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dependency-update-bot
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By Varnan-Tech/opendirectory (GitHub) · marketing · 705 stars · scanned at commit caac7cd
Scans your project for outdated npm, pip, Cargo, Go, or Ruby packages. Runs a CVE security audit. Fetches changelogs, summarizes breaking changes with Gemini, and opens one PR per risk group (patch, minor, major). Includes Diagnosis Mode for install conflicts. Use when asked to update dependencies, check for outdated packages, open dependency PRs, scan for package updates, audit for CVEs, or flag breaking changes in upgrades. Trigger when a user says "check for outdated packages", "update my de…
Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.
What this skill can do
Downloads and installs other software
The author does not mention this.
Found in 3 places.
Runs commands on your computer
The author does not mention this.
Found in 24 places.
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- skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 58
pip list --outdated --format=json 2>/dev/null | python3 -c " - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 67
cargo outdated --format json 2>/dev/null || \ - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 74
go list -u -m -json all 2>/dev/null | python3 -c " - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 91
bundle outdated --parseable 2>/dev/null | python3 -c " - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 114
python3 -c " - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 136
npm audit --json 2>/dev/null | python3 -c " - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 149
pip-audit --format=json 2>/dev/null | python3 -c " - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 158
cargo audit 2>/dev/null | grep -E "^(ID|Package|Severity|URL)" | head -30 \ - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 184
curl -s "https://registry.npmjs.org/{PACKAGE}/latest" \ - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 194
AUTH_HEADER="" - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 205
curl -s "https://registry.npmjs.org/{PACKAGE}" \ - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 211
curl -s "https://pypi.org/pypi/{PACKAGE}/json" \ - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 224
cat > /tmp/deps-summary-request.json << 'ENDJSON' - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 258
BRANCH="deps/{RISK}-updates-$(date +%Y%m%d)" - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 266
npm install {package}@{latest_version} --save-exact - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 273
python3 -c " - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 287
cargo update {package}
and 4 more places
Sends data to these websites: registry.npmjs.org, pypi.org, raw.githubusercontent.com
This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README. Expected for a marketing skill.
Found in 15 places.
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- skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 196
curl -s $AUTH_HEADER \ - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 205
curl -s "https://registry.npmjs.org/{PACKAGE}" \ - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 211
curl -s "https://pypi.org/pypi/{PACKAGE}/json" \ - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 243
curl -s -X POST \ - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 359
[HIGH] axios: CVE-2021-3749 fixed in 0.21.4: PR #42 - skills/dependency-update-bot/SKILL.md, line 363
| Patch | lodash 4.17.19→4.17.21, axios 0.21.1→0.21.4 | #42 | - skills/dependency-update-bot/references/changelog-patterns.md, line 26
curl -s "https://registry.npmjs.org/{PACKAGE}/latest" \ - skills/dependency-update-bot/references/changelog-patterns.md, line 41
curl -s "https://pypi.org/pypi/{PACKAGE}/json" \ - skills/dependency-update-bot/references/changelog-patterns.md, line 73
curl -s ${GITHUB_TOKEN:+-H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN"} \ - skills/dependency-update-bot/references/changelog-patterns.md, line 99
curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{OWNER}/{REPO}/main/CHANGELOG.md" \ - skills/dependency-update-bot/references/changelog-patterns.md, line 127
curl -s "https://registry.npmjs.org/{PACKAGE}" \ - skills/dependency-update-bot/references/changelog-patterns.md, line 151
curl -s "https://pypi.org/pypi/{PACKAGE}/json" \
Can call paid AI services billed to you
This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README.
Found in 1 place.
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Install
Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.
if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'dependency-update-bot' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'dependency-update-bot' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named dependency-update-bot already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/Varnan-Tech/opendirectory' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet 'caac7cda5621e289591e4e74b400e66ac72ad25b' -- 'skills/dependency-update-bot' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'skills/dependency-update-bot' ~/.agents/skills/'dependency-update-bot' && rm -rf "$d"; fi
Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'dependency-update-bot' ~/.claude/skills/'dependency-update-bot' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.
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Score history
| Date | Version | Score |
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| 2026-11-08 | caac7cd | 72 |
| 2026-11-07 | caac7cd | 62 |