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Update the Helix CLI to the latest version. Use --v1 to update to v2.3.5, the last CLI release for v1 projects.

Usage

helix update [OPTIONS]

Flag	Description	Default
`--force`	Force update even if already on latest version.	Off
`--v1`	Update to `v2.3.5`, the last CLI release for v1 projects.	Off

Downloads the release binary from GitHub and replaces the current one. Restart your terminal afterwards to use the new version.
Updating from a pre-3.x CLI to 3.x prints a breaking-change warning first.
If the Helix agent skills are installed, helix update also refreshes them to the latest version, even when the CLI is already up to date. A failure here degrades to a warning and never fails the CLI update.
Separately, when skills are installed the CLI checks once every 24 hours whether they are out of date and prints a notice pointing you at helix skills update.
Set HELIX_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=1 to opt out of both the CLI and skills checks. HELIX_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK works the same way.
With --json, prints {"version":"<version>","updated":true|false}.

# Update to the latest version
helix update

# Force update
helix update --force

# Update to the last v1-compatible CLI release
helix update --v1