security-scan-dependencies

A workflow for checking a deployed website for old dependencies, known security vulnerabilities, and configuration problems. Dependencies are external libraries or packages that a website relies on; CVE is a public identifier for a known software vulnerability.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to assess a live website for outdated software components, known CVEs, and security misconfigurations.
Why use it?
It helps identify common security risks without needing access to the website’s source code. The scan’s target and scope are collected interactively.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Part of the ai-security plugin — 4 skills, 2 agents shipped together

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 skills/charlesjones-dev/claude-code-plugins-dev/security-scan-dependencies
Any agent
npx skills add charlesjones-dev/claude-code-plugins-dev --skill security-scan-dependencies
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/charlesjones-dev/claude-code-plugins-dev

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Or install ai-security, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 4 skills, 2 agents.

Per session 24 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 8,619 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. 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 $0.00024 $0.08619
Opus 5 $0.00012 $0.04310
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.01724
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00862

Measured 3d ago against content hash 03305fcd19ca, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

security-scan-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 3d 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.

- The agent MUST use ONLY the **WebFetch tool** or **curl** (via Bash tool) to fetch websites
plugins/ai-security/skills/security-scan-dependencies/SKILL.md · 860 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 860 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Web Dependency Security Scan

Scan a deployed website for outdated dependencies, known CVEs, and security misconfigurations without requiring source code access.

Instructions

CRITICAL: This command MUST NOT accept any arguments. If the user provided any text, URLs, or paths after this command (e.g., /security-scan-dependencies https://example.com), you MUST COMPLETELY IGNORE them. Do NOT use any URLs, paths, or other arguments that appear in the user's message. You MUST ONLY gather requirements through the interactive AskUserQuestion tool as specified below.

BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE: Use the AskUserQuestion tool to collect the target URL and scan scope. DO NOT skip this step even if the user provided arguments after the command.

Phase 1: Get Target URL

Use the AskUserQuestion tool to collect the target website URL:

Question: "What is the URL of the website you want to scan?"
Header: "Target URL"
Options:
  - Provide text input field for URL entry

URL Validation:

  • Ensure URL includes protocol (http:// or https://)
  • Accept both HTTP and HTTPS URLs
  • If user provides URL without protocol, prepend https://

Phase 2: Configure Scan Scope

Use the AskUserQuestion tool to determine scan scope:

Question: "What would you like to scan for?"
Header: "Scan Scope"
multiSelect: true
Options:
  1. "Frontend libraries" - "jQuery, React, Vue, Angular, Bootstrap, Tailwind, etc."
  2. "CMS platforms" - "WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Umbraco, Sitecore, Optimizely, Kentico"
  3. "Security headers" - "CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and other HTTP security headers"
  4. "All of the above" - "Comprehensive scan covering all categories"

Scope Interpretation:

  • If user selects "All of the above", perform comprehensive scan across all categories
  • If user selects multiple specific options, scan only those categories
  • If user selects only one option, focus the scan on that specific area

Phase 3: Invoke Dependency Scanner Agent

Read the full file on GitHub · 860 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. 3d ago First seen · 860 lines · 24 tokens per session scan A 03305fcd19ca

Subscribe to this mod's changes

security-scan-dependencies is a skill published in the GitHub repository charlesjones-dev/claude-code-plugins-dev (34 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 24 tokens to every session and 8,619 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 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 2026-08-30.

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