audit-fixer

What This Skill Does

The audit-fixer skill is a sophisticated analyzer for npm security reports. It transforms overwhelming, noisy npm audit output into a prioritized, actionable roadmap for your dependency management. Instead of manually inspecting hundreds of lines of JSON logs, this tool uses AI to parse the dependency tree, identify which vulnerabilities actually touch your production code paths, and provide precise fix commands. It effectively categorizes issues, distinguishes between critical security flaws and benign dev-dependency warnings, and offers strategic guidance on whether you should patch, ignore, or use package overrides to maintain project stability.

Installation

To integrate this capability into your environment, run the following command within your OpenClaw interface: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/lxgicstudios/audit-fix

No additional configuration is required, as the tool is designed to work out-of-the-box via the npx interface. Ensure your local environment is running Node.js 18+ to guarantee full compatibility with the underlying audit parsing logic.

Use Cases

This skill is ideal for:

• CI/CD pipeline cleanup: Automatically resolving security blockers that prevent deployment.
• Security Auditing: Generating summarized reports for security compliance teams.
• Refactoring/Modernization: Identifying outdated sub-dependencies that introduce unnecessary security risk.
• Rapid Incident Response: Quickly assessing if a newly reported CVE in a popular library actually impacts your runtime environment.

Example Prompts

1. "Run an audit on the current project and show me only the critical production vulnerabilities that I need to fix today."
2. "Analyze my npm audit output and give me a step-by-step plan to update my dependency tree without breaking my production build."
3. "My project has 50+ warnings in nested dependencies. Tell me which ones are safe to ignore and why."

Tips & Limitations

• Prioritize: Always address production dependencies before dev dependencies.
• Context is King: While the tool provides automated fixes, always run your test suite after applying any patch to ensure no regressions occur.
• Overrides: Use npm overrides judiciously. If you choose to override a version to fix a vulnerability, create a follow-up task to upgrade the parent package once a stable patch is released by the maintainers.
• Scope: This tool focuses specifically on npm/Node.js ecosystems; it will not analyze vulnerabilities in non-Node project files or infrastructure-level security configurations.