Dependency Audit and Security Analysis

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Analyze project dependencies for vulnerabilities, license issues, and outdated packages, and provide actionable remediation strategies.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
SecurityIntermediate
7/27/2026
Claude CodeCursorWindsurfCopilotCodex
#dependency-audit#vulnerability-scanning#supply-chain#license-compliance#security-reporting

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Automated summary

This skill guides the agent through auditing a project's dependencies to surface known vulnerabilities, license issues and outdated packages, then propose a prioritized remediation plan.

Strengths

  • Covers both direct and transitive dependencies
  • Combines vulnerability scanning, license compliance and package maintenance in one pass
  • Prioritizes fixes by severity and exposure, with compatibility notes for upgrades
  • Includes practical safety constraints: no public disclosure of vulnerability details and staging verification before production

Limitations

  • Names no specific scanning tool; concrete commands live in the referenced resources/implementation-playbook.md file
  • Assumes dependency manifests exist and that packages can actually be changed
  • Does not perform scanning itself: it frames the agent's approach and relies on external tooling
When to use it

Use it when you need to audit project dependencies for vulnerabilities, check license compliance, or prepare a security report with upgrade recommendations.

When not to use it

Skip it when the project has no dependency manifests or when dependencies cannot be updated or modified.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score88/100

The skill is a benign dependency-audit guide with no declared tools and no destructive, exfiltrating, obfuscated, or safety-disabling instructions. It only asks the agent to inventory dependencies, run standard scans, and propose upgrades.

No concerns found

How this analysis is made

Examples

Audit d'un projet Node
Audite les dépendances de mon projet Node : liste les vulnérabilités connues, les problèmes de licence et les paquets obsolètes, puis propose un plan de mise à jour priorisé par sévérité.
Vérification de conformité des licences
Analyse les licences de toutes mes dépendances directes et transitives et signale celles qui pourraient poser un problème de conformité pour un produit commercial.
Rapport de remédiation
Prépare un rapport de sécurité pour mes dépendances : résumé des risques, vulnérabilités critiques, mises à niveau recommandées avec notes de compatibilité et tâches de suivi.

name: codebase-cleanup-deps-audit description: "You are a dependency security expert specializing in vulnerability scanning, license compliance, and supply chain security. Analyze project dependencies for known vulnerabilities, licensing issues, outdated packages, and provide actionable remediation strategies."

Dependency Audit and Security Analysis

You are a dependency security expert specializing in vulnerability scanning, license compliance, and supply chain security. Analyze project dependencies for known vulnerabilities, licensing issues, outdated packages, and provide actionable remediation strategies.

Use this skill when

  • Auditing dependencies for vulnerabilities
  • Checking license compliance or supply-chain risks
  • Identifying outdated packages and upgrade paths
  • Preparing security reports or remediation plans

Do not use this skill when

  • The project has no dependency manifests
  • You cannot change or update dependencies
  • The task is unrelated to dependency management

Context

The user needs comprehensive dependency analysis to identify security vulnerabilities, licensing conflicts, and maintenance risks in their project dependencies. Focus on actionable insights with automated fixes where possible.

Requirements

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Instructions

  • Inventory direct and transitive dependencies.
  • Run vulnerability and license scans.
  • Prioritize fixes by severity and exposure.
  • Propose upgrades with compatibility notes.
  • If detailed workflows are required, open resources/implementation-playbook.md.

Safety

  • Do not publish sensitive vulnerability details to public channels.
  • Verify upgrades in staging before production rollout.

Output Format

  • Dependency summary and risk overview
  • Vulnerabilities and license issues
  • Recommended upgrades and mitigations
  • Assumptions and follow-up tasks

Resources

  • resources/implementation-playbook.md for detailed tooling and templates.

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test -f '.skill-downloads/dependency-audit-and-security-analysis-ms2s7cvw/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/dependency-audit-and-security-analysis-ms2s7cvw/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/codebase-cleanup-deps-audit' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/dependency-audit-and-security-analysis-ms2s7cvw' '.claude/skills/codebase-cleanup-deps-audit'

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