/update-libs

name: update-libs
description: Update Anthropic Agent SDK, MCP library, and Codex SDK to latest versions
argument-hint: "[claude code | mcp | codex | all]  (default: all)"

Update the Anthropic Agent SDK, MCP library, and OpenAI Codex SDK to their latest versions.

**This command is always a two-phase execution.** Phase 1 evaluates the available updates and reports impact. Then STOP and wait for explicit user direction before starting Phase 2 (the actual upgrade). Do not perform any package.json edits, `npm install`, or commits in Phase 1.

Scope from arguments (`$ARGUMENTS`)

The user may name a single library. Resolve `$ARGUMENTS` to the set of packages to work on. **Only evaluate and upgrade the packages in scope** — skip the others entirely (don't fetch their changelogs, don't include them in the report, don't touch their package.json).

| Argument (case-insensitive, fuzzy) | Package(s) in scope | | --- | --- | | empty, `all`, `everything` | all three | | `claude`, `claude code`, `agent`, `agent sdk`, `anthropic`, `sdk` | `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` only | | `mcp`, `modelcontextprotocol` | `@modelcontextprotocol/sdk` only | | `codex`, `openai`, `codex sdk` | `@openai/codex-sdk` only |

If the argument is ambiguous or names something not in the table, ask the user which library they mean before doing anything (use the AskUserQuestion tool). When a single library is in scope, phrase the whole report and the Phase 2 prompt around just that one — don't mention the others.

Libraries

1. **@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk** — root `package.json` (also pinned in `overrides`) 2. **@modelcontextprotocol/sdk** — `packages/electron/package.json` 3. **@openai/codex-sdk** — `packages/runtime/package.json` (and `packages/electron/package.json` if present)

---

Phase 1: Evaluation (always run first)

Goal: tell the user what would change and what to consider, without modifying anything.

1. **Check current versions** by reading the relevant package.json files (root, `packages/electron`, `packages/runtime`). For claude-agent-sdk also note the `overrides` pin in the root `package.json`. 2. **Fetch latest versions** from npm for each in-scope package:

• `npm view @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk version`
• `npm view @modelcontextprotocol/sdk version`
• `npm view @openai/codex-sdk version`
• Use `npm view <pkg> versions --json` to enumerate the intermediate versions between current and latest.

3. **Get changelogs** for the full gap between current and latest:

• **claude-agent-sdk**: fetch the SDK changelog at https://github.com/anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-typescript/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md. If entries say "brought up to CLI version X.Y.Z", also fetch the Claude Code CLI changelog at https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md for those CLI versions.
• **MCP SDK**: fetch https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk/releases.
• **Codex SDK**: use `gh release view rust-v<version> --repo openai/codex --json body` for each version in the gap (npm `@openai/codex-sdk` releases are tagged `rust-v<version>` in openai/codex). The npm page returns 403 to WebFetch, so don't waste a call there.

4. **Read the changelog for us, not just at us.** Go through every entry in the gap and sort each one into one of these buckets. This is the core of the report — the version bump is mechanical; the value is knowing what the changelog means for Nimbalyst. Grep our actual usage before deciding (`from '@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk'`, `from '@openai/codex-sdk'`, MCP SDK imports; and the option-builders `sdkOptionsBuilder.ts`, `CodexSDKProtocol.ts:buildThreadOptions`).

• **Bug fixes that help us** — a fix for something we've hit or could hit. Cross-reference our known-pain areas: prompt-cache prefix stability, background-task completion semantics, resume/flush behavior, streaming/token accounting, MCP tool-call handling, session lifecycle. If a fix lands on a bug we have an open tracker item or a workaround for, call that out explicitly — it may let us delete a workaround.
• **Breaking / action-required changes** — anything that changes the API surface we consume (`query()`, `client.startThread()`, `client.resumeThread()`, options shape), removes/renames an option we pass, changes a default, or changes runtime behavior we depend on. For each, state exactly what we'd have to change and where. Deprecations: confirm via Grep whether we use the deprecated symbol; if we don't, say so.
• **New features worth adopting** — new options, tools, or capabilities we don't use yet but probably should. Note whether we currently pass/handle it and roughly what wiring it up would touch. Flag anything that would be a genuinely new Nimbalyst capability (worth its own follow-up session), separate from the mechanical upgrade.
• **Irrelevant / internal-only** — internal refactors and changes that don't touch the API surface we consume. Summarize these in one line; don't dwell.

5. **Assign a risk level** (Low / Medium / High) per in-scope library based on the above — driven by the breaking/action-required bucket, not by how many versions we're jumping.

6. **Surface upgrade-time considerations** in a "Things to consider" section:

• Native binary integrity: both SDKs ship platform binaries via `extraResources`/`optionalDependencies`. Past incidents (`feedback_extraresources_vs_files_globs.md`, `feedback_windows_arm64_install_scripts.md`) show npm silently skips these on stale integrity hashes.
• The `overrides` pin for `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` in root `package.json` must be bumped in lockstep or the upgrade is silently neutered.
• `peer: true` flags in `package-lock.json` for optional native deps can get stripped by `npm install`.
• Per project memory: never bump `TranscriptTransformer.CURRENT_VERSION` as part of an SDK upgrade.
• Per project memory: don't revert `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` past 0.2.113.
• Hardcoded model defaults that may be affected by