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Dependency Audit by khaledsaeed18 — Agent Skill

Name: Dependency Audit
Author: KhaledSaeed18

Dependency Audit

Audit a project's dependencies for outdated and vulnerable packages and surface breaking-change notes for upgrades. Works with any ecosystem, including npm/pnpm/yarn, pip/Poetry/uv, Cargo, Go modules, Maven/Gradle, Bundler, Composer, and others. Use when checking a project's dependency health, planning upgrades, or responding to a vulnerability report.

KhaledSaeed18 Updated Sep 21, 2026

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Audit this project's dependencies for risk and staleness, then recommend a safe upgrade path. Detect the ecosystem before running anything.

Detect the ecosystem

Identify the package manager(s) from the manifests and lockfiles present, then use that ecosystem's native tooling. Common cases:

JS/TS: npm audit / pnpm audit / yarn npm audit; npm outdated.
Python: pip list --outdated, pip-audit; Poetry/uv equivalents.
Rust: cargo outdated, cargo audit.
Go: go list -m -u all, govulncheck.
Java: mvn versions:display-dependency-updates, OWASP dependency-check; Gradle equivalents.
Ruby: bundle outdated, bundle-audit.
PHP: composer outdated, composer audit.

If a tool isn't installed, say so and give the exact command to run rather than guessing results. Never invent advisory IDs or version numbers; quote them from real tool output.

Assess

Vulnerabilities: list affected package, installed version, fixed version, severity, and advisory ID. Prioritise by severity and by whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable from this project.
Outdated: separate patch/minor (low-risk) from major (potentially breaking).
Breaking changes: for the upgrades you recommend, pull the relevant changelog / release notes / migration guide and summarise what would break.

Report

Critical: security fixes to apply now, each with the upgrade command.
Recommended: safe patch/minor bumps.
Needs review: major upgrades, each with its breaking-change summary and a rough effort estimate.
A suggested upgrade order that minimises churn and conflicts.

Keep findings factual and grounded in tool output; quote versions and advisory IDs exactly.

---name: dependency-audit-2description: Audit a project's dependencies for outdated and vulnerable packages and surface breaking-change notes for upgrades. Works with any ecosystem, including npm/pnpm/yarn, pip/Poetry/uv, Cargo, Go modules, Maven/Gradle, Bundler, Composer, and others. Use when checking a project's dependency health, planning upgrades, or responding to a vulnerability report.---Audit this project's dependencies for risk and staleness, then recommend a safe upgrade path. Detect the ecosystem before running anything.## Detect the ecosystemIdentify the package manager(s) from the manifests and lockfiles present, then use that ecosystem's native tooling. Common cases:- **JS/TS**: `npm audit` / `pnpm audit` / `yarn npm audit`; `npm outdated`.- **Python**: `pip list --outdated`, `pip-audit`; Poetry/uv equivalents.- **Rust**: `cargo outdated`, `cargo audit`.- **Go**: `go list -m -u all`, `govulncheck`.- **Java**: `mvn versions:display-dependency-updates`, OWASP dependency-check; Gradle equivalents.- **Ruby**: `bundle outdated`, `bundle-audit`.- **PHP**: `composer outdated`, `composer audit`.If a tool isn't installed, say so and give the exact command to run rather than guessing results. Never invent advisory IDs or version numbers; quote them from real tool output.## Assess- **Vulnerabilities**: list affected package, installed version, fixed version, severity, and advisory ID. Prioritise by severity and by whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable from this project.- **Outdated**: separate patch/minor (low-risk) from major (potentially breaking).- **Breaking changes**: for the upgrades you recommend, pull the relevant changelog / release notes / migration guide and summarise what would break.## Report1. **Critical**: security fixes to apply now, each with the upgrade command.2. **Recommended**: safe patch/minor bumps.3. **Needs review**: major upgrades, each with its breaking-change summary and a rough effort estimate.4. A suggested **upgrade order** that minimises churn and conflicts.Keep findings factual and grounded in tool output; quote versions and advisory IDs exactly.

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