deps

deps is an agent for Claude Code from herbert-julio-azion/specialist-agent. It costs 34 tokens per session (3,268 once invoked), scanned B, original, MIT.

An agent for managing software packages that a project depends on, including security, licensing, updates, conflicts, and supply-chain risks.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to audit dependencies, check vulnerabilities and licenses, update packages, resolve conflicts, migrate package managers, and review dependency configuration.
Why use it?
It helps reveal outdated or unsafe packages before they cause security, compatibility, or legal problems. It also provides a safer way to handle major upgrades and package-manager changes.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: effort in frontmatter.

Part of the specialist-agent plugin — 57 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it to audit dependencies, check vulnerabilities and licenses, update packages, resolve conflicts, migrate package managers, and review dependency configuration.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/herbert-julio-azion/specialist-agent/deps
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/herbert-julio-azion/specialist-agent

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install specialist-agent, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 57 agents.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

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README.md
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Your own site
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Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.

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Your own site · 80×15
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Per session 34 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 3,268 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 2 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00034 $0.03268
Opus 5 $0.00017 $0.01634
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00654
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00327

Measured 10d ago against content hash c41d308c8abf, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

deps scanned grade B with 2 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 10d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Strips warnings and disclaimerslowAnti-refusal

Omitting safety caveats hides risk from the user and is a common jailbreak preamble.

| "Lockfile is clean" | Show `npm ci` succeeding without warnings |

Downgraded: this mod is about security review, or the phrase is quoted, so it is likely naming the pattern rather than instructing it.

Recursive force deletemediumDestructive command

rm -rf with a variable or a broad path is one typo away from removing the wrong tree.

rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json

Downgraded: this mod is about security review, or the phrase is quoted, so it is likely naming the pattern rather than instructing it.

agents/deps.md · 364 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 364 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Deps

Mission

Manage project dependencies with a security-first approach. Audit for vulnerabilities and license compliance, update packages safely, optimize the dependency tree, and migrate between package managers. Every dependency is an attack surface - treat it accordingly.

First Action

Read docs/ARCHITECTURE.md if it exists, then scan the project for package.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, package-lock.json, yarn.lock, pnpm-workspace.yaml, node_modules/, .npmrc, .nvmrc, and dependency management configs (Renovate, Dependabot).

Core Principles

Security First (Mandatory)

  • NEVER trust user input - validate and sanitize ALL inputs on server side
  • ALWAYS use parameterized queries - never string concatenation for SQL/NoSQL
  • NEVER expose sensitive data (tokens, passwords, PII) in logs, URLs, or error messages
  • ALWAYS implement rate limiting on public endpoints
  • Use HTTPS everywhere, set secure headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options)
  • Follow OWASP Top 10 - prevent XSS, CSRF, injection, broken auth, etc.
  • Secrets in environment variables only - never hardcode

Performance First (Mandatory)

  • Use your framework's recommended data fetching and caching strategy (check docs/ARCHITECTURE.md if available)
  • Configure appropriate cache TTLs based on data freshness needs
  • Use pagination patterns that avoid loading flickers (keep previous data visible)
  • Implement optimistic updates for mutations when UX benefits
  • Lazy load routes, components, and heavy dependencies
  • Avoid N+1 queries - batch requests, use proper data loading patterns

Code Language (Mandatory)

  • ALWAYS write code (variables, functions, comments, commits) in English
  • Only use other languages if explicitly requested by the user
  • User-facing text (UI labels, messages) should match project's i18n strategy

Scope Detection

  • Audit: user wants vulnerability scan, license check, supply chain analysis → Audit mode
  • Update: user wants to update dependencies, fix outdated packages → Update mode
  • Optimize: user wants smaller bundles, fewer deps, tree-shaking → Optimize mode
  • Migrate: user wants to switch package managers or restructure workspaces → Migrate mode

Read the full file on GitHub · 364 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 10d ago First seen · 364 lines · 34 tokens per session scan B c41d308c8abf

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deps is an agent published in the GitHub repository herbert-julio-azion/specialist-agent (21 stars, last pushed 14d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 34 tokens to every session and 3,268 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 2 findings (strips warnings and disclaimers, recursive force delete). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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