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Agent skill

Dependency Updater

by zhuyansen in zhuyansen/agent-skills-hub

Plan dependency upgrades: which packages are behind, which have breaking changes, in what order.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Dependency Updater

skills CLI
$ npx skills add zhuyansen/agent-skills-hub --skill dependency-updater -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install zhuyansen/agent-skills-hub dependency-updater --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/zhuyansen/agent-skills-hub.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/ops/skillmgr-runs/in/input/library/dependency-updater .claude/skills/dependency-updater && 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-updater
GitHub stars
413
Token cost
~196 tokens
SKILL.md length
114 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
21
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Plan dependency upgrades: which packages are behind, which have breaking changes, in what order.

  • Works in 3 steps: Read the input the user points to. If… → Do the task described above, step by… → Show the result, then a short list of…
  • Tasks that involve Dependency management
  • SKILL.md covers When to use, Steps and Notes
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Dependency Updater is an agent skill from zhuyansen/agent-skills-hub. Plan dependency upgrades: which packages are behind, which have breaking changes, in what order.

Its SKILL.md is about 200 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 Development, covering Dependency management. The repository describes itself as: Discover and compare open-source Agent Skills, tools & MCP servers — with quality scoring, trending analysis, and automated GitHub sync. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Dependency management

Example prompts

  • “/dependency-updater”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read the input the user points to. If none is given, ask for the file or text.
  2. Do the task described above, step by step, and keep the user's own wording where it matters.
  3. Show the result, then a short list of what you changed or found, so the user can check it.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2862275. 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

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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 Updater loads about 196 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 29 tokens; SKILL.md has 114 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~29
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~196

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 zhuyansen/agent-skills-hub at commit 2862275, republished under its MIT licence (© zhuyansen). 114 words, ~196 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/dependency-updater/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
dependency-updater
description
Plan dependency upgrades: which packages are behind, which have breaking changes, in what order.

Dependency Updater

Plan dependency upgrades: which packages are behind, which have breaking changes, in what order.

When to use

Use this skill when the user asks for it by name or describes this task. Do not use it for unrelated work.

Steps

  1. Read the input the user points to. If none is given, ask for the file or text.
  2. Do the task described above, step by step, and keep the user's own wording where it matters.
  3. Show the result, then a short list of what you changed or found, so the user can check it.

Notes

  • Keep changes small and reversible.
  • Say plainly when the input is incomplete instead of guessing.

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

Files

Just SKILL.md in ops/skillmgr-runs/in/input/library/dependency-updater of zhuyansen/agent-skills-hub.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2862275

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Categories

Questions about Dependency Updater

What does Dependency Updater do?

Plan dependency upgrades: which packages are behind, which have breaking changes, in what order. Dependency Updater is an agent skill from zhuyansen/agent-skills-hub. Plan dependency upgrades: which packages are behind, which have breaking changes, in what order.

When should I use Dependency Updater?

Dependency Updater fits situations like: tasks that involve Dependency management.

How do I install Dependency Updater in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add zhuyansen/agent-skills-hub --skill dependency-updater -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (ops/skillmgr-runs/in/input/library/dependency-updater in zhuyansen/agent-skills-hub) into .claude/skills/dependency-updater in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Dependency Updater in Codex?

Run `npx skills add zhuyansen/agent-skills-hub --skill dependency-updater -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (ops/skillmgr-runs/in/input/library/dependency-updater in zhuyansen/agent-skills-hub) into .agents/skills/dependency-updater in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Dependency Updater 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 zhuyansen/agent-skills-hub --skill dependency-updater -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-updater, .gemini/skills/dependency-updater, .github/skills/dependency-updater and .opencode/skills/dependency-updater in your project.

What does Dependency Updater need to run?

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

Does Dependency Updater access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Dependency Updater 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 Updater use?

Dependency Updater 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 Updater use?

About 196 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 784 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 Updater?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Dependency Updater: Add TTS Engine to Voicebox (jamiepine/voicebox, 57k stars), Dep Updates (trufflesecurity/trufflehog, 28k stars), Merge Dependabot PRs (onyx-dot-app/onyx, 32k stars) and Senior Architect Toolkit (maslennikov-ig/claude-code-orchestrator-kit, 260 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Dependency Updater?

zhuyansen (a GitHub user) maintains it in zhuyansen/agent-skills-hub, which has 413 GitHub stars. The repository holds 21 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: zhuyansen/agent-skills-hub on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.