dependency-review SKILL.md skillA
dependency-review from frnkgns/gentjinskills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add frnkgns/gentjinskills/dependency-review@git:20260926.3185b84Pins git:20260926.3185b84 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- frnkgns/gentjinskills
- Path
skills/dependency-review/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260926.3185b84, committed Sep 26, 2026
- Size
- 1,701 bytes
- Repository stars
- 7
- License
- none declared
Safely evaluate dependency additions, upgrades, and replacements. Use when adding a package, upgrading dependencies, replacing a library, responding to an audit finding, or changing framework and runtime versions.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Dependency Review ## Purpose Understand the cost and risk of a dependency change before it lands in the project. ## Check - Why the dependency is needed, and whether the project already has an alternative. - Package health: maintenance activity, release cadence, ownership, and issue responsiveness. - Version compatibility with the project's runtime, framework, and other dependencies. - Breaking changes and the required migration steps. - Transitive dependency footprint and new install or build scripts. - Security advisories for the package and its resolved tree. - Runtime and environment requirements, including Node, runtime, and platform constraints. - Bundle, build-time, and memory impact where relevant. - Licensing when the project or repository tracks licenses. - Alternatives considered, including doing nothing. ## Rules - Do not run broad or automatic upgrades. Upgrade only what the request covers. - Do not perform a major-version upgrade without explicit authorization. - Do not run install scripts, postinstall hooks, or unfamiliar packages' code merely to inspect them; review the code first. - Never apply audit auto-fix commands automatically. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add frnkgns/gentjinskills/dependency-review@sha256:4ba3fc3928f99c74The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260926.3185b84, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_cbhziabzcue44pdy)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 26, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1701 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
frnkgns/gentjinskills · 7 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_cbhziabzcue44pdy GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=frnkgns/gentjinskills/dependency-review GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4ba3fc3928f99c74861855ed9b3e4b42ae6313207b62b4f00474ca8f108c34cc
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