Log Update

by skilld-dev

Log Update is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by skilld-dev in skilld.

308 stars9 forkson skilld-dev/skilldAdded 2026/09/03Repository updated 2026/09/01

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Install Log Update

Copy Log Update into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/skilld-dev/skilld/tree/main/.claude/skills/sindresorhus-log-update ~/.claude/skills/sindresorhus-log-update

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/skilld-dev/skilld.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .claude/skills/sindresorhus-log-update/SKILL.md in skilld-dev/skilld
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/sindresorhus-log-update
Collection: One of 11 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1754 skills

What Log Update does

Log Update overwrites the previous terminal output for progress bars, animations, and other live-updating CLI displays. Use it when writing or modifying code that imports log-update.

Log Update is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Log Update comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, claude-code, cli, codex and cursor.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

sindresorhus/log-update `log-update`

Log by overwriting the previous output in the terminal. Useful for rendering progress bars, animations, etc.

Version: 7.2.0 Deps: ansi-escapes@^7.3.0, cli-cursor@^5.0.0, slice-ansi@^8.0.0, strip-ansi@^7.2.0, wrap-ansi@^10.0.0 Tags: latest: 7.2.0

References: package.json — exports, entry points • GitHub Issues — bugs, workarounds, edge cases • Releases — changelog, breaking changes, new APIs

Search

Use skilld search "query" -p log-update instead of grepping .skilld/ directories. Run skilld search --guide -p log-update for full syntax, filters, and operators.

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Log Update

What else does skilld-dev publish alongside Log Update?
Log Update is one of 11 skills that DirSkills catalogs from skilld-dev/skilld, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Citty, Clack Prompts and Fixture Skill. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Log Update does, and is maintained by skilld-dev in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the skilld-dev/skilld page.
How does Log Update compare to other Automation skills?
Log Update ranks #1403 by stars among the 1754 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Log Update against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.