Notify when a newer bundled skill is available#38
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Add a dedicated subcommand to refresh bundled skills installed in a project to the version shipped with the current dac binary. It reinstalls the selected skills with force, replacing the installed files (and re-linking the Codex symlink), so a single command keeps both the Claude and Codex copies current. Updating is always explicit; install behaviour is unchanged.
Stamp bundled skills with a version field and compare it against the copy installed in a project. dac serve and dac validate print a notice to stderr when the bundled skill is newer than what is installed: A newer create-dashboard skill is available with the latest authoring features and fixes. Run `dac skills update` to update your project's copy. The project root is discovered by walking up from the dashboard directory to the nearest .claude directory, so the notice works from a subdirectory too. Skills with no version field (older installs) are treated as version 0, so existing projects get nudged after upgrading dac. The notice never modifies files.
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Summary
Adds a passive staleness notice for bundled agent skills, plus
dac skills updateto refresh them.Bundled skills now carry a
versionfield in their frontmatter (create-dashboardstarts atversion: 1).dac serveanddac validatecompare the installed skill against the bundled one and, if the bundled version is newer, print a single line to stderr:The notice never modifies files — updating is always explicit.
dac skills update [skill...]refreshes installed skills to the bundled version (equivalent toinstall --force).Skills with no version field (older installs) are treated as version 0, so existing projects get nudged after upgrading
dac.The project root (where
.claude/lives) is discovered by walking up from the dashboard directory, so the notice works whether you run from the root or a subdirectory.Testing
make test(new tests cover version parsing, notice generation, root discovery, and the update command)make buildvalidate;skills updateoverwrites and stamps the version; no notice afterwardChecklist
docs/and updated the relevant pages (commands/skills.md,commands/overview.md)