Dependency Audit Skill

Summary

Systematic workflow for auditing, updating, and cleaning up project dependencies. Covers security vulnerability scanning, outdated package detection, unused dependency removal, and migration from deprecated libraries.

When to Use

• Weekly/monthly dependency maintenance
• After security advisories (CVE announcements)
• Before major releases
• When bundle size increases unexpectedly
• During code reviews for dependency changes
• Onboarding to legacy projects

Quick Audit Process

1. Check Outdated Packages

# npm
npm outdated