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dependency-management from rampstackco/claude-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add rampstackco/claude-skills/dependency-management@git:20260810.b3c37f1

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Audit grade
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SKILL.md skill
Repository
rampstackco/claude-skills
Path
skills/dependency-management/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
4
Latest version
git:20260810.b3c37f1, committed Aug 10, 2026
First version recorded
Apr 28, 2026
Size
11,004 bytes
Repository stars
1,013
License
MIT

Manage third-party libraries, runtimes, and SaaS dependencies. Use this skill when setting an update cadence, responding to security advisories, dealing with deprecated dependencies, evaluating new dependencies, auditing what's installed, or unblocking a dependency upgrade. Triggers on dependency, package update, security patch, lockfile, deprecated, breaking change, supply chain, dependency audit, npm audit, dependabot, renovate. Also triggers when a build breaks after an update or when an…

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 Management

Decide what to depend on, keep dependencies current, respond to advisories, and reduce supply chain risk. Stack-agnostic principles; specifics vary by package manager.

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## When to use

- Setting up dependency hygiene for a new or existing project
- Responding to a security advisory
- Major version upgrade of a key dependency
- Adding a new dependency (evaluation, decision)
- Removing a dependency (cleanup)
- Audit of what's installed and what's actually used
- Setting an update cadence and policy
- Diagnosing a broken build after an update

## When NOT to use

- General code review (use `code-review-web`)
- Vulnerability scanning of infrastructure (use `security-baseline`)
- Pinning vendor or service contracts (use `vendor-evaluation`)
- Performance impact of dependencies (use `performance-optimization`)

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## Required inputs

- Package manager and lockfile in use (npm, yarn, pnpm, pip, gem, composer, etc.)
- Current dependency list (production and dev)
- Current advisories (run audit; check service like Snyk, Dependabot)
- Update history (when were major dependencies last updated)
- Risk profile (production criticality, change tolerance)

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add rampstackco/claude-skills/dependency-management@sha256:33f58ba38944559c

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The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Apr 28, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026, about one every 34 days.

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  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (11004 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
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Source

GitHub

rampstackco/claude-skills · 1,013 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-27 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_syeclfdsxwyk56rw
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rampstackco/claude-skills/dependency-management
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/33f58ba38944559c34ac5d68037fa164a3b0d5fd8b89dc18b7cb1b116d5c491d

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