Agent skill

Dependency Audit

by thedaviddias in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist

A skill your agent uses when reviewing a project's security posture, setting up CI pipelines, or responding to a reported vulnerability in a dependency.

MITAuto-check passedSecurity

Install Dependency Audit

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill dependency-audit -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist 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/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/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
74k
Token cost
~464 tokens
SKILL.md length
191 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
390
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when reviewing a project's security posture, setting up CI pipelines, or responding to a reported vulnerability in a dependency.

  • Reviewing a projects security posture
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Reference, Check, Fix and Explain, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Setting up CI pipelines

What it does

Dependency Audit is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when reviewing a project's security posture, setting up CI pipelines, or responding to a reported vulnerability in a dependency.

Its SKILL.md is about 460 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/rule.md`).

It sits in Security, covering CI/CD. The repository describes itself as: 🗂 The essential checklist for modern web development, for humans and AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Reviewing a projects security posture
  • Setting up CI pipelines
  • Responding to a reported vulnerability in a dependency

Example prompts

  • “/dependency-audit”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e8d14d0. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • frontendchecklist.io

    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

Dependency Audit loads about 464 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 37 tokens; SKILL.md has 191 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~37
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~464
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.1k

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

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

The full file from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist at commit e8d14d0, republished under its MIT licence (© thedaviddias). 191 words, ~464 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/dependency-audit/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
dependency-audit
description
Use when reviewing a project's security posture, setting up CI pipelines, or responding to a reported vulnerability in a dependency.
metadata.category
security
metadata.priority
high
metadata.difficulty
beginner
metadata.estimatedTime
15
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/security/dependency-audit

Audit dependencies for known vulnerabilities

Third-party packages are the most common attack surface in modern web applications. The 2021 Log4Shell incident, the 2022 node-ipc supply-chain attack, and countless npm package hijackings demonstrate that a single vulnerable transitive dependency can compromise every application that depends on it. Automated, continuous scanning drastically reduces the window between a CVE being published and your team being aware of it.

Quick Reference

  • Run pnpm audit (or npm audit) before every production deployment
  • Integrate automated dependency scanning in CI (GitHub Dependabot or Snyk)
  • Treat critical and high severity findings as release blockers
  • Pin transitive dependencies with a lock file committed to version control

Check

Check the project's dependencies for known security vulnerabilities using the package manager audit command.

Fix

Upgrade, patch, or replace vulnerable dependencies and configure automated scanning in the CI pipeline.

Explain

Explain how supply-chain attacks work and why dependency auditing is a critical part of modern application security.

Code Review

Review the lock file and package.json for unpinned version ranges, abandoned packages, and any packages flagged in recent CVE databases.


For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance, see references/rule.md.

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/security/dependency-audit

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Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/dependency-audit of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Questions about Dependency Audit

What does Dependency Audit do?

A skill your agent uses when reviewing a project's security posture, setting up CI pipelines, or responding to a reported vulnerability in a dependency. Dependency Audit is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when reviewing a project's security posture, setting up CI pipelines, or responding to a reported vulnerability in a dependency.

When should I use Dependency Audit?

Dependency Audit fits situations like: reviewing a projects security posture; setting up CI pipelines; responding to a reported vulnerability in a dependency.

How do I install Dependency Audit in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill dependency-audit -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/dependency-audit in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) 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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill dependency-audit -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/dependency-audit in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) 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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --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?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Dependency Audit is instructions for the agent only.

Does Dependency Audit access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: frontendchecklist.io. 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 is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Dependency Audit use?

About 464 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.6k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Dependency Audit?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Dependency Audit: DefectDojo Vulnerability Management (AgentSecOps/SecOpsAgentKit, 220 stars), Agentic GitHub Actions Auditor (trailofbits/skills, 7.4k stars), Openclaw CI Limits (openclaw/openclaw, 392k stars) and Container Scanning with Grype (AgentSecOps/SecOpsAgentKit, 220 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Dependency Audit?

thedaviddias (a GitHub user) maintains it in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, which has 74,412 GitHub stars. The repository holds 390 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.