dependency-audit

What This Skill Does

The dependency-audit skill for OpenClaw is a comprehensive tool designed to secure your software supply chain. It automatically scans your project to identify the package manager in use, executes security audits against known vulnerability databases, flags outdated packages, and detects unused dependencies that contribute to bloated codebases. By centralizing these insights, the agent provides a clear, prioritized action plan ranging from urgent security patches to general maintenance updates, helping you maintain a high-quality development environment without the manual overhead.

Installation

You can integrate this skill into your OpenClaw environment by running the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/fratua/dependency-audit

Use Cases

• Security Hardening: Automatically audit dependencies before deploying to production to ensure no critical vulnerabilities exist in your project.
• Technical Debt Management: Regularly scan your repository for unused dependencies to reduce the size of your production bundles and container images.
• Maintenance Cycles: Quickly generate a roadmap for library updates to ensure your project stays within supported versions, reducing the risk of sudden breaking changes during future migrations.

Example Prompts

1. "Perform a security audit on this project and tell me which packages require immediate patching for critical vulnerabilities."
2. "Analyze my project dependencies and suggest an update plan, prioritizing security fixes over feature updates."
3. "Scan my repository for unused dependencies that I can safely remove to shrink my package.json file."

Tips & Limitations

• Proactive Auditing: Run this skill during your CI/CD process to catch security regressions early.
• Dependency Context: While the tool is excellent at detecting unused dependencies, always perform a quick code review before uninstalling, as some libraries might be imported via dynamic require() calls that static analysis tools like depcheck might occasionally miss.
• Execution Environment: Ensure that your environment has necessary global tools installed (like pip-audit or cargo-audit) for the best results across non-Node.js ecosystems. Always perform a backup or commit your changes before executing batch update commands to ensure you can revert if a package update introduces unexpected behavior.