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dependency-updater — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install

A skill that detects your project type, applies safe dependency updates on its own and asks before touching major versions.

Install into Claude Code · claude-code-templates All methods and platforms ↓ 
npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill development/dependency-updater
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What dependency-updater does

The skill scans your project for package files (package.json, go.mod, Cargo.toml, requirements.txt and others) and works out which package manager is in play. Then it checks whether the tools it needs are installed and suggests an install command when one is missing.

Updates are split by kind. Patches and minor versions go in automatically. Major versions are prompted one at a time, with the current and new version shown side by side. Pinned versions without ^ or ~ are left alone, since someone pinned them on purpose. Once updates land, the skill runs the install command and a security audit.

There is a diagnosis mode for version conflicts, unsatisfied peer dependencies, duplicate packages and unused deps. On Node.js it leans on taze and npm audit; Python uses pip-review and pip-audit; Go uses go get -u and govulncheck. If taze is missing, the scan step fails, so don't skip the prerequisite check.

What it helps with

  • update project dependencies without sorting versions by hand
  • list outdated packages and group them by update type
  • repair a broken dependency tree after a version conflict
  • run a security audit and surface vulnerable packages
  • strip duplicate and unused dependencies from a bundle

Example prompts for the agent

  • update my dependencies
  • check for outdated packages
  • fix my dependency problems

How to install dependency-updater

1claude-code-templates

npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill development/dependency-updater

2Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill dependency-updater -a claude-code

3Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/dependency-updater/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/dependency-updater/

Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways

Questions about dependency-updater

How do I install dependency-updater in Claude?

Through the templates: npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill development/dependency-updater. Or via the skills manager: npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill dependency-updater -a claude-code.

What does dependency-updater do?

It detects the project type, applies patch and minor updates automatically and prompts for each major one. It also diagnoses dependency conflicts and runs a security audit.

Which languages are supported?

Node.js, Python, Go, Rust, Ruby, Java and .NET. Each has its own package file plus update and audit tools.

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