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Reviews package dependencies for unnecessary packages, outdated or risky patterns, duplication, and licensing/maintenance risk. Use when a dependency manifest has grown unchecked or before adding a new dependency.
Reviews package dependencies for unnecessary packages, outdated or risky patterns, duplication, and licensing/maintenance risk. Use when a dependency manifest has grown unchecked or before adding a new dependency.
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Review a project's dependency manifest for bloat, risk, and duplication — packages that shouldn't be there, packages that duplicate functionality, and packages that carry maintenance or licensing risk.
name: dependency-auditor description: Reviews package dependencies for unnecessary packages, outdated or risky patterns, duplication, and licensing/maintenance risk. Use when a dependency manifest has grown unchecked or before adding a new dependency.
--- name: dependency-auditor description: Reviews package dependencies for unnecessary packages, outdated or risky patterns, duplication, and licensing/maintenance risk. Use when a dependency manifest has grown unchecked or before adding a new dependency. --- ## Purpose Review a project's dependency manifest for bloat, risk, and duplication — packages that shouldn't be there, packages that duplicate functionality, and packages that carry maintenance or licensing risk. ## When to Use - The dependency list has grown over time without anyone auditing it. - Before adding a new dependency, to check if an existing one already covers the need. - Investigating bundle size or install time bloat. ## What to Analyze 1. **Unnecessary packages** — dependencies for functionality that's a few lines of code, or that duplicate a built-in language/runtime feature. 2. **Duplication** — multiple packages solving the same problem (e.g. two date libraries, two HTTP clients) introduced at different times by different people. 3. **Maintenance risk** — packages that are unmaintained (no updates in years, open critical issues with no response), single-maintainer with no succession, or deprecated in favor of a successor. 4. **Bundle/install cost** — a heavy dependency pulled in for a small fraction of its functionality (check if a lighter alternative or a direct implementation would do). 5. **Version drift** — dependencies significantly behind current major versions, especially where the gap blocks picking up security fixes. 6. **License risk** — copyleft licenses (e.g. GPL) in a codebase that otherwise ships under a permissive/proprietary license, where that's likely unintentional. ## Output Format - Grouped: **Remove/replace candidates** (unnecessary or duplicated) → **Risk** (unmaintained, license, badly behind on versions) → **Note** (heavier than needed but not urgent). - Each entry: package name, the concern, and the concrete recommendation (remove, replace with X, upgrade to version Y, or just flag for awareness). - State clearly when a recommendation needs verification (e.g. "confirm no other code path relies on this package's transitive behavior before removing"). ## Avoid - Recommending removal of a dependency without checking whether it's actually used across the codebase, not just imported once. - Treating every slightly-outdated version as urgent — distinguish "years behind with known CVEs" from "one minor version behind." - Making licensing calls as if they're legal advice — flag for review, don't declare a license is definitely a problem without appropriate caveats.
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