Are projects like React Native Expo really just saying "Use Claude to upgrade SDK versions" and leaving it at that now? No detailed instructions for the humans?

February 27, 2026 - 00:36 UTC

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the skill doc (github.com/expo/skills/blob/main/plugins/upgrading-expo/skills/upgrading-expo/SKILL.md) doesn't contain anything the changelog wouldn't or that the guide here doesn't (docs.expo.dev/workflow/upgrading-expo-sdk-walkthrough/). it's easy to forget small details though (resolution, patches, 3rd party deps upgrades, deprecations in the changelog, etc)
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mainly there's details in upgrades that differ from project to project. a lot of the versioning/deps issus are fixed since 54, and 55 improves on that. expo-doctor also catches a lot of details. But the "rest" can be unpredictable but LLMs have a large amount of implicit knowledge that helps,
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