Keeping personas updated
How updates reach you on the marketplace route versus the download route.
Marketplace route: automatic
Personas installed through the Claude Code marketplace update in place whenever RolePlugin ships a new
version. You do not need to run a separate update command. Running /plugin install <persona>@personas-marketplace
again forces a re-sync, but it is not required for an update to land.
Download route: manual
Personas installed by unzipping a downloaded file stay exactly as they were downloaded. Nothing checks for updates on your machine. To update:
- Return to your library and open the persona's detail page.
- Download the latest zip.
- Extract it into
~/.claude/skills/again, replacing the old files.
Old files are not removed automatically
Extracting a new zip over an old install typically overwrites matching files, but if a version removes a
file the previous version had, that stray file can be left behind. For a clean update, remove the
persona's folder from ~/.claude/skills/ first (see Uninstalling),
then extract the new zip.
Checking your version
A persona's built-in help guide (see Help guides) reflects whatever is installed on your machine. Compare that against the version shown on the persona's detail page in your library to see whether you are behind.
Switching routes
You can move from download to marketplace, or the other way, at any time. Installing through one route simply replaces whatever was on disk from the other. There is no migration step and nothing to carry over, personas do not store persistent state between sessions.