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Dependency Audit

Checks a project's third-party packages for known security vulnerabilities and suggests fixes

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Repository
thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist
Stars
74,632
Licence
MIT
Files
2 files

What it does

When installed, this skill tells the AI agent how to review a software project's third-party packages (the libraries it depends on) for publicly reported security holes. The agent is guided to run the package manager's audit command, suggest upgrading or replacing vulnerable packages, recommend automated scanning in CI pipelines, and look at lock files and package.json for risky version settings. It is a checklist-style guide for the agent rather than a standalone tool.

Great for

  • Developers preparing a web project for production release
  • Teams setting up continuous integration pipelines who want dependency scanning
  • Maintainers responding to a newly reported vulnerability in a library they use

Skip it if

  • Projects not using npm or pnpm, since the guidance centres on those package managers and the agent would need to adapt it (the files do not cover others)
  • Anyone expecting a complete security audit: it only covers dependency vulnerabilities, not application code, configuration or infrastructure flaws

Try asking

  • “Audit the dependencies in this project for known vulnerabilities before we deploy”
  • “Help me set up Dependabot or Snyk in our GitHub Actions pipeline”
  • “A new CVE was published for lodash, check whether we use it and how to fix it”
  • “Review our package.json and lock file for unpinned or abandoned packages”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Dependency AuditInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 2 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    dependency-audit.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip dependency-audit.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip dependency-audit.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Ask the agent to show the audit output before it applies any upgrades, and review version changes for breaking updates
  • Run the skill on a branch first, since upgrading dependencies can change application behaviour
  • Use it alongside a dedicated scanner for a fuller picture, because npm audit only reports issues in its vulnerability database

What's inside

  • references/rule.md
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.