Official agent skill

Reviewing Dependencies

by bitwarden in bitwarden/ai-plugins

This skill should be used when the user asks to "review Dependabot alerts", "check for vulnerable dependencies", "audit third-party packages", "assess supply chain risk", "run an Aikido scan", or…

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedSecurity

Install Reviewing Dependencies

skills CLI
$ npx skills add bitwarden/ai-plugins --skill reviewing-dependencies -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install bitwarden/ai-plugins reviewing-dependencies --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bitwarden/ai-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/bitwarden-security-engineer/skills/reviewing-dependencies .claude/skills/reviewing-dependencies && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
reviewing-dependencies
GitHub stars
155
Token cost
~2k tokens
SKILL.md length
719 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
35
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

This skill should be used when the user asks to "review Dependabot alerts", "check for vulnerable dependencies", "audit third-party packages", "assess supply chain risk", "run an Aikido scan", or…

  • Works in 3 steps: Gather Alerts → Assess Impact → Decide on Action
  • Asks to review Dependabot alerts
  • SKILL.md covers Dependency Vulnerability…, Transitive Dependency Risk, Dependency Health Evaluation and Aikido Integration, plus 3 more sections
  • Calls npm, dotnet and gh

What it does

Reviewing Dependencies is an agent skill from bitwarden/ai-plugins, published by the product's own GitHub organization. This skill should be used when the user asks to "review Dependabot alerts", "check for vulnerable dependencies", "audit third-party packages", "assess supply chain risk", "run an Aikido scan", or needs to evaluate dependency health, transitive risk, or supply chain security.

Its SKILL.md is about 2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Security, covering Supply chain security, Vulnerability scanning and Dependency management. The repository describes itself as: AI plugin marketplace.

When your agent uses it

  • Asks to review Dependabot alerts
  • Check for vulnerable dependencies
  • Audit third-party packages
  • Assess supply chain risk

Example prompts

  • “review Dependabot alerts”
  • “check for vulnerable dependencies”
  • “audit third-party packages”
  • “/reviewing-dependencies”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Gather Alerts
  2. Assess Impact
  3. Decide on Action

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0e684b9. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npm
    • dotnet
    • gh

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npm and gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Reviewing Dependencies loads about 2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 75 tokens; SKILL.md has 719 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~75
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 719 words (~2,030 tokens).

name
reviewing-dependencies

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/bitwarden-security-engineer/skills/reviewing-dependencies of bitwarden/ai-plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0e684b9

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npm Supply Chain Checkmajiayu000/spellbook287—~1.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
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Categories

Questions about Reviewing Dependencies

What does Reviewing Dependencies do?

This skill should be used when the user asks to "review Dependabot alerts", "check for vulnerable dependencies", "audit third-party packages", "assess supply chain risk", "run an Aikido scan", or…. Reviewing Dependencies is an agent skill from bitwarden/ai-plugins, published by the product's own GitHub organization. This skill should be used when the user asks to "review Dependabot alerts", "check for vulnerable dependencies", "audit third-party packages", "assess supply chain risk", "run an Aikido scan", or needs to evaluate dependency health, transitive risk, or supply chain security.

When should I use Reviewing Dependencies?

Reviewing Dependencies fits situations like: asks to review Dependabot alerts; check for vulnerable dependencies; audit third-party packages; assess supply chain risk.

How do I install Reviewing Dependencies in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add bitwarden/ai-plugins --skill reviewing-dependencies -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/bitwarden-security-engineer/skills/reviewing-dependencies in bitwarden/ai-plugins) into .claude/skills/reviewing-dependencies in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Reviewing Dependencies in Codex?

Run `npx skills add bitwarden/ai-plugins --skill reviewing-dependencies -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/bitwarden-security-engineer/skills/reviewing-dependencies in bitwarden/ai-plugins) into .agents/skills/reviewing-dependencies in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Reviewing Dependencies in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add bitwarden/ai-plugins --skill reviewing-dependencies -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/reviewing-dependencies, .gemini/skills/reviewing-dependencies, .github/skills/reviewing-dependencies and .opencode/skills/reviewing-dependencies in your project.

What does Reviewing Dependencies need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Reviewing Dependencies needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npm, dotnet and gh). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Reviewing Dependencies access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npm and gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Reviewing Dependencies safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Reviewing Dependencies use?

Reviewing Dependencies has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Reviewing Dependencies use?

About 2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Reviewing Dependencies?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Reviewing Dependencies: Warp Vulnerability Triage (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars), Dependency Triage (cobusgreyling/loop-engineering, 11k stars), Dependency Audit (briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills, 413 stars) and npm Supply Chain Check (majiayu000/spellbook, 287 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Reviewing Dependencies?

bitwarden (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in bitwarden/ai-plugins, which has 155 GitHub stars. The repository holds 35 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: bitwarden/ai-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.