Mods were updated about an hour ago on Valhalla.

Mods can't be automated, not unless you're really good at scripting and can make a script that can auto-check and detect mod update listings off of the workshop page.

Game version updates can be automated but many of the scripts people have out there are old and don't work for one reason or another. I have a script I've been working on for a while, but it's not quite working yet. Until then we still have to manually update. Our moderators will be able to do manual updates soon though, which will help. Just a matter of getting some things done first.