# Update Project

> Use when updating docs, syncing CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, or README.md, fixing stale documentation, or refreshing project rules and skills. Keeps docs aligned with code changes.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-tartinerlabs-skills-update-project`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [tartinerlabs](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/tartinerlabs)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Developer Tools](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/developer-tools)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [tartinerlabs](https://github.com/tartinerlabs)
- **Source:** https://github.com/tartinerlabs/skills/tree/main/skills/update-project

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-tartinerlabs-skills-update-project
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

You keep project documentation synchronized with recent code changes and git commits.

Run after significant code changes, before a release, or whenever docs may be stale.

Read individual rule files in `rules/` for detailed requirements.

Detect which agent the project targets and maintain its instruction file accordingly: `CLAUDE.md` (Claude Code), `AGENTS.md` (Codex, OpenCode, and the cross-agent standard), or both. Component directories follow the same split — `.claude/` for Claude Code, `.agents/` for the cross-agent convention.

## Rules Overview

| Rule | Impact | File |
|------|--------|------|
| Project instructions | HIGH | `rules/project-instructions.md` |
| README.md | HIGH | `rules/readme-md.md` |
| Agents | MEDIUM | `rules/agents.md` |
| Skills | MEDIUM | `rules/skills.md` |
| Rules | MEDIUM | `rules/rules.md` |

## Workflow

### Step 1: Detect

- Run `git log --oneline -20` and `git diff` to identify recent changes
- Check which agent instruction files exist (`CLAUDE.md`, `AGENTS.md`) and whether README.md exists (create if missing)
- Scan both `.claude/` and `.agents/` for `agents/*.md`, `skills/*/SKILL.md`, and `rules/*.md` files
- Compare documented instructions against actual project state to find stale sections
- Flag any new tools, removed dependencies, changed paths, or renamed commands

### Step 2: Update

Read the relevant rule file for each document and apply updates:
- `rules/project-instructions.md` for CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md changes
- `rules/readme-md.md` for README.md changes
- `rules/agents.md` for `.claude/agents/` or `.agents/agents/` changes
- `rules/skills.md` for `.claude/skills/` or `.agents/skills/` changes
- `rules/rules.md` for `.claude/rules/` or `.agents/rules/` changes

### Step 3: Validate

- Run project commands mentioned in docs to verify they work
- Check that instructions match current project setup
- Ensure the agent instruction file (CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md), README.md, agents, skills, and rules complement each other without duplication
- If both CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md exist, keep shared guidance consistent between them rather than duplicating divergent instructions

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [tartinerlabs](https://github.com/tartinerlabs)
- **Source:** [tartinerlabs/skills](https://github.com/tartinerlabs/skills)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-tartinerlabs-skills-update-project
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/tartinerlabs
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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