upgrade-agent-native

Agent Building

Bring an older Agent Native app or workspace current. Use when updating @agent-native/core, fixing a broken upgrade, or when tempted to patch or override core/dispatch packages to make an old branch run.

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Upgrade Agent Native

Rule

When an older Agent Native app/branch needs to run on current packages, use agent-native upgrade. Never "fix" upgrade breakage with pnpm.overrides, patchedDependencies, resolutions, local patches, or edits under node_modules/@agent-native/* — especially not against @agent-native/core or @agent-native/dispatch.

Why

Agents often respond to a failed core bump by inventing framework patches and dispatch behavior overrides. That hides the real app-level break, drifts from upstream, and makes the next upgrade worse. The supported path is bump → install → refresh scaffold skills → verify, then fix app code only.

How

Doctor first (optional but recommended)
```
npx @agent-native/core@latest upgrade check
```
This reports framework overrides/patches and pending @agent-native/* bumps. If overrides/patches are present, remove them before continuing.
Run the upgrade
```
npx @agent-native/core@latest upgrade
```
Or from an already-installed CLI: pnpm exec agent-native upgrade / agent-native upgrade.

What it does:
- Blocks (unless --force) when @agent-native/* overrides/patches exist
- Rewrites non-local @agent-native/* dependency pins to latest
- Runs the package manager install
- Runs skills update scaffold --project
- Runs typecheck when the project has that script
If upgrade or typecheck fails
- Read the concrete error
- Fix app source, actions, config, or env — not framework packages
- Re-run agent-native upgrade or pnpm typecheck
- Stop and ask the user if you cannot fix the app-level error

Dry-run / partial runs

agent-native upgrade --dry-run
agent-native upgrade --skip-verify
agent-native upgrade --skip-install   # package.json bumps only

Don't

Don't add pnpm.overrides, overrides, resolutions, or patchedDependencies for any @agent-native/* package
Don't edit node_modules/@agent-native/core or node_modules/@agent-native/dispatch
Don't invent local "dispatch behavior" shims to paper over version skew
Don't keep iterating with more framework patches after a failed install
Don't skip skills update scaffold --project after a core bump (the upgrade command does this for you)

Related Skills

self-modifying-code — Tier 4: framework packages are off limits
agent-native-docs — version-matched docs after the bump
portability — keep app code provider-agnostic across upgrades