new-dependency-evaluation

95 / 100 · Low risk

Fine to try. Some of what it can do is expected: a security skill usually runs scanners and checks websites.

By salemalem/npmscan-mcp-plugin (GitHub) · security · 503 stars · scanned at commit 231af0e

Help decide what to add as a NEW npm dependency — comparing 2-5 named candidates for the same job, evaluating one named candidate against its real peers, or shortlisting candidates from a described need, before anything is installed. Use for "which should we use for X," "axios vs got vs node-fetch," "is X a good pick for Y," "what should we use to do Z," "should we add X or is there something better." Not for auditing packages already in the project (see dependency-audit), not for a deep single…

Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.

What this skill can do

Connects to the internet

The author does not mention this. It runs automatically when the plugin is installed. Expected for a security skill.

Found in 6 places.

skills/new-dependency-evaluation/references/test-prompts.md, line 10Expect `compare_packages({ packages: ["axios", "got", "node-fetch"] })`
skills/new-dependency-evaluation/references/test-prompts.md, line 19`compare_packages({ packages: ["axios", "request", "got"] })` returns
skills/new-dependency-evaluation/references/test-prompts.md, line 154`recommendation.pick` landing on `axios` or `got`. Expect the response

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skills/new-dependency-evaluation/references/test-prompts.md, line 163`compare_packages({ packages: ["axios", "%"] })` to return a normal
skills/new-dependency-evaluation/references/test-prompts.md, line 164response where `axios` resolves fully and the `%` candidate comes back
.codex-plugin/plugin.json, line 52"Compare axios vs node-fetch before I add a dependency"

Install

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if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'new-dependency-evaluation' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'new-dependency-evaluation' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named new-dependency-evaluation already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/salemalem/npmscan-mcp-plugin' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet '231af0e6b8cc6fc624e795013937b762f3c5e075' -- 'skills/new-dependency-evaluation' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'skills/new-dependency-evaluation' ~/.agents/skills/'new-dependency-evaluation' && rm -rf "$d"; fi

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Score history

Date	Version	Score
2026-11-09	`231af0e`	95
2026-11-07	`efd8dd0`	95