# aeon-update

Pulls upstream Aeon framework updates into your instance via PR with 3-way merging while leaving operator configs untouched.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 783
- Author: aeonfun
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/aeon-update/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/aeon-update

## What it does

This skill runs inside an Aeon instance to fetch core framework changes from the parent repository (`aeonfun/aeon`). It pulls harness fixes, new skills, and documentation updates. Instead of an overwrite, it applies a 3-way merge using `git merge-file`. When local customizations and upstream commits touch different lines, changes merge cleanly.

Operator configurations stay protected. Files like `aeon.yml`, `STRATEGY.md`, `.mcp.json`, and directories such as `soul/` or `memory/` belong strictly to the instance. Upstream updates to these files are listed in the PR description for manual inspection rather than written to disk. The skill never pushes straight to `main`.

Execution depends on the `gh` CLI and the helper `scripts/aeon_update.py`. The skill halts immediately if another `aeon-update/sync-*` pull request remains open, preventing baseline corruption.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill aeon-update -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/aeon-update/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/aeon-update/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill aeon-update -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/aeon-update/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill aeon-update -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/aeon-update/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aeonfun/aeon aeon-update
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/aeon-update/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill aeon-update -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon --path skills/aeon-update
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/aeon-update/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill aeon-update -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/aeon-update/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Pull upstream Aeon framework fixes and skills into a downstream instance
- Perform 3-way merges on customized framework files without overwriting lines
- Protect instance-owned files like aeon.yml and soul directory from upstream rewrites
- Inspect incoming changes in report mode without opening a PR

## Example prompts
- Run aeon-update in report mode to check for upstream changes
- Sync downstream instance changes from upstream using aeon-update
- Run aeon-update reset=fork-point to recalculate baseline from the fork origin

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: aeon-update
description: Pull framework updates from the upstream Aeon repo into this instance - 3-way merges canon's new commits into a PR, never clobbering operator config.
metadata:
  title: Aeon Update
  category: core
  var: ""
  tags:
    - dev
    - meta
  mode: write
---
> **${var}** — mode selector; space-separated tokens, order-independent, all optional:
> - **mode** (`sync` | `report`, default `sync`) — `sync` opens a PR with the framework changes; `report` computes the delta and notifies, mutating nothing (dry run).
> - **`repo=owner/name`** — override the upstream source repo (else auto-resolved from this instance's `parent`, falling back to `aeonfun/aeon`).
> - **`reset=<sha|fork-point>`** — force the stored baseline to `<sha>` (or the merge-base with upstream) before running. Recovery / backfill lever.
>
> Empty ⇒ **sync** from the auto-resolved upstream. Examples: `` · `report` · `repo=aeonfun/aeon` · `reset=fork-point`.

Today is ${today}. This is the fleet's **downstream updater** - the counterpart to `fork-fleet`. `fork-fleet` looks *outward* from the parent to find work in the forks worth pulling *up*; this skill runs *inside* an instance and pulls the parent's shipped framework changes *down* - new skills, script/harness fixes, workflow and doc updates - and lands them as a reviewable PR. It is how an instance stays current with `aeonfun/aeon` without a hand-run rsync-overlay rebase.

## Operating principles

- **PR, never push to `main`.** Every framework change ships as one reviewable PR. The operator merges.
- **Never clobber operator config.** `aeon.yml`, `STRATEGY.md`, `soul/`, `memory/`, `output/`, `.mcp.json` and the git-derived catalogs are instance-owned. Upstream changes to them are **surfaced for manual review in the PR body**, never written into the tree.
- **3-way, not blind overwrite.** A framework file the operator has already customized is **auto-merged** when its local edits and upstream's edits touch disjoint regions (a real `git merge-file` 3-way, S6); it is only listed as a **conflict** for a human when the same lines changed on both sides. This is what lets a hand-narrowed workflow keep receiving unrelated upstream fixes without a manual merge every run.
- **Silent when in sync.** Baseline == upstream HEAD ⇒ nothing to do, no notification.
- **The baseline is the watermark, and it advances by merge.** The new baseline SHA is written *only into the PR branch commit* (never main, never the run log), so the watermark only moves when the operator merges the PR, and one sync PR is open at a time. Unresolved conflicts are tracked separately so advancing the baseline can never silently drop them.

---

## Steps
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