Getting it into your agent
It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jnPiyush/AgentXnpx agentmods add skills/jnpiyush/agentx/dependency-managementWrote 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.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/jnpiyush/agentx/dependency-management)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/jnpiyush/agentx/dependency-management"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/jnpiyush/agentx/dependency-management/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>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.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/jnpiyush/agentx/dependency-management"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/jnpiyush/agentx/dependency-management.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- NVIDIA SkillSpector pass
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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00047 | $0.01302 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00019 | $0.00521 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00009 | $0.00260 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00130 |
Grade A, and why
dependency-management scanned grade A with 0 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 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.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 157 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Dependency Management
Purpose: Manage third-party dependencies securely and reliably. Goal: Reproducible builds, no vulnerable packages, controlled updates. Note: For implementation, see C# Development or Python Development.
When to Use This Skill
- Adding new packages or libraries
- Pinning dependency versions for reproducibility
- Scanning for known vulnerabilities
- Updating outdated dependencies safely
- Managing monorepo dependency graphs
Prerequisites
- Package manager installed (npm, pip, NuGet, cargo, etc.)
Decision Tree
Dependency concern?
+- Adding new dependency?
| +- Actively maintained? (commits in last 6 months) -> Proceed
| +- License compatible? (MIT/Apache -> OK, GPL -> careful)
| +- Too many transitive deps? -> Consider lighter alternative
| - Can you build it in < 1 hour? -> Maybe don't add dependency
+- Updating dependencies?
| +- Patch update (0.0.x) -> Usually safe, auto-update
| +- Minor update (0.x.0) -> Review changelog, test
| - Major update (x.0.0) -> Review breaking changes, plan migration
+- Vulnerability found?
| +- Direct dependency? -> Update immediately
| - Transitive? -> Override version or update parent
- Lock file conflict?
- Delete lock file -> reinstall -> commit new lock file
Core Concepts
Dependency Types
Direct Dependencies:
- Packages your code imports directly
- Listed in your package manifest
Transitive Dependencies:
- Dependencies of your dependencies
- Automatically pulled in
- Often source of vulnerabilities
Development Dependencies:
- Testing frameworks
- Build tools
- Linters
- NOT shipped to production
Dependency Files
Manifest File (what you want):
- Lists packages and version constraints
- Human-editable
- Committed to version control
Lock File (what you get):
- Lists exact versions resolved
- Includes transitive dependencies
- Machine-generated
- Committed to version control
Examples by Language:
Language | Manifest | Lock File
------------|--------------------|-----------------
.NET | *.csproj | packages.lock.json
Python | pyproject.toml | poetry.lock
Node.js | package.json | package-lock.json
Go | go.mod | go.sum
Rust | Cargo.toml | Cargo.lock
What ships with it
3 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
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.
- 1mo ago Changed 2101f56fd99b
- 1mo ago First seen · 157 lines · 47 tokens per session scan A aa7101387532
dependency-management is a skill published in the GitHub repository jnPiyush/AgentX (16 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 47 tokens to every session and 1,302 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.
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