Upgrade your Capacitor app one version at a time.
What it does
Upgrades a Capacitor app through sequential version hops, coordinating migration instructions and verifying native builds before proceeding.
When to use it
Use for Capacitor app upgrades with unclear versions or multiple major hops, Xcode 27 failures on older apps, or interrupted migrations.
How to use it
Give it a Capacitor app to upgrade; it migrates the project one hop at a time and verifies iOS and Android builds.
What you provide
- An existing project
Uses
Good to know
- advertises something the task does not need
What you need · 10
Requires Node to inspect the project; the version map specifies Node 22 for Capacitor 8 and Node 24 for Capacitor 9.
Requires Xcode for iOS build verification; the version map specifies Xcode 26 for Capacitor 8 and Xcode 27 for Capacitor 9.
Access · 2
This skill
npm
Checks plugin compatibility on npm
@capacitor/cli
Installs the target Capacitor CLI