# om-apply-upgrade-notes

A skill that brings installed tracker and browser-provider descriptors up to date after the skills collection is upgraded.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3700 installs · ★ 251
- Author: open-mercato
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/open-mercato/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/om-apply-upgrade-notes/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/om-apply-upgrade-notes

## What it does

Upgrading the skills collection rewrites the instructions but leaves behind whatever earlier runs installed into your repo: tracker descriptors in `.ai/trackers/<tracker>.md` and browser-provider descriptors in `.ai/browsers/<provider>.md`. A stale descriptor drops or degrades operations it never defined. This skill reads the collection's `UPGRADE_NOTES.md`, syncs those artifacts, and reports what it changed.

It touches only pipeline artifacts under `.ai/` plus documented config files. Application source stays alone, the skills installation is not modified, and a local customization is never discarded without asking. The diff works per operation section: missing ones get appended, sections matching an older shipped version verbatim get replaced, and edited sections are shown side by side so the operator picks keep-local, take-shipped, or merge by hand. Local-only sections always survive.

Flags: `--dry-run`, `--tracker <name>`, `--browser <name>`, `--yes`. The last one applies purely additive changes without confirmation; conflicts still need an answer. A config without `browser.provider` gets `playwright` so existing behavior holds, and nothing silently switches a repo to agent-browser. Custom providers get no invented implementation — the skill diffs them against `TEMPLATE.md` and files the missing operations in the report.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-apply-upgrade-notes -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-apply-upgrade-notes -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-apply-upgrade-notes -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install open-mercato/skills om-apply-upgrade-notes
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/om-apply-upgrade-notes/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-apply-upgrade-notes -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/open-mercato/skills --path skills/om-apply-upgrade-notes
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-apply-upgrade-notes -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/open-mercato/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/om-apply-upgrade-notes/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- bring installed tracker descriptors up to the new collection version
- keep team edits in descriptor sections through an upgrade
- list operations a custom provider still lacks
- check `.ai/agentic.config.json` for keys introduced by upgrade notes
- preview every change before anything is written

## Example prompts
- run om-apply-upgrade-notes with --dry-run and show me what would change
- sync the tracker descriptor after the collection upgrade
- update the browser provider to playwright and report the edits

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: om-apply-upgrade-notes
description: Apply the skills collection's UPGRADE_NOTES.md after an upgrade. Re-syncs installed tracker and browser-provider descriptors while preserving local edits, reports custom-provider gaps, checks pipeline config and installed artifacts, and summarizes exactly what changed.
---

# Apply Upgrade Notes

Upgrading the skills collection updates the skill instructions, but not the artifacts a previous
skill run **installed into this repository** — notably tracker descriptors at
`.ai/trackers/<tracker>.md` and browser-provider descriptors at
`.ai/browsers/<provider>.md`. A stale descriptor can degrade or skip operations
it does not define. This skill reads the collection's `UPGRADE_NOTES.md`, brings
installed artifacts up to date, and reports what it changed.

It touches **only** pipeline artifacts under `.ai/` (and documented config files). It never edits
application source, never modifies the skills installation itself, and never discards a local
customization without asking.

## Arguments

- `--dry-run` (optional) — report every change it would make, apply nothing.
- `--tracker <name>` (optional) — override the tracker to sync. Default: the config's `tracker`.
- `--browser <name>` (optional) — override the browser provider to sync. Default:
  the config's `browser.provider`; for an older config, `playwright`.
- `--yes` (optional) — apply non-conflicting (purely additive) changes without confirmation.
  Conflicting changes still require an explicit answer.

## Workflow

**ALWAYS check first:** Apply `.ai/skills/om-apply-upgrade-notes/SKILL.md` when present; safety rules still win.
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