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capacitor-plugin-upgrades

Guides the agent through upgrading a Capacitor plugin to a newer major version.

First seen Mar 17, 2026

Installation

$ npx skills add capawesome-team/skills --skill capacitor-plugin-upgrades
View on skills.sh ↗ GitHub repository ↗

Summary

  • Guides the agent through upgrading a Capacitor plugin to a newer major version.
  • Supports upgrades from Capacitor 4 through 8, including multi-version jumps.
  • Covers automated upgrade via official migration tools, Android SDK targets, Gradle configuration, Java/Kotlin versions, iOS deployment targets, and manual step-by-step fallback for each version.
  • Do not use for app project upgrade or non-Capacitor plugin frameworks.

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LicenseMIT
CompatibilityRequires Node.js and npm; the minimum Node.js version depends on the target Capacitor version.
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author
capawesome-team
source
https://github.com/capawesome-team/skills/tree/main/skills/capacitor-plugin-upgrades

Package contents

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  • skill md SKILL.md 3,616 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 452 B

History

  1. First seen on skills.sh
  2. First recorded snapshot · 467 installs

SKILL.md

Capacitor Plugin Upgrade

Upgrade a Capacitor plugin to a newer major version (4→5, 5→6, 6→7, or 7→8).

Prerequisites

Target Version Node.js
5 16+
6 18+
7 20+
8 22+

The project must be a Capacitor plugin (not an app project).

Procedures

Step 1: Detect Current Version

Read @capacitor/core version from package.json (devDependencies or peerDependencies). Determine the current major version.

Ask the user for the target version. Default to the latest (8) if not specified.

Step 2: Execute Upgrade

For each major version jump between the current and target version, apply the corresponding upgrade guide sequentially:

Current → Target Reference
4 → 5 references/upgrade-v4-to-v5.md
5 → 6 references/upgrade-v5-to-v6.md
6 → 7 references/upgrade-v6-to-v7.md
7 → 8 references/upgrade-v7-to-v8.md

For multi-version jumps (e.g., 5 → 8), apply each upgrade in order:

  1. Read and apply references/upgrade-v5-to-v6.md
  2. Run npm install && npx cap sync, build, and verify the plugin's test/example app
  3. Read and apply references/upgrade-v6-to-v7.md
  4. Run npm install && npx cap sync, build, and verify the plugin's test/example app
  5. Read and apply references/upgrade-v7-to-v8.md
  6. Run npm install && npx cap sync, build, and verify the plugin's test/example app

Do not skip intermediate versions.

Step 3: Final Verification

After completing all upgrade steps:

npm install
npx cap sync

Build the plugin's test/example app on both platforms to verify.

Error Handling

  • If automated upgrade tools fail, check the terminal output for which steps failed and apply those manually using the steps in the corresponding reference file.
  • If Android build fails after upgrade, run Tools > AGP Upgrade Assistant in Android Studio.
  • If iOS build fails, verify the deployment target matches the target version requirements in the reference file.
  • If Gradle property syntax warnings appear (v8+), search all .gradle files for property assignments without = and update them.
  • If a multi-version upgrade fails mid-way, fix the current version step before proceeding to the next.

Related Skills

  • capacitor-app-upgrades — If the app project itself also needs upgrading, use this skill.
  • capacitor-plugin-spm-support — After upgrading a plugin to Capacitor 6+, use this skill to add Swift Package Manager support.
  • capacitor-plugin-development — For creating new Capacitor plugins from scratch, including scaffolding, native implementation, and publishing.