true} if a newer version exists.
4. 4Records the check timestamp (last_interaction) in /.agents/state.json to rate-limit network requests to once every 24 hours.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 11b1805. 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

  Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • python3

  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.

• Compatibility

  Requires Python 3.9+ and curl. Cursor: auto-loaded. Claude Code: read this skill's SKILL.md before first use.

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Qianwen Update Check loads about 582 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 117 tokens; SKILL.md has 195 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~117

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~582

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

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from QianWen-AI/qianwen-ai at commit 11b1805, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© QianWen-AI). 195 words, ~582 tokens.

name

qianwen-update-check

description

Check for qianwen-ai updates and notify the user when a new version is available. TRIGGER when: user asks to check for updates, check version, asks 'is there a new version', 'latest version', 'update skills', 'check update', or any other qwen skill delegates to this skill, or user explicitly invokes this skill by name (e.g. use qianwen-update-check). DO NOT TRIGGER when: non-update-related tasks, general version questions about other software.

compatibility

Requires Python 3.9+ and curl. Cursor: auto-loaded. Claude Code: read this skill's SKILL.md before first use.

python3 <path-to-this-skill>/scripts/check_update.py --print-response

{
  "has_update": true
}

© QianWen-AI, Apache-2.0. 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 3 other files (scripts) in skills/ops/qianwen-update-check of QianWen-AI/qianwen-ai.

• SKILL.md
• scripts/check_update.py
• scripts/gossamer.py
• version.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 11b1805