rootio-patcher

A rule for replacing vulnerable open-source packages with security-fixed versions provided by Root.io. It applies to common dependency files such as package.json, pom.xml, requirements.txt, Pipfile, and pyproject.toml.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when working on dependency files in JavaScript, Java, Python, or projects using pyproject.toml. It helps patch affected packages with Root.io versions.
Why use it?
It helps address known package security problems without manually searching for a suitable patched version. The Root.io patcher must be installed and configured with an API key first.

Cursor rule for Cursor

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/rootio-avr/root-ai/rootio-patcher
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rootio-avr/root-ai

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 994 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 994 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan B 2 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00994 $0.00994
Opus 5 $0.00497 $0.00497
Sonnet 5 $0.00199 $0.00199
Haiku 4.5 $0.00099 $0.00099

Measured 2d ago against content hash 83e1fe7b2a45, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

rootio-patcher 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 2d 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.

Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation

A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.

chmod +x rootio_patcher && sudo mv rootio_patcher /usr/local/bin/

Makes network callslowCapability

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

curl -sL https://github.com/rootio-avr/rootio_patcher/releases/latest/download/rootio_patcher_darwin_arm64.tar.gz | tar xz
.cursor/rules/rootio-patcher.mdc · 132 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 132 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.


description: Patch vulnerable packages with Root.io when working with dependency files globs: ["/package.json", "/pom.xml", "/requirements.txt", "/Pipfile", "**/pyproject.toml"] alwaysApply: false

Root.io Package Patcher

Root.io provides security-patched versions of open source packages. This skill replaces vulnerable packages with Root.io fixed versions.

Prerequisites

1. Install rootio_patcher

Download the binary for your platform from https://github.com/rootio-avr/rootio_patcher/releases/latest

# macOS (Apple Silicon)
curl -sL https://github.com/rootio-avr/rootio_patcher/releases/latest/download/rootio_patcher_darwin_arm64.tar.gz | tar xz
chmod +x rootio_patcher && sudo mv rootio_patcher /usr/local/bin/

# macOS (Intel)
curl -sL https://github.com/rootio-avr/rootio_patcher/releases/latest/download/rootio_patcher_darwin_x86_64.tar.gz | tar xz
chmod +x rootio_patcher && sudo mv rootio_patcher /usr/local/bin/

# Linux (x86_64)
curl -sL https://github.com/rootio-avr/rootio_patcher/releases/latest/download/rootio_patcher_linux_x86_64.tar.gz | tar xz
chmod +x rootio_patcher && sudo mv rootio_patcher /usr/local/bin/

2. Get an API key

Sign up at https://app.root.io and generate an API key from the dashboard.

export ROOTIO_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

3. Configure package registries (one-time per repo)

Root.io patched packages are served from pkg.root.io. Authentication: Basic Auth, username root, password = your API key.

npm / yarn / pnpm — add to .npmrc in the project root:

@rootio:registry=https://pkg.root.io/npm/
//pkg.root.io/npm/:_authToken=${ROOTIO_API_KEY}

Maven — add to ~/.m2/settings.xml:

<servers>
  <server>
    <id>rootio</id>
    <username>root</username>
    <password>${ROOTIO_API_KEY}</password>
  </server>
</servers>
<profiles>
  <profile>
    <id>rootio</id>
    <repositories>
      <repository>
        <id>rootio</id>
        <url>https://pkg.root.io/maven/</url>
      </repository>
    </repositories>
  </profile>
</profiles>

Read the full file on GitHub · 132 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. 2d ago First seen · 132 lines · 994 tokens per session scan B 83e1fe7b2a45

Subscribe to this mod's changes

rootio-patcher is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository rootio-avr/root-ai (2 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 994 tokens to every session, about $0.0050 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 2 findings (asks for root, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.