Agent skill

Dependency Audit

by bobmatnyc in bobmatnyc/claude-mpm

Dependency audit and cleanup workflow for maintaining healthy project dependencies.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedSecurity

Install Dependency Audit

skills CLI
$ npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm --skill dependency-audit -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install bobmatnyc/claude-mpm dependency-audit --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/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugin/skills/toolchains-universal-dependency-audit .claude/skills/dependency-audit && 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
dependency-audit
GitHub stars
155
Token cost
~3.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
303 words
Files
3
Skills in repo
52
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Dependency audit and cleanup workflow for maintaining healthy project dependencies.

  • Works in 8 steps: Check Outdated Packages → Security Vulnerability Scan → Find Unused Dependencies → …
  • Regular maintenance
  • SKILL.md covers Summary, When to Use, Quick Audit Process and Audit Commands, plus 5 more sections
  • Calls pnpm, npm and yarn; needs SNYK_TOKEN

What it does

Dependency Audit is an agent skill from bobmatnyc/claude-mpm. Dependency audit and cleanup workflow for maintaining healthy project dependencies. Use for regular maintenance, security updates, and removing unused packages.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `.etag_cache.json` and `metadata.json`).

It sits in Security. It works with JavaScript, TypeScript and Python. The repository describes itself as: Claude Multi-Agent Project Manager — multi-channel orchestration, GitHub-first SDK mode, and plugin system for Claude.

When your agent uses it

  • Regular maintenance
  • Security updates
  • Removing unused packages

Example prompts

  • “/dependency-audit”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Node.js
  • A credential in SNYK_TOKEN

Workflow steps

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

  1. Check Outdated Packages
  2. Security Vulnerability Scan
  3. Find Unused Dependencies
  4. Identify Unused Dependencies
  5. Verify Not Used
  6. Remove Package
  7. Update Lock File
  8. Test

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 25203d3. 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:

    • pnpm
    • npm
    • yarn
    • poetry
    • pip
    • git
    • rg
    • npx

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pnpm, npm, yarn, pip, git and npx, 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 these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • SNYK_TOKEN

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

Context cost

Dependency Audit loads about 3.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 44 tokens; SKILL.md has 303 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~44
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.5k

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 303 words (~3,460 tokens).

“Systematic workflow for auditing, updating, and cleaning up project dependencies. Covers security vulnerability scanning, outdated package detection, unused dependency removal, and migration from deprecated libraries.”

— opening of SKILL.md by bobmatnyc, Custom licence
name
dependency-audit
progressive_disclosure.entry_point
summary, when_to_use, quick_audit_process
progressive_disclosure.sections
audit_commands, priority_matrix, common_replacements, update_strategy, cleanup_workflow, security_scanning

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files in plugin/skills/toolchains-universal-dependency-audit of bobmatnyc/claude-mpm.

  • SKILL.md
  • .etag_cache.json
  • metadata.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 25203d3

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Questions about Dependency Audit

What does Dependency Audit do?

Dependency audit and cleanup workflow for maintaining healthy project dependencies. Dependency Audit is an agent skill from bobmatnyc/claude-mpm. Dependency audit and cleanup workflow for maintaining healthy project dependencies.

When should I use Dependency Audit?

Dependency Audit fits situations like: regular maintenance; security updates; removing unused packages.

How do I install Dependency Audit in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm --skill dependency-audit -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugin/skills/toolchains-universal-dependency-audit in bobmatnyc/claude-mpm) into .claude/skills/dependency-audit in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Dependency Audit in Codex?

Run `npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm --skill dependency-audit -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugin/skills/toolchains-universal-dependency-audit in bobmatnyc/claude-mpm) into .agents/skills/dependency-audit in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Dependency Audit 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 bobmatnyc/claude-mpm --skill dependency-audit -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/dependency-audit, .gemini/skills/dependency-audit, .github/skills/dependency-audit and .opencode/skills/dependency-audit in your project.

What does Dependency Audit need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Dependency Audit needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pnpm, npm, yarn, poetry, pip and git) and credentials named SNYK_TOKEN. Our summary lists: Python 3; Node.js; A credential in SNYK_TOKEN.

Does Dependency Audit access the network?

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

Is Dependency Audit 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 Dependency Audit use?

Dependency Audit 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 Dependency Audit use?

About 3.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 14k 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 Dependency Audit?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Dependency Audit: CodeQL Security Scan (trailofbits/skills, 7.4k stars), Openai Security Best Practices (trailofbits/skills-curated, 512 stars), Secure Code Guidance (nightly-labs/openbot, 453 stars) and Code Review Checklist (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Dependency Audit?

bobmatnyc (a GitHub user) maintains it in bobmatnyc/claude-mpm, which has 155 GitHub stars. The repository holds 52 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 31, 2026.

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