Automatically update Clawdbot and all installed skills once daily.

No licenceAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Auto Updater

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill auto-updater -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills auto-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/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/auto-updater .claude/skills/auto-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
auto-updater
GitHub stars
663
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~823 tokens
SKILL.md length
250 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Automatically update Clawdbot and all installed skills once daily.

  • Works in 3 steps: Updates Clawdbot itself (via clawdbot… → Updates all installed skills (via… → Messages you with a summary of what was…
  • Tasks that involve Scheduled and recurring tasks
  • SKILL.md covers What It Does, Setup, How Updates Work and Update Summary Format, plus 3 more sections
  • Calls npm

What it does

Auto Updater is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. Automatically update Clawdbot and all installed skills once daily. Runs via cron, checks for updates, applies them, and messages the user with a summary of what changed.

Its SKILL.md is about 820 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/agent-guide.md` and `references/summary-examples.md`).

It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Scheduled and recurring tasks. The repository describes itself as: Top OpenClaw skills, with the most popular and useful ones.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Scheduled and recurring tasks

Example prompts

  • “/auto-updater”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Updates Clawdbot itself (via clawdbot doctor or package manager)
  2. Updates all installed skills (via clawdhub update --all)
  3. Messages you with a summary of what was updated

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b80cde2. 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:

    • npm

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • docs.clawd.bot

    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

Auto Updater loads about 823 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 46 tokens; SKILL.md has 250 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~46
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~823
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.4k

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 250 words (~823 tokens).

“Keep your Clawdbot and skills up to date automatically with daily update checks.”

— opening of SKILL.md by sundial-org
name
auto-updater
metadata.version
1.0.0

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/auto-updater of sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/agent-guide.md
  • references/summary-examples.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b80cde2

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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X Bookmarkssharbelxyz/x-bookmarks289—~2kAutomated safety check: NotesNone
Wp Wpcli And OpsAutomattic/agent-skills2112 repos~988Automated safety check: PassNone

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Questions about Auto Updater

What does Auto Updater do?

Automatically update Clawdbot and all installed skills once daily. Auto Updater is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. Automatically update Clawdbot and all installed skills once daily.

When should I use Auto Updater?

Auto Updater fits situations like: tasks that involve Scheduled and recurring tasks.

How do I install Auto Updater in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill auto-updater -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/auto-updater in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .claude/skills/auto-updater in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Auto Updater in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill auto-updater -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/auto-updater in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .agents/skills/auto-updater in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Auto 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 sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill auto-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/auto-updater, .gemini/skills/auto-updater, .github/skills/auto-updater and .opencode/skills/auto-updater in your project.

What does Auto Updater need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Auto Updater needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npm).

Does Auto Updater access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: docs.clawd.bot. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Auto 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 Auto Updater use?

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

How many tokens does Auto Updater use?

About 823 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.6k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Auto Updater?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Auto Updater: Schedule (TinyAGI/tinyagi, 3.6k stars), Send User Message (TinyAGI/tinyagi, 3.6k stars), Cron Ops (czl9707/build-your-own-openclaw, 1.9k stars) and X Bookmarks (sharbelxyz/x-bookmarks, 289 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Auto Updater?

sundial-org (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, which has 663 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 7, 2026.

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