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npx skills add varunk130/ai-workflow-playbooks --skill dependency-assessmentgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/varunk130/ai-workflow-playbooksWrote this? Show the measurements
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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 | $0.00027 | $0.01173 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00014 | $0.00587 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00005 | $0.00235 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00003 | $0.00117 |
Grade A, and why
dependency-assessment 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 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.
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 — 95 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Dependency Assessment
What This Skill Enables
Agents with this skill can make disciplined decisions about third-party packages instead of reflexively running npm install or pip install at the first sign of complexity. Without it, agents accumulate dependencies that bloat bundles, introduce supply-chain risk, and create upgrade nightmares. A skilled agent treats every new dependency as a long-term commitment and evaluates it accordingly.
Core Competencies
1. Apply the "Do We Really Need This?" Checklist
Before adding any package, answer every question honestly:
| Question | Guidance |
|---|---|
| Does the standard library already cover this? | Check built-ins first. fetch exists natively; you may not need axios. |
| Is the functionality fewer than ~50 lines to implement? | A leftPad situation. Write it yourself. |
| Will this dependency be used in more than one place? | A single call site rarely justifies a new dependency. |
| Does the project already have a similar package? | Two date libraries in one project is a code smell. |
| Is this a direct dependency or only needed at build time? | Dev dependencies carry less runtime risk but still need auditing. |
If you answer "no need" to any of the first four questions, stop. Write the code inline or use what already exists.
2. Evaluate Package Health
Never install a package without checking its vital signs:
| Signal | Healthy | Warning | Critical |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last commit | Within 3 months | 3-12 months ago | Over 1 year ago |
| Open issues | Triaged, responsive maintainers | Growing backlog | Hundreds unaddressed |
| Weekly downloads | Stable or growing | Declining steadily | Under 1,000 |
| Bus factor | 3+ active contributors | 2 contributors | Single maintainer |
| Release cadence | Regular semver releases | Sporadic | No releases in 12+ months |
| Test suite | CI passing, good coverage | CI present but flaky | No CI at all |
Use npm info <pkg>, GitHub insights, or equivalent tooling to gather these signals. Do not guess.
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.
- 10d ago First seen · 95 lines · 27 tokens per session scan A 1b16166ce88a
dependency-assessment is a skill published in the GitHub repository varunk130/ai-workflow-playbooks (2 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 27 tokens to every session and 1,173 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 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 2026-08-31.
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