What
The help text for claude update (also claude upgrade) used to say only "Check for updates and install if available". It now adds that installs made with a package manager update through the package manager.
Why
If you installed Claude Code with a package manager, use that package manager to update it.
Names in the bundleclaude updateclaude upgrade
The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.
Confirmed since
Anthropic's documentation has since written up claude update, on claude-api-skill.
The skill reads the agent with the `ant` CLI, so first set up the CLI for the agent's workspace, as the [CLI quickstart](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/cli-sdks-libraries/cli/quickstart) shows. It needs a current version of Claude Cod…agents-and-tools/agent-skills/claude-api-skill see the edit
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Anthropic's documentation agrees
Anthropic's documentation has since written up claude update, on claude-api-skill.
Anthropic's release notes agree
Fixed claude --help text for --tools, --resume, --debug, --json-schema, --disable-slash-commands, --system-prompt-snapshot and claude update…