Auditing Python Dependencies

What it does

When your agent uses it

• : pre-merge gate on a Python project
• Post-incident sweep after a PyPI compromise (e.g
• With: audit python deps
• Pip vulnerability scan

Example prompts

• “s installed dependencies for known CVEs by wrapping pip-audit (PyPA”
• “audit python deps”
• “pip vulnerability scan”
• “/auditing-python-dependencies”

Requirements

• Python 3
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Bash(pip:*), Bash(pip-audit:*), Bash(python3:*), Glob

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Identify the scan target
2. 2Run the audit
3. 3Interpret findings
4. 4Remediation

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 23ea8d4. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Bash(pip:*)
  • Bash(pip-audit:*)
  • Bash(python3:*)
  • Glob

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • pip
  • python3
  • poetry
  • jq

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

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, 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.

• Compatibility

  Designed for Claude Code

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Auditing Python Dependencies loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 239 tokens; SKILL.md has 831 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~239

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2.3k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~5.1k

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

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:30

  - Write(.env)

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:31

  - Edit(.env)

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit 23ea8d4, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 831 words, ~2,274 tokens.

name

auditing-python-dependencies

description

Audit a Python project's installed dependencies for known CVEs by wrapping pip-audit (PyPA's official vulnerability auditor) and emitting findings in the canonical penetration-tester schema. Detects vulnerable direct AND transitive packages, normalizes pip-audit's severity output via OSV severity bands, falls back to pip list --outdated when pip-audit isn't installed, and supports requirements.txt, pyproject.toml (PEP 621), Pipfile.lock, and poetry.lock as input sources. Use when: pre-merge gate on a Python project, post-incident sweep after a PyPI compromise (e.g. ctx, request-toolbelt typosquats, ultralytics 8.3.42 compromise), SOC2 evidence collection, or inheriting an unfamiliar Python codebase. Threshold: any HIGH or CRITICAL CVE in the resolved dependency tree. MODERATE / LOW reported informationally. Trigger with: "audit python deps", "pip vulnerability scan", "check pypi packages for CVEs", "pip-audit run".

allowed-tools

Read, Bash(pip:*), Bash(pip-audit:*), Bash(python3:*), Glob

compatibility

Designed for Claude Code

disallowed-tools

Bash(rm:*), Bash(curl:*), Bash(wget:*), Write(.env), Edit(.env), Bash(pip install:*), Bash(pip uninstall:*)

version

3.30.0

author

Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>

license

MIT

tags

security, dependency-audit, python, pypi, cve, pentest

python3 ./scripts/audit_python.py /path/to/python-project

Usage: audit_python.py PATH [OPTIONS]

Options:
  --output FILE      Write findings to FILE (default: stdout)
  --format FMT       json | jsonl | markdown (default: markdown)
  --min-severity SEV (default: info)
  --requirement FILE Override auto-detection; specify a particular
                     requirements file (repeatable)
  --include-dev      Include development dependencies (default: prod
                     only when project layout allows the distinction)
  --strict           Treat pip-audit warnings as errors

python3 ./scripts/audit_python.py . --min-severity high --format json --output audit.json
jq -e '. == []' audit.json || { echo "High/critical Python CVE — fix before merge"; exit 1; }

- name: pip-audit
  run: pip install pip-audit
- name: Run audit
  run: |
    python3 plugins/security/penetration-tester/skills/auditing-python-dependencies/scripts/audit_python.py \
        . --min-severity high --format markdown --output py-audit.md

mkdir -p evidence/CC7/
python3 ./scripts/audit_python.py . --include-dev --format json \
    --output evidence/CC7/py-audit-$(date +%Y%m%d).json

© jeremylongshore, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (scripts, references) in skills/.curated/auditing-python-dependencies of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

• SKILL.md
• references/PLAYBOOK.md
• references/THEORY.md
• scripts/audit_python.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 23ea8d4