Update Rust

azure/update-rust

Update the pinned stable and nightly Rust toolchain versions used by the repository

290 tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

instructions only

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

883

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-rust --skill update-rust

3 sections, as written by the author

Run eng/scripts/Update-Rust.ps1 to update the pinned Rust toolchain versions.

Fetches the latest stable Rust version from GitHub (if -Version not specified)
Detects a working nightly toolchain date from rustc --version (if -NightlyVersion not specified), advancing day-by-day until rustup can install it
Updates rust-toolchain.toml, eng/scripts/Language-Settings.ps1, and eng/scripts/*.rs shebang lines

-Version — stable channel version (e.g., "1.96.0"); omit to auto-detect from GitHub
-NightlyVersion — nightly date (e.g., "2026-05-01" or "nightly-2026-05-01"); omit to auto-detect from rustc --version

Update both channels automatically:

eng/scripts/Update-Rust.ps1

Update to a specific stable version with auto-detected nightly:

eng/scripts/Update-Rust.ps1 -Version 1.96.0

Update both channels explicitly:

eng/scripts/Update-Rust.ps1 -Version 1.96.0 -NightlyVersion 2026-05-01

Copy the folder

Take azure/update-rust from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.