`quay update`

Update installed skills to the latest hub version.

Usage

quay update [OPTIONS] [SKILL]

Omit SKILL to update every installed skill that has a newer version on the hub. Inside a TTY this auto-opens a checkbox picker of outdated skills; pass --all to bypass the picker, or --dry-run to preview.

Examples

quay update                          # TTY: opens picker of outdated. Non-TTY: updates all.
quay update hello                    # just this one
quay update --all                    # all outdated, no picker
quay update --dry-run                # show what would change
quay update -i                       # explicit picker

Flags

Flag	Effect
`--dry-run`	Show what would change without writing.
`-i, --interactive`	Open the picker.
`--all`	Skip the TTY auto-picker; update everything outdated.
`--profile`, `--user-config`, `--project`, `--json`	Standard globals.

When to use this vs …

quay outdated — list-only sibling; identical detection logic without writing anything.
quay add <skill> --force — overwrites local drift even when versions match.
TUI Local screen — outdated skills show with a colour badge; [u] pushes your local, no in-place update key (use CLI).

Caveats

"Outdated" uses semver comparison on the frontmatter version field. Skills without frontmatter (SlashCommand / Freestyle) never show as outdated by version — they're compared by SHA-on-fly instead.
Local edits are detected and surfaced: an outdated skill with local modifications is reported as installed-modified. update refuses to overwrite it without --force (which lives on quay add, not update — use quay add <name> --force to nuke).
--dry-run does not query CLI tools (gh / glab); pure diff against hub clone.

`--help`

Update installed skills to the latest available version

Usage: quay update [OPTIONS] [SKILL]

Arguments:
  [SKILL]  Update only this skill; if omitted, updates every installed skill

Options:
      --dry-run                    Show what would change without writing to disk
      --project <PROJECT>          Project root (defaults to current directory)
  -i, --interactive                Open an interactive checkbox list of outdated skills to update. Mutually exclusive with the positional skill argument
      --user-config <USER_CONFIG>  Override user config path (defaults to ~/.config/quay/config.toml)
      --all                        Update every installed skill without opening the picker, even in a terminal. Explicit bypass for the TTY auto-trigger
      --profile <PROFILE>          Override the active profile for this invocation
      --json                       Output JSON instead of human-readable text
  -h, --help                       Print help