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dependency-upgrade from event4u-app/agent-config is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add event4u-app/agent-config/dependency-upgrade@git:20261022.5d64cba

Pins git:20261022.5d64cba in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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SKILL.md skill
Repository
event4u-app/agent-config
Path
src/skills/dependency-upgrade/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
7
Latest version
git:20261022.5d64cba, committed Oct 22, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 3, 2026
Size
17,216 bytes
Repository stars
18
License
MIT

Use when upgrading dependencies — 'update framework X', 'bump runtime version', or 'upgrade packages'. Covers changelog review, breaking-change detection, and verification. Stack-agnostic.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# dependency-upgrade

## When to use

Use this skill when upgrading project dependencies on any stack — Composer (PHP), npm / pnpm / yarn (JS/TS), pip / poetry / uv (Python), go.mod (Go), Cargo (Rust), or any other language-level package manager.

Do NOT use when:
- Installing new dependencies for the first time
- Routine code changes unrelated to package versions

## Procedure: Upgrade a dependency

### 1. Assess

Before upgrading:

- **Read the changelog** for every version between current and target.
- **Identify breaking changes** — look for "BREAKING", "BC break", major version bumps.
- **Check deprecation notices** — code using deprecated APIs needs updating.
- **Review upgrade guides** — many packages provide migration docs.
- **Check runtime version requirements** — does the new version need a newer PHP / Node / Python / Go / Rust toolchain?

### 1b. Find where the version is DECLARED, before naming a file to edit

```
NEVER NAME AN EDIT SITE BEFORE ASKING WHERE THE VERSION IS DECLARED.
IN A CATALOG WORKSPACE THE MEMBER MANIFEST IS THE WRONG FILE:
THE VERSION IS ONE ROOT LINE WITH N REFERENTS.
```
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add event4u-app/agent-config/dependency-upgrade@sha256:8d44c96c58980031

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261022.5d64cba, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Jun 3, 2026 and Oct 22, 2026, about one every 23 days.

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  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
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Source

GitHub

event4u-app/agent-config · 18 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_gi4srummdhgkt2f7
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=event4u-app/agent-config/dependency-upgrade
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8d44c96c58980031b1782659a456e87a68961b4e4cab29a651cbb688a3eb721a

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