dependency-upgrade SKILL.md skillA
dependency-upgrade from wshobson/agents is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add wshobson/agents/dependency-upgrade@git:20260307.47a5dbcPins git:20260307.47a5dbc in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- wshobson/agents
- Path
plugins/framework-migration/skills/dependency-upgrade/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260307.47a5dbc, committed Mar 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 17, 2025
- Size
- 7,624 bytes
- Repository stars
- 42,040
- License
- MIT
Manage major dependency version upgrades with compatibility analysis, staged rollout, and comprehensive testing. Use when upgrading framework versions, updating major dependencies, or managing breaking changes in libraries.
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 Upgrade Master major dependency version upgrades, compatibility analysis, staged upgrade strategies, and comprehensive testing approaches. ## When to Use This Skill - Upgrading major framework versions - Updating security-vulnerable dependencies - Modernizing legacy dependencies - Resolving dependency conflicts - Planning incremental upgrade paths - Testing compatibility matrices - Automating dependency updates ## Semantic Versioning Review ``` MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH (e.g., 2.3.1) MAJOR: Breaking changes MINOR: New features, backward compatible PATCH: Bug fixes, backward compatible ^2.3.1 = >=2.3.1 <3.0.0 (minor updates) ~2.3.1 = >=2.3.1 <2.4.0 (patch updates) 2.3.1 = exact version ``` ## Dependency Analysis ### Audit Dependencies ```bash # npm npm outdated npm audit npm audit fix # yarn yarn outdated yarn audit # Check for major updates npx npm-check-updates npx npm-check-updates -u # Update package.json ``` ### Analyze Dependency Tree ```bash # See why a package is installed npm ls package-name yarn why package-name # Find duplicate packages npm dedupe yarn dedupe # Visualize dependencies npx madge --image graph.png src/ ``` ## Compatibility Matrix …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add wshobson/agents/dependency-upgrade@sha256:4cf4ff9b0520bca4The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260307.47a5dbc, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Oct 17, 2025 and Mar 7, 2026, about one every 47 days.
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| git:20260307.47a5dbc latest | 2026-03-07 | 47a5dbc | 7,624 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260202.194a267 | 2026-02-02 | 194a267 | 9,396 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260119.5684887 | 2026-01-19 | 5684887 | 9,093 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251017.65e5cb0 | 2025-10-17 | 65e5cb0 | 9,066 B | A | view |
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Source
wshobson/agents · 42,040 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_drqhsm32dt2pbyx2 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=wshobson/agents/dependency-upgrade GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4cf4ff9b0520bca4092cce3981af6a064bbd904788375ce1b6ae4d866dea8d8d
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