devkit.java.upgrade-dependencies

devkit.java.upgrade-dependencies is a command for Claude Code from giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit. It costs 35 tokens per session (2,622 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A command for upgrading libraries in Java projects that use Maven or Gradle, Java build tools. It checks for breaking changes and provides step-by-step migration guidance.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to review available updates, plan incremental upgrades, focus on security or test libraries, and prepare migrations for major versions.
Why use it?
It reduces the risk of updating dependencies in ways that break builds, APIs, or application behavior.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter. Also seen: positional $N argument.

Part of the developer-kit-java plugin — 52 skills, 11 commands, 9 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it to review available updates, plan incremental upgrades, focus on security or test libraries, and prepare migrations for major versions.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit/devkit.java.upgrade-dependencies
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install developer-kit-java, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 52 skills, 11 commands, 9 agents.

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Per session 35 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 2,622 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. 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 $0.00035 $0.02622
Opus 5.5 $0.00014 $0.01049
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00007 $0.00524
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00262

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 13541a1a5f51, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

devkit.java.upgrade-dependencies scanned grade A with 1 finding 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 1mo 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.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

curl -s https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot | grep -A 5 "supported versions"
plugins/developer-kit-java/commands/devkit.java.upgrade-dependencies.md · 462 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 462 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Java Dependency Upgrade Strategy

Overview

Plan and execute safe, incremental upgrades of Java project dependencies with minimal risk, proper testing, and clear migration paths for breaking changes.

Manages safe and incremental dependency upgrades for Java/Maven/Gradle projects with breaking change detection and migration guides. Use when upgrading project dependencies or migrating to new library versions.

Usage

/devkit.java.upgrade-dependencies $ARGUMENTS

Arguments

$1 specifies the scope (optional - defaults to all):

  • all - Analyze all dependencies
  • spring - Focus on Spring Boot and Spring Framework dependencies
  • testing - Focus on test dependencies (JUnit, Mockito, AssertJ, Testcontainers)
  • security - Prioritize security vulnerabilities
  • direct - Only direct dependencies (not transitive)
  • <groupId:artifactId> - Specific dependency (e.g., org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web)

$2 specifies the strategy (optional - defaults to analyze):

  • analyze - Analyze and report available updates with risk assessment
  • plan - Create detailed upgrade plan with incremental steps
  • migrate - Generate migration guide for major version upgrades
  • execute - Execute planned upgrades (requires confirmation)
  • rollback - Create rollback strategy and backup current state

$3 specifies target version for specific dependency upgrades (optional):

  • Version number (e.g., 3.2.0, 5.3.31)
  • latest - Latest stable release
  • latest-minor - Latest minor version
  • latest-patch - Latest patch version

Execution Instructions

Agent Selection: To execute this task, use the following agent with fallback:

  • Primary: java-security-expert
  • If not available: Use developer-kit:java-security-expert or fallback to general-purpose agent with spring-boot-crud-patterns skill

Context

  • Build system: !ls -la | grep -E "(pom\.xml|build\.gradle|build\.gradle\.kts)"
  • Current dependencies: ! if [ -f pom.xml ]; then mvn dependency:tree | head -30; elif [ -f build.gradle ]; then ./gradlew dependencies --configuration compileClasspath | head -30; fi
  • Outdated dependencies: ! if [ -f pom.xml ]; then mvn versions:display-dependency-updates 2>/dev/null | grep -E "\\->" | head -20; elif [ -f build.gradle ]; then ./gradlew dependencyUpdates 2>/dev/null | grep -E "\\->" | head -20; fi

Read the full file on GitHub · 462 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. 1mo ago First seen · 462 lines · 35 tokens per session scan A 13541a1a5f51

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devkit.java.upgrade-dependencies is a command published in the GitHub repository giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit (360 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 35 tokens to every session and 2,622 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-10.